FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS

Ravija Badarinathi, professor of management science, was invited to attend the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools annual conference in New Orleans and will present a paper at the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference Feb. 20-22 in Orlando, Fla.

Wes Berlin, marketing, and Jonathan Rowe, Center for Business and Economic Services program director, led the list of Impact Professors selected by December graduates. Faculty cited by three or more graduates included: Rob Burrus, chair of the Economics and Finance Department; Fara Elikai, associate professor of accountancy; Joe Farinella, associate professor of finance; Ed Graham, associate professor of finance; Tammi Hamilton, lecturer in the Department of Management; Katie Hartman, assistant professor of marketing; Dan Ivancevich, professor of accountancy; Susan Ivancevich, associate professor of accountancy; Becky Porterfield, associate professor of management; and Drew Rosen, professor of production/operations management.

The UNCW Alumni Association and the African American Graduates Association joined forces Saturday, Feb. 9 to raise funds for the Denis G. Carter Legacy Scholarship at the Homecoming Legacy Scholarship Dance.

Allison Evans, assistant professor of accountancy, had her article titled “Portfolio Manager Ownership and Mutual Fund Performance” accepted for a forthcoming issue of Financial Management. “Antecedents to e-File Adoption: The U.S. Perspective,” coauthored by Evans with Christian Schaupp and Lemuria Carter, was accepted by the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Pam Evers, associate professor of business law, and Susan Ivancevich were recognized by the Center for Teaching Excellence. Evers was recognized for her Fulbright work, and Ivancevich received a special recognition by students.

John Garris, associate professor of production/operations management, retired this fall.

Ed Graham, associate professor of finance, and Craig Galbraith, professor of management, are creating a business plan for the Department of Film Studies to use to develop the old cinema property on Oleander Drive.

Woody Hall, senior economist in Center for Business and Economic Services, was featured with the regional Federal Reserve Economist at the annual McGladrey breakfast on Jan. 4.

Stephen Harper, Progress Energy/Betty Cameron Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, was co-chair of the fifth annual Opportunity Conference, sponsored by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.

Betty Hartman has left the Management Department to work for PPD.

Dan Ivancevich had his article titled “IT Related Material Weaknesses in Internal Control: Initial Evidence from SOX Section 404 Reports” published in the Review of Business Informational Systems. Co-authors were Susan Ivancevich and Rodger Hermanson.

Susan Ivancevich has taken over for Joanne Rockness leading the Accountancy and Business Law Department’s internship program.

Susan Ivancevich’s article titled “Disaster Recovery Planning: What Section 404 Audits Reveal” will appear in an upcoming issue of The CPA Journal. Her co-authors are Dan Ivancevich and Rodger Hermanson.

Susan Ivancevich, Dan Ivancevich and Fara Elikai had an article titled “Accounting Software Selection and Satisfaction: A Comparative Analysis of Vendor and User Perceptions” published in the Review of Business Information Systems. They also published “Relevant Factors in Accounting Software Selection and Satisfaction” in the May 2007 issue of the CPA Journal.

Susan Ivancevich, Fara Elikai and Becky Sawyer, assistant professor of accountancy had an article titled “The Stock Options Scandal: A Comprehensive Guide for Internal Auditors” published in the December 2007 issue of International Auditing.

Tom Janicki, associate professor of management information systems, served as papers chair for the Information Systems Educators Conference for the third year. Janicki is also on the Educators Special Interest Group Board for the Association of Information Technology Professionals.

Tom Keaveney will be stepping down as an Executive in Resident professor of accounting. He has been a key member of the Cameron School of Business faculty for a number of years.

Doug Kline, associate professor of information systems, received a competitive IT Innovations Grant through UNC Wilmington’s Information Technology Services Division. The grant will fund the UNCW Distribution Data Analysis System project that will provide scientific data analysis services through personal computer screen savers. Graduate student Max Rupplin is working on the project and will be using the project to meet his degree requirements for the Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems degree.

“An Empirical Study of User Perceptions of Security Technologies,” co-authored by Doug M. Kline and Ling He and Ulku Yaylacicegi, assistant professors of information  systems, was presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute held in Phoenix, Ariz. The paper appears in the proceedings.

David Mautz has joined Cameron School of Business as associate professor of accounting. He comes from North Carolina A&T University and will teach financial accounting at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Nivine Richie, assistant professor of economics and finance, was given a UNCW award to go to the Middle East to study Middle Eastern banking.

Howard Rasheed, associate professor of business strategy and entrepreneurship, was a co-presenter at the Innovation Immersion Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., in October. His company, Idea Accelerator Technologies, is working with the Center for Strategic Management and Studies in Brazil to develop a new methodology and tool to enhance and expedite futuristic, strategic planning to increase competitiveness of the Brazilian economy.

Howard Rasheed was featured in the youth entrepreneurship documentary, These Kids Mean Business, which aired on PBS in August 2007.

Drew Rosen, professor of operations management, had an article titled “A Comparison of Mathematical Programming Techniques for Aggregate Production Planning” accepted for publication in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Rosen is also the chairperson for Cameron’s Business Week 2008 and vice president, meetings for Southeast Decision Sciences Institute.

Becky Sawyer, assistant professor of accounting, is the director of the Master of Science in Accountancy program.

Christian and Megan Schaupp are leaving UNCW for the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. While both will be teaching, Megan will be pursuing her doctorate.

Pete Schuhmann is being recommended to the UNCW Board of Trustees for promotion to the position of professor.

Tom Simpson and Luther Lawson, professor of economics, took 20 students to New York City in December 2007 to tour the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Bill Wadman, associate professor of economics, has a second book under publication review.

Barry Wray, associate professor of quantitative methods, is president of Southeast INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) and program chair for the 2008 Southeast Decision Sciences Institute.

“Quarterly Time-Series Forecasting with Neural Networks” by G.P. Zhang and Doug M. Kline appeared in the November 2007 volume of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks.

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Claude Farrell, 1938-2008

Claude Farrell died Thursday, Feb.7 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He was a UNCW professor of economics until his retirement last year. He recently had been recommended as professor emeritus by the Cameron School of Business.

Farrell earned his master's and doctoral degrees from North Carolina State University and completed post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago. He joined the UNCW faculty in 1972.

Farrell specialized in regional economic analysis, and along with Woody Hall, tracked economic activity for New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina. He was a frequent commentator in the local news media regarding international, national, and regional economic analysis and forecasts.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Linda Ford Farrell; two brothers, Harris M. Farrell of Winston-Salem, and Edwin G. Farrell of Wilmington. The family of Farrell asks that memorial gifts be made to Hampstead United Methodist Church, the Salvation Army or a charity of one's choice.

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Boyd Robison passes away

Boyd Robison, business counselor with the Small Business and Technology Development Center, died Jan. 27 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter.

As an SBTDC Business Counselor, Robison assisted hundreds of business owners in southeastern North Carolina with dedication. After Hurricane Katrina, he stepped up and joined several SBTDC colleagues for two weeks in Mississippi to help businesses with their recovery.

Prior to joining the SBTDC in 2002, Robison spent more than 20 years in health care management and consulting. He earned a master's degree in health services administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, an additional master's in administrative science management from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in economics at Roanoke College.

Boyd was part of the Leadership Wilmington Class of 2002 and an active participant in the Partners for Economic Inclusion. He will be remembered as a huge fan of Baltimore, where he grew up. He is survived by his wife, his mother and extended family.

The staff of the UNCW SBTDC missed Robison during his illness and is sad to lose him.