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WCU Business Students Awarded Scholarships
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 4:02pm

Hattiesburg, Miss., May 2, 2013 - Three William Carey University business majors received scholarships during the 21st Annual Small Business Leadership Luncheon held by William Carey University and the Area Development Partnership on May 1 at Southern Oaks House and Gardens. Recipients were Sharon Denis Bolton of Hattiesburg, Ashlynn Nicole Hust of Petal, and Tanner James Pace of Columbia.

Sharon Bolton, a senior business administration major with a minor in management/marketing, received the Richard “Pepper” Jones Endowed Scholarship, named for the late Richard “Pepper” Jones, Sr. of Hattiesburg. Jones was a strong advocate for education and facilitated closer working relationships between local universities and the business community. He was an active member of various community organizations, and owned R. Jones & Associates and Jones Professional Janitorial. From 1977-2011, Jones served as a deacon at Kensington Woods Church of Christ. Dr. Scott Hummel, executive vice president and provost at WCU, presented the scholarship to Bolton, and Jones’ wife, Annie, was present to represent her late husband.
 

Dr. Cheryl Dale, dean of the school of business and associate professor of business administration at WCU, presented the two School of Business Scholarships to Ashlynn Nicole Hust of Petal and Tanner James Pace of Columbia. Hust, a freshman, and Pace, a sophomore, are both business administration majors with a minor in accounting.                                           
 

WCU Inducts 31 Students into Business International Honor Society
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 8:51am

Hattiesburg, Miss., April 17, 2013 - William Carey University recently inducted 31 into the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society for Business, Management, and Administration. The purpose of Sigma Beta Delta is to promote higher scholarship in business education and to recognize and reward scholastic achievement in business subjects. Students must rank in the upper 20 percent of their class to be considered for invitation to the society. 

The students were asked to bring food items to donate to Homes of Hope for Children, and Melissa Litke from HOHFC, expressed her gratitude during the ceremony. The ceremony also included an address by keynote speaker Drew Allen, CEO of Allen Beverages in Gulfport.
This year’s inductees include Shelly Autmon, Ocean Springs; Mallory Batte, Mount Olive; Brandon Blakeney, Laurel; Reba Carlisle, Wiggins; Archie Dickens, Gulfport; Patrick Earley, Raceland, La.; Terry Ferrell, Ocean Springs; Belinda Gandy, Hattiesburg; Michael Gelsinger; Gulfport; Brandon Gray, Gautier; Anit Gyawali, Kathmandu, Nepal; Kathleen Hancock, Ocean Springs; Robert Higdon, Gulfport; Shelby Kellogg, Hattiesburg; Eleftherios “Lefty” Lazaridis, Katerini, Greece; Tremaine Louis, Gulfport; Stella McIver, Columbia; Sarah Melson, Gautier; Howard Newkirk, Gulfport; Jessica Pierce, Hattiesburg; Robert Powell, Ocean Springs; Jaynie Quave, Ocean Springs; Stefan Sartori, Belgrade, Serbia; Robert Schlick, Gulfport; Eric Smith, Biloxi; Tiffany Smith, Gulfport; Jon

athan Sours, Long Beach; Jonavon Stamps, Carson; Brett Stewart, Laurel; Jeremiah Talton, Gulfport, and Tykettia Whitfield, Gulfport.
Faculty members of Sigma Beta Delta are Jerry Bracey, administrative dean of the Tradition campus, director of business services and recruiting, and lecturer in business; David Brockway, coordinator of instructional technology; Dr. Cheryl Dale, dean of the school of business and associate professor of business education; Laurie Glaze, assistant professor of business; Pam Jones, assistant professor of business; Dr. Mike Madaris,  assistant professor of business administration, and James McCay, assistant professor of business. Officers are Bernie Cousins, director of undergraduate school of business on the Tradition campus and instructor of business administration, president; Dr. Eric Reidenbach, associate professor of business administration, vice president, and Sharon Schamber-Jones, instructor of business, secretary-treasurer.
 

WCU Business Students Earn Global Top Ranking in Business Simulation Game
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 11:44am

A group of senior William Carey University business students enrolled in Strategic Management are participating in a Business Simulation Game (BSG) and for the week of January 12-29, ranked globally based on their company’s competitive performance in five specific areas. BSGs allow participants to experience the realities of strategic management in an interactive, virtual economy, competing with one another in a real-time competition.
In the classroom of Bernie Cousins, director of undergraduate business and instructor of business administration on the Tradition campus, Bryan David of Biloxi, Jennifer Downey of Waveland, Rhonda Ferrell of Ocean Springs, and Wendy Grantham of Biloxi created and managed a virtual business called “Bounce Athletic” that achieved a Return on Average Equity (ROE) rated 19th best performance for the week. This earned the “Bounce Athletic” group a Global Top 50 ranking for their company’s performance competing against 997 teams from 74 colleges and universities worldwide.
Art Thompson, Greg Stappenbeck and Mark Reidenbach, members of the BSG author team, told Cousins, “You should be quite proud of your students for such an excellent performance – a performance that reflects quite well on you and the caliber of instruction that students are receiving in your

Two WCU Student-Athletes Awarded David M. Halbrook Award
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 12:00am

William Carey University student-athletes Tiffany Roberts and Sean Carter were recently awarded the David M. Halbrook Award. Established by former Mississippi Representative David Halbrook and his brothers in honor of their parents, the Halbrook Award is awarded to student-athletes across the state who excel in academics, leadership, and community service. 

Roberts, a senior mathematics education major from Waynesboro, is a member of the WCU Lady Crusaders tennis team. She played two seasons for the tennis team at Jones County Junior College before coming to WCU, and finished with a 9-7 record in singles and a 1-1 in doubles for the Lady Crusaders last season. 
Carter, a senior business administration major from Defuniak Springs, Fla., is a right-handed pitcher for the WCU baseball team. He was named one of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Daktronics Scholar Athletes for the 2010-2011 academic year, and was recently inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta international honor society for Business, Management, and Administration.