August 2011
The UT College of Business Administration announces its first Pre-Game Lecture Series before three home football games!
Join fellow alumni and friends of the college for an open house and brief presentation on key topics of interest for business professionals.
Dates include September 3, October 8, and November 5.
Click on the flyer to the left and watch your e-mail for more information closer to game day!
Program Notes
UT and ESSEC Host Groundbreaking Global Supply Chain Forum in Europe
The Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration co-founded with the ESSEC Business School a groundbreaking event in the European Union (EU) supply chain community. It hosted Europe's first Global Supply Chain Forum for supply chain executives and academics held in Paris, France.
UT Knoxville and ESSEC are two of the world's supply chain academic powerhouses. UT Knoxville's internationally ranked faculty members include some of the most-published academics on supply chain; ESSEC is a leading European business school and a world leader in executive education with expertise in logistics and supply chain.
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Senator Corker Speaks at UT's Knoxville Economics Forum
This summer, politicians are spending a bulk of their time discussing the nation’s fiscal crisis—weighing revenue growth and spending cuts as solutions to
the ballooning budget deficit. Front and center in this debate is Senator Bob Corker.
Senator Corker recently shared his keen insight at the Knoxville Economics Forum, organized by the Department of Economics at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, College of Business Administration, on August 8. The forum is a local organization dedicated to an ongoing public discussion of business and
economic issues as they relate to East Tennessee.
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UT Knoxville, UT Health Science Center Offer Dual Degree in Pharmacy, Business
How do you cut costs without cutting quality of care? It's a question many health care professionals face in today's health care environment. A new
University of Tennessee program, approved by the Board of Trustees in June, aims to develop students who are uniquely equipped to make decisions on key
business issues facing the pharmacy today.
The program joins the forces of UT Knoxville's College of Business Administration and the UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) in offering a dual degree leading
to a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA). It is designed to meet the critical need for pharmacist executives to have
the fundamental business skills necessary to operate in the contemporary economic and health care environments.
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UT Doubles Size of Business-dedicated Career Services Staff
As undergraduate enrollment in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration has grown more than 50 percent over the past five
years, the university’s commitment to advising undergraduates in business is keeping pace. As a result, a second business-dedicated career services
consultant, Jessica Geist, has joined UT Career Services.
Geist received her master’s degree in counseling and student development and bachelor’s degree in personal financial planning from Kansas State University.
At UT, she will consult students majoring in accounting, economics, finance, and business analytics. She will work with students in their career development, preparing them for internships and full-time employment, and work with employers and faculty members as part of the process.
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UT's College of Business Administration Offers Scholarships to Veterans
The College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is proud to offer financial support to U.S. military veterans admitted to
any of the college's master's or Ph.D. graduate programs.
The scholarships are part of the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program), which allows degree-granting institutions in the US
to fund tuition expenses that exceed the in-state tuition and fee rate. Institutions can waive up to 50 percent of those expenses, and the Department of
Veterans Affairs will match the same amount as the institution.
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Upcoming Events
September 1
Career Services Cookout
September 3
Open House in Haslam Business
Building (3:00-5:00)
Pre-Game Lecture (3:30-4:00) by Dr. Bill Fox on Today’s Economy
September 5
(No Classes, Offices Closed)
September 8
SHRM Kickoff
September 9
Consumer Packaged Goods Boot Camp
September 12
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organizational Meeting
September 13
CSCMP Meeting with Proctor & Gamble
September 14
Gaining Admissions into Highly Competitive Graduate Programs
September 15-17
National Association of Women MBAs Conference
September 19-23
State SHRM Conference
September 23
MBA Job Fair
Corporate Governance Center Hosts Luis Aguilar
September 24
MBA Habitat Build
September 25-30
CEE Lean Applied to Business Processes
September 26
Logistics Fair
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organizational Meeting
September 27
Fall Job Fair
September 29-30
Lean Healthcare for MBAs
For more information on upcoming CBA
events, please visit the college’s online
calendar at: http://bus.utk.edu.
Contact Us
College of Business Administration
Office of the Dean
453 Haslam Business Building
Knoxville, TN 37996- 4140
Phone: 865- 974-5061
Fax: 865- 974-1766
E-mail: CBA@utk.edu |
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UT College of Business Administration alumna Jung Yun has over 18 years of experience in the areas of finance, investment banking, retail banking, structured finance, and consulting. She is currently the managing director for Yun Capital and Yun Capital Asset Management, and CEO and chairman of Helios Banc. Yun’s experience includes conducting international transactions in countries including the United Arab Emirates, China, Korea, Japan, Colombia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and the United Kingdom. She also regularly works with heads of states, advising them on economic policies in the areas of currency, developmental banking, mortgages, housing, infrastructure, green technologies, and other areas of need. 
Kingston, Tennessee, native Phil Payne did not have to travel far from home to find his academic niche. The Roane County High School graduate chose to attend UT Knoxville, where he majored in finance and minored in accounting; he graduated cum laude in December 2010. Payne is continuing as a student in UT’s College of Business Administration this fall as a member of the full-time MBA Class of 2012. 
The UT College of Business Administration warmly welcomes Dr. Annette L. Ranft to her new role as associate dean for academic programs and the Reagan Professor of Business. Prior to joining the faculty at UT, Ranft served as the head of the Department of Management at Florida State University. She also has served on the faculties of Wake Forest University and West Virginia University.