Category Archives: 2014

Fourteen Haslam College of Business students returned from Italy Aug. 3 after spending three weeks living at the Santa Chiara Study Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, a small walled city perched on a hilltop in Tuscany. With the fall semester now … Continue reading →

Professors Christian Vossler and Rhonda Reger were recently appointed to two new endowed professorships established within the Haslam College of Business effective August 1, 2016. Rhonda Reger was named the Nestle USA Endowed Professor of Business Administration. She serves as … Continue reading →

KNOXVILLE—The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and IBM have announced a new computational lab and education initiative devoted to analytics that will enable the university to store large amounts of unstructured data in a security-rich environment while providing students and researchers … Continue reading →

Nathan Parmeswar did not take an internship at Nielsen to gain work experience. A master’s in business analytics student, he came to the program after several years in the working world. Parmeswar took the internship at Nielsen to learn data … Continue reading →

Diane Mollenkopf, McCormick Associate Professor of Logistics at the Haslam College of Business, has been taking students to visit the same companies in Australia since 2007. “Ten years ago, many of the Australian business managers didn’t understand why a group … Continue reading →

Seven seniors were studying Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ireland this summer in the midst of Great Britain’s vote to exit the European Union. The class was taught by associate professor of management Russell Crook, who says the vote provided … Continue reading →

Four years ago, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business undergraduate class of 2016 began a journey that has culminated in a group of well-rounded professionals entering the workforce. Employers hiring business students who graduated during the 2015-16 … Continue reading →

MBA students from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have served in assistantship roles at Y-12 National Security Complex for years. In 2014, the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics began to cement an even … Continue reading →

KNOXVILLE—Joseph Lengyel, an Air Force general and graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was confirmed by the Senate for promotion to the rank of four-star general June 30. He will be promoted to the new rank and will become … Continue reading →

KNOXVILLE—Stephen L. Mangum, dean of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will participate in the U.S. Department of Defense’s oldest and most prestigious orientation program for America’s top business and community leaders. Mangum, who also … Continue reading →

TFE Times (formerly the Financial Engineer) has named the Haslam College of Business in its list of top master’s in analytics programs of 2016. Haslam’s Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) was ranked 22nd, up eight spots from 30th … Continue reading →

Douglas Hawks, assistant dean of finance and administration for the Haslam College of Business, has been named vice president for finance and administration at the University of Central Missouri, effective Aug. 1. Hawks, who has worked at the University of Tennessee, … Continue reading →

Twenty rising high school juniors from across Tennessee will participate in the Accounting & Information Management (AIM) Academy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business on July 16-20. Highlights of the program include a Jeopardy-style game, in which … Continue reading →

Nineteen Haslam College of Business undergraduate students returned from Germany on July 3 after spending a month taking upper-level courses in economics and international business. Based in Freiburg, Germany, they visited several locations including the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, … Continue reading →