Top leaders from the state’s business, government and academic communities will gather in Birmingham Oct. 15 for the 2008 Economic Summit for Alabama Leaders.
The event, co-sponsored by the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and the Business Council of Alabama, will be the first of a planned annual gathering designed to examine the state’s business climate in light of national economic trends and forecasts. Read More
Four awards were presented to faculty, doctoral students and staff at
the student American Marketing Association’s Annual Honors Week
Reception. The awards and their winners are listed below.
Congratulations AMA for a great year and to the winners for all your
efforts and achievements. Thanks also to Dr. Glenn Richey, AMA
faculty advisor, for his unending dedication and commitment to the
organization.
Dr. Bill Motes - The University of Alabama-American Marketing Association
Outstanding Marketing Educator Award - “The AMA Outstanding Marketing
Educator Award recognizes the recipient’s considerable professional
contributions to The University of Alabama’s Marketing Area of the
Management and Marketing Department in the Culverhouse College of Business
Administration.. This award is based on the recipient’s overall achievement
in direct and interactive marketing education.”
Dr. Lenita Davis - The University of Alabama-American Marketing Association
Morris Mayer Merit Award The AMA Morris Mayer Merit Award is named in honor
of Morris Lehman Mayer, business professor emeritus. For three decades,
Mayer was a beloved UA teacher and a guiding force in student life and
especially the Alabama AMA chapter. This award recognizes the recipient’s
consistent participation and commitment to the American Marketing
Association along with ongoing commitment to research and teaching.”
Ms. Melissa Markley - The University of Alabama-American Marketing
Association Outstanding Graduate Student Educator Award “The AMA Outstanding
Graduate Student Educator Award is given to a graduate student teacher or
assistant who has demonstrated the ability to serve as an outstanding
teacher, mentor, and advisor to students, colleagues, and others in need of
support. This award also recognizes the recipient’s considerable
professional contributions to The University of Alabama’s Marketing Area of
the Management and Marketing Department in the Culverhouse College of
Business Administration.” (her second win in 3 years!!!)
Bruno Professor Emeritus of Marketing Morris Mayer passed away Friday, Feb. 15th, 2008. Dr. Mayer was head of the marketing department and a marketing professor at UA for many years. He was the department’s first doctoral coordinator, a position he held for 23 years.
Memorial contributions can be made to Temple Emanu El Building Fund, Box 3066, Tuscaloosa, 35403 or to the Morris L. Mayer Award, Office of Advancement, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 35487-0223.
Below is the press release on his death.
Our marketing faculty continues to excel in research! Kristy Reynolds, along with Ronald Pimentel Cal State Bakersfield, wrote a paper entitled “A Model for Consumer Devotion: Affective Commitment with Proactive Sustaining Behaviors.” Their paper was published in AMS REVIEW, and has been selected as the best paper in the journal in the period 2004-2006. This will be announced at the AMS Conference in Vancouver this May.
For the first time ever, UA hosted a Sales Opportunity and Career Fair on October 3, 2007. Some 30 companies, 60 corporate executives, and nearly 160 students participated. Each corporation received a resume book containing nearly 200 student resumes from sales-interested students. Attending companies included Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Red Diamond, Philip Morris, Wolseley, and Federated. The Opportunities Fair is an event designed to give corporations and students the chance to form fruitful alliances through morning topical breakout sessions and an afternoon career fair. The event culminated with a private tour of Jack Warner’s museum and a dinner with a live jazz band. This year’s event headed up by Dr. Lenita Davis was a great success thanks to the efforts of many people and organizations, and plans are already underway for next year.