COBE News

Radford University’s College of Business in Economics held on Dec. 9 the finale to its popular business innovation competition. There, judges heard final pitches and awarded the collaborative creations of a select group of university students.

Radford University senior marketing major Alicia Harris was part of a team that won its category during the Team Case Competition at Beta Gamma Sigma’s 2017 Global Leadership Summit on Nov. 2-5 in Orlando, Florida.

Students enrolled in a College of Business and Economics social entrepreneurship course participated in a housing insecurity simulation designed to introduce them to the issue, gain empathy and better understand the needs of others. 

Radford University’s College of Business and Economics inducted 18 new student members into Beta Gamma Sigma honor society in a Nov. 14 ceremony at Kyle Hall. 

Jamie Webster ’98, a senior director at the Boston Consultant Group Center for Energy Impact delivered the keynote address Nov. 3 at the College of Business and Economics BB&T Global Capitalism Lecture Series Luncheon. 

Andrew Young, director of graduate students and a research fellow at the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, will speak about “The Medieval Constitution of Liberty,” on Nov. 1 at Radford University. 

Through the efforts of the Division of Analytics within its Center for Innovation and Analytics, Radford University’s College of Business and Economics is providing students, faculty and staff with access to some of the most powerful analytics software available.

Senior economics major Chris Boggs spent the summer interning in the Office of Administration in the White House Information Technology department.

Radford University's Department of Economics hosted its inaugural Economics Teachers Conference in August for secondary teachers to explore key topics in economic theory that are essential for students to learn before they enter college.

Radford University President Brian O. Hemphill welcomed the university’s faculty for conversations during two Presidential Open Forums sessions in the Hulburt Student Center auditorium on Sept. 5 and 6.