Barney AMA Chapter is Selling Sweatshirts The Barney chapter of the American Marketing Association is selling Barney School of Business hooded sweatshirts for $30. The money raised will contribute to the cost of sending the club officers to the annual student conference in New Orleans in April. Click here to see a back view. If you are interested in buying one please contact Eileen at eijohnson@hartford.edu International Business Course to Visit Bermuda in Spring
	Assistant Dean Annette Rogers will be taking her IB 310 class to Bermuda once again during the 2010 Spring Break.  This year’s class will examine the insurance industry on the island and will also look at the communications and power infrastructures, the United Nations water recapture project, and other business and government entities.  It will not be all work and no play however; two days are allocated to sightseeing and relaxing.

The 7th Annual Business Plan Competition is Announced
The Business Plan Competition provides the opportunity for students to showcase their ideas and fulfills Barney’s intent to teach, coach, and inspire students to carry out their dream.  Please consider sharing your passion with us. Click here for details, or contact Dr. Irina Naoumova.

Dean Appoints Social Responsibility Ad-Hoc Committee
To continue and enhance the school’s social responsibility mission, the Dean created an ad hoc committee. Four faculty (Terri Albert and Deb Kidder from the Marketing and Management Department; Steven Thompson and Michelle Bertolini from Accounting) are developing the structure and initial focus for the committee. Three components define the mission’s social responsibility: sustainability/environment; civic engagement and social justice. Faculty have been surveyed for their participation in each of these areas. Two early internal initiatives will be setting up recycling containers on every floor in the building and a paper reduction program. As an ad-hoc committee, all meetings are open to the faculty. The first open meeting will be scheduled for early November (final date pending).

Barney Beta Gamma Sigma is 5-Time Premier Chapter

Jim Viehland, Executive Director of Beta Gamma Sigma, presents Charles Canedy, faculty advisor, the 2009 Premier Chapter award.

The Barney School chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the AACSB business programs honor society, has been recognized as a Premier Chapter for the fifth consecutive year. The recognition certificate was presented to Dr. Charles Canedy III, chapter faculty advisor, by James Viehland, Executive Director of Beta Gamma Sigma, at the Association of Northeast Business School Deans annual meeting in Hartford on September 25, 2009.