194 School of Business Program Continues to Expand - Masters Degree Opens Doors for Students Highl ighting the 1984-85 school year for the School of Business was the beginn ing of the Master of Science in Accounting degree program with 13 students enroll ed on a full -time basis. Some of the students enro ll ed with several years of work experience while others were 198 4 graduates. A minimum of 32 semester hours was required of an accounting major and a maximum of 8 1 hours was required of a non-business major with no hours in business. A Career Information Library was set up in the fall in the Mabee Busi ness Center to help students in find ing jobs and in doing research for their classes related to specific companies. This suppl emented the very effe ctive work done by the Placement Office which enabled Harding to place more accou nting majors with "Big 8" accounting firms than any other Arkansas university . University . On April 12 , 1984, Harding's Alpha Upsilon chapter of Delta Mu Delta, national honor scholarship society in Business Administration , sponsored the School's first Special Awards Banquet in connection with its induction of 49 members. Bruce Picker won second place in the National Free Enterprise Contest sponsored by Dr. Milton Friedman and received a check for $2,500 at the awards banquet in Los Angeles. The title of his essay was "Free Trade OR Fair Trade. " The 1984 Economics Team won the national championship in Students in Free Enterprise competition in New Orleans in July. Harding teams , coached by Dr. Don Diffine, have won seven of the eight regional events since they were started in 1976 and four of the seven nationa l events since they were started in 1978. Harding's Intercollegiate Bu sin ess The first meeting of Business Associates was held on campus in November. During the summer of 1984 , Dr . David B. Burks, Dean of the School of Business , invited 100 friends of Harding to become charter members of the Associates and to serve for a three-year term. Associates will help in many ways: assist the faculty in planning the curricul um , provide periodic career counseling for students, assist graduates in placemen t, serve as resource people for seminars a nd contribute financially to the Taxing it Up . Marvin Holmes and Didier Villard talk about their assignments after class with Dr. Ken Johnson. - photo by James McCreary. James Behel , MBA - Asst. Professor. CIS David S . Burks. PhD, CPA - Professor, Business & Dean Lavon Carter, MBA - Asst. Professor, Management Donald Diffine. PhD - Professor , Economics & Director, Belden Center Mike Emerson . SA - Visiting Lecturer, Account ing James R. Hende rson. PhD - Assoc. Professor. Accounting & Assistant Dean David Johnson, MBA, CPA - Ass!. Professor , Accounting & Administrative Assistant Kenne th Johnson. DBA, CPA - Assoc . Professor, Accounting & Director, Accounting Program Robert Kelly, EdD - Assoc. Professor, Business Education & Director, Business & Office Education Terry Pearson, MS - Asst. Professor. Business Robe rt Reely, Jr.• EdD - Assoc. Professor . Management & Director. Cenler for Management Exce llence Marvin Robertson, BS, JD - Asst. Professor. Business Law School of Business
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