melissa blette Archives | Ā鶹Ō­““ News Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:01:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/blogs.dir/20/files/2019/05/cropped-logo-150x150.png melissa blette Archives | Ā鶹Ō­““ News 32 32 Comedian Daniel Tosh, ā€™96 Among Five Alums Honored /news/comedian-daniel-tosh-among-five-alums-honored/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:23:07 +0000 /news/?p=29731 Five College of Business Administration graduates were honored at the Ā鶹Ō­““ Alumni Associationā€™s Black and Gold gala. Congratulations to:

  • Stephanie Pataky, ā€™05 (pictured), ²¹²Ō»åĢżJennifer C. Hartzler, ’06 and ’07, received theĀ Rising Star Award. Pataky is the district manager of CompuPay, Inc; Hartzler is associate (dispute resolution/international arbitration) at Herbert Smith LLP in London.
  • Stan Horton, ā€™73, received theĀ Professional Achievement Award. He is a College of Business Administration Hall of Fame member and president and CEO of Boardline Pipeline Partners.
  • Karl Hodges, ā€™82, received theĀ Service to Ā鶹Ō­““ AwardĀ for his service on several Ā鶹Ō­““ boards and committees.
  • Daniel Tosh, ā€™96, the well-known comedian and host of Comedy Centralā€™s Tosh.0, received theĀ Michelle Akers AwardĀ for the global recognition that he brings to Ā鶹Ō­““.

    • In addition to the alumni, international business studentĀ Melissa Blette, received the Distinguished Student Award.

    The Black and Gold gala is held each year during Homecoming Week.

    ]]>         Case Competition: And the Winners Are… /news/case-competition-and-the-winners-are/ Wed, 04 May 2011 21:05:14 +0000 /news/?p=23569 More than 125 teams across five campuses competed in the largest and most competitive Capstone Case competition ever. From the overall group, 26 teams advanced to the semifinals and just five were invited to compete in the finals.

    The case study for the competition was Target Corporation. The winning team presented ā€œU-Design.ā€ Team members included:Ā Keristen Black,ĢżMelissa Blette,ĢżMichael Chandiramani,ĢżKrista Forti, ²¹²Ō»åĢżMichael Newman, all graduating seniors.

    Their strategy consisted of Target partnering with universities to bring bedroom design concepts to campuses so students can plan their own dorm bedrooms. Their strategy leveraged technology where students could use their smart phones to mix and match products and picture the layout of their rooms before making purchases. They also considered the long-term benefit of their strategy by making the case that college graduates were likely to be Target customers well into the future.

    Judges for the finals were College of Business Administration graduates and Hall of Fame inducteesĀ Paul Gregg, ā€™74 and ā€™76;Tom Bland, ā€™75 and ā€™79, as well asĀ Vic Caserta, a senior executive from Target Corporation. Judges for the semifinal round included 10 Target representatives, and seven graduates from the College of Business Administration’s Executive MBA program.

    The Capstone competition takes place at the end of each semester.

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