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The winning team of the 2008 COB 300 Business Plan Competition received a scholarship worth $6,000 to be shared among team members.

Five Teams Compete for Honors in Business Plan Competition

Lose the keys. The top team at this year’s COB 300 Business Plan competition presented a plan that would allow homeowners to use fingerprints to unlock the front door. >>>

Mike Lightman

From JMU to Morocco: 2008 Grad Puts Business Skills to Work

After graduation, marketing major Mike Lightman heads to Africa to work with Moroccan artisans and entrepreneurs. He is one of four JMU students selected by the Peace Corps. >>>

Marketing Students Turn Class into Cash

The numbers are up in this market. Students in New Product Development use a class project to partner with local charities and raise funds. In the process, they learned some real-life lessons. >>>

Moving Forward

How to Balance a Checkbook 101 is not a course selection on most college campuses, but JMU's College of Business has been teaching students that skill and others through the LifeSkills program. Now, CoB and the VSCPA are offering to help other universities offer the program. >>>

Dr. Harry Reif was selected to grade academic computing programs seeking accreditation. ABET appointed Reif to the 2008-09 computing accreditation commission. >>>

CoB and You

Experienced professionals offer advice for personal success, career advancement and more in our new series Success Begins with You. In this issue, John Stein, senior vice president at Lehman Brothers, Inc, offers advice for landing the job you want in Demystifying the Job Search.

Get Connected. Do you want to connect with your former CoB classmates? Or perhapsyou would like to mentor CoB students, look for interns or potential hires from your alma matter? Maybe you just want to find out what other JMU CoB grads are up to.

Sign up with our new partner networking site, JMUNation.org. You can join a group related to your interests, start a new group, or just nose around. You must have a valid jmu.edu address or get your alumni email address free. JMUNation.org has all the details.

Looking for other ways to Get Connected to the College of Business? Visit Get Connected for more opportunities to get involved.