Faculty-Staff News

The appointment of Toni Whited as Kuechenmeister-Bascom Professor of Business was approved, effective July 1. Whited joined the School of Business in 2003 as an associate professor. Previously, she was a visiting associate professor in the finance department of the University of Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees, both in economics, from Princeton University. She earned a B.A. summa cum laude in economics and French from the University of Oregon. Before Michigan, Professor Whited was a visiting associate professor at Northwestern University and an associate professor at the University of Iowa. Prior to earning her Ph.D., she was an economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Professor Larry Rittenberg, Accounting and Information Systems, will be the recipient of The Institute of Internal Auditors’ 2005 Bradford Cadmus Memorial Award, the highest award given by the Institute. The award is being given in recognition of Rittenberg’s contributions to the internal auditing profession. The award will be presented at the 64th International Conference in Chicago in July.

Steve Schroeder, assistant director for undergraduate career services, has been named acting director of the Business Career Center as of July 1. He has a bachelor's degree from UW-Madison in History and Political Science and master's degree in Educational Administration. He is currently taking classes in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (formerly Educational Administration) with an eventual goal of obtaining a Ph.D. Prior to joining the Business Career Center, he worked at the Wisconsin Union, Testing & Evaluation Services and UW System Administration.

Lucas J. Wall is joining the School of Business as assistant director of MBA Career Services. He had been the assistant director for career events at the University of Florida Career Resource Center in Gainesville, Fla. He has an MA. in higher education and student affairs from The Ohio State University and a B.A. in sociology from the University of Iowa.

Blair Sanford, director of MBA Career Services, will present at the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) national meeting and exposition this month. The annual meeting is being held in Milwaukee May 17-20. She and a former colleague at DePaul University, Aisha Ghori, will co-present on “International Students: Managing Career Expectations.”