Lutgert College of Business

Associate Professor Meagan Baskin selected as 2023 Southwest Academy of Management Distinguished Educator of the Year

January 11, 2023 / Lutgert News / Tags: 2023, Award, Management, Southwest Florida Leadership Institute, sfli

“Dr. Baskin is exceptionally talented in the classroom; she continues to seek faculty development opportunities to innovate to improve the experience for her students. As a result, her “Organizational Behavior by Design” course was unlike any other management course ever taught at the university. Through this course, the administration of the college began to realize that our physical footprint might be changed to provide a better environment to facilitate student learning. With some delay due to Covid and supply chain issues, the college is finally embarking on several design improvements.” Dr. Karen C., Endowed Professor of Accounting, University of Tulsa “Dr. Baskin makes every effort to engage her students. Dr. Baskin makes a conscious effort to incorporate student feedback into her lesson plans. She values students' thoughts and learning style differences. She constantly encourages students to attend her office hours, uses a variety of teaching techniques, and encourages feedback on different assignments in order to set her students up for success.” – Kayla Matthews, BBA-Management University of Tulsa

Inaugural FGCU Economics Poster Presentation Expo

December 09, 2022 / Lutgert News / Tags: Economics, Economics & Finance, Research, Undergraduate

At the inaugural FGCU Economics Poster Presentation Expo, senior economics students presented their empirical economic research papers to faculty and executive council members. Each student defined a research question, conducted a literature review, developed a conceptual model, gathered data, explored the appropriate research methodology, coded in R to answer their research question, and provided a summary and conclusion of their findings.

FGCU Rist Family Foundation High School Ethics Competition 2022 Winners Named

May 04, 2022 / Lutgert News / Tags: Competition, Ethics, High School, Management, Newton Ethical Leadership Initiative (NELI), Rist Family Foundation, Scholarships

After a COVID hiatus, Florida Gulf Coast University’s Newton Ethical Leadership Initiative (NELI) once again hosted its annual FGCU Rist Family Foundation High School Ethics Competition, this time as an individual event. Students were asked to respond to a real-life event in which an auditor finds that the CEO and employees of a mental health organization are “Doing Bad to Do Good.” They are knowingly requesting reimbursement for services they are not delivering, but they are providing other services they deem critical for their clients, but just aren’t reimbursable in the way the government policy is written. Students have to decide the right thing to do and then find strategies for overcoming the reasons and rationalizations that people are likely to present as roadblocks to doing the right thing.