Betrayal, corporate espionage, mystery and fraud: these words sound more likely to describe the next James Bond movie than assigned reading for class. But for many marketing and accounting students in the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business, these topics are interwoven into their curriculum along with core business principles in an attempt to make Read More
This semester, Murray State accounting students have their own suite on campus to relax between classes, meet with colleagues and work on homework. The renovation of Business Building South’s first floor for the Dr. Tim Miller Center for Accounting Education is the culmination of two years’ work and cost approximately $600,000. Tim Todd, dean of Read More
The accounting department’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which has been offered on campus for more than 35 years, will not be offered to students, senior citizens and others in need of service this year. Don Chamberlain, chair of the Arthur J. Baurenfeind College of Business, said that due to several constraints on the department, Read More
Many students enrolled in an accounting course arrive afraid of being bogged down by numbers and bizarre financial terms. Professors Katherine Smith and Murphy Smith, professors in the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business, collaborated with Shannon Knight of Texas A&M to dissolve this student pain. “We felt that far too many students dreaded taking accounting,” Katherine Smith said. Read More