Kent State's College of Business Administration to Host Spirit of Women in Business Conference

KENT, Ohio - Nov. 23, 2015 - PRLog -- Kent State University’s College of Business Administration will host its sixth annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference, entitled “Navigating and Negotiating,” on March 9, 2016, at the Kent State Student Center.

The conference has sold out the past three years, bringing together women from diverse professional backgrounds. Last year, more than 300 business professionals, along with undergraduate and graduate students from Northeast Ohio and beyond, attended the event.

The day-long conference includes a 60 minute keynote speech with Q&A, as well as three breakout sessions, each with presentation options for attendees to choose.

This year, Deborah Kolb, Ph.D., renowned expert in negotiation, leadership and gender, will be the keynote speaker. Kolb is a highly acclaimed author of seven books, as well as a globally recognized advisor to many of today’s leading women executives. She has worked with organizations such as Google, Time Warner, IBM, Ford Foundation, Unilever, MasterCard, Campbell Soup Company and several others.

Kolb received her Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College, Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado and her doctorate from MIT Sloan School of Management. She is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women in Leadership and co-founder of the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons College School of Management. She was former executive director and is currently co-director of the Negotiations in the Workplace Project at Harvard Law School. Kolb also served as faculty research fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research and is adjunct faculty at INSEAD.

The college expects the conference to be a sell-out event, as in years past, with an audience of students, faculty, staff and regional corporate professionals. “We are very excited to bring an engaging and interactive keynote speaker to the event,” said Kristin Williams, director of the College’s Career Services Office and chairman of the conference. “We also look forward to welcoming additional corporate partners who are serving as session presenters this year.”

For more information and to register for Kent State’s College of Business Administration Spirit of Women in Business Conference, visit http://business.kent.edu/about/swib.

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Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The college has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 89 full-time faculty from16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master’s degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to beendorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Media Contacts:

Michelle Parrish Manning, Director of Marketing Communications, mparris3@kent.edu, 330-672-2717

Ashley Cowles, Marketing Communications Specialist, acowles1@kent.edu, 330-672-1279