In 2024, College of Business grant expenditures reached $1.4 million, the highest in our college’s history. College of Business Senior Advisor for Strategy and Innovation Inara Scott’s 2024 book, “Sustainable Capitalism: Essential work for the anthropocene,” was highlighted in the OSU Division of Research and Innovation’s annual report. RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Management professor Bori Csillag wins best paper Assistant Professor of Management Bori Csillag won the Best Overall Paper Award from the Careers Division of the Academy of Management at their 2025 annual conference for the paper she co-authored, “Family socioeconomic status and job search: Pathways to job quality improvement for young adults without college degrees.” Additionally, Csillag’s co-authored paper, “After the break-up: How divorcing affects individuals at work,” was a finalist for the 2025 Best Article award in the organizational behavior division of the Academy of Management. Management professor Tori Howes earns grant Professor of Management Tori Howes received $100,000 from the U.S. Forest Service to examine wildland firefighters’ motives and needs and how those factors relate to work-life balance, well-being and intentions to stay with the service. Howes’ insights will inform agency leadership, interagency partners and potential policy decisions around recruitment and retention. Ambition led Kayla Arnot to become a Nike finance leader. She’s just getting started. Initiative and tenacity distinguish Kayla Arnot’s ’17, ’20 career in corporate finance at Nike and as a youth sports coach. Arnot is a finance manager, her fifth role with the global sports and athleticwear corporation. “Growing up in Beaverton with the Nike campus in my backyard, I was mesmerized. That’s where I always wanted to work,” Arnot, last year’s winner of the Distinguished Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) award said. READ MORE beav.es/xLD Business Matters | 5
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