Perdue Newsletter April 2026

Franklin P. Perdue School of Business Newsletter | April 2026

Fall Idea Factory Entrepreneurship Competition Winners Announced

BEACON Releases Latest Eastern Shore Business Sentiment Survey Results

Eastern Shore business leaders’ recent expectations of the economy showed mixed signals.

Executive Director of SWED, Dave Ryan, Visits Salisbury University’s Economics Club

The Salisbury University Economics Club welcomed Mr. Dave Ryan, Executive Director of Salisbury-Wicomico Economic Development (SWED), for an engaging discussion on regional economic development.

Finance Career Day. A student speaks with a professional at a table.

Finance Students Participate in the CFA Research Challenge

Students from Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business recently participated in the local competition of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge 2026 hosted in Baltimore, Maryland.

Fall MASMI Sales Championship Winners Announced

PSB’s Women in Business Club Hosts First Panel Discussion

On February 20, the Women in Business club hosted their first panel. Dean Christy Weer, Michele Garigliano (SU Foundation board member), Nicole Turner (SU Foundation board member), and Chelsea Turner (Freeman Pavilion marketing director) spoke about navigating career paths as students enter the workforce.

Collaboration Agreement between Eastern Shore Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and SU Student Chapter of SHRM

On February 19th, the SU Society for Human Resource Management (SU SHRM), headed by Ashlin Millius (President), Molli Spicer (Vice President), and Dr. David Yoon (Faculty Advisor), met with the newly elected Eastern Shore SHRM College Relations Coordinator, Ms. Coleen LeKites, to discuss ways that the professional SHRM chapter can collaborate and support SU SHRM.

Local Middle School Students Explore Economics and Finance at Salisbury University

On Friday, March 13, 2026, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., 15 students from a local middle school in Wicomico County had the opportunity to visit Salisbury University and learn about the world of economics and finance.

New Course in AI Offered in the Fall of 2026 by Department of Finance

The Department of Finance will offer a special topics course on AI during the fall of 2026 semester. This course is open to all business majors admitted to the professional program, junior requirement only.

INTERN SPOTLIGHT: Clarke Cheairs

Finance major enters the world of financial planning during his internship with InFocus Financial Advisors.

INTERN SPOTLIGHT: Elah Jazel Pascual

Info Systems major lands internship with ACNB Bank, one of the last community banks in Mt. Airy, Maryland

Economics Brown Bag Seminar with Cadence Wright

Cadence Wright (Lecturer in Accounting and Legal Studies, Salisbury University) presented in the Department of Economics seminar series on “An Evaluation of Factors that Impact Willingness to Lie in a Tax Context” on February 20th, 2026.

In the Spotlight...

Faculty and Student Happenings

A Look Ahead

April 10

“Is INFO the One?”

April 15

MBA Virtual Interest Session

April 24

Shore Hatchery Competition

April 30

Economics Award Ceremony

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