Alex Bolinger, Ph.D.
Host of Bengal BusinessAlex Bolinger is the Interim Dean and ICCU Endowed Professor of Management at Idaho State University’s College of Business. He earned his PhD in Management at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and began his career outside of Philadelphia at Penn State Brandywine. Dr. Bolinger’s research focuses on groups and teams, entrepreneurship, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and opportunities for improving people’s experiences at work.
An advocate of collaborative, active approaches to learning, students in Dr. Bolinger’s classes have learned about teamwork by creating fundraisers for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, learned about collaborative creativity by writing seven books (as a class), and learned about strategy while bringing home two dozen trophies over the past ten years from the International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in Anaheim, California.
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The inaugural episode of the "Bengal Business Radio Show," hosted by Dr. Alex Bolinger, interim Dean of the College of Business at Idaho State University, featured guest Brad Allen, co-founder of the accounting firm Davies-Allen and an ISU alumnus. The episode focuses on Brad’s journey from a small Idaho farm to a highly successful accounting student at ISU to co-founding a successful multi-office accounting firm. The conversation highlights the evolving landscape of the accounting profession and the importance of business education, with insights relevant to students, alumni, and professionals connected to ISU and beyond.
