The Annual COB Film Festival has become a part of tradition in the College of Business for almost a decade. This event is organized every Fall semester to feature the film-projects produced by senior students in a special topics Human Resource Management class on Leading with Emotional Intelligence, where they create 8-minute comedy-films to integrate leadership theories with emotional intelligence concepts based on a theoretical question assigned to them and explore emotions such as love, anger, loneliness, joy, envy, and courage.

The film festival sessions, which are sponsored by the COB Dean’s Office, provide a unique opportunity to bring academics, artists, business executives, as well as our students, to lead a forum about how organizations can gain from emotionally intelligent leadership behaviors. A jury panel including professors, project alumni, and executives provide feedback for and score each film to determine the recipient of the “Best Film Award”.