Harrison College of Business Spotlights
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Internships Help Southeast Student Prepare for the Future
Southeast senior Rita Jo Dirnberger of Cape Girardeau, Mo., says her education at Southeast has prepared her for her future beyond school. Rita Jo, an accounting major, got a taste of the “real world” environment through two different internships.
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Southeast Grad "Lays Down the Law"
“Knowing I provide an important community service is the most rewarding part of my profession.” These humble words from Jacqueline Ackert illustrate her commitment and dedication to public service.
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Southeast Graduate Finds Success in Business World
“Put the customer first and your people second. Treat all with great respect and empathy.” These words are the personal formula for success for Southeast Missouri State University alumnus Dave Schoenbeck.
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Southeast Student Survives Cancer, Creates Inspirational Clothing Line
Southeast sophomore and St. Louis, Mo., native, Ryan Hollingsworth, says he is grateful to have the opportunity to receive a higher education, after winning a battle with cancer in 2007. A business management major, Ryan already has begun to use the knowledge he acquired from his major to begin his own clothing line, “Living Sacrifice.”
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Adventurous Twins Travel the Globe Together
International business majors, twins and 4.0 students Jennifer and Jessica Miller go with their gut and don’t let anything interfere with their ambitions. As freshman unsure of their major, they quickly took stock of their interests and what they wanted out of life. Once they both decided on an international business major with minors in Spanish and economics, they started looking for opportunities to enhance their experience and never looked back.
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International Student TARGITs Success With Southeast's MBA Program
How far would you travel to pursue your education? 100, 200 miles? How about a distance of almost 4,500 miles through several countries and across the Atlantic Ocean? That is what Gitte Amstrup faced when she left her native Denmark to complete her Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) at Southeast.
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Business Student Interns in Ghana
Last year a bulletin in Dempster Hall caught Nelson Elliott’s eye. As a direct result months later, he would find himself walking a foot bridge suspended 130 feet in the air surrounded by the treetops and wildlife of a rainforest and traveling to slave castles -- the “point of no return” for slaves sold to Europeans by their captors.
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Student Lets Her Fingers do the Walking into Leadership, Adventure and a Career
Candice Haas, a marketing management major from Millstadt, Ill., sells advertising spots to companies all over the world at her paid internship with the YELLOWPAGES.COM division of AT&T. “You sometimes hear about those ‘internships’ that basically entail filing, copying, faxing and doing the paper shuffle–not this internship! I learned about the sales process, how to approach different situations, how to create contracts and how to close the deal.” Best of all, this could turn into permanent employment at the end of the summer.
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Andrew Canter
Transferring from college into the “real world” can be an interesting challenge. Searching for the right job with the right fit can be a long process, but Andrew Canter found success quickly as the new business teacher at Farmington High School.
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Southeast Student Battles Tornado's Wrath
Everyone knows that college life is stressful with papers, exams and endless assignments. However, Breana Lee experienced a new level of stress this spring when a tornado ripped through her family’s home and hometown of Caruthersville, Mo.
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Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy may have graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in the spring of 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, but his ties to the campus community are still strong.
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Mishea Culbreath
Trying to decide on a major can be one of the most challenge experiences for today’s college student. Mishea Culbreath, advising coordinator for the Harrison College of Business, is in the business of guiding students towards admission into the College.
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Sara Westrich
Life after college for Southeast alumna Sara Westrich has not been a typical desk job. After graduating in December 2003, Sara took a job with KPMG, LLP, an accounting firm in St. Louis. Sara is always on the go at KPMG.
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Tim Sheets
Tim Sheets’ driving force to furthering his education at Southeast Missouri State University was his desire to drive.
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Brent Lewis
Baseball fans anxiously file into Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium to cheer on the Kane County Cougars to another victory. Fans line up at the concession stands amidst the smell of freshly cooked hot dogs and nachos. Cheers come from the stadium as the Cougars take the field for their warm up. For Southeast alumnus Brent Lewis, these are the sights and sounds of a typical work day.
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Mary Virginia Moore Johnson
Mary Virginia Moore Johnson is a woman with an extreme past, and an extremely bright future. A professor in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Business Law at Southeast, Johnson teaches law courses - and with good reason.
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Judy Wiles
Dr. Judy Wiles managed and co-owned a regional advertising agency and promotional products firm, where for 10 years, she enjoyed working full time in the world of marketing communications. But the desire to be a part of a community of advanced learning brought Wiles to the next stage of her career—teaching marketing and advertising at the college level.
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