Mizzou Business Online - February 2007
Welcome to the February 2007 issue of Mizzou Business Online. This issue highlights some of the important ways through which alumni stay involved with the MU College of Business. Many MU graduates come back to campus and give their time, expertise, and financial support. (Of course, it doesn’t take a personal trip to Cornell Hall to make a gift to the college; you can do that by mail or online!)
Alumni involvement is integral to our college being a truly high-caliber business school. Specifically, the generous financial support of our alumni and friends allows us to develop programs benefiting our students, recruit top-caliber faculty, and continue to enhance the world-class facility we have in Cornell Hall.
Watch the Student Services Video Vignette with an introduction from Theresa Chiu.
As a recipient of the 2005-06 Maxine A. Jagels and Lee Lewis Wharton Scholarship in the School of Accountancy, Theresa Chiu personally knows the impact that alumni can have at the MU College of Business. So she was excited to participate in a new project for the college that was part of The Herbert J. Davenport Society's annual banquet. Theresa had a “starring role” in one of five video vignettes the college produced for the October 2006 banquet, which celebrates private support of the college.
“Alumni give back with donations and with their time,” says Chiu, who was in the video and also introduced a vignette about student services at the banquet. “This was a fun way for me to do my part for the college, too.” The other vignettes covered MBA consulting projects, professional development of students, the Vasey Academy, and scholarly research.
A student introduces herself to Barnett Helzberg, a CEO Forum lecturer. The Tom and Betty Scott CEO Forum is one of the college's Speaker Series lectures that provide faculty and students the opportunity to interact with a top business executive from a highly successful company.
Who would have thought some advice one of the most prominent CEOs in the nation might give to an auditorium full of eager listeners would be to reward employees for good work with rubber chickens and oversized chili peppers? That’s what students heard from David Novak, CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc., when he visited the college to present a Dean’s Distinguished Lecture last October. Bush Auditorium was filled with students, faculty, alumni, and community members to hear the 2006 Homecoming Grand Marshal deliver his address “Building Dynasty Performance.” Novak’s lecture focused heavily on “catching employees doing something right” and recognizing them for it.
The Mizzou Alumni Association presented Ralph Clark with the 51st Annual Distinguished Service Award on October 27. The award is the highest honor the association presents to an alumnus or alumna of MU.
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding service by an individual whose sustained efforts and support have added to the excellence of MU. A long-time member of the College of Business Strategic Development Board, Clark received the award for his many contributions to his alma mater, particularly his passionate dedication to expanding technology on the MU campus.
The College of Business has four familiar faces filling different positions in the college at the beginning of winter semester 2007.
Let your fellow alumni know what's new with you! E-mail us, and we'll include
your update in a future issue of Mizzou Business magazine.
About the College
The MU College of Business, founded in 1914, enrolls more than 3,950 undergraduate students and over 365 graduate students. The college has four academic units – Accountancy, Finance, Management, and Marketing – with 63 full-time faculty members. The college offers an undergraduate degree in business administration, an MBA degree, a 150-hour program that confers both undergraduate and master’s degrees in accountancy, and PhD degrees in both accountancy and business administration.
The College of Business takes great pride in its graduates. About 30,000 alumni are contributing their expertise to the public and private sectors in every state in the U.S. and in a host of foreign countries.
Last Edited: 1/29/2008