Crosby MBA Newsletter Fall 2007
On October 19, 2007, the University of Missouri-Columbia announced that its College of Business is now officially named the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. The college was renamed in recognition of a series of generous gifts, including a new commitment from Geraldine Trulaske.The gifts were made in honor of Mrs. Trulaske's husband, Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. Mr. Trulaske, who earned a business degree from the University of Missouri in 1940, passed away in September 2004.
The MU College of Business Crosby MBA Program received a ranking of #28 among "regional" MBA programs in the September 17 issue of The Wall Street Journal. The MU program had the third highest ranking among MBA programs at Big 12 universities. Among public universities, MU ranked #19 in the combined national and regional lists presented by the Journal.
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Andy Kern, a doctoral student in
finance, shares his own investing
secrets with Buffett.
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On March 14, 2008, a group of 120 students from the Trulaske College of Business will travel to Nebraska to meet the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. This is the colleges third annual meeting with the investing great, and the college has had other links with Buffett in recent years.
The Department of Finance offers a unique elective course, "The Investment Strategies of Warren Buffett," that focuses on the investing principles of Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, which currently has a market value exceeding $150 billion.
The class is exceedingly popular with MU students and was recently covered in a profile of Buffett that will air on Friday, November 30 at 9:00 pm (EST) on CNBC.
In a major step forward, the Trulaske College of Business faculty approved a proposal to revise the MBA curriculum to improve the MBA program and to keep the curriculum current and responsive to our constituents. The faculty reconsidered the program prerequisites and moved these requirements under the direct control of the colleges faculty, restructured the foundation curriculum with greater emphasis on problem solving techniques, provided more flexibility for electives, and approved the concept of delivering more courses in 1.5 credit modules.
A new study abroad program was offered this summer to Crosby MBA Program students as well as undergraduate students that provided an opportunity to not only study business abroad, but also participate in international commerce through internships in China.
This summer two MU MBA students, Jessica Heusler and Jordan Wolf, travelled around the globe for a pilot internship program in China.
The students assisted the president of the company with the marketing for ChinaSense, a program through the China-International Business Collaborative that provides tours and inside-business access to universities (primarily Executive MBA programs) and business groups that want to learn more about how business is conducted in China.
Management 8550 is built on the reality that regardless of their original career goals, a great number of MBA students launch their own business ventures within 10 years of graduation. The course, Launching a High-Growth Venture, was designed to create successful entrepreneurs by developing the skills for evaluating, preparing, and presenting business plans to investors.
Anyone can have an original idea and a dream of his or her own company, but successful entrepreneurs build business plans that explore a ventures potential profitability to attract investors to support their ideas and dreams, says Jake Halliday, adjunct assistant professor of management and CEO of the Missouri Innovation Center. This class simulates the real-world process of developing a business plan for a high-growth venture and making a presentation to investors to secure start-up capital.
Your partnership is critical to the success of the MBA program, and more importantly, to the advancement of MBA students. We need mentors with the commitment, desire, time, and experience to coach and guide our students.
Last Edited: 11/26/2007