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The University of Missouri’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business recently welcomed several new members to the Trulaske Dean’s Advisory Board:

Jeffrey Liu graduated from the University of Missouri’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business in 2002 with a dual degree in finance and banking and a sense of direction that led him to high-frequency trading.

Brian Roberts will be the first to tell you that living on a farm will teach you pretty much everything you need to know in life.

In 2019, Ciara May made an important discovery: Many of the synthetic hair products being marketed to Black women contained petroleum and were linked to skin irritation and other health risks.

Written by Kathy Deters

On a gray, rainy October day in Columbia, Missouri, Brandon Tucker, BSBA ’13, sits in his office at Miller’s Professional Imaging, preparing for the hectic pace of the upcoming holiday season. 

University of Missouri alum Phil Bender left a successful career as a managing partner at Northwestern Mutual to don a new hat: that of The Sea Captain. 

Written by Kathy Deters

Let’s make one thing clear up front: It wasn’t love at first sight. 

From left, Jenna Phelan, Pat Phelan, Mitzi Phelan and Jamie Phelan.

Story by Sara Diedrich, courtesy Show Me Mizzou.

As chairman and founder of Provident, a Dallas-based team of real estate and financial service professionals that’s developed more than $6 billion in real estate projects, Leon Backes (pronounced Back-Us), BSBA ’79, has earned the respect of his p

One could argue that Audrey Walsworth’s tiny hometown of Marceline in north central Missouri was a physical emblem of small-town America — it was, after all, the inspiration for Missouri native Walt Disney’s iconic Main Street USA.

The Mizzou R.A.H. (Recent Alumni Honorees) Award sheds light on the incredible things young alumni are doing across the globe.

If it’s one thing Macy Bean knows, it’s how to sow the seeds of a successful business relationship: start early, plan ahead, and continue to nurture that relationship over time. When Bean arrived at the University of Missouri’s Robert J.

Former International Trade Center Intern Elizabeth (Libby) Broadhurst has accepted a position as a central flow lead at Amazon in its corporate office in Nashville, Tennessee.  Broadhurst interned with ITC in the University of Missouri’s Robe

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For Greg Maday. B.S.B.A. ’86, business has always been about the relationships.