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Mizzou R.A.H.! Young Trulaske alumni honored for professional achievements

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

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Mizzou ITC News - June 2025

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Small steps pay big dividends

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.

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Trade Trek – Student Reflection: Carolyn Murphy

Carolyn Murphy, Junior

Major: Management 

Graduation: Spring 2026

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Program Spotlight: Trulaske Trade Trek provides experience-centered learning

The International Trade Center provided a group of 22 Trulaske College of Business undergraduate students with an opportunity to travel to St.

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Former globetrotting graduate assistant now leads global trade initiatives

As a graduate assistant for the International Trade Center at the University of Missouri’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr., College of Business in 2017-2018, Pinki Thakker supported undergraduate project teams in completing their research projects.

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‘LINK-ed’ up: ITC business partnership leads to sales expansion

Located in Branson, Missouri, LINK Electronics (LINK) was founded in 1989 by Bob Henson and Jim Timberlake to develop and distribute industry-leading broadcast encoding solution

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ITC students provide support to area businesses

In May, students from the International Trade Center at the University of Missouri’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business shared findings from their semester-long global market research projects with four U.S.

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Former ITC intern takes Trulaske training to Amazon

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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Trulaske leaders offer a warm ‘Summer Welcome’ to new students

Mizzou’s Summer Welcome is a rite of passage for new students at the University of Missouri. Summer Welcome Leaders are often the first members of the Mizzou community that new students meet when arriving on campus.

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Mizzou advisors honored for excellence at 2025 NACADA conference

Story courtesy of Show Me Mizzou.

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Mizzou professor ranks Super Bowl’s most unforgettable ads

Katie Essing’s students don’t just watch Super Bowl commercials —

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Mizzou students expand horizons with International Trade Center internship

Article courtesy of Show Me Mizzou

Every semester, University of Missouri students use their business acumen, creativity and talents to help U.S. companies looking to expand.

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Leadership, Culture, and Connection: A Life-Changing Experience with the Cornell Leadership Program

Experience-centered learning is essential for cultivating a global perspective and developing leadership skills.

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Mizzou alumna, Petite Keep founder to appear on ABC’s 'Shark Tank'

Story courtesy of Show Me Mizzou

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Building Competencies: Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP)

Seeking to enhance the import and export skills of employees and better position Missouri and U.S.

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What in the World? ITC Company Spotlight - American Outdoor Brands

American Outdoor Brands (AOB) is a growth-oriented provider of outdoor products & accessories, including hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, and personal security and defense products, for rugged outdoor en