b'MENTORING CONNECTIONSCONNECTING GLOBALLYThere is one thing in thisGLOBAL BUSINESS CERTIFICATE OFFERINGworld that youExpanding global business knowledge and thecertificate requires students to complete a foun-can control,global mindset of students is a focal point of thedational international business course (MANGMT strategic plan for the Trulaske College of Busi- 3900/MRKTG 3900), six additional hours from a and thatsness and the University of Missouri. Both entitiesmix of Management, Marketing, Finance and other how hard youare committed to achieving global education forapproved courses all with a global business focus, all students and supporting the internationaliza- and a three-hour experiential global business course work. tion of faculty.Building upon that foundation, theor internship.Students who complete the GlobalMonroe Monroe Gamble Management Department is proud to support theBusiness Certificate will acquire global business Gamble launch of a new Global Business Certificate (Fallacumen and experience that will augment their 2022), designed to empower students with theundergraduate learning with practical international knowledge and skills to function effectively in anbusiness education, better positioning them to be increasingly global business environment. Createdassets in employment, regardless of their under-A SEAT AT THE TABLE as an inter-departmental initiative, the 12-hourgraduate emphasis area or career ambitions.BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION In 2018, Monroe Gamble became the first Blackbeing back in his old neighborhood wasnt serving(BIE) PROGRAM GRANT FUNDING SECUREDresearch assistant at the Federal Reserve Bankhim. He had friends studying at Mizzou, andIn an exciting new development, the TrulaskeLaunch a new interdisciplinary Global Business of San Francisco. The support he received at theColumbia sounded like a better fit. So while GambleCollege of Business was successful in securingCertificateto better equip student with the Trulaske College of Business, helped get him there.bounced from one friends couch to another friends~$170,000 in BIE grant funding (Oct. 2021-Sept.knowledge and skills needed to success in the Now he wants to strengthen the pipeline. floor, he worked three jobs to try to get back on2023) from the U.S. Department of Education.global marketplace (Fall 2022)Monroe Gamble, BS BA 17, doesnt compare himselftrack. Hed arrive at Dicks Sporting Goods by 5The Business and International Education (BIE) to anyone. It would be easy to do: He didnt growa.m. to unload trucks. In the afternoon, hed headprogram provides funds to institutions of higherAdd new international internship and studyJackie Rasmussenup with money. He worked three jobs to supportto JCPenney where he sold mens suits. Once theeducation that enter into an agreement with aabroad opportunities for studentsLondon & himself through school. And it took him seven yearsmall closed, hed hop in his car and deliver pizzas.business partner for the purpose of improvingDublin (Summer 2022); Asia & Sweden (Summer at multiple colleges before he graduated with hisThere wasnt time for school. business curriculum and conducting outreach2023)Daniel Turban business degree. But then Shelter Insurance offered him a job as aactivities that expand the capacity of the businessEnhance relationships with the business commu- But you cant control their background or wherecustomer service representative. They paid some- community to engage in international economicnity and better position them to evaluate and they started versus where you started, Gamblething like $12.50 an hour, which was insane, heactivities. Management faculty members Shannonrespond to international business opportunitiessays. You cant control whether or not youre therecalls. That job allowed me to compress every- Breske and Jackie Rasmussenboth AssistantCultivate new international programming activ- smartest person in the room. Its a lesson he learnedthing I was doing. Teaching Professorsprovided leadership to theities engaging business, faculty and studentsfrom Daniel Turban, a management professor emer- With a more manageable workload, Gamblegrant writing and submission process, and serveThe Trulaske College of Business was one of 20 itus in the Trulaske College of Business.enrolled at Mizzou. While walking through Cornellas co-project directors for this award.institutions nationwide be awarded funds as part There is one thing in this world that you can control,Hall one afternoon, Gamble saw a sign for the VaseyThe funds secured (matched with University funds)of this competitive award process. Shannon Breskeand thats how hard you work, says Gamble, whoAcademy, a mentorship program for talented under- will be used to:became the first Black research assistant at the Sanrepresented minority students that comes with a Francisco Fed when he was hired in 2018. Youve$1,000 scholarship. If I could get that scholar-Daryl Smith ship, Gamble thought, I wouldnt have to work got to bring effort, and youve got to bring energy. as much at Shelter. If you divide 1,000 by 12.50, Building a Foundationthats a lot of hours! Thats 80 more hours I can Gamble grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, but mostdedicate to studying. Through the Vasey Academy, of his family lived in Valdosta, Georgia, where hishe connected with then-director Daryl Smithgrandfather, a brick mason, constructed many ofGambles first Black professor in the business school.the citys buildings and neighborhoods. Being aToday, Gamble is in a predoctoral program at Black businessman, it meant a lot, Gamble says.New York University, and one day, hed love to be He did a lot for the community. Because he was aa professor at Mizzou. There arent very many builder, everyone admired him, and I wanted to beBlack professors in Trulaske, Gamble says. Thats like him, too. significant because tenure-track professors conduct Land of Opportunityresearch. By having Black researchers, it opens the For a time, Gamble worked at a department storedoor a little wider for more things to be looked at while taking classes at a community college. Butand in different ways.12 MANAGEMENT MATTERSMANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 2022 ANNUAL REPORT 13'