Archive for 2013Page 2
Management students visit community partner
The Conflict Management course students heard today how LifeWorks staff helps their clients and families be successful in wage-paying jobs, giving people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to work. It was amazing. I know people who work in human services have complex and demanding jobs— the number of people and the variety of stakeholders with […]
Gustie Management grad scores a blog on HuffPost
A former student sent me an email this afternoon with the link to Jenna Christensen’s ’13 Huffington Post blog entry. Jenna wants all her Millennial peers to embrace social networking tools like Twitter and Instagram as ways to share industry-relevant information and more substantial conversation-starters than what someone had for dinner that night. It’s a […]
Life after Gustavus… a great job at United Health Group complete with Gustie mentors!
Kudos to Caroline Nelson who scored a real job after her United Health Group internship this past summer. She is my latest exhibit A on the power of tapping into the Gustie family. Thanks to Scott Gilyard ’83 and Keith Roberts of Optum (not a technical Gustie but we have adopted him) for reaching out […]
Ledbetter: Supreme Court made her case about all Americans
By Amanda DyslinThe Free Press MANKATO — When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Lilly Ledbetter in 2007, undoing about 50 years of precedent in wage discrimination, it was no longer just an issue of Ledbetter vs. Goodyear, she said. “This was your case,” Ledbetter said Tuesday night during the annual Carol Ortman Perkins […]
“Former Student Refers Kathi Tunheim to Keynote Annual Manager’s Meeting at OATI in Minneapolis”
Amelia Schmid ’12, a former student of Kathi Tunheim’s, referred her to the Selection Committee of Open Access Technology International, Inc., to serve as the Keynote Speaker to the 150 top leaders in the company. On January 7, 2013, Kathi led a 90 minute interactive seminar on the importance of leadership and team development. Feedback […]
Service-learning partners come to campus
The OB students did such a GREAT job with their executive summaries! The community partners were in the audience and it was a great networking and sharing session to hear service work and projects. I was really proud of what they accomplished this spring. Thanks to Feeding our Communities Partners and the backpack food program, […]
Eric Butorac ’03 Skypes with Sports Economics students
Professional tennis player Eric Butorac ’03 spoke with Professor Owen’s Economics of Sports class on Wednesday via Skype. Eric currently serves as the Vice-President of the Player Council for the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP). Eric, along with Player Council President Roger Federer, has been heavily involved in the ATP’s push to increase […]
Congratulations to Sheng Yang
At the Honors Day Convocation last Saturday, Sheng Yang was awarded the 2013 Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. This is a college-wide award determined solely by students. Sheng is in only his second year at Gustavus, and he has already had a huge impact heading up our finance curriculum. On behalf of the E/M […]
Management students’ service has immediate impact & long term positive effects
In their Organizational Behavior class students are creating value for their community partners. They helped Feeding Our Community Partners’ Backpack food program create a values statement, which will assist in their ability to apply for grant funding. At the Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking on Monday May 6 (thankfully sunny and warm!) Ni helped in the […]
Warren Beck offers his wisdom
Warren and Kari created a really special evening at the networking event.