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Officers From Command And General Staff College Discuss Leadership With Students

By Haley Jean Jones – The Department of Business and Leadership is dedicated to offering challenging courses that prepare students for their journeys beyond college.  Seminar in Business (BUS 451) is an outstanding example of the excellent preparatory courses offered … Continue reading

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Students Intern and Collaborate With Independence Regional Ennovation Center

By Megan Brake – This past summer, two William Jewell students, Shawn Davison and Kendall Stewart, had internships with The Independence Regional Ennovation Center in Independence, Missouri. The Ennovation Center is a business incubator that helps entrepreneurs start or grow … Continue reading

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Accounting Student Designs Supply Chain Simulation

By Will Gross – Over the years, Dr. Jean Hawkins’s Cost Accounting students have often struggled to learn and appreciate the practical workings of business supply chains and the problems associated with managing them.  Many textbooks describe the supply chain … Continue reading

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Distinguished Alumna Speaks To Business Students

By Hollie Rankin – Distinguished Alumna, Patricia Garrett Campbell ’68, revisited the William Jewell College Campus in March as an Achievement Day honoree.  In her leadership position as National Sales Director with Mary Kay Cosmetics, Ms. Campbell led a group … Continue reading

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Business Students Learn From Noted Professionals

By Aaron Mitchell – Advanced Seminar in Business (BUS 451) is a course in which students investigate, discuss and practice effective principles and practices of entrepreneurship, leadership and creativity with exposure to both emerging and time-tested perspectives.  Led by Executive … Continue reading

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Student Consulting Team Engages Sprint Project

During the months of August and September, students in Advanced Consulting Engagement initiated a project in cooperation with Sprint Nextel Corporation in which they are tasked with conducting research and developing strategies to introduce Sprint digital tablet devices to the … Continue reading

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Business Students Practice “Unbottling Creativity”

In September, students in Professor Don Huntington’s Business Seminar and Advanced Consulting Engagement courses participated in an innovative, 2-session workshop entitled “Unbottling Creativity”.  The workshop was presented and led by Kansas City based Corkscrew Agency principles Phil Hatterman and Steph … Continue reading

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