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1 Network COLLEGE OF BUSINESS A Newsletter for Alumni and Friends Fall 2000 Dear Friends, Greetings and welcome to news from the College of Business. The vitality of our programs has never been better! This newsletter is chock full of information about our many efforts so that you, a valued supporter and friend of the College, can share in the joy of our accomplishments. NORM SOLOMON, Ph.D. DEAN, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS This has been a terrific year for the College of Business and a great second year for me as Dean. I am indeed privileged to work with first-rate students, a terrific faculty and staff and with active and interested alumni and supporters. The efforts these individuals have put forth have made it possible for the College to make important strides in developing exciting new academic programs and in enhancing ties with external partners and with external stakeholders. Throughout this process we have remained true to our mission statement (on page two). Thus in order to provide our programs... in a technologically advanced, active learning environment our innovative Information Technology Initiative has been advancing at a rapid pace. Our dedicated faculty members, in addition to pursuing their many other duties and responsibilities, have spent much time this year honing their skills in computer aided instruction. This fall we will welcome our very first students into this wireless mobile computing project and within three years each of our students will be operating in a wireless mobile computing environment. The College has also supported this initiative by moving forward on important new hires in Management Information Systems and in Business Law. These hires have enabled us to develop new courses in e-commerce and in the law of information technology. You can learn more about the details of our exciting Information Technology Initiative in a separate article in this issue of Network. Important to our continued leadership in business education is our commitment to strengthening our links with external stakeholders and with external partners. Our external stakeholders include our alumni as well as the businesses and professions that employ our graduates. We have even gone beyond our continental boundaries to expand our partnerships. For example, we have built a strong link with a renowned French business school, IFI Rouen. A separate article in this newsletter focuses on benefits students have reaped from the IFI-Rouen experience. We can be sure that we are pursuing the right course of action when the interests of our stakeholders dovetail with those of the College. There is no better validation of this than the tremendous generosity shown by a number of our alumni and friends in the past year. In a separate section of this newsletter we CONTINUED ON PAGE 3... CONTENTS DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES 2 ADVISORY COUNCIL 4 FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS 6 LIST OF DONORS 8 ALUMNI AWARDS 11 HOMECOMING 11 EXECUTIVE LECTURE SERIES 13 STUDENT ACTIVITIES 15 Information Technology Initiative The last year has been both exciting and challenging for the College s Information Technology Initiative. The Initiative got a big boost last fall when Allen and Kathy Lenzmeier pledged $500,000 to get the project started. Phase One began with the College leasing IBM Thinkpad notebooks for the faculty. Fifty smiling professors attended a get started workshop during finals week in December. Spring semester brought faculty workshops focusing on FrontPage, PowerPoint and Excel software programs. Much of the academic year was spent planning for Phase Two of the Initiative. Members of the Technology Enhancement Committee met bi-monthly with a Student Advisory Team. Discussions focused on how to best implement the Initiative with students and what hardware specifications they desired. Importantly, student opinions were also sought by the Committee regarding allocation of scholarship dollars to students. Using student and faculty input, the Technology Enhancement Committee developed a pilot program that begins this fall. The pilot program started with conversion of two traditional classrooms to two state-of-the-art educational environments. Out with the black boards and desk chairs! In with wireless access, LCD projectors, SmartBoards, new carpets and team workstations. Six courses are being offered with notebook sections for fall semester 2000: Accounting 200 (Financial Accounting), Management 200 (MIS), Marketing 316 (Consumer Behavior), Marketing 317 (Product and Pricing Strategy), Marketing 324 (Marketing Research), and Marketing 412 (Professional Selling). CONTINUED ON PAGE 3... TIM SCOTT, PAUL SCHUMANN, MARK KUMP & WAYNE SHARP, RECEIVE LAPTOP COMPUTERS AS PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE, FEBRUARY, Page 4 ADVISORY COUNCIL STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY Page 12 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 1

2 2 BRUCE SMITH CHAIR, ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS LAW DEPARTMENT HARRY THIEWES, Ph.D. CHAIR, FINANCE DEPARTMENT MILES SMAYLING, Ph.D. CHAIR, MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT M. ANAAM HASHMI, Ph.D. CHAIR, MARKETING & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Departmental Updates ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS LAW It s been an exciting year in our department. We re working on curriculum for the College of Business Information Technology Initiative, scheduled to begin fall semester Courses using a laptop computer will be voluntary for the academic year, and required beginning with the fall, academic year. Professor Robert Zelin and Norm Solomon, Dean of the College of Business, have been raising funds and making infrastructure changes necessary for the laptop environment. Laptop classrooms will use state-of-the-art wireless technology. As part of this initiative faculty are working on curriculum and upgrading their technology skills. Professor Mary Rolfes will be our leader, teaching the first laptop courses during fall semester Professor Penny Herickhoff will teach the first Business Law laptop sections in the spring of We have also had changes in the department s faculty. Professor Don Daggett retired and Professor Ken Fowler has returned to Public Accounting. The department will miss them both and wishes them the best in their new endeavors. We are pleased to announce that Dan Levin has been hired as a new tenure track faculty member for Business Law. He is warmly welcomed. FINANCE, INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE The Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department is pleased to announce that Travis Gill was selected as recipient of the 2000 Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Finance. Travis also served as the of the Finance Club for the academic year. The Certified Financial Planner Certificate Program has experienced strong growth in the Twin Cities area. This program is offered through Minnesota State University, Mankato to financial planners who are preparing to sit for certification in financial planning. We are very grateful to Dr. Chan Lee for his contributions. In addition to this program, a minor in Financial Planning was approved and will be offered beginning in the fall of The Department will experience personnel changes during the coming academic year. Dr. Sanjay Ranchander has accepted a position at Marshall University in West Virginia. He will be deeply missed by the College. Also, Dr. Steve Wilcox will take a full year s sabbatical and Drs. Chan Lee and Richard Swanson will take half-year sabbaticals. Though the Department will operate at reduced strength, all three faculty members have interesting academic pursuits planned and we look forward to our faculty being at full strength in the fall of MANAGEMENT A number of important changes took place in the Management Department during the last academic year. Given current dynamics, it s no surprise that most of them were within the management information systems concentration. Dr. Sung Kim will join the MIS faculty this fall. Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and has been teaching at Kansas State University for the past few years. We are delighted to have such a highly qualified scholar become a member of our faculty. MIS majors will benefit from two additional positive changes this year. The first is that three new classes are available for MIS students. They are: E-Commerce, Wireless Networks and Project Management. These courses have received all required approvals thanks to the dedicated work of Rakesh Kawatra. Secondly, Bill Brown will stay with us as a tenure track faculty member despite vigorous attempts by other schools to lure him away. John Kaliski submitted his resignation and will no longer be a member of the MIS faculty. He has decided to pursue an entrepreneurial challenge and we wish him the best of luck. His wisdom, integrity and energy were driving forces in the formation of the MIS concentration, and his contributions to MSU will be felt for a long time to come. The management faculty extends sincere congratulations to Tim Scott for being named a distinguished faculty member, and to Marilyn Fox for her promotion to full professor. Both of these individuals richly deserve this recognition. MARKETING & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS During the past year the Department of Marketing and International Business established a department Advisory Council. The group will meet once a year in the fall to provide input to the faculty on curriculum, program development and assessment issues. Any alumnus who would like to share his or her time and expertise on this Advisory Council is invited to contact Anaam Hashmi at or him at m.hashmi@mankato.msus.edu. In recent years Marketing and International Business has sought to provide learning opportunities for business people on the job. An outcome of this effort is the Export Administration Certificate Program that is currently offered in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. During the academic year about two dozen middle managers participated in the Certificate Program. The Department will sponsor its annual Marketing and International Business Careers Day in March, This event is an important way for students to understand what careers await them upon graduation. If any alumni would like to participate in next year s event, please contact Anaam Hashmi. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to educate undergraduate students to be successful and responsible business leaders dedicated to pursuing excellence. Our high quality business programs primarily focus on meeting the education needs of Minnesota students, with a secondary focus on meeting the needs of students from the region. We partner with business to provide our programs in a technologically advanced, active learning environment. Our faculty, students and external partners work together in an environment of mutual respect and continuous professional development. The college encourages diversity of thought, exploration of technology, intellectual discovery, and contributions to the improvement of our global society. We pursue excellence in teaching, and engage in high quality research and service to support our teaching. Although we value basic research, our intellectual contributions focus principally on applied research and instructional development which enhance the learning process and improve business practice. Our service facilitates management of the college and university, supports extracurricular activities, contributes to our business disciplines through the scholarly review and editorial process, and builds business partnerships to enrich student learning.

3 ... Dear Friends, continued MSU is one of only 4 list all of our generous donors. Many thanks to each of you! There are several donors, however, whose belief in what we are doing is so strong and their support so significant that they merit special attention and thanks in this column. The College was thrilled to receive a gift of $500,000 from alumnus Al Lenzmeier and his wife Kathy. This leadership gift has been key to the success of our Information Technology Initiative. Also, key to the initiative was Wells Fargo Bank s gift of $100,000. Harlee Olafson, president of Mankato area Wells Fargo, spearheaded efforts that led to this donation. Wells Fargo has been a longstanding supporter of our College and is a major employer of our graduates. Private gifts also make an important difference to our College Scholarship Fund and enhance our accessibility to deserving students. Thus alumnus Norb Harrington s generous personal gift of $100,00 to the University, $50,000 of which went to the College Scholarship Fund, is most appreciated! The College has also been well provided for in the University-wide Scholarship pool. Alumnus Lynn Nagorske and his wife Pamela deserve special thanks for their personal donation of $100,000 to the ial Scholars Fund. This donation has been designated for Business students. Lynn's employer, TCF Financial, as part of its corporate matching gift program donated an additional $100,000 to the same scholarship fund. TCF Financial has also been a longstanding supporter of our College and is a major employer of our graduates. A separate article in this edition of Network focuses on the students in the College who have been awarded ial Scholarships. This year also saw the implementation of the Richard and Mary L. Schmitz Endowment for Opportunities in Food Retailing (first announced in the September, 1999 edition of Network). This $131,500 endowment not only provided tuition scholarships for two of our students but it also supported a one-week preceptorship for three students in the retail food industry. The Schmitz s worked closely and tirelessly with several of our Marketing Department faculty to create this wonderful opportunity for our students. We are able to maintain the momentum needed to move forward in developing external resources in large part because of the guidance of interested and active Business Advisory Council members. We are tremendously proud of the fact that each of the supporters listed in the previous paragraph is either now a member of our Advisory Council or has been a member in the recent past. Under the continuing vigorous and visionary leadership of Chair Greg Lea the Council has also successfully undertaken a number of new activities. For example, the Advisory Council initiated an awards program for the following categories of individuals: Distinguished Businessperson, Distinguished Faculty Member and Student Leader. These awards will be conferred at our October 5th Annual Advisory Council Meeting, and a feature article in this newsletter lists the awardees and describes their accomplishments. The Council also developed and ran its first-ever Student Appreciation Day on April 25th. This very successful event involved more than a dozen Advisory Council members visiting individual classes so that the members could share their knowledge and experience directly with students and faculty. On that same day the Advisory Council conducted a wrap-up of the MSU E-mentoring Program. A separate article discussing the phenomenal success of this effort is included in this newsletter. Working with the Council is a joyous experience for me an I am very grateful for the support its members have given to me and to the College. From this brief overview I hope you can see why I am very proud of everything that the College is doing. I welcome your ideas and energy as we move forward in creating the future of collegiate business education herre at Minnesota State University, Mankato. NORM SOLOMON Dean, College of Business Norman.Solomon@mankato.msus.edu Technology Initiative, continued from page 1 Spring additions will include Accounting 210 (Managerial Accounting) and Business Law 200. All students who are leasing a notebook from the University for fall semester will receive a $100 Lenzmieier scholarship to help defray the costs of the lease. Scholarships for subsequent semesters will be awarded by application. Courses will continue to be added to the list of those using the notebook computers until the Fall of 2003, when all College of Business courses will have a notebook application. Until that time, students will have the option of enrolling in either a notebook or non-notebook section of a course. The College of Business is proud of the progress it has made with this Initiative. Only a dream five years ago, the effort to bring new technologies to students is becoming reality. Our graduates will now better acquire the technological skills needed for a smooth transition from education to career. At the Races Thanks to College of Business alumnus Randy Sampson 80, friends and alumni of MSU s College of Business had the opportunity to have some fun and take a chance at the races last August. Sampson, and General Manager of Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, worked with the College to develop and publicize the event. This year s 2nd Annual Evening at the Races will be held on Friday, August 18. An alumni reception will begin at 5, with races following at 6:30. Races with MSU-related names will run throughout the evening, adding some fun for race-goers. Rigorous AACSB Standards Upheld In May, 2000, Milton R. Blood, Managing Director of Accreditation, International Association for Management Education, wrote the following to College of Business Dean Norm Solomon: I congratulate you for the role you play as an important contributor to higher education...you lead a management education unit that has met the rigorous review standards of AACSB accreditation...(this) signals your commitment to continuous improvement of the quality of the programs you provide...this letter is a reminder of the warranted pride you have achieved in your programs. MSU is one of only four Minnesota collegiate schools of business accredited by AACSB; twenty-five percent of business schools nationwide are so recognized. Minnesota collegiate schools of business to be accredited by AACSB The International Association for Management Education. Approximately 25% of all business schools nationwide are so recognized. PREMIER DANCER WINS THE MSU COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CLASSIC EVENING AT THE RACES, CANTERBURY PARK, SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA, 1999 News 3

4 Advisory Council MSU E-Mentoring Program Facilitates Valuable Exchange PARTICIPANTS IN THE E-MENTORING PROGRAM MEET FACE TO FACE STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY, APRIL 25, Advisory Council members give generously of their time to help the College of Business maintain programs relevant to current developments The College of Business Advisory Council is a great group of people. They not only excel at what they do on the job, but they care actively about the kinds of contributions our students will make when they leave the campus environment for the business world. This, they believe, is accomplished not only in the classroom, but through the personal contact students have with those who have grown and learned on the job. At the October 1999 Advisory Council meeting, the group expressed an interest in more diverse personal involvement with students. In response to this, the College of Business Advisory Council partnered with the Office of Alumni Relations to participate in the MSU E- Mentoring Program in spring semester This E-Mentoring Program is one way that the Advisory Council members can personally interact directly with a student in a meaningful way by developing a structured mentoring relationship at a time when the students are making important decisions in their academic careers. MSU STUDENTS EXCHANGE IDEAS WITH SUE KLASEUS, MINNEAPOLIS, AND DAVE ANDREAS, NATIONAL CITY BANCORPORATION. in business. GREG LEA, ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SPENDS TIME IN THE CLASSROOM ON STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY, APRIL 25, E-mentoring is what it sounds like a relationship between an experienced businessperson and a student. But unlike traditional mentor relationships, this exchange doesn t happen in person. Questions and answers are exchanged via . Many students and Council members chose to participate in the spring E- Mentoring program, which proved to be helpful for students and satisfying for mentors. One student wrote, I want you to know that the E-Mentoring Program has been outstanding... (My mentor) is an extraordinary individual and has given me incredible in-sight about many different topics... not only do I consider (my mentor) to be a successful professional, but also I consider him as a friend that I can turn to for honest, knowledgeable advice. Mentors had positive experiences and warm compliments for the students they came to know through the program. One mentor shared his impressions this way, Had lunch with (student) today. I think he should be the mentor and I should be the student. He is very focused. Went over his resume and it looks good. His father is a very successful businessman and has given him very good advice. If (student) is a typical student, you guys are doing a great job! Advisory Council Student Appreciation Day The Advisory Council contributes to learning and the development of opportunities in the College of Business in a multitude of ways. Their involvement has a positive influence on academic planning, development, technical advancements, recruitment and student activities. But most often what they truly enjoy is contact with students. Many Advisory Council Members are active in the E-Mentoring Program. Others become part of the Executive Lecturer Series sponsored by the College, or they facilitate internships. Looking for more ways to get to know students and share the business acumen they ve developed, the Advisory Council conducted its first Student Appreciation Day in April, It was a huge success, much appreciated by students who had the opportunity to exchange ideas and questions with Council members in the classroom, at student club meetings and during a celebration that brought students and their mentors together as a finale for the E-Mentoring Program. Thanks, Advisory Council members! The program formally took place during ten weeks in the spring with weekly, suggested topics provided by the College. Face-to-face meetings occurred at the beginning and conclusion of the program. Participants said the flexible format of the program contributed to its success. In response to suggestions made by both e-mentors and students, the program has been expanded from ten weeks to the academic year (October to April) for

5 Advisory Council Presents First Annual Awards During its Fall 1999 meeting the College of Business Advisory Council endorsed three awards to be given annually by the College of Business. These awards recognize extraordinary achievement in business, teaching and student leadership. They are: the Distinguished Businessperson s Award, the Distinguished Professor Award and the Student Leader Award. The awards give the Advisory Council an opportunity to bestow high level recognition to welldeserving individuals. This year s recipients will be honored at a reception during the fall semester. ALLEN LENZMEIER DISTINGUISHED BUSINESSPERSON ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS GATHERED ON CAMPUS IN OCTOBER, As Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice of Best Buy Corporation, Allen Lenzmeier has led the company through significant growth and market expansion. But despite significant corporate responsibilities, which are national in scope, Allen Lenzmeier volunteers his time and energies by serving on the MSU Foundation Board, the College of Business Advisory Council and as of the board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities. He and his wife Kathleen have been generous with MSU, most recently by supporting the College s Information Technology Initiative. DR. TIMOTHY SCOTT DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Dr. Timothy Scott was nominated by his peers in MSU s Department of Management to receive the first Advisory Council Distinguished Professor Award. In the letter of nomination his colleagues said, During 25 years of service to the University Dr. Scott has demonstrated extraordinary devotion to teaching and learning and has made countless contributions to the lives of his students, colleagues and all who work with him. He has put his heart and soul into making the Department and the College the best they can be...worked tirelessly to help plan and implement the College s Information Technology Initiative...he is a leader in the development of management simulations for classroom teaching...and not an hour goes by when Tim is not engaged with students. Dr. Scott is loved as an eternal optimist, a mentor, and someone who truly wants others to succeed. KARYN SCHMIDT STUDENT LEADER Karyn Schmidt transferred to MSU in 1998, and in two years compiled an astounding list of accomplishments in academics, athletics and service. In addition to being on the Dean s list each semester, Schmidt was awarded the International Business Scholarship, served as president of the International Business Organization and was active in the Coalition of Student Business Organizations (COSBO). Aside from academics she was a dedicated member of the MSU swim team, actively volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA women s shelter, translated missionary reading materials, worked in the Salvation Army soup kitchen, was a member of Executive Council for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and helped with flood relief activities when she lived in Fargo. Advisory Council Members The College of Business held its annual Advisory Council Meeting on October 5, The Council is composed of business executives from throughout the United States who provide guidance and vision to the College of Business. Throughout the year, the Advisory Council Executive Committee and Dean Norm Solomon meet to discuss current business and academic issues. Executive Committee members are denoted by an asterisk. The Chair of the Advisory Council is Greg Lea. Jay Abdo, CPA Partner Abdo, Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP David Andreas* Chairman & CEO National City Bancorporation Jeff Augustin Account Manager EDS/Ryder Account Jerry Bambery BAMCO, Inc. Daniel Berdass* Bermo, Inc. Circle Pines, MN Richard Bliss Anchor Bank Wayzata, MN Keith Brekke General Manager All-American Foods John Buck Fingerhut Business Services Minnetonka, MN Brad Buscher Chairman & CEO Mercury Waste Solutions, Inc. Jeanne Votca Carpenter Vice of Marketing Shandwick USA Bloomington, MN Dawn Courrier Partner KPMG Peat Marwick Jerry Crest Executive Vice Immanuel-St. Josephs-Mayo Health System Louise Dickmeyer Executive Vice Greater Minneapolis Chamber Mary Ellen Domeier State Bank and Trust Company New Ulm, MN James Dosen Partner Baune Dosen & Co. Minnetonka, MN Al Fallenstein* Executive Vice Taylor Corporation North Curtis Fisher Fisher Development Chuck Fuhrmann Vice, Research & Development Agrilink Foods Vegetable Company Green Bay, WI David Gruenzner Chief Financial Officer Blue Earth Services Maureen Gustafson & CEO Chamber of Commerce Norb Harrington* Regional Wells Fargo Bank, Minnesota, N.A. Rochester, MN John Hey James Holdrege Electric Machinery Company Robert Hyde Partner Deloitte & Touche Gary Iverson Partner Ernst & Young Douglas Jamison Manager of Service Ability & Fulfillment Re-engineering IBM Raleigh, North Carolina Susan Klaseus Mike Larson Editor Minot Daily News Minot, ND David Laurion Franke, Laurion & Stanley Financial Edina, MN Greg Lea* Vice Jostens Corporation Allen Lenzmeier Sr. Vice of Finance & Operations Best Buy Company Eden Prairie, MN Richard Lundin Chairman & CEO Southern Minnesota Construction Co. Inc. Fred Lutz Lutz-Lloyd Enterprises, Inc. David Malmberg Dave Malmberg & Associates Eden Prairie, MN Larry Maruska Branch Manager U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Richard McCluhan Richard McCluhan & Associates, Inc. Mac McGowan Plains Corporation Coon Rapids, MN Dennis Miller Midwest Wireless Christie Newman Division Human Resources Manager Cargill Harlee Olafson Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. Tami Paulsen* Administration and Marketing Bryan Paulsen Architectural Design Inc. Randy Quint Director, Supply Chain & Operations Celestica Corporation Rochester, MN Tom Richards Chairman Katolight John Rottunda Executive Vice Mankato Carton, Inc. Randall Sampson & CEO Canterbury Park Holding Co. Shakopee, MN Mary Schmitz CEO Jeane Thorne Inc. St. Paul, MN Jeffrey Stewart Stewart, Stein and Scott Ltd. James Tibbetts Cenex Harvest States Honeymead Henry (Hank) Todd Vice Business Development Government & Tourism Carlson Companies, Inc. Mark Van Beusek Manager of Recruiting Norrell Information Services Bloomington, MN Dennis Wahlstrom Vice & General Manager KEYC-TV William Wren Business Development Officer Metropolitan Airports Commission Advisory Council 5

6 Faculty Achievements AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS Corinne Dickey (Assistant to the Dean of the College of Business) was selected as one of nineteen Fellows participating in the Minnesota State College and University System s Kellogg/MnSCU Leadership Institute. The Institute is an eighteen-month program designed to provide the opportunities for research of key issues within the MnSCU system. In addition to research funding, the Leadership Institute provides the opportunity for Fellows to collaborate with a team of mentors from both inside and outside of the system. It is also intended to make it possible for recipients to gain real life experience in a selected field of study. Dr. Dickey s research focuses on Serving the College Student Better Through Technology: A Potential Tool for Recruitment and Retention. Rush named Penny Herickhoff (Accounting) as a winner of the Minnesota State University s Teaching Scholar Fellowship for Summer Her project is entitled U.S. Hate Crime Legislation as an Indicator of Current Cultural Perceptions of Human Rights. Sanjay Ramchander (Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) was honored with an Outstanding Paper in Economics Award at the 1999 meeting of the Association for Economics and Finance Annual Meeting. His paper was entitled: Export Growth and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico. Professional Programs Teach Specialized Skills Two College of Business programs now serve people who are currently active in the business world and require specialized learning experiences to build success. Both programs meet off campus in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area and are designed to be effective and convenient for working participants. FINANCIAL PLANNING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM MSU s Financial Planning Certificate Program was held at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota during the past academic year. Participants attended approximately eighteen evening class sessions per class, per semester. Classes in the program include: Financial Planning Process, Insurance Planning, Investment Planning, Tax Planning, Retirement Planning and Estate Planning. The program prepares students to take the Certified Financial Planner Certificate Examination. A cumulative B grade point average is required in order to sit for the exam. Finance professor Chan Lee is the director of this program. EXPORT ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM This business program is designed for exporters, personnel and administrative staff of companies engaged in international operations and offshore sourcing. The program focuses on practical knowledge and the technical skills needed to successfully manage the export and import operations of a company. Past participants have been enthused about the organization of the program, its practical and thorough approach to content, and noticeable results when they re back on the job. Students include exporters, international administration staff members, international managers, customer service personnel, purchasing staff, traffic personnel, contract personnel, customers brokers, foreign freight forwarders, sales personnel and entrepreneurs. Classes touch on subjects such as export strategy, legal issues, documents, transportation, packaging and insurance, regulations and methods of payment. Professor Basil Janavaras directs this program. 6

7 Our Faculty Faculty Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings Articles College of Business faculty have been actively publishing journal articles and articles in conference proceedings, as well as presenting papers at faculty workshops and professional conferences. The College of Business takes great pride in the fact that our faculty members publish in some of the world s finest scholarly journals. This achievement ensures that our faculty are at the cutting edge of their fields. As a result, our students receive a relevant and rigorous education. The following listing of College of Business faculty publications and presentations is for ACCOUNTING FACULTY JOURNAL ARTICLES Jane Baird Auditors Control Risk Assessments and the Audit Plan, with D.C. Burns and B.R. Baumnitz, Business Journal, Fall 2000 Dale Marxen Student Internet Usage, Perceptions and Training Needs: Implications for Campus Leaders, with V. Marxen, J. Baird, and R. Zelin, Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, Spring 2000 Marilyn Okleshen Putting the Frosting on Cheerios, with C. Okleshen, International Journal of Case Studies and Research, November 1999 Michael s Ballet Company, with C. Pragman and R. Zelin, Case Research Journal, 2000 Robert Zelin The Effects of Information Ordering on Investor Perception: An Experiment Utilizing s Letters, with J. Baird, Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, 2000 The Impact of Industry Distributional Information on Auditors Analytical Procedures, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, forthcoming CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ARTICLES Jane Baird The Case of the County Museum: Finances and Financial Reporting, International Academy for Case Studies 2000 Annual Meeting Proceedings Risk Management and Electronic Banking, with M. Okleshen and R. Kahl, Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Meeting Proceedings, February 2000 Incorporating Service Learning into the Accounting Curriculum: An Example from an Auditing Course, 2000 North American Accounting Society (NAAS) Proceedings Marilyn Okleshen Risk Management and Electronic Banking, with J. Baird and R. Kahl, Academy of Economics and Finance Proceedings, February 2000 Stephen Woehrle Expert Systems and Case-based Reasoning Applied to Organizations Using Enterprise Resource Planning, American Academy of Accounting and Finance Annual Meeting Proceedings, December 1999 Political Behavior Related to Stock Market Performance, American Academy of Accounting and Finance Annual Meeting Proceedings, December 1999 A Quantitative Technique for Making GAO Performance Audits More Objective, International Applied Business Research Conference Proceedings, March 2000 Goal Programming Can Remedy the Performance Auditing Dilemma, American Accounting Association, Southeast Regional Conference Proceedings, April 2000 Robert Zelin A Framework for the Implementation and Assessment of Laptop Computers in a College of Business, with P. Schumann, T. Scott, W. Sharp. L. Anglin, H. Miller, and S. Ramchander, Western Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, April 2000 Transforming Traditional Classrooms into Notebook-Ready Classrooms, North American Accounting Association Annual Conference Proceedings, March 2000 The Impact of Industry Distributional Information on Auditors Analytical Procedures, Allied Academics National Conference Proceedings, April 2000 BUSINESS LAW FACULTY JOURNAL ARTICLES Georgia Holmes Who Owns Course Materials Prepared by a Teacher or Professor? The Application of Copyright Law to Teaching Materials in the Internet Age with D. Levin, Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, 2000 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE FACULTY JOURNAL ARTICLE Sanjay Ramchander Trade Policies and Macroeconomic Expansion in Mexico, Journal of Business and Economic Studies, forthcoming The Determinants of Foreign Bank Involvement in U.S. Banking Markets, with A.Reichert and S. Jayanti, Managerial Finance, 1999 Harry Thiewes Interest Rate Transmission Among Emerging Asian Economies, with S. Ramchander and E. Anoruo, The Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Summer 2000 The Impact of Foreign Banking Activity on the Profitability and Performance of U.S. Banking Markets, with S. Ramchander, International Journal of Development Banking, 1999 Corporate Social Responsibility: Does It Pay? with L. Wenzel, Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, 1999 Stephen Wilcox The Impact of Ownership Structure and Reputation on the Risk-Taking Behavior of Depository Institutions, Journal of Financial Management and Analysis, 1999 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ARTICLES Sanjay Ramchander International Linkage of Interest Rates: Evidence from the Emerging Economies of Asia, with H. Thiewes, American Academy of Accounting and Finance Proceedings, December 1999 Export Growth and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico, received Outstanding Paper Award at the February 2000 Academy of Economics and Finance Conference Roger Severns Property and Casualty Insurance Claim Disputes in Minnesota: Will a New Standard Form be Required? American Academy of Accounting and Finance Conference Proceedings, December 1999 International Business Faculty Journal Articles Anaam Hashmi Most Favored Nation Status to China: A Two Edge Sword, North Central Business Journal, Winter- Spring Role of Mercosur in Regional Trade Growth, Managerial Finance, Spring The Free Trade Agreement Between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: An Overview and Implications, with J. El-Khateeb Managerial Finance, Japan, and Germany With Russia, North Central Business Journal, Turgut Guvenli Relations Between Multinational Firms and Host Governments: The Experience of American-owned Firms in China, International Business Review, forthcoming. Human Resource Issues in American Firms in China, Journal of Asia Pacific Business, forthcoming. Conference Proceedings Articles Anaam Hashmi An Analysis of Strategic Economic Polities of the U.S., Japan and Germany Toward Russia, with F. Damanpour, Association for Global Business National Meeting Proceedings, November Strategy for Investment in Russia, with F. Damanpour, Association for Global Business National Meeting Proceedings, November Online Investing and Stock Trading: A Global Perspective, Academy of Business Administration National Conference Proceedings, April Management Faculty Journal Articles Brenda Flannery Environmental Ethical Decision Making in the U.S. Metal Finishing Industry, with D. R. May, Academy of Management Journal, August, Marilyn Fox An Investigation of the Effects of Time and Involvement in the Relationship Between Stressors and Work-Family Conflict, with D. Dwyer, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Rakesh Kawatra A Multiperiod Planning Model for the Capacitated Minimal Spanning Tree Problem, with D. Bricker, European Journal of Operational Research, A Lagrangian Based Heuristic for the Design of Multipoint Linkages in a Communication Network with Unreliable Links and Node Outage Costs, with A. Dutta and D. Bricker, OPSEARCH, Conference Proceedings Articles Marilyn Fox Shiftwork, Health, and Job Satisfaction: Moderating Effects of Social Support and Personal Control, with D. Dwyer, National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting Proceedings, Perceptions of Pregnant Job Applicants in a Simulated Selection Situation, with L. Eckert, J. Aspension and P. Goernert, Midwest Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings, Jon Kalinowski Comparative Study of Mental Health - USA and Slovakia, with J. Brandt and A. Blackhurst, Conference for Gender and Rural Transformations in Europe: Past, Present, and Future Prospects, Conference Proceedings, October Rakesh Kawatra Branch Exchange Heuristic for the Multiperiod Capacitated Minimal Spanning Tree with Downtime Costs Problem, MWDSI Conference Proceedings. Timothy Scott A Framework for the Implementation and Assessment of Laptop Computers in a College of Business, with P. Schumann, W. Sharp, L. Anglin, R. Zelin, H. Miller, and S. Ramchander, Western Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, April Transforming Traditional Classrooms into Laptop Ready Classrooms: An Ongoing Chronology, with R. Zelin, L. Anglin, S. Ramchander, P. Schumann, and W. Sharp, North American Accounting Association Annual Conference Proceedings, March An Update of Testbank for Measuring Total Enterprise Simulation Learning, with J. Gosen, J. Washbush, A. Patz, T. Scott, and J. Wolfe, Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Exercises Proceedings, A Testbank for Measuring Total Enterprise Simulation Learning, with J. Gosen, J. Washbush, A. Patz, and J. Wolfe, Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Exercises Proceedings, Miles Smayling Group and Individual Performance on a Business Simulation and Other Course Assignments, Academy of Business Education Annual Meeting Proceedings, September, A Look at the Costs and Benefits of Better Trained Nursing Staffs, Western Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting Proceedings Economic Conditions and Student Knowledge of the Labor Market, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Annual Meeting Proceedings, A Comparison of Student Performance on a Business Simulation and Other Course Requirements, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Annual Meeting Proceedings, Marketing Faculty Journal Articles Mark Hall A Note on the Use of Marketing Research by Small Businesses, Journal of Small Business Strategy, Integrating the Business Practitioner into Marketing Coursework, with J. Linrud, Marketing Education Review, PROFESSOR ROBERT ZELIN AND STUDENT JESSICA GILLETTE INVESTIGATE A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE USED BY STUDENTS AS PART OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE. Faculty 7

8 College of Business List of Donors JULY 1, JUNE 30, 2000 The College of Business is grateful to alumni and friends who, through their contributions, have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in business education. Contributors who earmarked the College, one of its programs, or one of its scholarship funds during are listed below. Care has been taken in the preparation of this report to assure complete and accurate recording. However, if omissions or errors have occurred, we express our sincere regret and request that you bring such errors to our attention. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE $250,000 & OVER Allen & Kathleen Lenzmeier $100,000 & over Wells Fargo $10,000-$49,999 Lyle and Kay Jacobson $500-$999 Robert Zelin $100-$499 Ghulam and Maria Noorani Mark and Elizabeth Prokosch Joe and Ida Roessler Tamara Almberg Susan and Matthew Aspelund David Blade Darrell Blazevic Wayne and Linda Boike Mark Born Richard And Karen Buckley Carolyn and Richard Cooke Julie Doherty Linda and Michael Erb Cynthia and Eddie Fosenburg David and Patricia George Debra Grossman May Hegna John and Belinda Henle Betty Klingaman Paula and Luann Lawrence Mark and Linda Lindgren Nancy Matsch Karla Melgaard Alayne Ree David and Sharon Sexe Jeffrey Sharp and Patrice O Leary Jeffrey and Rox Anne Thompson Joseph and Susan Totall James and Terry Tourville John and Beth Wacholz Jason and Callie White Ann and Daniel Williamson Lee and Jody Zachman Jon and Heidi Zimmerman COLLEGE OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE FUND $50,000 & OVER Norbert and Diane Harrington $5,000-49,999 All American Foods, Inc. $1,000 - $4,999 Norman and Kathy Solomon $500 - $999 Bemis Company Foundation Thomas and Shari Blindt Gaylan and Nancy Myran Martin and Barbara Nergaard Loren and Vicki Swenson Valley News Company 3M Steve and Lynn Achter James and Sharon Adam James and Sharee Almsted American Express Financial Advisors Garry and Patricia Andersen Gregory and Julie Arnott Dennis and Mari Batty Kim and Sally Beisser Kevin and Erin Berg Richard Berg Gary and Erin Bjornstad Beatrice and Keith Brown Jim and Kimberly Burma Cargill, Inc. Christopher and Laura Chaffee Jeff and Lisa Christense Ogden and Jane Confer Michael Crest Michael and Judith Curtis Lester and Dawn Dahlberg Barry and Susan Dale Cynthia and Michael Day Mary Ellen and Robert Domeier Marie Dranttel Patrick and Cindi Duffy Jeffrey Edman Daniel and Nancy Eggland Garvin and Sue Eichhorst Douglas and Kathleen Eiden Dwight and Brenda Elthon Ericsson Systems, Inc. William and Patricia Eustice James and Linda Farnham William and Margaret Foulk Steve and Julie Foy Charles Gardner General Mills Foundation Dominic Giannangeli Patricia and Lyle Hanson Stafford and Susan Harder Thomas and Anne Hughes Patrick Hunziker Charles Immel Bruce and Kathryn Johnson Donald and Christine Johnson Michael and Mitzi Johnson Johnson & Johnson Kemper GroupGary and Terri Kindseth David and Cindy Lein Andrew and Barbara Lindsay Thomas and Jill Lueken Michael and Susan Manther Greta and Philip Maragos MBNA America Judy and Elwood Meister Peter Michaletz Minnesota Mutual Foundation Harley and Ruth Mohr Lois and David Nelson Christie Newman Douglas Olson Gordon and Julie Oslund James and Joy Pahl Jeffrey and Debra Papke Phillip and Mary Popehn Bruce and Debbie Prescher Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Michael Purdy Tim and Sally Redding Duane and Jane Redning Michael and Maryanne Reed Kent and Ann Reeves Reliant Energy Minnegasco Bryan and Becky Rice Terry Root John and Barbara Rottunda Buddhadev Roychoudhury Henry and Janet Saeugling Kenneth and Nancy Schmieder Kenneth and Susan Schmitz Timothy and Natalie Smith Sprint Foundation Ramona and Richard Steele Steven and Debra Steen David and Dawn Swenson Thomas and Kathy Sylvester Tandy Corporation TCF Bank National Bank Minnesota Susan Tenney James and Victoria Thomas Eric Thoreson Barbara and Darrell Van Loenen Douglas and Kristine Voegeli Michael and Amy Welle Wells Fargo Foundation West Liberty State Bank David and Connie Wier Timothy Wirtz Todd and Cynthia Wyatt Anonymous Jonathan and Jodi Aase Roger and Karen Ahrens Lloyd and Shirley Allen Dale and Sonja Amy Douglas G Andree Duane and Karen Arens Kathy Atkinson Brian and Kim Augustin Harold and Stephanie Austing Auto-Owners Insurance Company James and Cele Baker Richard Ballandby Michael and Carmen Barlow David and Roxanne Barnes Michael and Mary Barron Krishna and Vijaya Baru James and Susan Barutt Bryan and Jo Beaderstadt James and Diane Becker Dennis and Lee Beckman Robert and Peggy Benjamin Jeffrey and Jennifer Benke Gary and Lori Beres Gary Berg Gary Berger Charles Bernardy Darrell and Barbara Bertelson Dennis and Judy Besch David and Barb Bettenhausen Lee and Diane Bigalk Sandra and Brian Bigalk Patrick and Molly Bigelow Kimberley Blair Arthur and Rita Blauzda Gregory and Lora Blevins BMC Industries Gene Boettger Anthony and Susan Bogenschutz William and Natalie Boisvert Julie Bonello Morris Borglum and Susan Stenzel-Borglum David Bothe Ronald and Isabelle Botten Lisa and Matthew Bradt Cynthia Bragdon Eugene and Shirley Brandt Gene and Myrtle Brandvold Robert and Dawn Brasch Darrel and Gwen Brey Keith Bridgeman Dennis and Roxann Brue David Bruels and Nancy Ross-Bruels Charles and Nancy Bruns Paula Buetow Joe and Sharon Buysse Paul and Peggy Cain Thomas and Kathy Carfrae James Carrier Robert and Sharon Chittenden Michael and Denise Choiniere Steven and Ruth Chuba Lee and Mark Chutchian Debora Clapsaddle CNA Surety Allen and Elisabeth Coleman John Collins Edward and Catherine Commers Conseco Finance Corporation Charles and Janice Darth Lianne and Daniel Deanovic Nainesh and Jayna Desai Mark and Sheryl Detert Gary and Cynthia Detjen Gregory and Peggy Diemer Bradley Dirksen Jennifer Dombrowski Gary Donnenwerth Norm and Tamara Doty Bonnie and Wayne Dougherty Douglas Doyle Kathleen and Bruce Drouillard Jared Dufault Tara and Troy Dunn Gregory and Jean Dunning Kathleen Durand Darrell and Helen Dwyer Aloys and Joyce Eichers Violet and David Eichers Ralph and Barbara Eischen Jay and Kristen Eklund Paul and Bonnie Ellingboe Christopher and Trisha Engelhart Deborah Erar Melissa and Andrew Evan David and Dausha Everett Lisa and Charles Evert Ellen and Timothy Fadden Daniel and Lori Fauskee Janet Ferguson James and Kristin Fiebiger Mike and Colleen Finegan Fingerhut Corp James and Linda Fink Keith and Janet Finstad David and Diane Flipp Bernadette Florey Barbara and Blair Fowler Perry and Wendy Fox Benjamin and Debbi Frantz Lance Fredrickson and Virginia Fredrickson Ronald and Dawn Freiberg Robert and Kathy Frisk Duane and Joni Geiger Bruce Gennrich Tim and Pamela Gerhardt Paul and Rebecca Gesche Paul and Karna Gifford Roland and Beverly Goertzen Steven and Lisa Good Tina Gordon Rick Gorra John Greenwood Joseph and Linnea Grey Thomas and Monique Grimes Michael and Kristin Grov Robert and Amy Gruhlke James and Yvonne Guckeen Brenda and Jim Gunderson Garrison Hale Kevin Halliday and Debra Mahlow John and Karen Hamilton Channing Handberg Larry and Nancy Hansen Robert and Robin Hanson Beth Hareid-Deeds and Kelly Deeds Donald and Kathleen Harens William and Colleen Harris David Harty Christine Haugen and Jeffrey Lohnes Ronald Haugen Gordon and Phyllis Heath Garold Hedberg Susan and William Heil Kyle and Eileen Heitkamp Robert and Janet Helland Bruce and Shirley Helmbrecht Dennis and Kathleen Hemmingsen Jean Hensrud James Hentges Kathleen and Steven Herberg Bernard and Kathleen Hesse Dennis Heyen Jack and Janine Hickerson Philip and Huong Hirsch Alan and Victoria Hochreiter Michelle Hoehn Robert and Donna Hoekstra Carl and Joan Hohnstadt Sharon and Thomas Hollatz Richard and Catherine Homan Mark Hoppe Nancy and Paul Huepenbecker Laurie and Kyle Hunt IBM Corporation David and Danna Ihrke Betty and Robert Jacobs David Jacobs Gary and Mary Japenga Mary Jax Scott Jax Terry and Laurie Jeddeloh Jeffrey and Kayleen Jensen John and Sharon Jestus Dean and Ingrid Johnson Jan and Dale Johnson Jeffrey and Mary Johnson Kirk and Monica Johnson Peter Johnson Richard and Carol Johnson Ron and Mary Johnson Scott and Kimberly Johnson Julie and Joe Johnston Ann and Douglas Jones Guy and Kari Jones Kevin and Betty Jones Thomas and Susan Jorissen Thomas and Judith Joseph Richard and Joyce Josephes David Joswick Robert Judge Robert and Diane Jungbluth Madhu and Kiran Kamdar Donald Kaplan Suzanne and Daniel Keefe Larry and Jo Ann Kelling Kenneth Kieffer Daneen and Sean Kiger John and Mary Kilkelly Edward and In Kim Isaac and Sharon Kimura Donna Kirscht Thomas and Ann Klotz Kristine Kniefel Todd and Therese Knutsen Michael Koch Duane and Kathi Korum Lisa and Keith Kotsonas Raymond and Linda Koupal Mary and Gregory Kriese Alan and Linda Krueger Arthur and Amy Krueger Charles and Lila Kummerfeld David and Laurel Kuplic Scott LaCanne Jude and Julie Lague Dennis and Joanne Lambert William Landherr Laurel Larsen Becky and Dan Larson Joy Larson Timothy and Teresa Lehne Jeanann Lehnert Craig and Ginger Lein Bradley and Amy Leland Gerald and Marilyn Lemke Ronald and Cheryl Leuthner Roberta and Dennis Lilienthal Xiaodong Lin and Yongli Gu Lyle and Janis Lindberg Thomas and Carol Lindbor David Lipelt Judith Littfin Harold and Corine Loeffler Franklin and Bonnie Loncorich Brent and Amy Loudenslager Eric and Kendra Lundhagen Michael and Sara Mahoney James Manders Matthew and Daphney Maras Chad Markuson Mark Masuda Dan Matus Alan and Jan Maxon Maytag Company Foundation Patricia and Chris McElligott David and Cynthia McGraw James and Teresa McIntyre Katherine and Paul McKelvey Sheila and Greg McMath Thomas and Marla Melms Michael and Joanne Mercer Dean and Marilyn Meshke Jeffrey and Lauren Meyer Kurt and Dorey Meyer Samuel and Dawn Meyer Patricia and James Mielke Gary and Marless Milbrath Douglas Miller 8

9 Janet and Mike Miller Thomas and Debra Miller Pradeep and Madhu Modi Greg and Karen Moe Angela Mohni\ Steven and Bonnie Moravec Louise and Eric Morley Charles and Charlene Morri Julie Morriso Jennifer and Dennis Moynihan Gregg and Pamela Nelson Kenneth Nelson Terry and Rhonda Nelson Luella and Joe Newby Nicholas and Margaret Nicklow Scott and Kristen Nietz John and Katey Nizzi Thomas and Susan O Connell Beverly and Stephen O Connor Matthew and Shannon O Connor Brian and Shari O Donnell Brian Obermeier Susan and Gary Odenthal Shawn and Terri Oglesby Norman Olson Ove and Debra Oren Richard Overholser Laurie and Daniel Pahl James and Lynn Palin Jon and Julie Paulsen Bradley and Shirley Payne Julie Pelzl Mark and Valerie Pender Richard and Joni Pentland Brian and Shelley Peters Albert and Susan Peterson Donald and Fay Peterson Gerald Peterson Maureen and Daniel Pettis Suzanne and Edwin Pfeffer Pfizer Foundation, Inc. Randy Pietilainen Cynthia and Dana Pitt Robert and Dianne Ponto Richard and Anne Post Patrick Poston Kelly and Erin Pray Geralyn Price-Gruss Gary and Sally Prinsen Prudential Foundation Mark and Julie Pudlitzke James and Jeanie Purvis Thomas and Brenda Rausch Thomas and Linda Redig Janelle and Andrew Reid Thomas and Judith Reily Raymond and Cheryl Reinhart Lisa and Jay Rempfer Terry and Cheryl Reynolds William and Nancy Rieke Craig and Terri Robb Rockwell International Jill Rodning and Brad Broin Jean and Joseph Rodriquez Sherri and Kenneth Rohlf Bill Roskos Joanne and Steven Rossler Alan and Laurie Rossow Jimmy and Maureen Runquist Gloria and Albert Rust Robert and Kelly Salfer Roxanne and Shane Saxhaug Daniel and Kim Schaitberger Timothy Schauer Scott and Stacy Scheid Douglas and Patricia Schirmers Betty and Albert Schneider Jodi Schoenecker Kenneth and Joan Schonrock Donald and Angela Schroeder Charles and Audrey Schubbe Lowell and Shirley Schultz Rebecca Schultz and Michael Wolle John and Kim Schutt Timothy Schwenker Donovan and Myrna Schwichtenberg Shawn and Tracy Schwichtenberg David Seberson David and Cynthia Sebold Mark Sellnow Bruce and Carolyn Shaffer Keith and Christine Shaffer Rhonda and Glenn Shemon Judd and Cynthia Sheppard Eric and Nancy Shively James Silesky and Susan Stover Donald and Margo Skinner Colleen and David Slough Joseph and Ruth Smith Michael and Andrea Smith Michael and Victoria Smith Pamela and Thomas Smith Steven Soley and Debra Rae Nick and Ann Sovell Douglas and Mary Ann Spinler Lynn and James Splittstoesser Todd and Lisa Stahl Paul Starker State Farm Companies Foundation Patrick and Cathleen Stenson David and Lori Stevens Alan and Ruth Stoakes Todd Stockmo Dorothy and Dale Stoeber Tonia Stoffregen Susan and Mark Strauser John and Katha Stuart Michael Sunder Patrick and Kimberly Sunder Super Valu Stores, Inc. Michael Svobodny Dean and Jodee Swanger James and Kimberly Swatosch Tammy Sweet and Allan Hruby Brenda Swenson Sherry and Gary Sylvester Charles and Anne Templin William and Kathleen Tetzlaff Charles and Carol Thielman Philip and Carmen Thies Charles and Jean Thompson Deborah Timm Robert and Janet Timm Kimberly and Joseph Togstad Marc Tolvay Gwen Torgerson Thomas Tow Jonathan Tracy Travelers Express Company Inc Phillip Tritabaugh Michael and Tammy Troska Kent and Margarita Turtle Tamy and Wayne Tvedten Curtis and Bonnie Van Buren Michael and Stacey Van Der Sloot Michael and Joan VanGeest Claudia and Calvin Vanthof Jason Thomas Velcheck Paul and Tamara Vesey Gary and Jeanne Viken Lori and Scott Volz Carol and Steve Walker Craig and Susan Waltjer Patricia and Ronald Wasmund Rebecca and Jeffrey Watkins Douglas and Shelly Watters Joel and Gretchen Weerts James and Linda Welch Audrey and John Westberg Richard and Peggy Westlund Stanley and Orene White Victoria Wiborg Warren and Judy Wolf Joyce and Richard Wood William and LaWayne Yaeger Daniel and Bobbi Young John and Gayle Zabel John and Alison Zak Jeanne and Lowell Zander Robert and Sandra Zimmerman Lyle Zinniel David and Diane Zoeller Lisa and Gene Zwillenberg ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS LAW DEPARTMENT $1,000 - $4,999 Edward and Evonne Arndt Gary L Iverson and Linda Tanner KPMG Foundation Larson, Allen, Weishair & Company, LLP McGladrey & Pullen Minneapolis Foundation MN Society of CPAs Bron and Cynthia Scherer $500 - $999 Copeland Buhl & Company Dawn Courrier Deloitte & Touche Mark and Shelley Erickson Frank Consulting Mark Goodburn Daryl and Karyl Henze Jelinek Metz McDonald, Ltd. Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. David and Patricia Montgomery Mark and Theresa Peek Thomas Reardon SK & B Business Services, Inc. TCF Bank National Bank Minnesota Valley News Company ADC Telecommunications John and Marjorie Allen Kevin Amundson Lori Anderson Arthur Andersen LLP Foundation Jane Baird Allan and Gail Barta Daniel and Lorraine Beck Bemis Company Foundation Stephen and Patricia Bodine Gordon and Marilyn Bredenberg Cynthia Trio Brooks and Donald Brooks Mary and Gordon Chamberlain John Cobb Terence and Barbara Conway Donald and Gayle Daggett Heidi and Josh Dirckx Scott and Renee Dreyling Wallace and Susan Droegemueller Ernst & Young Barry and Lori Evenstad Dan and Kathy Flicek Daniel Florness Charlyne and Bradley Foss Kenneth and Mary Fowler Greg Fricke Robert Gallagher Kathy and Michael Garvey General Mills Foundation Timothy and Susan Giebler Roger and Lisa Gleisner Grant Thornton Foundation John and Kim Green Dyon Greenfield Lonnie and Jacquolyn Groe Jeffrey Groen Ronald and Julie Hafner James Hagen Ward and Dixie Halvorson Timothy Hansen Paul and Pat Henle Homecrest Industries Incorporated Hormel Foods Corporation James and Marylee Horstmann Robert and Robin Hyde Dean Johns Jerry Jones John and Linda Kalenberg Richard and Jana Keller Michael and Rea King Wendy and Alan Klager Brenda and Thomas Knowles Richard Knowlton Patrick and Jennifer Kolb Gregory Koschinska Robert Kuschke and Jane Aby Timothy Lange Darrell and Sandra Lee Kathie Lenzen Jay and Stephanie Lietzau Vernon Lietzau Harlan and Darnelle Mammen Vajdieh M and Dale Marxen William McNeal Peter Medchill Medtronic Foundation Tom and Linda Melena Gary and Ane Mentz Franklin and Crystal Morris Roger and Cynthia Nissly Joseph and Lynne Ostervich Mark and Shannon Palma Jodie Palmer John and Susan Peters Daniel Peterson Peterson & Company Paul and Carol Portz David and Connie Potts Gregg and Karen Prest Cindy and Eldean Proehl Richard and Marlene Proulx Quiet Waters Foundation Annette and Christopher Rains Robert and Gayle Ranweiler Richard Revord John Roessle Mary Rolfes James and Linda Sawyer Kurt and Sharon Schwarze Jeanne and Bernard Sieleni Gary and Christine Skarsten Marvin and Theresa Spartz St Paul Companies, Inc. James and Dorothy Stark John Stegner Dan Steiskal Lawrence Stirtz Gary and Susan Stofferahn David and Nancy Stordahl James and Judith Streefland David Stusse inda and John Traxler Thomas and Susan Tuma Thomas Underdahl and Nancy Skow Robert Vathing Cynthia Vavra Gordon and Diane Viere John Villas Howard Vincent and Wendy Soderberg- Vincent Daniel and Jean Waibel Dennis and Diane Walters Thomas and Sandra Walters Donald Weber Babette and James Wellnitz Wells Fargo Foundation Paul Werler Richard and Lori Weyrauch Robert Zelin Pamela Ziermann 3M Loren and Lisa Abrahamson Michael and Melanie Accola Daryl and Julie Ackerman Donald and Sharon Affolter Steven and Patricia Ahlberg Alliant Techsystems Allen and Sharyl Alm Gina and John Amacher American Express Financial Advisors Jerry and Shirley Amundson Pat Anderson Christopher and Barbara Arend Timothy and Kathleen Asgrimson Lynn and Darla Austin Neil and Pamela Baker Daniel Balling Randy and Janet Bauernfeind Ryan and Amanda Beavens Philip and Cindy Beck Lawrence and Jeanne Bendzinski James and Kimberly Blake Jana Bohlman Barbara and Danny Boisen Troy and Brenda Boland Lee Bomberger Edward and Grace Bonderson John and Pamela Bostrom Jean and Robert Boughten Joan Bowe Cynthia and Gary Braam Richard and Cheryl Broich Jonathan and Beth Brown Marcia and Paul Brugger Richard and Carolyn Buchman Michael and Maureen Buhl Debra and Matt Cage Pamela and Wayne Calhoun James and Mary Carbonneau Brian Carlson Dennis and Joann Carlson Todd and Melanie Carpenter Todd Christians Catherine Clark John and Carol Clausen Faith and John Close Robert Colbert and Kimberly Keiko White Colbert Stacy and Steven Colbert Jeffrey and Jane Cook Mark and Lisa Cox Diane Cramer Ryan Crosby Roberta Cross Todd and Kathy Cyriacks Mary Daniels James Dauk and Darlene Frederick Dauk Mark and Linda Davis Patricia and Collin Day Ronald and Sandra DeCoux Gary Deinken David Depauw David and Marvis Dickinson Janet Dixon Kent and Jan Dixon Bradley Doss Denise and Randy Drill Thomas Dunleavy Samuel and Barbara Eaton Ecolab, Inc. Gordon and Sheila Edgar James and Patricia Edlund Laurie Engel Donna and Hugh England Steven and Evelyn Erdman Stanley and Karen Ernste Gerald and Lynn Erstad David and Julie Ewert Douglas and Gloria Faust Eric and Heidi Felland Paula and Robert Fisher Fortis Benefits Insurance Company Keith and Nancy Frette Michael and Theresa Gaffer John Gaffney Deborah Germscheid Scott and Janice Glover Richard and Kathy Golish Linda Goodman Ellsworth and Karen Granger William and Barbara Gravelle Gary and Patricia Grev Kathleen Groebner Abo-El-Yaz Habib Paul and Patricia Haertel George Haines David and Linda Hansen Steven and Lisa Hanson Steven and Lynn Hanson Leslie and Leonard Hardwick Brian Harens Cecelia Hartman Linda Harvey Jovanae and Kevin Hauschild Max Heintz and Laura Nyquist John Herbert Larry and Debra Herke Michael and Joanne Herron Kevin and Nita Higgins David and Heidi Hindt Douglas Hoekstra David Hoffman Mary Hoffman and Kim Schumann Raymond and Karen Holloway Georgia Holmes Lee and Connie Holter Karen and Craig Hougen Kenneth and Deb Huettl Daniel and Karen Huper IBM Corporation Judith and Richard Jacavino Howie Jacobsen Jeffrey and Christine Jagerson Therese and Thomas Jennings Douglas and Julianne Johnson Jennifer and Dean Johnson Michael Johnson and Mary Beck-Johnson Terry and Douglas Johnson Charles and Patricia Josephes Merle and Jane Juhnke Scott Kaehler Douglas and Lindy Kahl William Kalmes Deanna and Doug Karstens Kate-lotile Edward Kellen Brian Kenow Timothy and Darla Kenyon Lee and Wendy Kilmer Clint and Joan Kind Jennifer King Sheila and Brian Kittleson V Mavis Kleist Anita and John Knudtson Stephanie Knutson Beth and James Kral Paul and Nancy Kralovec John and Jacalyn Kreye John and Elizabeth Krouse Donald and Jane Kuhlman Jerry Lamaack Donald and Gail Larson Steven Laudon Brian and Enadina Lee Timothy and Brenda Leibfried Daniel Levin Robert Lieser Megan and Todd Limesand Warren and Kristi Lochner Dennis and Valentine Lockwood Russell Lokken Mary Lonneman Otis and Peggy Loose Stuart and Lois Luedtke Brian Manske Theresa and Jesus Marquez Gayle and Richard Marshall Wendy Martindale-Bergene and Dean Bergene Dale and Vajdieh Marxen Catherine and Bruce Mattison Thomas and Kathleen Mayerhofer Charles McCamy Lisa McDonough Gary and Dona McEnelly David and Cynthia McGraw Kari McNeal Brent and Jane Meyer Janice and Ron Meyer Marlene and Kenneth Meyers Christopher and Kristine Mihm Richard and Teresa Miller Michael and Suzanne Moore Patricia Morphew Joan Mossey Kimberly and Daniel Motzko Linda Muhlenhardt David and Hilja Nelsen Hilding Nelson DR. RICHARD RUSH & MR. NORB HARRINTON AT A RECEPTION WHERE MR. HARRINGTON DONATED $100,000 TO MSU Contributors 9

10 PROFESSOR CHAN LEE (LEFT) POSES WITH STUDENTS BRANDON WESTPHAL, JEFF UTOFT AND CHRISTOPHER REISDORT THESE 3 MSU 2000 GRADUATES COMPETED IN THE FINAL PHASE OF AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL PLANNING CASE ANALYSIS COMPETITION, NEW YORK, APRIL Linda and Mark Nelson Darla and Ronald Nemec Thomas and Lisa Nesvig Jackie and Don Nierman William and Sandra Nietz Northern States Power Company Stephen and Patricia Ogborn Thomas Olinger Duane Olson Kevin and Gayle Olson James and Karen Oman Thomas and Debra Osborne Thomas and Lori Osdoba David and Barbara Palma Linda and Richard Pappin Jean and David Parks Sherrie and Dennis Payne Harry Peacock Cindy and Richard Penning Christine Perkins Douglas and Karen Peterson Jeffrey and Lora Peterson Rita and Charles Petrie Sara and William Phelps Catherine and Keith Piepho Douglas and Michelle Plaehn Darlene and David Polzin Douglas and Arlyss Pool Michael and Elaine Poole Dean and Jennifer Portner Sara and Brian Portner Larry and Carol Purcell Cherry and Joseph Ramaker Thomas and Linda Redig Brad and Colleen Reich Tim and Sandra Reinke Reliant Energy Minnegasco ReliaStar Financial Corporation - NWNL Steven Ritter Suzanne Roberts John Robinson William and Gail Rockeman Kyle and Janet Rosedahl James Rosenau Robert and Stacy Rowbal Robin and Darryl Rozelle Scott and Patrica Russett Thomas and Lucinda Salsbery Michele Sampson Mary Sandell Maria Schmidt Lawrence and Margaret Schmitt Steven and Susan Schmitt Steven and Lynn Schneider Robynne and Eric Schoenbauer Gail Schons John and Debra Schroeder Todd and Jean Schroeder Russell and Jeanie Schryver Lawrence and Maureen Schulte Nancy and Gary Schulzetenberg George and LuAnn Schwint Joseph and Anne Seifert Donald and Diann Selvig Kevin and Jeannie Severson Michael and Linda Sharp John and Brenda Shepard C Beth and Larry Shipman Patricia and Mark Siegfried Stacy and Kevin Siegle William and Dawn Simon Rebecca and Carl Simons Diane and Dale Simpson Paul Sirek Skarnes, Incorporated Bruce and Linda Smith Amber and Michael Spiess SPX Foundation Arlen and Deborah Stage Branislav and Margret Stankovsky James and Joan Stearns Barbara and Patrick Steinberg Patrick and Susan Stevens James and Catherine Stevenson Harry Stillwell Tonia Stoffregen Delores Stolt Marlin Strand Barbara Strenge Keith and Jaqueline Stuedemann John Tauer Janna and Craig Tessmer Nicole Thom Jennifer Thompson Wayne and Helen Thorkelson David and Stephanie Tobin Raelynn and Brian Toltzman Thomas and Kristal Torreson Steven and Kaye Tufte United Defense Greg Utesch Kimberly and Michael Vernon Frederick and Kara Vitt James and Linnea Vollmer Kirsten Voss and Charles Rottinghaus Larry and Deanna Voth Tony and Debra Wand Darleen Wandersee Michael and Annette Ward Sarah and Todd Ward Thomas and Lori Warrant Ruth and Irvin Weber Shelly and Louis Wegman Elaine Weiser Kathy Wellcome Patricia and Kelly Wells Thomas and Jean Wencl Holly Werner Gloria West Randy Westphal Sonja and Gerald Wilke Bernadette Wilson David and Lori Windschitl Daniel and Mary Wirkus Richard and Katherine Wirt Kay and Bryan Woodke Julie and Steve Wuger Sandra and Todd Young Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Gette, LLP Jessica and Michael Zollner FINANCE,INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT $500 - $999 Farmers Group, Inc. Cyril and Darlene Denn Ann Dunagan Northern States Power Company Peggy Reese Kristen and Michael Smith Carl and Norma Anderson Michael and Vicki Bresnahan Joseph and Cynthia Fuhrman Joseph Heydon Kevin and Dena Kuenzel William and Lynette Leduc Graham and Terry Mitenko Mark and Sandra Paulson Tonia Stoffregen Wade and Jodi Stritesky Stephen Susich Robert Tendal Mark and Suzanne Wallskog Wells Fargo Foundation Bernard and Jill Wercinski INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAM Richard and Colette Chaffee Tony Ahrenstorff Becky Brownlee Nathan and Velda Groote Rob and Vanita Preska Scott and Jan Stark Susan and Scott Tinklenberg Management and Industrial Relations $100-$499 Jon Kalinowski and Joanne Brandt Howard Miller Claudia and James Pragman Dooyoung and Haesun Shin Curtis and Lori Callister Michael and Michelle Mohrfeld Tonia Stoffregen MARKETING PROGRAM Daniel and Lori Enger Gateway Foundation Thomas and Jody Dison Glen and Mary Feyereisn Douglas Finbraaten E Christine and Warren Hoffman Vickie Krech Scott Schneider Kenneth and Julie Sieben Tonia Stoffregen ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP $1,000 - $4,999 Edward and Evonne Arndt Randall and Janet Beinhorn KPMG Foundation $500 - $999 John and Patsy Bode Cynthia Trio Brooks and Donald Brooks Dawn Courrier Bruce and Linda Smith Travel Center ANGLIN MARKETING SCHOLARSHIP $1,000 - $4,999 Kenneth Anglin $500 - $999 Linda Anglin Andrew Jones $1 - $99 Paul Godlewski COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP $1,000 - $4,999 Northern States Power Company Dick Wagner Shirley Coyer Gary and Nancy Noble Mary and Jon Parker Kerry Pederson Thomas and Corrine Riley KIWANIS BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP $500 - $999 Mankato Kiwanis Club MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP Donna and Darryl Ballman Brenda and Joe Flannery Lori and John Gilbertson Scott and Laurie Lee Miles and Becky Smayling Brian and Patti Smith MARKETING FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP Kenneth Anglin Linda Anglin Kevin and Anita Elliott Mark and Kristine Hall John and Ann Kuzma Gerald and Carol Stiles Li Zhang Kevin Gunn ELMER T. AND NINA C. ANDERSON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Over $5,000 Elmer T. Anderson CECIL BIGELOW SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT $1,000 - $4,999 Cecil and Dorothy Bigelow $500 - $999 Dick Wagner Julia Bauer Robert and Joan Bigelow Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Inc SAM ERICKSON ENDOWMENT Marilyn and Henry Okleshen Arnold and Dee Waldron HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENDOWMENT Jody and Brad Grams Kristi and Richard Carlson INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MEL DOVE ENDOWMENT Robert Cone RICHARD L. AND LEONE B. MYERS ENDOWMENT Kent and Diane Alm LYNDON E. OPSAL MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT $1,000 - $4,999 Emma Gaarde Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. $500-$999 Opsal Family Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Valley News Company MORGAN I. THOMAS ENDOWMENT Dick Wagner DAN WELTY BUSINESS LAW ENDOWMENT George Robb Ronald and Daria Yezzi Harry and Claudia Welty FEDERATED INSURANCE FOUNDATION PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP Over $5,000 Federated Insurance Foundation DAVID AND LYN HUNERBERG PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP Over $5,000 David and Lyn Hunerberg LYNN AND PAMELA NAGORSKE PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP $100,000 & Over Lynn and Pamela Nagorske TCF Bank National Bank Minnesota US BANK PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP Over $5,000 U.S. Bank Mankato ENDOWED (CONTINUING) SCHOLARSHIPS Abou Elenein Business Leadership Endowment Chesley Business Endowment Confer Business Endowment Doggett Entrepreneurial Endowment Kenefick Endowment Wells Fargo School Endowment Gerald and Evon Olson Family Endowment Buck College of Business Kappa Psi School Endowment MORGAN I. & MARJORIE THOMAS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDENT ATHLETE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP RICHARD R. SCHMITZ ENDOWMENT $100,000 and over Richard and Mary Schmitz 10

11 MSU Distinguished Alumni Awards to Five College of Business Graduates Since 1961 Minnesota State University, Mankato has recognized the exceptional achievement, dedication and service of its alumni through annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. Throughout the calendar year, nominations are made by friends, alumni, staff members and faculty. Each January up to twelve recipients are selected by a committee of alumni board members and alumni staff members. The awards are presented at the Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration each spring. Five College of Business graduates received awards this year. They were: MARK E. DAVIS 63 DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT Hard work, risk and business savvy have helped Mark Davis develop his family business into a major player in the international food market. From the Saint Peter Creamery in 1943 to Davisco Foods International in 2000, the company has transformed to respond to the ever-changing dynamics of the food industry. In 35 years with the company Davis has operated nearly every process in the business, from apprentice butter maker to company president. Davis has long been active in state, regional and international dairy associations and is a member of the MSU Foundation Board of Directors. ALLEN LENZMEIER 65 DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT Several national corporations benefitted from Allen Lenzmeier s expertise before he joined Best Buy, Inc. in During his tenure with Best Buy the company has grown from 300 employees to 53,000. He is now Executive Vice and Chief Financial Officer for the $12.5 billion company. Lenzmeier and his wife, Kathleen, have been generous donors to Minnesota State University, have served on University boards, shared their skills with students and opened their home for alumni gatherings. In addition, Lenzmeier is of the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities. BARRY MADEL 85 DISTINGUISHED HUMANITARIAN Barry Madel works as Vice and General Manager for a $75 million business unit of MACtac, a Bemis Company, located in Ohio. He s stayed in touch with MSU professors through the years. He has always had a strong desire to help others. While still at MSU, in 1985, Madel founded the Holiday Sharing Tree. It was the beginning of a wonderful annual tradition that has touched the lives of thousands. That first year, the Holiday Sharing Tree provided 182 families with gifts they would otherwise not have received. Now the program reaches 3,000 individuals annually. Madel was instrumental in securing the help of local service clubs that has kept the program alive. DR. ASRAT TESSEMA 79 DISTINGUISHED HUMANITARIAN As a Fulbright Scholar and graduate of five universities on three continents, Asrat Tessema has learned a thing or two about the world. In 1993, Tessema helped create the Ethiopian American Foundation, which is dedicated to forging academic collaborations between the two countries in areas such as research, teaching and training. In 1997, Tessema returned to Ethiopia as a Fulbright Scholar, where he focused his efforts on introducing the concept of a stock market to businesses in the country. While recognizing the challenges of selling the concept within the ancient culture, he worked tirelessly to educate business people about its potential benefits. Now back in the U.S. Tessema continues his career as Professor of Finance and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. NORB HARRINGTON 75 HAROLD J. FITTERER DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD Upcoming Events SEPTEMBER 26 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS RECEPTION OCTOBER 5, 2000 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING MSU Homecoming FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2000 COMMUNITY PARADE Begins on campus PEPFEST &BARBECUE Following the parade BONFIRE Following pepfest 6:00 p.m. ANNUAL FOUNDATION GALA Midwest Wireless Civic Center SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, :00-11:00 a.m. TAYLOR CENTER OPEN HOUSE Taylor Center 11:00-1:00 TOUCHDOWN TENT & TASTE OF MANKATO EVENTS Great food; roving artists, face painting & music for families; live music by City Mouse; College of Business & Finance Department reunions Student Belltower & Alumni Plaza 1:00-4:00 p.m. FOOTBALL GAME Minnesota State, Mankato vs. Saint Cloud State University Blakeslee Field On Campus Norb Harrington has invested himself in his college, his work and his community. His entire career has been with Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo), where he advanced to his current position as Regional of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Harrington established the Norb J. Harrington Sr. family scholarship fund in support of the College of Business. He serves on the MSU Foundation Board, Campaign Planning committee and College of Business Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Wells Fargo Board of Directors, a member of the board of the Ronald McDonald House and is active in the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. FALL, 2000 ETIQUETTE DINNER NOVEMBER 1, 2000 BUSINESS CAREER DAY 2000 CSU Ballroom NOVEMBER 14, 2000 CULTURAL DIVERSITY Reception SPRING, 2000 ADVISORY COUNCIL STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY 11

12 ial Scholars in the College of Business KATHERINE FISCHER MSU GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2000 ON THE JOB AS A STATE OF MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA HEATHER WILLIAMS MSU GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2000 KPMG, L.L.P., MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA There s eagerness in the voices of ial Scholars. Questions about their interests, academic or otherwise, light a spark. It s understood that goals will be pursued and attained. Confidence underscores future plans. ial Scholars are academic standouts, yes, but also display a diverse array of interests and outlooks on life. After application, interviews and selection, they become part of every University department; are active in social activities, arts, clubs, sports and politics; and in every case, give back to the University what they can through volunteer service. Without exception, they value the relationship they are able to establish with MSU Richard Rush, and cherish memories of social events in his home and inclusion in his vision. The College of Business is proud to say that a large percentage of the University s sixty-two ial Scholars are enrolled in its academic programs. Four of this year s graduates from the group are featured here. HEATHER WILLIAMS Norfolk, Nebraska native Heather Williams came to MSU a very focused, goaldirected student. She values her ability to prioritize and complete projects successfully, but sees movement toward a life more focused on people as a positive change while a student at the University. It s an exciting time of taking ownership of everything in your life, she says of her undergraduate years. It s an adventure to find out where you want to go and what you want to do. I started with accounting and though I tried other things, stayed with it as my major. Looking back I see that I got better at studying efficiently rather than all the time, and my focus shifted from working for grades to an enthusiasm for what I was actually learning. I appreciated the warmth and help of the faculty. Now an accountant with the CPA firm KPMG, LLP of Minneapolis, Williams is doing work she loves. The fit is due in part to her internship; work with the same firm in 1999 gave her the opportunity to see what she d be doing first-hand. She says her growth while at MSU and her academic interests meshed perfectly to suit her current role. As an accountant with KPMG I have the opportunity to work with a lot of people. I interview clients, talk to controllers and participate in audits, which means personal skills heavily influence success. There s diversity here, and I feel confident with what I m doing. As a student Heather was a member of MSU s Concert Choir, played in a jazz ensemble, conducted campus tours and served as president of MSU s InterVarsity campus fellowship. As a ial Scholar she was encouraged by the genuine care she felt from Rush and other University staff members, and particularly appreciated the opportunity to meet the donor who made her scholarship possible. I have loved MSU and Minnesota, she says. Now I m excited to give something back. KATHERINE FISCHER Kathy Fischer, Legislative Auditor for the State of Minnesota, was not a typical ial Scholar. In addition to juggling individual classwork and group study projects she helped her two children, Kristian and Jerod, capture a bit of the world for themselves. She pushed to fulfill her dream of a college education with the help of her husband, who she says gave her the encouragement she needed to get things underway. While attending MSU she also held a job at a Northfield, Minnesota jewelry store. Fischer says her passion for numbers and sheer determination kept her going, I wanted this so badly. I was constantly doing homework while I was eating, at ball games, cooking, and waiting for appointments. I loved my classes, I benefitted from the availability and helpfulness of professors, and I enjoyed the other students. Fischer s drive from Northfield to Mankato was at times a challenge, but she appreciated the gentle beauty of the campus and river valley. My college education would have taken longer without the ial Scholarship, she says. It also made me feel great about myself. I wasn t asked to give much in return, but I found myself wanting to give back all I could. Fischer, who graduated with a Bachelor s degree in Accounting and a Minor in Business Administration in May, took her job in the Legislative Auditor s Office after a successful internship. Her current goal is to pass the CPA exam in November. JEREMY HORNER Jeremy Horner has been a ial Scholar twice; once at Iowa Lakes Community College and again as a junior and senior at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He s a lifetime racquetball player, the Minnesota State Champion in A-Division while at MSU, in fact, and it s clear that the enthusiasm, energy and skill necessary for athletic success are not limited to this sport. A May 2000 graduate, Horner is now employed by IBM, Inc. in Rochester as a Professional Financial Analyst. He says the job and the company are exactly what he wants. I came to IBM after developing a friendship with alumnus Mike Bilmeyer through MSU s E-Mentoring Program, he explained. Dr. Thiewes was instrumental in this connection, which eventually led to an internship and my employment. I loved what I was doing in the internship and Mike continued to be my mentor. He walked me to my interview on the day I was hired. While Jeremy is clearly a dedicated student, he gives credit to his fiancee, Shana Blum, for helping him stay focused on academic success while at MSU. Like other ial Scholars, it was necessary for him to maintain a specified grade point average to retain the scholarship. The ial Scholarship made a big difference for me, says Horner. Because I didn t have to work, I had more time to study. I also enjoyed getting to know Dr. Rush, and it was an honor to be selected as speaker for the Annual ial Scholars Dinner in May. Horner plans to contribute all he can at IBM, and would like to advance to a leadership role. CHAD KLOSTERMANN A fascination with the dynamics of business, operations, and strategy for success and added value drive Chad Klostermann when it comes to academics. I love strategic finance, he smiles. There is so much to learn. MSU exceeded my expectations academically; coming here was one of the biggest and best decisions I ve made. A May 2000 graduate, Klostermann credits mentors in the College of Business for encouraging him to prepare well for job fairs. He also benefitted from the relationship he established with an experienced businessperson through the MSU E-Mentoring program. Now employed at 3M as an Accountant in the Controllers Division, he sees the position as the perfect place to start. I plan to pursue a Master s degree in a few years, he says. 3M attracted me because it offers multiple opportunities to learn and contribute. My ultimate goal is to be CFO of a large company.... Scholars, continued on next page 12

13 ... Scholars, continued from previous page As a ial Scholar, Chad enjoyed opportunities to meet people and establish friendships with faculty and other students. He also gave campus tours, participated in an occasional photo shoot and helped with the annual phonathon. This scholarship was a huge factor in getting my four-year degree, he emphasized. Financially, it s incredible. And it s also inspiring. I found Rush to be an incredible, down-to-earth person and I enjoyed knowing him. Executive Lecture Series The College of Business Executive Lecture Series, established in 1985, continues to offer new perspectives to students of the College and interested regional businesses. The series is designed to facilitate interaction between students and top-level executives from both the public and private sectors. Speakers share personal experiences, insights and perspectives on current issues in business. During the academic year, the series included the following speakers: HEATHER WILLIAMS MSU GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2000 KPMG, L.L.P., MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Sharon Bredeson, owner and Chief Executive Officer of Staff-Plus, Inc., delivered the first Executive Lecture in September Bredeson founded Staff- Plus in 1973 to provide personnel services to businesses in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. In 1990 she received the highest honor in the staffing industry; the NATSS Leadership Award. She is a past president of NATSS, the National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by the YWCA Leadership Program and received a Career Achievement Award from the Sales and Marketing Executives of Minneapolis and St. Paul. She has also served as Vice Chair of Community Affairs for the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce; is a past trustee of her alma mater, the College of St. Scholastica; has served as Chair of the Minnesota State University, Mankato College of Business Advisory Council; is Chair of the Advisory Council for Women s Athletics at the University of Minnesota; and is a member of the Governor s Workforce Development Council. Bredeson was recently elected Chair of the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota. Jeffrey Hamiel began his career with the Metropolitan Airports commission in 1977 as Manager of Noise Abatement and Environmental Affairs. He has since worked within the same organization as Director of Operations, Airport Director, Deputy Executive Director and, currently, Executive Director. Jeff earned his Bachelor s degree from the University of Minnesota, has a Masters in Public Administration from Northern Michigan University, and has completed additional graduate study in accounting, mathematical statistics and public administration. Jeff is also a Multi-Engine, instrument rated, licensed commercial pilot. He began his career as an Air Force pilot, accumulating more than 8,000 hours of flight time flying several types of high performance and transport aircraft. Jeff is active in the American Association of Airport Executives, has served on the Airport Council International - North American Board of Directors since 1995 and was elected ACI-NA Secretary Treasurer in Dennis Miller has more than 13 years of telecommunications experience. He began with Motorola and rose to the ranks of zone sales manager, responsible for land mobile sales. In 1990 he joined Pacific Telecom Cellular, where he served as Vice of Operations until 1996, when that group of independent telephone companies became self-managed under the name Midwest Wireless Communications. Since that time, Miller has served as of Midwest Wireless, aggressively managing current service offerings and exploring new opportunities for future growth and diversification. He currently serves on the boards of the Global Wireless Educational consortium and Rural Cellular Association. He is also Chair of the Board for the Institute for Wireless Education. Active in his local community, Dennis works with the Mankato Area Chamber and Convention Bureau, and serves on the South Central Technical College Foundation Board and the YMCA Board. Daniel McGrath, Chief Operating Officer at MICO, Incorporated, is a Mankato native. He earned undergraduate degrees from St. Mary s, Winona, Minnesota in 1982, majoring in religion, philosophy, history and psychology. He is also a commercial multi-engine instrument pilot. Dan has spent his business career at MICO, a North Mankato manufacturer of hydraulic brake components for heavy duty off-road vehicles and equipment. While in school, Dan began working summers at MICO in production, accounting, materials control and advertising. After graduation from college he moved to marketing, customer service, international sales, sales and general management. Dan is active in industry associations and is past president of the Brake Manufacturer s Council. MICO is a family firm that has been a generous contributor and supporter of University endeavors. Kim Schwickert is and CEO of Schwickert s of Mankato, Inc. and a co-member of Tecta America Corporation s Council. He has been and Chief Executive Officer of Schwickert Company since 1977, and of Schwickert s of Mankato, Inc. since He is a Director of Schwickert s of Mankato, Inc., Schwickert Holding Company, Schwickert Company, Schwickert Land Company and K&K Development. He serves as a Director of RCI LIMITED, a Cayman Island-based corporation, whose business is providing workers compensation insurance to roofing contract owners of RCI affiliated owners. Schwickert serves as a Director of Valley Industrial Development Corporation and Roofers Mart of Minnesota. He also serves as Chairman of the Technical and Research Committee for the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business form the University of Minnesota in Executive Lecture Series, continued Richard R. Schmitz received his BA in Accounting from MSU in 1964, and has spent his entire career in the retail food industry. He began as an auditor for Red Owl and moved through the ranks of that company. In 1981, he and his wife Mary decided to explore the other side of the food retailing industry and purchased their first store in Olivia, Minnesota. Since then they established Schmitz Enterprises, Ltd. and have owned numerous stores throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. In a volunteer capacity, Richard serves as a member of the MSU Foundation Board, the Wisconsin Grocers Association, and the Bank St. Croix. He also serves on the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and the Supervalu Advisory Group based in Hopkins, Minnesota. In 1999 the Schmitzes established the Richard R. & Mary L. Schmitz Endowment for Opportunities in Food Retailing at MSU. The Foundation provides MSU College of Business Students with an opportunity to explore the food retailing industry via an annual executive lecture by an industry leader, a preceptorship opportunity and an academic scholarship. Mark Erickson is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato who earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1976, and his CPA designation in Erickson worked as Controller for Home Value and as a CPA for Deloitte and Touche before becoming and Chief Operating Officer of Thomas Engineering Company (TEC), Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Thomas Engineering is a privately held, custom metal stamping company that specializes in micro-miniature and medium-sized stampings. TEC s products and customers represent the telecommunication, electronic, computer, automotive and medical markets. The firm has annual sales of 25 million dollars and employs 150 people. Mark has served his industry s trade group, the Precision Metalforming Association, as Treasurer and Vice-Chair, board member and Trustee of the PMA Education Foundation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House in the Twin Cities and has served as Chair of that organization. NEW GRADUATES CHAD KLOSTERMAN & JEREMY HORNER CELEBRATE WITH MSU PRESIDENT RICHARD RUSH 1 ST ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS BANQUET, MAY 2000 Achievers 13

14 Scholarships College of Business Student Scholarship Awards SCHOLARSHIP DONOR RECIPIENT HOME TOWN MAJOR Ambassadors Business Scholarship Katie Fogal Cecil Bigelow Andrew Derning Owatonna, MN Finance Cecil Bigelow Joe Bergstrom Paynesville, MN Accounting B.H. & Betty Chesley Kelly Portner New Ulm, MN Finance B.H. & Betty Chesley Rachel Moldam Lamberton, MN Finance/Management B.H. & Betty Chesley Holly Hangsleben East Grand Forks, MN MIS B.H. & Betty Chesley Sarah Shelstad Pine Island, MN HR Mgmt/Econ College of Business Andrew Wolle College of Business Brian Megar Ogden Confer Brad Cohrs Westbrook, MN Accounting Ogden Confer Denise Olson Kerkhoven, MN Management Ron & Jeanette Doggett Matt Block Coon Rapids, MN International Business Kudos & Ron & Jeanette Doggett Angela Mickelson Minnetonaka, MN HR Management Farmers Insurance Group of Companies Todd Kelzenberg Blaine, MN Finance Honeymead Competitions Nancy Mausehund Litchfield, MN HR Management Honeymead Emily Shebesta New Berlin, WI MIS Honeymead In March, 2000, MSU Mike students Erstad participated in Fergus a Falls, MN MIS Honeymead Financial Planning Case Stacey Analysis Fritche competition sponsored by American Express Maplewood, MN Management International Business Karyn Financial Schmidt Advisors. Three Rice, MN IBus/Spanish P.R. Kenefick Memorial Minnesota State University Greg students Jackson were selected to Beloit, WI Finance P.R. Kenefick Memorial participate in the final phase Jill of Gergen the competition, which Hastings, Mn Finance KLA Marketing was held at a later date Amber in New Johnson York City. Twenty Zumbrota, MN Marketing Management Faculty teams Student from Sc. Universities across Michael the United Fauver States competed Stewartville, MN Management Management Faculty Student in this Sc. annual event. Casey Thompson Glenwood Springs, CO Management Kiwanis Business Scholarship Heather Martineau Elbow Lake, MN Finance Marketing Faculty Accounting and Business Amanda Law students Little Felicity Ohm Woodbury, MN Marketing Duane McCracken and Joan Welle were selected Kimberly to participate Nickel Arthur Coon Rapids, MN Marketing Mettler Memorial Scholarship Andersen s Summer Leadership Lori Fick program. Luverne, MN Marketing Richard & Leon Myers, Finance Megan Wieweck Stewart, MN Finance Northern States Power Company Byron Pike Accounting Northern States Power Company Angela Lohmann Zumbrota, MN Finance Norwest Cultural Diversity Mike Henry Burnsville, MN Finance/Economics Norwest Cultural Diversity Natalie Neal Edina, MN Management Nowest Cultural Diversity Tinh X. Le Management STSC Memorial Marketing Tara Derbick Wausau, WI Mrkt/HR Mgmt Richard L.Wagner Dan Welty Scholarship Kathryn Crow Lake Crystal, MN Accounting Accounting Scholarships SCHOLARSHIP DONOR RECIPIENT HOME TOWN Arthur Anderson Joan Welle Greenwald, MN Boulay Heutmaker Zibell & Co. Melissa Jaeger Gibbon, MN Boulay Heutmaker Zibell & Co. Chad Reed Dick Broich Elizabeth LeBeau Madelia, MN Dick Broich Brent Roy Hastings, MN Ernst & Young Sara Braegelman Belgrade, MN Grant Thornton Sara Pichner Owatonna, MN Hickory Tech Joan Well Greenwald, MN Hickory Tech Angie Siebenaler Hastings, MN Jelinek Metz McDonald & Co., LTD Byron Pike KPMG Peat Marwick Carla Stage Shakopee, MN LAWCO Bernhardson Cloquet, MN Lyndon Opsal Endowment Jessica Trapp South St. Paul, MN Lynn and Pamela Nagorske Michelle Dahms Redwood Falls, MN Lynn and Pamela Nagorske Jodi Berg Redwood Falls, MN McGladrey Pullen Leann Lewer Waseca, MN MN Society of CPA s Sara Anderson Rochester, MN MN Society of CPA s Laura Seys Janesville, MN Sam Erickson Endowment Jon Gerhart Belle Plain, MN SK&B Business Services Angela Johnson Hastings, MN Southern Chapter MN Society of CPA s Allyson Buckles Boone, IA Southern Chapter MN Society of CPA s Shannon Berg New Ulm, MN Southern Chapter MN Society of CPA s Meredith Anderson Omaha, NE Southern Chapter MN Society of CPA s Angie Siebenaler Hastings, MN TCF Bank Sarah Peterson Brownton, MN TCF Bank Donna Walter Clements, MN TCF Bank Employees Joyce Kwok Tsuen Wan, HK Wolf Etter & Co. Martin Rosendahl Peterson & Co. April Zins Brookings, SD Copeland Buhl James Wolle Eagle Lake, MN Hansen Jergenson Nergaard & Co Michelle Jacobson Madelia, MN Dan Welty Endowment Kathryn Crow Lake Crystal, MN 14

15 Student Activities THE ACCOUNTING CLUB The student members of the Accounting Club were very active again this year. They provided tutoring assistance to any student taking Principles of Accounting and participated in VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance). Students who participated in VITA were required to pass an IRS exam to qualify for participation in the assistance program. Students held numerous fund-raisers to support their activities. Earnings from an evening of service as wait staff at Pizza Hut were donated to the club. Students also worked for a Saturday afternoon in a Metrodome concession stand. For the 35th year the Accounting Club hosted a Spring Banquet and Bowling Tournament at the Holiday Inn and the Victory Bowl in Mankato. The event was much enjoyed by both current students and alumni. Students and professional staff from Wolf Etter & Company volunteered for a fall clean-up activity. Together they raked lawns, washed windows and performed other tasks for elderly people not physically capable of performing the tasks. On the educational side, the club organized and sponsored a trip to the Accounting and Auditing Student Conference in Minneapolis. The conference presented opportunities for interaction between students and company representatives in the accounting and finance fields. THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDENT ORGANIZATION Members of MSU s International Business Student Organization (IBO) attended a gathering sponsored by the International Business Organization in Saint Paul in November of Representatives of three regional international companies were featured presenters, including: Noor Dojia, Director of the Minnesota World Trade Center, Ross Dahlin, Manager of the International Division of Andersen Windows, and Sandra Renner, /CEO of Global Resource Associates. MSU s student group also organized a field trip to the World Trade Center the same day. In May, the group returned to Saint Paul for activities associated with World Trade Week. Thirteen MSU students attended the World Trade Conference, participated in an e-commerce session and lunched with Governor Jesse Ventura. Also during May, the first International Business alumni reunion was held at Applewood restaurant. This successful event was organized by the IBO. The program included a roundtable discussion and dinner. MARKETING CLUB The College of Business has an active group associated with the American Marketing Association. The group was host to several speakers and actively participates in service projects. Students strap on bright orange vests and arm themselves with yellow trash bags to clean a two-mile stretch of Highway 169 South each semester. They also collected food donations for Mankato s Echo Food Shelf during November. COUNCIL OF STUDENT BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS In January, 2000, the Council of Student Business Organizations (COSBO) was awarded use of an office in MSU s new Student Center addition for the academic year. The suite of rooms surrounds a lobby and common work area designed for student organizations. The room can be used for club activities and club promotion. New Experiences in Food Retailing for MSU Students Hands-on, real world experience is essential when seeking to understand opportunities available in any field, but especially in food retailing. MSU alum Richard Schmitz and his wife, Mary, have operated successful retail food outlets for many years. Now they have chosen to help MSU students gain first-hand experience in their business by establishing an endowment for opportunities in food retailing. College of business students may now apply for oneweek preceptorships in food retailing made possible by the Richard R. and Mary L. Schmitz Endowment Fund. The program gives students the opportunity to shadow managers in a retail setting. Students benefit from both observation and interaction with wholesale and distribution contacts. Students completing the Preceptorship Program are also eligible to be considered for the tuition scholarship provided by the Schmitz s as part of the Endowment. The Schmitz family has taken a personal interest in this program, working with Dr. Ken Anglin and Dr. Kevin Elliot to make it an effective experience for students. Preceptorship participants for the academic year were Jody Rankin, Tiffany Rickert and Angela Ryan. Rankin and Rickert also received tuition scholarships. Diversity Initiatives On November 8, 1999 the College of Business welcomed an enthusiastic group of students and faculty to a Cultural Diversity Reception. Students of color from within the College of Business and throughout the University were invited to a reception. Information about the College was provided, as well as information related to admission criteria and scholarship opportunities. Business students representing various clubs described the benefits of club membership. Good food and fun was had by all! Funding has been received to carry out two exciting diversity initiatives during the academic year. A second, expanded Cultural Diversity reception will be held during the fall semester. Invitations will be extended to international students and students of color who have not yet declared a major area of study. The activity is planned by the College s Enrollment Management/Enhancement Committee, a group that has placed a high priority on activities that give a personal touch to recruiting. The purpose of the event is to share relevant information, foster relationships on campus and provide the opportunity for one-on-one response to student questions. Secondly, stronger relationships with the minority community are sought through a series of visits to targeted high schools in southern Minnesota and the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area and selected community colleges. The College s goal is to create greater visibility for the University, to provide information about business careers and the College itself, to enhance faculty sensitivity to students of color, increase enrollment, and identify the characteristics of a support system that encourages success when students enroll. Students 15

16 Developing a Student Highlight After a semester of study in Rouen, France, Josh Hackbarth, MSU 00, finds himself looking for the international section of the newspaper first. He s come to believe that a second language is a good thing, and wishes he d known French before he ventured to Europe. I look at things differently now, he says. I approach things from a new, broader perspective. When I arrived in France, for example, I was shocked to find that the Institut de Formation Internationale (IFI) didn t require daily or weekly homework. After a while I started to see that the focus on case studies and discussion-based learning had a lot to offer. It wasn t necessary to follow a textbook. Hackbarth and four other students, two from MInnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) and two from IFI in Rouen, were the first to experience the benefits of an exchange program established between the two institutions in IFI, part of the ESC-Rouen group, and MSU have made it possible for enrolled students to study for credit abroad while paying tuition to their home institution. IFI is a four-year Gran Ecole, an institution that has earned the highest level of accreditation attainable for a French collegiate school of business. The institution has 400 students who are fluently bilingual in English and French. Students of the Institut de Formation Internationale study additional languages as part of their program, and are required to spend their second year of study abroad. Additionally, each student completes a six-month internship outside of France. MSU students studying in Rouen typically enroll in five classes: International Marketing, European Business Studies, Business Strategy, French Language and French Culture. MSU students have the option of living in a dormitory or with a French family. They are offered opportunities through IFI to tour some historic sites in the Normandy region. Rouen is approximately 1.5 hours from Paris by land. Christine Jirele, MSU 00, never imagined herself an exchange student. But work at the Renaissance Festival in Shakopee, Minnesota last year started her thinking, and the experience of a cousin who studied in London piqued her interest. She found the people in the International Programs Office at MSU helpful and decided to spend her last semester in Rouen. It was difficult to relate to other exchange students when we were all going through culture shock, she says. The studies were different, but my most important lessons were learned in that personal context. Jirele says travel, presentations and speakers enriched her study. Jimena Catarivas, an MSU student from Uruguay who spent the academic year as a high school exchange student in Worthington, Minnesota, had traveled extensively before enrolling in the Rouen program. Catarivas took advantage of the central European location to explore Spain, Italy, Portugal, England, Switzerland and Germany when she wasn t studying. My most COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO 120 Morris Hall Global Vision ABOVE: EMMANUELLE STRAUB (L) & PERRINE LEFEBURE (R), SPENT THEIR SECOND YEAR OF UNIVERSITY STUDY AT MSU. HERE THEY RE EXPERIENCING MINNESOTA S UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER THE FOUNTAIN IS FLOWING AND IT S SNOWING ON OCTOBER 1, valuable lesson, she smiles, is that there is no one right way to do things. French students Emmanuelle Straub and Perrine Lefebure spent their entire second year of study at Minnesota State, Mankato. They enrolled in a standard academic program in the College of Business, with all studies completed in English. Emmanuelle had travelled in the United States three times previously; for Perrine the ABOVE: CHRISTINE JIRELE (L), OF WASECA, MINNESOTA & JIMENA CATARIVAS (R) OF URUGUAY, BOTH MSU COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDENTS, STUDIED AT THE INSTITUT DE FORMATION INTERNATIONALE IN ROUEN, FRANCE, DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER JOSH HACKBARTH, MSU SENIOR FROM NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN, PACKED HIS BAGS FOR A SPRING SEMESTER IN ROUEN. HE SAYS, I D DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT! 2000 stay was the first visit. There were stereotypes to overcome, laughs Perrine, but it was a good experience for all of us. It was a challenge to get used to another culture, but if I could stay now, I would not leave. Emmanuelle agrees, The year went too fast. Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Permit No