Thanks for opening up the 2018 edition of the Management and Marketing Department newsletter. I am excited to share with you some of the exciting things happening in the department this year and even more excited that you are interested in hearing from us!
With every new year, I am always anxious to see what new ideas will come from our incredible faculty. We do so many different things (including management, marketing, entrepreneurship, production and operations management, business ethics, and international business), you never know where the next innovation will come from. This year, we are launching the Summer Entrepreneurship Academy, a summer camp being designed by Instructor Katie Robberson. The camp is targeted at high school students who are excited to learn how starting and running your own business works. This will be an exciting addition to the things we do in the School of Business and help us introduce the exciting world of entrepreneurship to the next generation of business leaders!
I am also pleased to let you know of two expected additions to the Department of Management and Marketing faculty: Dr. Stan Solomon and Dr. Gloria Sweida. Dr. Solomon (2015 PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis) comes to us from Sam Houston State University. He will be contributing to our operations management courses. Dr. Sweida is currently completing her PhD at Claremont Graduate University in California. She will be contributing to our management and organizational behavior areas.
Also in this issue of the newsletter, you’ll learn about some more exciting things happening in the Department of Management and Marketing, highlighting some of our alumni, students and faculty. So read on, and thank you for staying connected with the department. As always, I invite you to share your own exciting stories (awesome job stories, fun SIUE memories, and so on) at ehershb@siue.edu.
Regards,
Dr. Edmund Hershberger