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FOR DROUGHT RELIEF IN AFRICA PLUS Coast to coast Redbirds Technology in today’s classroom Students take on climate change New COB Redbird gear

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WaterDrop Shop makes waves in Africa Students hone green business skills at COB climate event New twist on green business MBA alum plays key role in Normal turbine project

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Technology in teaching

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magine applying to one of the top universities in the United States. Imagine being accepted into one of the premier business schools in the country. And finally, imagine graduating with a degree from a nationally recognized program of study.

Those statements define many of the outstanding programs in the College of Business at Illinois State University. We are pleased to again be included as one of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2013 by Bloomberg Businessweek. As you spend time exploring this issue of News and Views, you will find examples of excellence that are part of the fabric and culture of the college’s exemplary programs.

Many of the college’s activities in the 2013-2014 academic year will be guided by innovation, impact, and engagement. These themes, borrowed from the college’s accrediting agency (The Assembly to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, or AACSB), will frame discussions related to students, faculty and staff, curriculum, alumni, financial resources, our business partners, and our friends and supporters. We are looking forward to reexamining our mission and strategic plan to strengthen our position as the leader in undergraduate business education in the state.

We are also mindful that our nationally ranked master’s in accountancy programs and MBA program will be important components as we advance our mission and strategic plan.

Earl Nightingale, a renowned motivational speaker, often quoted the phrase, “We become what we think about.” David J. Schwartz, author of The Magic of Thinking Big, wrote, “Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.”

I generally agree with those statements.

If we think about big ideas, we naturally plan a course of action to achieve those ideas. At the college’s opening faculty/staff conference in August we challenged ourselves to Think Big. A similar exercise was conducted with the presidents of the college’s 23 student organizations.

The discussions generated many noteworthy Big ideas. We will continue to discuss and act on those ideas within the themes of innovation, impact, and engagement.

You will be interested to know that students in the inaugural cohort of the college’s Chicago MBA program is nearing the midpoint in their 12-course plan of study. Each course in the accelerated program meets on Friday evenings and all day Saturday on alternating weekends for three sessions. An extra week is added between each course to complete final case studies, research projects, and exams. The program has received outstanding reviews.

A tentative schedule for the second cohort has been released with courses beginning October 24, 2014. We anticipate strong demand for the second offering of the Chicago program. Target participants include mid- to upper-level corporate managers, business entrepreneurs, and other institutional leaders. For additional information on this high-quality and nationally recognized program, please contact the MBA office at isumba@IllinoisState.edu.

I sincerely appreciate your continued support of and investment in the College of Business.

Your investment allows the college to continue and increase student scholarships and student leadership initiatives, to attract and retain an outstanding faculty, and to advance Big ideas.

The College of Business has been my academic home for more than 30 years. It was an honor to serve as the head of the Department of Accounting and have the opportunity to work with an outstanding accounting and business information systems faculty and staff for the last eight years. I am humbled by the opportunity and look forward to the challenge of serving as interim dean of the College of Business for the next two years.

Sincerely,

Gerry McKean ’72, M.S. ’75, Ph.D. ’85 Interim Dean College of Business

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WATERDROP SHOP MAKES WAVES IN AFRICA College startup with humanitarian mission finds roots in COB

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ore than 6,000 children die daily from water-related diseases, according to UNICEF. Diarrheal diseases, malaria, and other maladies are common in areas where clean water and safe sanitation practices are rare. Josh Weingart ’13 has made it his personal mission to bring clean water to Africa.

A member of Encounter, a nondenominational registered student organization, Weingart attended a presentation by Christian Ministries Fellowship International on clean water projects in Africa. That short presentation was transformational.

“It instantly clicked,” Weingart said. “It was something I always wanted to do.”

Weingart, a finance and entrepreneurship major, traveled to Kenya in 2010 with a plan to focus on well drilling in a rural desert area. He immediately recognized the need for clean water, seeing people walking miles a day to get it. For many the only alternative was consuming water filled with silt, sand, and even feces.

“If you talk about dropping a well somewhere, most people think of big machines, which can cost over $10,000,” Weingart said. “But when you drop a well without community involvement, it is not maintained, and no longer in use.”

Rather than using heavy machinery to drill a well that would mildew, rust, and fall into disuse in little more than a year, five members of the Clean Water Team, the missionaries’ full-time drilling crew, paired with five men selected from the community to work with shovels, augers, and PVC pipe to create a well that would provide clean water.

“The community is raising leaders to take care of the well,” Weingart said. “It is more productive because the community had to invest in it and will take care of it.”

The wells produced are more shallow and built closer to riverbeds than the ones that would be produced with heavy machinery, but the benefits are great. The men who work on the well gain an understanding of how it was created, which allows them to make small repairs as needed. Also, a sense of ownership is created as a direct result of the community leaders participating in the project.

But Weingart noticed another change that wells can make.

“Water wells also bring girls to school,” Weingart said. “Young women in the family are known for getting the water. If you put wells near school, girls are able to attend and then bring back water.”

Kenya—sandals fashioned from old car tires—and thought that this could be the product he was looking for. The sandals are created by cutting the tire in the shape of a foot and then using foam and natural hemp for the padding and strap. The sandals are comfortable, longlasting, and can even resist the rugged terrain of the African deserts.

Weingart spent the next year using his contacts to find a manufacturer in Kenya that could produce the product he wanted.

With partnerships in place, Weingart founded WaterDrop Shop, a for-profit, for-purpose company with the mission of drilling clean water wells in Africa. By selling tire sandals made by Maasai Treads, a Kenya-based manufacturer, Weingart is able to employ local workers with a fair trade and wage standard, promote sustainability, and give back to the region.

“I’ve always had trouble just asking people for money from a charity standpoint,” Weingart said. “I always liked selling in fundraisers growing up because you get something for the charity and someone else receives something as well.”

Ten percent of the sale of each pair of sandals goes toward digging a well, which, when done through the method Weingart experienced, costs only $2,500.

Weingart and his team, comprised of interns exclusively from Illinois State, have already made enough money through a combination of sales and fundraisers such as the Color Drop 5K to fund the first well.

As he moves forward, Weingart continues to draw on the lessons learned from faculty in the College of Business to ensure that he is successful.

“ISU is the breeding ground of the entire WaterDrop scenario,” Weingart said. “Encounter led me to Africa. Study Abroad led me to Australia, and I found direction from the entrepreneurship team and Doan Winkel, who pushed me to go outside of the box where I was uncomfortable.”

WaterDrop Shop has garnered a great deal of attention, making Inc. magazine’s 2013 list of America’s Coolest College Startups.

However the young entrepreneur takes the praise in stride.

“Publicity is publicity,” Weingart said. “It goes until it turns into sales, then into revenue, which turns into wells.”

Weingart is working as a full-time consultant for Design & Technical Services and directly funding WaterDrop Shop. He plans to grow the endeavor by creating a brand ambassador program, increasing inventory, and expanding into new markets. However Weingart measures the success of WaterDrop Shop in wells—not dollars.

“Our main goal is to sell sustainable products with a purpose,” he said. “I call my team my family. We are out there to serve the good.

We are not in it for the money. We’re a wholehearted group of college students with the passion and determination to change the world.”

IDEA FROM DOWN UNDER Weingart wasn’t home from Kenya for long before heading off on his next adventure—a study abroad trip to Australia. While there, he saw the large part sustainability played in daily life. Weingart observed that most houses had solar panels and many buildings, including some large chain stores, used rain barrels to collect water.

Returning from his second major trip abroad, Weingart began to create an idea from what he had seen.

“When I got back I started unpacking and thinking about sustainability and Africa,” Weingart said. “I started to figure out what I wanted to do and what product could help me do it.”

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STUDENTS HONE GREEN BUSINESS SKILLS AT COB CLIMATE EVENT Several Illinois State students are leading unique campus sustainability efforts they created during a 24-hour competition co-sponsored by the College of Business.

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he student-led efforts born from last spring’s Act On Climate Change Today (ACCT) event include a living wall garden to complement a revitalization of Campus Dining’s West Campus herb garden and to demonstrate the value of such vertical space-savers; a campus rain-barrel water collection system powered by a solar pump; and expansion of an Illinois State energy monitoring program.

“The College of Business created the event to bring together speakers talking about the science of climate change, and what students and universities could do to address it, and then letting students share their ideas and try to get a plan put together,” said James Jones, director of the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services and one of the inaugural event’s organizers, along with Peter Kaufman, who teaches marketing, and Missy Nergard from Illinois State’s Office of Sustainability.

About 50 people took part in the one-day conference on April 15, 2013. Students from

T NGE A A H C SEA BOUT A N E Y BE SUMERS A ARS.” L L A E S R ONG CON FIVE YE ’ E R E K TH AST D AM I“ T H I N N E S S E S A N S I N T H E L across E I S U campus came to hear S U S B I U.S. ABILITY Nobel Peace Prize-winning N I scientist Don Wuebbles discuss the U.S. A T SUS National Climate Assessment. Wuebbles shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for his role on the international Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. At Illinois State, he talked about the science behind climate change, as well as consequences if it isn’t addressed.

Several speakers followed, sharing information about their organizations’ sustainability projects. Next it was time for brainstorming—with facilitators leading an open space session, which uses a discussion circle to promote the flow of ideas.

Out of that evolved seeds for campus sustainability projects,

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with the larger group breaking into five- to seven-person groups putting together plans. Proposals were due just one day later. The College of Business provided three winning proposals up to $1,000 to make their group’s idea a reality. Judges used a rubric of how realistic a one-year completion was for each proposal, how much each plan utilized ISU student involvement, and whether proposals were potentially feasible in economic terms, said Jones.

ACCT gave students an opportunity to demonstrate to potential employers they offer more than merely a pro-sustainability view, said Kaufman. Developing and managing these projects requires students to use business budgeting and management practices to make projects successful in the one-year time frame, he said.

“Having some knowledge about the science involved with sustainability and why it matters” helps Illinois State graduates stand out to employers, Kaufman said.

“What we’ve done with Act on Climate Change Today is essentially project-based learning,” he said, offering real-world experience that’s similar to an internship.

THE BIG PICTURE The college’s focus on sustainability extends beyond a single event.

In 2007 the college became one of the first business schools in the U.S. to sign onto the UN-sponsored Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, a framework for academic institutions to advance socially responsive corporate behavior such as sustainability.

Since then, the COB has created a new minor in business environment and sustainability, with the first cohort starting last spring. When college leaders considered the new minor, they sought feedback from their main 25 employer partners. Almost all of those companies said they considered sustainability knowledge as valuable in new hires, said Jones.

In the next decade, businesses will be expected to move beyond sustainability awareness into sustainability action, said Kaufman.

“I think there’s really been a sea change at U.S. businesses and among consumers about sustainability issues in the last five years,” said Kaufman, the marketing professor who helped craft the business and sustainability minor. In his Marketing Sustainable Products course, Kaufman teaches students how sustainability permeates every industry—from renewable energy companies to carmakers.

The sustainability minor—a track now with about 35 students— is an interdisciplinary curriculum, with several students from areas such as agriculture sciences and renewable energy, said Jones.

“A lot of students want to get into a job where they are making a difference, but they don’t necessarily know events to take part in or the sequence to study,” said Kaufman. “This minor is one way.”

The College of Business and the Office of Sustainability hope ACCT becomes an annual event, with students playing a larger role in its planning.

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n today’s business world, it’s not just being in the red or the black that counts. It’s who’s in the green.

Companies are pushing sustainability issues for myriad reasons, from the impact on their bottom line to larger issues of corporate social responsibility.

Illinois State’s College of Business knows this, and over the past decade has evolved to meet the need for new graduates with green credentials. The new business environment and sustainability minor in the Department of Management and Quantitative Methods (MQM) is one notable change to the curriculum.

Another way the college is focusing on sustainability issues is through events like Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Day, which in 2013 added a new a sustainability case-study competition.

“CSR Day is part of the college’s annual Business Week, and is a major practical experience for students involved in planning the $25,000 event,” said college marketing director Steve Vandiver, who advises Business Week’s student leaders.

“CSR Day is an annual event, but this year’s focus on sustainability was a new twist,” said Norris Porter, the college’s senior development director. About 150 students attended CSR Day’s main event, the threehour session in the State Farm Hall of Business Caterpillar Auditorium.

Corporate guests judged the case-study competition, which featured six teams from an MQM sustainability course squaring off.

The groups were charged with the imaginary case of a corporation trying to decide whether to send its employees on commercial airlines for business trips, or if it should purchase its own fleet of jet planes.

Students had to factor in costs and benefits of both options, as well as look at the corporation’s social responsibility, in terms of sustainability.

Porter worked with student CSR Day coordinators to bring in speakers for the March 23 event from Peoria-based Caterpillar Inc., and COUNTRY Financial, GROWMARK, and The Farnsworth Group, all based in Bloomington.

Timothy Lindsey, Caterpillar’s global director of sustainability development, shared how a giant corporation such as his dedicates an entire division to green business. Rob McDade, COUNTRY’s vice president of customer service, and Amy Bradford, GROWMARK’s corporate communications manager, each come from companies with origins tied to the agriculture industry.

Farnsworth representatives Don Forest and Brian Gable discussed how their engineering and architectural firm has become increasingly involved in sustainability design. Farnsworth projects have included work on LEED-certified buildings and the town of Normal’s Uptown Circle water garden, an internationally recognized park space designed to exhibit sustainability.

Andrea Northen ’13 and Ashley Carboni spent their junior year on the 2013 Business Week planning committee. Their job was to develop a successful CSR Day. “Not only did we get to interact with these professionals, but we also learned how many ways sustainability factored into different companies’ cultures, missions and goals,” said Northen, now a graduate of the marketing program. She said it was also interesting how companies differ on their interpretations of corporate social responsibility.

The case-study competition and all of CSR Day’s activities fit well with the college’s goal of incorporating more active-based learning into the curriculum, said Porter. Private and corporate financial support (including donated time from industry professionals) continually expand these opportunities, he said.

Events and competitions such as CSR Day, which combined the case study and networking opportunities with corporate executives, help Illinois State’s business students increase their marketability on the job hunt. These active-based learning experiences arm graduates with much more than academic knowledge; they allow students to also bring real-life experience to future employers.

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We appreciate the financial support of our alumni, friends, and corporate partners. Your gifts are an investment in emerging talent and are critical to advancing the national reputation and excellence of the College of Business, enhancing the value and pride of an Illinois State degree.

Your continued support will ensure that future students continue to have the same opportunities that you experienced. Our No. 1 challenge is to maintain excellence while remaining affordable and accessible without burdening students with mountains of debt.

Private funding, including scholarships, will help us meet this challenge.

Illinois State recently jumped two spots on U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the top public universities in the U.S., to 81st in the nation. One of the reasons: Illinois State maintains a graduation rate of 71.5 percent, far above the national average of 56 percent for public universities.

This fall Washington Monthly confirmed the value of an investment in an Illinois State education by ranking us among the top 50 universities in the country on its “Best Bang for the Buck” list, based on our high graduation rate, affordability, and low loan default rate of alumni. The loan default rate for Illinois State is only

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3 percent, while the Illinois average is 14.4 percent and the national average is 13.4 percent. More than 78 percent of Illinois State students receive some type of financial aid each year.

Thinking Big will mean something different to everyone. Maybe making your first gift to support the College of Business is Thinking Big. Increasing your annual gift might be Thinking Big. And to others, establishing a legacy by creating an endowment or including a gift provision in your estate planning is Thinking Big. Every gift is important, and every gift makes a difference in the life of a student. Thank you for your continued support and faith in the quality of an Illinois State University education.

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A GIFT OF $100 FROM EACH OF OUR 34,000+ ALUMNI WOULD RESULT IN ANNUAL SUPPORT OF MORE THAN $3.4 MILLION. TO GIVE TO THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, VISIT BUSINESS.ILLINOISSTATE.EDU/GIVING. ANNUAL GIFTS AND COMMITMENTS

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PHILANTHROPIC PRIORITIES • Our long-term goal is to have an endowment large enough to generate $1 million per year in income. This would require an endowment in the $25 million range. The current college endowment is valued at $14.8 million, with an additional $2.5 million in expendable funds.

• Funding priorities include support for faculty, students, technology, and the general excellence fund—investing in the future of the college.

• We want to grow annual alumni participation from 6.8 percent to 10 percent. (Less than 19 percent of our funding now comes from the State of Illinois.)

• Increase confirmed deferred gifts, including bequests, trusts and life insurance, with a three-year goal of at least $3 million.

(As of June 30, 2013, our total after year one is $3,340,454.)

NEW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Toni Burningham ’12 was hired in August as the associate director of development for the College of Business. Burningham works in conjunction with the senior director of development in helping constituents interested in supporting the College of Business and its various programs and centers.

Burningham previously served as a development associate at Illinois State University for five years, and before that she worked for eight years at the University of California Los Angeles in the development office. She enjoys traveling, meeting new people, and experiencing new cultures.

CREATE A LASTING LEGACY Increasing confirmed deferred gifts, including bequests, trusts, life insurance, and charitable gift annuities, can play a powerful role in generating funds to help the college while also helping donors fulfill their personal financial and philanthropic priorities. Over the last three years, 29 percent of all new gifts and commitments were the result of deferred planned gifts.

Consider why Pat Grogg decided to make a planned gift. Grogg joined the faculty of the College of Business in 1976. Grogg, who specialized in business writing, immediately took on the task of teaching Business Report Writing. The course was the first step on a journey with Illinois State that would span decades. Though Grogg retired in 1998 after 23 years in the classroom, her relationship with the University did not end. She established a legacy as the founding donor of Wisdom’s Torch.

“Wisdom’s Torch is about having the extras available so that students can attend a conference, a professor can buy sophisticated software, or even support something as simple as a train ticket to Chicago. Not every one of our students has those experiences as a part of growing up, whether they are from the suburbs or the farm,” Grogg said.

Grogg has already made two gifts to Wisdom’s Torch, one in cash and another as a planned gift.

“The nice thing about a planned gift is that you can put a number in now, and then you can adapt what might be possible as life goes on,” Grogg said. “Wisdom’s Torch is an endowed fund that benefits students. Your gift can honor a faculty member who made a difference in your life.”

GIVE ONLINE AT ADVANCEMENT.ILLINOISSTATE.EDU/WISDOM

TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY TO BENEFIT FUTURE STUDENTS, PLEASE CONTACT NORRIS PORTER AT (309) 438-2297 OR NEPORTE@ILLINOISSTATE.EDU. News & Views

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NEW ENDOWMENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS We appreciate our supporters who have established the following new endowments, scholarships, and restricted funds during the past year: CATERPILLAR FACULTY ACCOUNTING AWARD

Brad Halverson, chief financial officer and group president of corporate services at Caterpillar, directed the creation of this fund to help recruit and retain outstanding faculty in the Department of Accounting at Illinois State. The College of Business appreciates the support from the Caterpillar Foundation and its business units, as well as the support and involvement of many alumni who are employed at Caterpillar.

PHILLIP AND LEE ANN (BAKER) CLARY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Phillip S. Clary ’83, M.S. ’85, and Lee Ann (Baker) Sauers ’83 created this scholarship to benefit business students with preference given annually to nontraditional students, including married students and students with children. Phil began his career as an auditor for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and then spent 23 years as an examiner for FINRA (formally NASD and the NASDAQ stock market), the self-regulatory organization for the securities industry. Lee Ann spent her entire career as an accountant in the commodities industry, moving from staff accountant, to controller, to chief financial officer for companies at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/PLClary CAROLINE KERN CRAIG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Caroline Kern Craig Scholarship is intended to help defray the high costs of education for students with accounting majors who have demonstrated a record of high academic achievement at the collegiate level and who appear to have a potential for meaningful career accomplishment. The scholarship was created by Tom Craig and Jon Farney ’93 to honor Caroline’s legacy of teaching excellence, scholarship, service, and commitment to student welfare. Jon is a past president of Beta Gamma Sigma at Illinois State University and remembers fondly Caroline’s influence on his life during his time as a student on campus. Caroline, whose life was cut short when she died in her early 50s, was the beloved wife of Tom Craig. Both Caroline and Tom spent their entire post-Ph.D. careers at Illinois State teaching undergraduate and graduate accounting classes.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/CKC THE ERNST & YOUNG FACULTY ACCOUNTING AWARD

Kevin Price ’78 and Tom Schramm ’79 created this fund to help recruit and retain outstanding faculty in the Department of Accounting. Kevin and Tom both work in advisory services within Ernst & Young (EY). Kevin is a partner and Tom is a principal. Their hope is that The Ernst & Young Faculty Accounting Award will also add visibility for EY within the accounting faculty and student body at Illinois State University. Kevin and Tom are both married to Illinois State graduates. Both wives are named Dorothy—Dorothy Price ’78 and Dorothy Schramm ’79. Kevin and Tom hope that this faculty award will be useful and help continue the tradition of accounting excellence at Illinois State.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/ErnstYoung

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THE WILLIAM AND NANCY ENGLAND FACULTY ACCOUNTING SCHOLAR

William (Bill) England ’77 is a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC in Chicago. He and his wife Nancy ’77 established this endowment to recruit and retain outstanding accounting faculty in the College of Business. For more than 30 years Bill has enjoyed serving multinational companies, both domestic and foreign based.

He has been the lead engagement partner on Sara Lee Corporation, Kraft Foods, Keebler Company, and Fortune Brands and has significant SEC experience, advising clients on numerous large acquisitions and divestitures. Bill is a member of the College of Business Hall of Fame.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/England THE EOVALDI FAMILY ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIP

The Eovaldi Family Accounting Scholarship was established in 2013

by George and Carol Eovaldi. Five of their six children are graduates of Illinois State University. George enjoyed a 39-year career with State Farm, retiring in 1994 as vice president of accounting. It was in 1981 that George began a close association with academe and Illinois State, serving on the College of Business and Accounting Advisory councils for more than 25 years. In 1989, he was asked to be part of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business accrediting body in St. Louis. George is a member of the College of Business Hall of Fame.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/Eovaldi THE STEPHEN HAGGE FACULTY ACCOUNTING AWARD

Stephen Hagge ’73 is CEO of AptarGroup, Inc. The AptarGroup family of companies is the leader in the global dispensing systems industry with more than 10,000 dedicated employees in 19 countries. His wife Sharon is also a graduate of Illinois State. Steve fondly remembers Max Rexroad, a former accounting professor.

Max was instrumental in his success during college. Steve created this fund to help recruit and retain outstanding faculty in the Department of Accounting. Steve is a member of the College of Business Hall of Fame.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/Hagge MARK AND LINDA HAUPTMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

Mark ’79 and Linda ’76 Hauptman decided to establish this scholarship fund as a continuation for their support to education.

Preference will be given annually to accounting majors and members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Mark worked in public accounting for five years and then moved to the insurance industry where he spent more than 20 years with HealthMarkets Inc. and held several accounting and executive positions, including chief financial officer and executive vice president of sales and marketing. He retired in 2009 and became part owner of a plastic injection molding company that manufactures jars, caps, liners, pencils, and closures for the cosmetic industry.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/Hauptman THE CONNIE KRUG SERVICE AWARD

This award is named for Connie Duffy Krug, who devoted herself to the personal and professional development of business students until her retirement in 2000. Connie was an integral part of the College of Business for more than 20 years. She was responsible for many programs that honored students and alumni or welcomed distinguished guests. Through the planning and development of

many of these events, she mentored and guided students as they learned about leadership, organization, and responsibility. Connie was known and loved by many years of Business Week and College of Business Executive Council (COBEC) officers with whom she worked closely. This award was endowed in 2013.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/Krug MARK LOVEALL INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP

WISDOM’S TORCH CHARTER DONORS Wisdom’s Torch is a new endowment

Mark Loveall ’88 created this fund to support students majoring or minoring in insurance. Mark is a vice president for Chartis Insurance located in San Francisco. He is passionate about his Illinois State experience and the opportunities it has provided to him. Mark was an active member of Delta Sigma Pi while on campus, making many strong friendships that continue today. He is a proud graduate of Illinois State, and this scholarship is his way of “paying it forward.”

Both of his parents, Philip and Mary Ann Loveall, are Illinois State alums, graduating in 1963.

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funded by current and retired faculty and

STEVE MICHELS CPA REVIEW COURSE SCHOLARSHIP

donors to this fund will have pledged or

This scholarship has been established by Tri Star Marketing, Accounting Alumni (’73), and friends from Illinois State University as a tribute to Steve Michels and those who have been afflicted with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Preference will be given to students who have ALS or who have a parent who has/ had ALS. During Steve’s professional career he exemplified moral and ethical integrity through his hard work, loyalty, perseverance, dedication to others and deep Christian faith. Steve had a 37-year career with Tri Star Marketing, ultimately serving as the chief financial officer.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/SteveMichels PATRICK G. RYAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

staff, and those who wish to honor current and retired faculty and staff of the College of Business. This fund supports essential teaching and learning initiatives. Charter gifted a total of $10,000 prior to December 31, 2013. Current donors include: William and Nancy England in honor of Jim Hallam Elizabeth and Karl Freeburg in honor of Patricia Grogg

The Patrick G. Ryan Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in 2012 to honor Patrick Ryan’s legacy of providing leadership to the insurance industry. The fund will provide financial support to attract and develop the next generation of industry leaders through the insurance program at Illinois State University and the support of the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services. Ryan is the founder and retired executive chairman of Aon Corporation, which today operates with more than 500 offices in 120 countries. He founded Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) as a holding company aimed at providing specialty services to insurance brokers, agents and carriers.

Give online at Advancement.IllinoisState.edu/PGRyan

Patricia Grogg in honor of the students and faculty of the future

DOCUMENTED PLANNED GIFTS

Kimberly and Kenneth Warmbier in honor of Khalid Razaki (Raz)

The College of Business is proud to recognize the following new members to the Illinois State University Foundation’s Heritage Society for making a deferred gift provision in support of the College of Business:

Scott D. and Mary T. Johnson Charles and Joan McGuire Dixie Mills John and Therese Rigas in honor of LaVerne A. Cox

Donna and Phillip Zarcone in honor of Joyce Ostrosky

• William and Nancy England • Jacalyn Ferree • Larry Gustafson • John and Dawn Kocher • Stuart and Cyndy Schuette

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YOUR GIVING MAKES A POWERFUL IMPACT

THANK YOU, DONORS

The College of Business is grateful to the following alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, and trusts for their generous gifts and pledges received in 2012.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Lara Aaron Anita and Scott Ackerman Dixie and Mike Ackley Andrew and Emi Adams Pamela and Kerry Adams Billy Adkisson and Ellen Bourne Lisa and Terry Ahrens Debora and Greg Allen Lorrie Allen-James and Neal James Jonathan Allison Bernard and Pamela Anderson Keith and Annette Anderson Pamela and Ronald Anderson Ryan and Erika Anderson Gary and Helen Anetsberger Melanie Angelatos Enrico and Amy Angkawijaya

Eric Barbour J. Michael and Sandra Barker Russell and Andrea Barlow James Barnes Nicole Barone Michael and Barbara Baroni Kathleen Barry Catherine and Franklin Bartels Nancy and David Bartels Michael Bartenhagen Mason Bartlett Deborah and Matthew Barton Rick Batey Andre and Danila Battiste Alan and Deborah Baum Brian and Aimee Beam # Curtis and Ellen Beam David and Carol Bean

“We invest in a database for the College of Business that provides daily data—stock returns, mutual fund returns, and other statistics that are the industry standard. If we didn’t have these daily returns available, that would certainly hurt our faculty recruiting. It’s a database that’s pretty standard at a school that does research.

A lot of our candidates look for that when they’re considering applying for faculty positions.”

— Finance, Insurance, and Law Professor Tom Howe and Ellen Howe Millicent Ansah Mark Anselment Suzanne and Gregory Antkowiak Larry and Karen Apfelbaum Michael Apostle Karen and Nick Appelbaum Richard and Ione Arends Richard and Donna Armstrong Tina and Kim Arnett Robert and Sherri Arnholt Lindsey Arnold Brett and Karen Arseneault Steven and Sarah Aughenbaugh Robert and Lynn Aument Jana and James Avenius Marsha and Douglas Awe Nadiene and Robert Backlund Larry Bafford Stephen and Lynn Baginski Martha and Carlos Bahler Lucinda and David Baier Khasim Baig Glenn and Gaye Bailey # Elango Balasubramanian # Victor and Shelly Baldinger Mark Ballard Chet Bandy Sheri Bane John and Mary Bantham # Marlene and Melvin Barach

Eunice and William Bean Sarah and Joe Beck Alan Bedell and Deanna Frautschi Anita and Daniel Bedell Brent A. and Jeri Mullins Beggs # Nicia Behary Brooke Bellew Lee Bell-Livingston Timothy and DeAnn Bennett Brian and Jeanette Berg Douglas and Deborah Berg Edward and Laurie Berg Gary and Lora Berger Kenneth and Debra Beschorner Richard and Jacqueline Bettenhausen Darrell Bielema Dennis Binford Hope Bingham Colleen Bird Larry Birky Michael and Jean Blakemore Brenda and Thomas Blight Laura Bloemker and Lynn Wedekemper Yvonne and Jerry Blount Michael and Wanda Bock David and Nancy Boden Karen Bojda Joseph Boma Debra and Curt Bonds Vincent and Vicki Boone

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Carol Born Sandra Borror Andrea and Stephen Boudreau Nik and Nancy Bradley David and Kelly Brady Jessica Brandt Pam Bremer Daniel Brennan Barry and Teresa Brenneman Scott and Kristine Bretl Dale and Judith Bridge Ron and Dawn Briscoe Richard and Joan Broaddus Sue Gourley Brody Aron Brown Christopher Brown Kevin Brown Sandra Brown# Stefanie Brown Willie Brown L. Joan Brucker Henry Bruens Erica Brumleve Dale and Betty Brummet Michael and Susan Bruner Kymberly Buchanan Bernice Buck Pamela and Brent Buckalew Shari and Mark Buckellew # Cheryl and William Budde # Julie and Butch Buesing Debra and Robert Bunchman Joleen Bunt William and Patricia Burke Mark and Melanie Burns Stanley and Susan Burton Eric and Karin Burwell Linda and Richard Busey Gary and Kristine Bushue Jeffrey and Betty Butler Louise and Lawton Butler Glenn and Mary Cackovic Jock and Rita Cameron Donald and Elizabeth Camp Olivia Campos James and Marci Carballido Michael and Norma Caringello Steven Carlisle and Mark Duda Richard and Julie Carlson Scott and Beth Carr Ann and Daniel Carroll Clara Carroll Kevin and Tammy Carroll Frank Carter Lisa and Prentiss Carter Sherwin and Barbara Carter Beth and Patrick Casey Shane and Kimberly Casey Dwayne and Linda Cawley Matthew and Amber Cekander Mark and Penny Cermak Wendy Champion S. J. and Connie Chang # John and Nancy Chapman Mary Chasensky Jose Chavez Penny and Craig Cheever Sandra and Larry Cheffer Elizabeth and Eric Cherveny Sherri and Steven Chinski Edmund and Sally Chmiel Thomas Choy Gwendolyn and Michael Christ

Suzanne and John Christein Scott and Amy Christensen Stephen and Shelly Christiansen Yvette Christman Scott and Deborah Christner Rodney and Suzie Christo Barbara Christopher Jeannie and Scott Church Sarah and Vincent Ciccarello Paul and Natalee Ciesiun Joseph Cizowski John and Cathy Clair Lori Clark Brian and Katrina Clate Jeffrey and Taeko Clements Roger and Linda Clemmons Albert and Colleen Cloherty Peggy Close Dawn Cmiel Beatrice and Gary Coates Ronda Codemo Laura and David Coe Martin Coggins William and Cheryl Colliflower Elizabeth Collingwood Arnold and Debra Colvin Ruth and Charles Combites Cynthia and Timothy Condon John and Beth Conroy Ryan and Nicole Convery David and Aimee Cook Julie and Kevin Cook Katherine Cook Kari and Kyle Cooperider Jennifer Corban Ruth Corbin Donald and Debra Cordes Paula and Roger Corrigan Jodi and Larry Coveny Sarita Cox # Richard Coyne # Thomas Craig # Michelle Crawford-Stock and Timothy Stock Brian and Becky Creek Michael and Marcia Crewdson Joseph Crickard Keith Criddell David Cripe John and Paula Cross David and Susan Crowell Robert and Dee Crowell Francine and Paul Crownhart Paul and Cindi Crusen Craig Culp Nancy and Richard Cundiff David and Margaret Currie Nicholas Currier Stewart and Marjorie Daggett Daryl and Laura Dagit Judith Dahlman Jean Dahm Vrenae and Dennis Daly Andrew Darding Narges Davanloo and Masoud Hemmasi # Karen and Lynn Davenport Thomas and Jo Ellyn Davey Janice and Richard David Andrea Davis Andrew Davis John Davis Scott Davis and Molly Casteel Seth and Sylvia Davis

Tamra Davis # Vincent and Sakeena Davis Carl Davison *Michael Dean Larry and Rizalina Deany Duane and Diana Debs William and Melissa Dedic Kent and Nancy Deffenbaugh Justin Degroot Gerald and Wilda DeHaeseleer Nancy del Castillo David Dellitt David and Kathleen Deneen Leanne DeSelm James and Sherri Devine Steven and Christine DeVlieger Jerry and Judy Diamond Russell and Diane Diamond Paloma and Harlan Dillon Joleen and Thomas Dimond Robert Dinschel David and Elaine Dion David and Kristine DiPaolo Carol Dipazo Karen and David Dirksmeyer James and Sandra Dixon Rocco and Janet Donahue Gerald Donath Gregory and Nancy Donovan Joyce and Bernard Donovan Laurel and Mark Donovan Kurt and Lynette Dooley Teresa and James Dooley Gerald and Diane Doty Daniel and Kathy Dougherty John and Martha Dougherty Rebecca and Paul Douglas Lois and Mark Dowling Lauren Downs John Doyle Andrew Drendel Michael and Jennifer Drew William Drobny Nancy and David Drockelman Sheryl Drohan Richard Duchossois Dana Dudley Martin and Sandra Duffy Sue and Anthony Duffy Steven Dulek Bryan and Karen Duncan Donald and Carrie Duncan Sandra and Spurgeon Duncan Derek Dunlap Beth and Donald Easterla Emily Ebert Dave and Sarah Eddy James and Sue Edmondson John and Jana Edmondson Loren and Luella Ehling Colleen and Tim Ehrhardt Greg and Beth Eimer Frederick Eisenhut Paula and Theodore Eissfeldt Kevin and Kira Eldridge Tammy and Steven Elledge Mary and William Ellena Linda and Douglas Ellerman Robin Ellingson James and Stephanie Ellis Gerald and Martha England William and Nancy England Bryan and Amy Eovaldi

“Unfortunately we don’t have a system in this country where everybody can get a good quality education. The more I talk to good people, the more I hire, the more I hear of those who struggled to get through but thrive on the other side. Our scholarship provides help for middle-income families. There was very little aid for middle-income families when we went to school, and those families are being squeezed in many more ways today. Money they might have been able to save for college is going for everyday expenses.”

— Melanie and Corey Ferengul ’93 George and Carol Eovaldi Steve and Jonna Erickson William and Suzann Erlenbush Laura Erskine # Michael and Karen Essington Paul and Eileen Estrem Ricky Eurich Todd and Laurie Evans John Eymann Michael and Karen Fahey Lea and Doug Fairall Henry and Wilma Falb # Kathleen and James Fangman Arlene Farmer Jon and Tracy Farney Farzaneh Fazel-Sarjui and Ahmad Fakheri # Mark and Susan Fedor Kyle Fee Gary and Kathleen Feicke Corey and Melanie Ferengul Phillip Ferenzi Harold and Mildred Ferguson Jacalyn Ferree Nancy Ferrero # Robert and Rene Feser Lynn Filippelli Larry and Lynda Finck Rick and Cheryl Finck Glenn and Noreen Fink Arshad Firoz Gary and Judith Fish # Clinton Fishel Amanda Fitzgerald Karen and Daniel Fitzgerald Dale and Sarah Fitzgibbons # John and Laurie Fitzsimmons John and Ardene Flahavin Jeffrey and Cindy Flessner George Flickinger Donald and Diane Florek Jaime and Lizet Flores Douglas and Mary Foland James Follis Michael and Kim Foltz Janet and Rick Ford Patrick and Dawn Forden Mary and Patrick Fortney Zachary and Lisa Fortsch James Fox Christopher and Christine Franklin John and Kathlyn Franklin Jessica Frechette Elizabeth and Karl Freeburg Steven and Heidi Freeman Theresa and Randall French Thomas and Carolyn Frieburg Karen and Dan Frink Randy and Susan Froehlich Cheryl Frohlich Robert Frohlich John and Cheryl Fruin Dawn and Steven Fueger Michelle Fulkerson Karen and David Funk

Jeffrey and Gretchen Furler Nicholas and Jennifer Gadbois Sandra Gaddis Lester and Tami Gaff Gregory and Denette Gallman Cynthia and Michael Gann Jan and Pamela Garber Elsie Garbin Mary and Othello Garganera Mark Garrett Ruby Garrison Linda and Timothy Garver Latwanda Gary Luis Garza Samuel and Frances Gattuso Lee and Alice Gaus Thomas and Judith Gawlik Allen and Laura Gaydosh Tom and Hillary Gebler Suzanne and Mark Gehrig Glenn Gehrke Kent and Leslie Geibel Mark Geibel Lawrence and Patricia Geltmaker Kimberly and Gary Genenbacher Lauren George Brian and Marina Gernant Gary and Linda Gerstman Brian Gessling Deborah and Steven Gibbon Marshall Gilbert Paul and Geralyn Gilfillan Douglas and Stephanie Gillam Joseph and Joyce Glawe Robert and Tara Glazik Robin and James Gleason Karen Glenn Kenneth and Deborah Glover Franck Herve Desire Gnagne-Adou Lisa Goad Robert Godbey Carolyn Godby Gregory Godsil Daniel and Betsy Goebel # Matthew Golbeck Michael and Karla Goldman Joseph and Ruth Goldrick Robert and Catherine Goldstein Kent and Connie Goodrich Stanley Goodyear and Susan Perry Robert Gordon George Gore Laurence Gorenz John and Cynthia Grabowski Sharon Grabowski Kevin and Julie Grace W. Lewis and Janice Grace Benjamin Graeff Lee and Judy Graf # John and Kim Graff Mardel Graffy Lauren Graham George and Willow Gramm Ronda Green

Thomas Green Ronald Greene Jean Grever # David Gribbin Shawn and William Gross Julie and Edward Grubb Rose Guinan Cathleen and John Guldan Larry Gustafson Mary and Richard Habel Francis and Judith Hacker Ronald Haddad James and Maria Hadley Dorothy Haeffele # Stephen and Sharon Hagge Frank and Mary Haggerty Robert and Cynthia Haines Ashley and Cliff Hall Joseph Hall Robert Hall and Susan Wasilis William and Sue Hallinan Timothy and Linda Hallquist Kevin Halteman John Hammond Jeffrey and Tracy Hamrick Carla and Charles Haning Gregory and Joy Haning Dianne and Charles Hanley Richard and Carol Hany Tina and Frank Hanzlik Pamela and Vincent Harambasic David and Terry Harby Bobby and Greta Hardwick Harvey Harms Ruth Harner Kevin and Laura Harris Michael and Marilyn Harris Rodney and Jacqueline Harrison Douglas and Jenifer Hart Lawrence and Dorothy Hart Joanne Hartenbower Heather and Nathan Hartman # David and Elizabeth Hartmann Nancy and Bryan Harwood Fredrick Hasselman Paul and Sharon Haughey Kay and Burton Haun Andrew and Haley Havenga Dustin and Kristin Hawkins Lois and Kenneth Haydysch Julie and Michael Hazen Travis Heath Gary and Gina Hecht Greg and Tamara Heerde William and Sharon Heflin Bernard and Kaylee Heine Stephanie and Christopher Heins Kelli Heller Marian and Kenneth Henckel Thomas Henderson Michael and Arielle Heneghan David and Jean Hengesh Dennis and Kay Henrichs Kristen and David Hensley Michael and Michelle Hermann Danielle Hernandez Paul and Denise Herrero Leonard Hester J. Gregory Hetrick Eric Heyen Christy Hickman Timothy Higgins Douglas and Maria Higgs Jill Hiler Brett and Jennifer Hilkemann Frederic and Caroline Hille Katherine Hill-Gottesman and Russell Gottesman Hobart and Marian Gardner Hinderliter Rebecca Hines Jon Hinrichs Gerald and Frances Hinshaw *Don and Kathy Hinspeter Brian and Deborah Hiserote Andrew Hobbs Ted Hochsprung Jody and John Hoekstra Mark and Sharon Hoelscher # Chad Hoffman Paul and Jillene Hoffman

Daniel Hogberg Timothy and Challis Holland Brenda and Timothy Holm Brenda Holmes Darren and Tammy Holmes Kimberly and Steve Holste Joy and Jeffrey Hoover Thomas and Sandra Horvath Karen Hosack # Connie and Steve Hoselton Eric and Terri Hoss John and Kelly Hougas James and Karen Householter Karen Howe Thomas and Ellen Howe # John and Gina Howley Frederick and Caroline Hoyt Carole and Greg Hubbard Nina and James Hubert Patricia and Jeffrey Huffer Dennis and Tracy Hulett William and Michalene Hull Michael and Amy Humphreys # Lynn and Stephen Hutton Elizabeth and Paul Illuzzi Sherra Irving Diane Isenberg Gary Ittner and Joshua Sky John and Kerry Jaburek Theria and Luther Jackson John and Elizabeth Jacobs Teresa Jacobs Darcy and Gerry Jacobus Eric Jandacek Gayle and Mark Jannusch Neil and Victoria Jansen Leta and Roger Janssen # Michael and Patricia Jarrell Mary Ellen Jaske Erik Jensen Karen and Brian Jensen Eric Jepsen Richard and Lisa Johannes Christine Johnson Connie Johnson Debby and Gerald Johnson Lindsey Johnson Michael Johnson Philip and Sherry Johnson Scott and Mary Johnson # Timothy and Nancy Johnson Edward Jones Edward and Gloria Jones Jennifer and Andrew Jones Ronald and Karen Jones # William and Nancy Jones Michael and Carol Jontry Jeffrey and Camille Jordan Jennifer and Jeffrey Jordan Patricia and Robert Jostes Scott and Mary Joyce Michael and Joyce Kaiser Kim and Glen Kajiyama Lanre Kalejaiye Thomas Kallai Suresh Kallakuri Amar Kamath David and Mylene Kane John and Barbara Kane Mary and Milton Kane Han and Soon Kang # Dale and Linda Kaplan Tal and Heidi Kaufmann Michael and Randy Keane Kenneth and Cynthia Kearns Deborah and Ken Keilbach Julie Keitzman Mark and Luann Kellerhals Theresa Kells R. Timothy and Joelyn Kelly Gary and Janet Kemp Nicholas and Jennifer Kemp Chuck Kern Lucy and Lyman Kern Patrick and Barb Kessel Joel and Jennifer Kiedaisch Colleen Kiel Bernard Kienstra Reiko and Ronald Kilker Chuck and Mina Killian

William and Edith Kindermann Fredric and Maureen King James and Judie King Lori Kirk Thomas and Constance Kitzinger Kirk and Michelle Klein John and Susan Klemm Jodi Klockenga Vicki and Brian Kloeckner Margaret and Elmer Kloepper Linda Klouda Kathleen and Norman Knapp Steven and Molly Knecht Dennis Knobloch Steven Knous Christine and Richard Knuth # Stephen and Marjorie Kober Paul Koch and Wendy Perrow Rodney Koch Andrew and Jennifer Koehl Debra and Karl Koenig Alan and Martha Kolar Ruth and Edward Kolpacki Donald and Margaret Koppenhaver Gary and Kay Koppenhaver # Francis Korte # John and Jayne Kosik Naomi and Thomas Kotek Vladimir Kotomin and Anna Shebatova # Michael and Cathie Kramer Ryan and Jennifer Kramer Thomas and Julie Krehbiel Carol Kreiling David and Amy Kreklow Louis and Becky Kreppert Julie and Michael Krivich Connie Krug # Kelli Kukulka Kristi and Rick Kull Jeffrey and Cathy Kurtz Thomas and Carol Kwapich Cassen and Sara LaBounty Gary and Shelly Lacy Peter and Kelly Lafnitzegger Kevin and Charis LaForge Andrew and Kimberly LaFrence Somnath and Susmita Lahiri # William Lamarre Michael and Carol Lamplot Robert and Jane Landrebe Renee Lane Thomas and Kelli Lane Dean and Janis Langdon David and Kathryn Langevin Michael and Kary Lansden Brianne Larke and Dustin Weed # Tara and Robert Latz Susan Laux-Maede and Ron Maede Thomas and Cathy Lawson Peter and Barbara Ledebuhr Ronald and Patricia Ledvina Jong-Fwu and Nancy Lee Richard and Cherie Lee Christine and Brett Leifheit Shawn and Tisha Leischner David and Stacy Leman William and Jeanne Leman Tamara and Eric Lemke Jolene and Jeffrey LeRoy Daniel Leston Janet and Peter LeTourneau Harold and Joan Letterly Roy and Sharon Leve Alda and Scott Levitt Jeannine and Christopher Leyden Keith and Sharon Lieberman Andrew Lieder Michael and Tara Liedke Kathleen and Scott Likins Curtis and Paula Liles Michelle and Wallis Lim J. William Lin Alan Lindahl Kristi Lindahl Kathleen and Mark Lindgren Dwight and Kimberly Lindhorst Ellen and Silas Litteral William and Mary Littrell James and Melissa Livasy Andrea and David Livingston

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“My intent is to be able to offer some help when a little help is needed. There are plenty of people going to school just like I did who are working but finding time to take four hours here or six hours there because they have a dream. I hope that my scholarship makes a difference in some individual’s life the way education has made a difference in my life.”

— Willie Brown ’73 Susan Long Timothy and Loretta Longfellow # Larry Lonis Thomas and Zona Lorig Bradley and Diane Loscher Anna and Edward Louis Mark Loveall James and Maude Lovelle Terry Lowe # Gina and Darin Loy Patricia and Andrew Luber Sean Lucas Eric and Jeanine Lundstrom Cathy and John Lust # Kris and Becky Lutt Jane and Steward Lyman Catherine and Fechin Lynch Megan Lynch Martin and Anne Lyons Thomas Lyons June Mackey Stephanie Mackey Richard and Carole MacMinn # Dan and Deborah Maddox John Madera Michael Madigan David and Karen Magers James and Karen Mahan Todd Maisch and Kimberly Clarke Maisch Dale and Connie Maley Christine and Jeffrey Malinowski Mark Malone Julie Manahan Richard and Lois Manahan Peter Mankivsky Carl and Patricia Manns Miron and Anne Marcotte Kimberly and Jeffrey Margarite George and Jo Ann Marple Douglas and Holly Marrinson Larry and Kimberly Martell Keith and Kathi Martin John Marvin John and Rebecca Marvin James and Nanette Marx # Lisa Mathews Margaret Matthei Richard and Linda Mayer Lynn McCain Donna and Jerry McCarthy Laura and Jeffrey McCoy Kimberly and Doug McDonald James McFarlin Gerald McGee Mark and Lianne McGinnis Vern McGinnis Holly and Timothy McGrail Nicole McGrath Timothy and Bobbi McGrath Todd and Sarah McGregor Mary and Robert McGrew Michael and Diana McGuckin Charles R. and Joan M. McGuire # Kevin McGuire and M. Dawn Newman Russ McIntire Gerald and Sandra McKean # Edmund and Carol McKee Kurtis and Karen McLain Michael McLauchlan John McLaughlin Vernalee McNamara Paul and Michelle McNamee

Dean and Tracy McNaught Joseph and Christine McNeely Brian and Deborah Meade Kelsey Mearida Paul and Kimberly Mehring Rachel Meier Robert and Janet Meier Jennifer and Scott Meiss Richard and Sandra Melgosa Marla and Thomas Melms Joseph and Theresa Mercure Steve Meuser Dustin Meyer James and Beverly Meyer Robert and Nancy Meyer Ryan Meyer James and Nancy Micetich Connie Michles-Franklin and Scott Franklin Eric and Stacia Mickel Donald Middendorf Nancy and Gary Mietzner Sharon and Douglas Mihelick Anthony and Sara Milano Brian Miller Douglas and Koby Miller Duane and Suzanne Miller Gregory and Laura Miller Heath Miller John and Debbie Miller Kay and James Miller Megan Miller Robert and Theresa Miller Robin and Randy Miller Dixie Mills # Louis and Beverly Mills Mark and Julie Milner Mark and Marla Miskell Mark and Denise Mitchell Marshall Mitchell Michael and Angie Mittelstaedt Ronald Moews Jesse Moll Jason and Lani Mondek Steven Monk Donna and James Moore Gregory and Traci Morris Stephen Morrissey Patrick Moseley Joyce and Kurt Moser Ryan and Julie Mosier James and Emily Moyer Donald and Karin Mulder Brian and Julie Mulhollan Jeffrey Mullinix Dorothy and Harold Mullins James and Jeanne Munz # Kenneth and Debra Murawski Donald and Donna Murphy Joseph and Rosemary Murphy Karen and Marvin Murphy William and Mary Murphy Joseph and Amy Murray William and Janice Murray James and Martha Musselman Dawn and Lee Naffziger Micah Nance Virginia and Andrew Nappi # Donald Nathlich Ashley Nauman Scott and Romaine Nease James and Bridget Neely

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Matthew and Maria Neisler Benjamin Nelson Carol and Gary Nelson Kay and David Nelson Gary and Amanda Neubauer Norman and Barbara Neuges Harry and Melinda Neumayer Brian Newmister # Terry and Katherine Nichols William and Lynn Nichols Carl Nierstheimer David and Betty Nierstheimer Norm Nierstheimer Raymond and Susan Nierstheimer Brian and Kathy Nietfeldt Eric and Sarah Nieukirk Robert and Linda Nieukirk Casey and Kerry Noble Rita Nord Lisa Norling-Christensen Charlie Norman Jack and Kim North # Edgar and Rebecca Norton # Dennis Nowaczyk Kristine and John Nyhan Patricia and Joe Nykodym James and Rita O’Brien Maureen O’Brien # John and Amy O’Donnell Betsy Oehl Richard and Sheryl Ogorek John and Tamera Ohlendorf William and Marietta Oleferchik Mark Olivo Gary and Joan Ollmann Kevin and Jane Olson Susan and Jeffrey Olson Terri Olson Patsy and Martin Oman # Ruby and John Ondek Judith Onken Christine Oots Joseph Oots Daron and Kristin Osman Joyce and Anthony Ostrosky # Richard and Patricia Ostrowski Wilma and George Oswald Angela and Jerry Oxley William and Cheryl Packard *Dorothy Paine Eric Pan Timothy Pantaleone # John and Michelle Pantone Timothy and Wendy Papka Mitchell and Jamie Pawlan Deborah and Charles Payne Jeff Pearce and Patty O’Donnell Maureen and David Peel # Mary and John Penn Larry and Neva Periman Claranne Perkins # Glenn and Sandra Perkins Dale and Mary Perona Alan and Nancy Perry Barbara Perry # Jonathan Perry Jaime and Joshua Peters Randall and Jacqueline Peters Betty Peterson Ellen and Christopher Peterson Jeffrey and Jaime Peterson Terry Peterson Benjamin and Debora Pettie Stephen and Ashley Pettit Linda and Steven Pfister Richard and Kathleen Pfleeger Sukrut Phadke Jennifer and Paul Philippe Nancy and David Philipsen Albert Phillips Edward and Diane Pilgrim Marilyn Pille Alfredo Pineda Philip and Michelle Pingsterhaus Phillip and Beverly Pinney S. Colleen and J. Gregory Pinto Julie and John Plattner Philip and Sandra Pliskin Bruce and Sherry Plumb Allan and Jean Podbelsek

Steven Pokrak Adam and Sissy Polacek Kenneth and Krisanne Pollock Ellen Folta Pomes and John Pomes Martin and Wilhelmina Pomrehn Margaret Poniatowski Norris and Elizabeth Porter # Daniel Pouk Jill and Thomas Prescher Peter and Ruth Pressman James Pribel Kevin and Dorothy Price Laura and Randall Price Michael and Laura Priess Monica and Steve Proctor Michael and Elizabeth Prombo Judith and George Provance Steve and Lisa Pruett James Ptak Leslie and Wilma Pulfer Daniel and Candace Purdom John and Sandra Puzauskas Jacquelyn Pycz Diane and Kurt Radcliffe Sethu and Ramaswamy Radhakrishnan # Dow Ragan Douglas and Mickie Rahn John and Kim Raiche R. Duane Ralston John and Susan Ramsey Charles and MaryAnn Randle Steven and Jennifer Rankins Daniel Ransom Timothy and Julie Rasso Debra and Bruce Rawlins Joshua Rayborn Raymond and Dina Raymond Trisha Rebbe John and Taina Redfern Larry and Carol Reed Todd and Diane Reeser Cynthia Rein and Gary Dobson Ryan and Susan Rempfer John and Kathy Rennick Mary and Ronald Rennick Joseph and Casey Reynolds Julie and Dan Rhoades Barbara Ribbens # Stephen Rice Michael and Diane Richard David and Ann Richardson Bernice Richie Bradley Ricketts James and Linda Riddle John and Therese Rigas James and Deborah Riggs Brenda and Rodney Riley Hobart and Florence Riley Paul Rinaldi Deborah and James Ringer D. Michael and Terry Risen Gayle and John Risley Matthew and Tracy Ritter Robert and Delores Ritter Todd Roadarmel Debbie Rodgers Antonio and Aylin Rodriguez Richard and Sandra Roenfeldt Raymond Rogina and Diane Cullen Michelle and Daniel Rojo Rachel Rone Shawndel and Scott Rose Sandra and John Rossi Sharon and Duane Rossmark Deborah and John Rowley Gene and Jo Rozanski # Virginia and Jacob Ruby Kenneth and D. Jean Ruhrup Russell and Peggy Rumbold Denise and Art Runyon Joseph and Carol Runyon Robert and Annette Rush Dominick Russo Phyllis and Alan Ruwe Patrick and Shirley Ryan Daniel and Lynn Rymarz Margaret Safarik Gary and Lori Safranek Richard and Margaret Sage Sharon and Dale Salzman

Brian and Natalie Sampson Theresa Sanchez # Keith and Janet Sanders Dorothy Sands # Rocco and Tiffany Sapienza Karen and George Sargeant Marjorie and John Scanlon David and Suzanne Schacht Carolyn and C. Crane Schafer Donald and Barbara Schaffer Edward and Sue Schafman Thomas and Sheryl Schambach # Curtis Schatz Scott Scheidecker Matthew Schell Parker Scheuermann James and Kathleen Schlesser Daniel and Rachel Schlipmann Michael Schmaus Daniel Schmidt Janell and Alan Schmidt Thomas and Julie Schneider John and Jenifer Schnettler Richard and Lisa Schnobrich Larry and Nancy Schoenfeld Lee Schor Thomas and Dorothy Schramm Kenneth and Janet Schrock Duane and Rachel Schroeder Stuart and Cyndy Schuette Douglas and Michelle Schultz Nancy and Anson Schulz Scott and Iris Schumacher Perry and Kimberly Schwachman Patrick Schwappach Brian and Tracey Schwarzentraub Robert and Marjorie Schwarzlose Timothy Schweizer Kathy and Greg Scriba Kevin and Carol Sears Jeffrey and Carol Secord Janet and James Seddon Gary and Joanne Seegers Douglas and Dawn Seelbach Mary Seibert-Morin and Robert Morin Lauren and Richard Seibler Kim Seinitz Julienne and Joshua Shamhart Richard Shapiro Sarah Shedden Kenneth and Diana Shellabarger Lyle and Jill Shelor Charles and Janet Sherburne Nancy Shevokas Robert and Pamela Shields *Cyrus Shockey Connie and Larry Shoemake John Shoemaker Joshua Shofner Linda and Vince Showers # Brett and Jodi Sides Herbert and Donna Sieg # Michael and Georgia Siemann Robert Siemann Daniel Sillin Larry and Helen Simpson Mary and Ira Simpson Deidre Sinchak Jeffrey and Anita Sipes Timothy and Karen Sirovy Pamela Skeen Clayton and Terri Skelton Edward Slack and Valerie Vidoni-Slack Erica and Eric Slinger Walter Small Alicia Smith Amy and Bill Smith Brian Smith and Valerie Chambers-Smith Caralea and Jared Smith Gary and Judith Smith Jayson Smith Jennifer Smith Kelley and James Smith Kevin Smith Lisa and Mathew Smith Thomas Smith John and Meryl Smyth Beth Snyder # Darrell and Debi Snygg Joseph and Patricia Solberg #

George and Lisa Somogyi Tony and Donna Sorcic Ronald and Nicki South Julie and Dale Speer Gregory and Dawn Spencer Michael and Kim Spencer Donald and Jackie Spring Charles Squire Thomas and Barbara Stapleton Kathleen and James Stark Daryl and Michelle Starkey William StClair Carolyn and Peter Stefani Rebecca and Steven Steffen Todd Steffen Sharon Steffey Liliann and Alan Stein Glen and Rachel Steiner Steven and Melissa Steinman Robert and Cara Stephan Arlene Stevens Scott and Susan Stevens Timothy and Jennifer Stevens Charlotte Stewart Benjamin Stickley Jason and Tana Stieve Craig and Kimberly Stille John and Christiane Stoffer Byron and Carol Stoller Lanny Stone Mark Stonesifer Linda Stratman Jay and Amy Straulin Jonathan Strok Joel and Lisa Strong John Stuart Dallas Stucky Kurt Studnicki Michael and Natalie Stufflebeam Judith and Mark Sturgell Angela and Gregory Sturm Robert Styrkowicz Theodore Sullivan Michael Sulzberger Michelle Summers Roger and Debra Swanlund Sean Swanson Randy Swartz Joshua Sweet Robert and Carol Swiech Marvin Szidon Benjamin Tai Betty Tanzey Zahidul Tarafdar Barbara Taylor Charles and Alyce Taylor # Kathleen and Raymond Taylor Mary Taylor Sherrillyn and Roger Taylor Eric and Susan Teoro Beth and David Terricciano Sarah Tesch Ruth Teubel Jon and Lynn Thalman Kathleen and Gary Therien Cathy and Charles Thomas Jakob Thompson and Nicole Skattum James and Leann Thompson Karen and Brian Thompson Mary and Mark Thompson Andrea and Kirk Thorne Gregory and Sandra Thornton Melinda and Rick Thoroman Betty Thorp Douglas and Lesley Throneburg Dawn and Jason Tibbs Gary and Debra Tiffany Manoj Tilloo Scott and Cindy Tinervia Martin Tipsord Patricia Tobias John Todd Joe and Jennifer Toedt Brian Tompkins Kelsey Toothman Mary Tourney Yvonne Towers Hiep Tran Chris and Julie Travers Joseph W. and Connie L. Trefzger # Shawn and Angela Trent

Robert and Linda Trippel Wayde and Darlene Triska Emily Triyonis Gregory and Ann Trompeter Richard Tubbs and Shari Piekarski Tammy and Christopher Turk J. Gregory and Monika Turner Kristine and Steve Turner James and Evelyn Tyle Bernard and Arlene Uffelman Scott Ulbrich Michael Valencia Ryan Van Landuyt Jonathan Vance Jeffrey and Karen VanDeCasteele Brent and JoAnn Vandermyde Debra and Mark Vandermyde David and Anne Vari Carson and Iris Varner # Aaron and Sarah Vaughn Jason Vavrik John and Melanie Verbout # Mark and Joanna Vesper Gino and Joan Vezzani Michael and Jacque Vicini John Vincent Amy and James Viola Edward Vize # John and Stephanie Vogel Derek Vogler Thomas and Jennifer Vos Alan Voy Jean Wager Caleb and Maria Wagner Martin and Joan Waits Keith and Ann Wakeman Gayle and Ben Wallen Thomas Walsh Sara and Jason Walstrom Samantha and Ramie Walton Steven and Deborah Wannemacher Kimberly and Kenneth Warmbier Kent and Cynthia Warner James and Gail Warning Mike and Julie Warren John Waters Edgar and Barbara Watson Gregg and Katherine Watson # Richard Watts Ryan and Erin Watts # Christina and Jay Wavering Gary and Carolyn Weakly Carol and Wallace Webber Lisa Weber William and Theresa Weber Michael and Marilee Wehrenberg Brett Wells Peter and Karen Wells Kenneth Welsch Jason and Christina West # Leslie Westerberg Stanford and Elizabeth Westjohn Marie Whalen Michelle Wharton Gregory and Martha White Janet White Jeffrey and Renee White Stephen White Mary Whittle Ronald and Cathy Whitton RJ and Kathy Whitworth Kyle Wiaranowski Erica Widlacki Angela Wiebenga Patricia and Douglas Wiggim Nathan and Monica Wight Beecher and Josena Wilhelm Linus and S. Leann Wilke Eugene and Patricia Wilken Matthew and Erika Wilkerson # William and Margo Wilkinson Martha and Jim Williams Scott Williams Charles and Norma Wilson Jeffrey and Julie Wilson Mark Wilson Mary Wilson William and Julia Wilson Cheryl and D. Peter Wise Donald and Linda Wisthuff Christopher Witt and Jacqueline Kinnear

Ramon and Melissa Woessner Bruce Wolfram and Jenee Jenkins-Wolfram Ronald and Jane Wolschlag Connie and Greg Wood William Workman Beth Wright Troy Wright Kate King Wu and Horace Wu Curtis Wyffels Kenneth Wylie and Mavis Donahue William Yakich Thomas and Meredith Yang William and Nancy Yarger Christopher and Vanessa Youngmark John and Dari Zaiser Kerry Zallar Phillip and Donna Zarcone Bruce Zaret Harvey Zehr Steven Zervakis Daniel and Patricia Ziebart Kenneth and Judith Zika Robert and Irene Zmudka Jeff and Teresa Zook Kenneth and Sally Zuhn Linda and Thomas Zukowski Christopher and Julie Zurowski Kyle Zwicker * deceased # Illinois State University faculty, staff, or retiree

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Central Illinois Trucks Inc. Charles H. Janka Chavez Insurance Group Inc. Cherry Street Innovation LLC Chicago Chapter Risk Insurance Management Society Inc. Chicago Office Technology Group Chubb Group of Insurance Companies CliftonLarsonAllen LLP L. & R. Combites Trust Commerce Bancshares Foundation Commuter Advertising Inc. Connor & Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. Connor & Gallagher Insurance Services Inc. Corkill Insurance Agency Inc. Margaret B. Couch Trust COUNTRY Financial Cozen & O’Connor Deloitte PDR Inc. - Dentsmart of Illinois DKG Capital Partners LLC Craig J. Duchossois Revocable Trust Endurance Corporation of America Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC-Group 15GG Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC Group 1599 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ernst & Young Farnsworth Group Fastenal Company Purchasing First Investors Corp Focus Capital Advisors Inc. Foundation for Agency Management Excellence Inc. Frito-Lay Inc. G. Reid & Associates Ltd. Gabriel Casper and Co. PC General Reinsurance Corporation Global Impact-Robert Half International GROWMARK Foundation Guy Carpenter Harco National Insurance Company Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. Heartland Business Services Inc. Heinold-Banwart Ltd. Heritage Enterprises Inc. Jennifer L. Hilkemann Trust The HON Company Hortica Florists Mutual Insurance Co. The Horton Group IMT Insurance Company Ironshore Management Inc. ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company John Deere Foundation John V. Tibensky CLU CHFC Kensington Realty Advisors Inc. KPMG KPMG Foundation Kurt Bruno-State Farm Larry E Gustafson Inc. Lexis Nexis Liberty Mutual Group Lloyd’s America Inc. Lloyd’s Illinois Inc. Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Lockton Companies Inc.-Illinois Division Markel Corporation Matt Busey Scholarship Fund McGladrey LLP George R. Means Trust Mesirow Financial Corp.

Miller Cooper & Co. Minuteman Press of COUNTRYside Monitor Liability Managers Inc. Munich Reinsurance America Inc. NAPSLO Nationwide Foundation Nationwide Publishing Company Inc. Nationwide Sales Inc. Navigators Group Navigators Management Company Inc. Navistar Inc. Next Generation Logistics Inc. NICOR Gas, an AGL Resources Co. North American Office Solutions Inc. Patti Jostes Realtor Pekin Insurance Pekin Insurance-Farmers Auto Insurance Assoc.

Philo Smith and Company Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Property Casualty Insurers Association of America Prudential Insurance-Aaron Hays Randy E. Swartz Business Account Ray Nierstheimer Insurance RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Risk Insurance Management Society Inc. RLI Insurance Company Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Ryan Specialty Group Saint Louis Chapter CPCU Saint Louis Chapter-Risk & Insurance Management Society Savant Capital Managment Inc. The Schacht Group Inc. Scottrade Sherrillyn A. Taylor Trust Sherwin-Williams Company Sidley Austin LLP Sikich LLP SmithAmundsen LLC SNR Denton Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators Spencer Educational Foundation Inc. Spencer Oil Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. State Farm Companies Foundation State Farm Insurance-Dan Tap Sulaski & Webb Surplus Line Association of Illinois Swiss Re Swiss Re America Corporation TEK Systems Thomas J. Davey & Associates Ltd. TransAtlantic Reinsurance Travelers Companies Inc. Travelers Insurance Verizon Wireless-Candice Carter Vicini Accounting and Consulting Inc. Vincent A Boone CPA Wallis W. Lim Attorney at Law Westrope Wilber and Associates PC William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank, trustee Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker LLP Windy City Wire LLC Zayos Global Ventures LLC Zurich American Insurance Company

“With the current stress on single parent families to provide opportunities for their children or themselves to attend higher education and meet their career goals, I am honored to have the opportunity to provide scholarship assistance to a single parent or one-spouse family. My hope is this scholarship will make a difference in someone’s life and provide them the opportunities to be blessed with the support they need to achieve their dreams and aspirations.”

— Connie Fako Shoemake ’77

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CROSSING THE COUNTRY

News America places alums around the U.S.

MBA ALUM PLAYS KEY ROLE IN NORMAL TURBINE PROJECT

Wesley Walker, M.B.A. ’12, has made his mark on the Normal landscape in a big way.

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he Siemens Corporation energy engineer was part of the team making vast sustainability improvements to the campus of Heartland Community College, including the addition of a wind turbine.

Heartland is believed to be the first community college in the state to have a commercial-grade turbine. The school helped form the Illinois Community College Sustainability Network.

The turbine is expected to generate approximately 53 percent of the energy needed to run the community college campus located in north Normal.

This will result in a savings of $380,000 a year, which is guaranteed because an agreement with Siemens binds the company to supplement any shortfall for the next 17 years. The savings will pay for the cost of the $5.2 million project. Of that total, $1.5 million was received in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation.

A sustainability project of this magnitude is nothing new for Walker, who has spearheaded efforts with the Kankakee Housing Authority, City of Rockford, and Chicago park districts.

While working on the project, Walker and his wife, Erika, M.B.A. ’12, began ISU’s MBA program.

“It was really enjoyable to enter the program together,” Walker said. “We never had an opportunity to see each other in that scenario before. It was interesting to get to know each other as students. It was actually really fun.”

The knowledge gained from the graduate program has been useful to Walker, especially in his new role overseeing Siemens’ engineering group for the Midwest.

“I have a lot more managerial responsibilities for the region from North Dakota, down to Missouri and to Wisconsin,” Walker said, “which was my goal of beginning the program.”

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ews America Marketing, one of the largest media placement agencies in the world, is making Illinois State one of its core recruiting campuses—a development that’s already paying off with the hiring of five 2013 College of Business graduates for its sales department.

The women are spread across the U.S., with Christina Bender at News America’s New York headquarters; Mariam “Mimi” Chaib in Los Angeles; Amber Page in Chicago; and Meghan Kelly and Lisa Bopp in Dallas. Each works as an account coordinator for the company, which is considered a leading publisher of coupons in North America.

“We all took the same classes, and know each other very well,” said Bender, who was part of COB’s integrated marketing communication program. The Peoria native said she knew she wanted to work in a big city, but sometimes walking to her Manhattan office she wants to pinch herself to see if it’s all real.

A division of News Corp., News America publishes more than 165 billion coupons annually. News America also publishes SmartSource magazine, which arrives directly as a newspaper insert to 74 million homes each week. Last summer, the company launched the SmartSource Media Group, which specializes in planning, printing, and placing media advertising in newspapers.

It’s been a whirlwind year for the five women, all in their early 20s. They learned last winter and spring they’d gotten the jobs, graduated in May, and began their careers in marketing sales that summer.

Illinois State is a relatively new school in terms of core recruiting sites, said Andy Best, a News America sales development associate.

Other schools on that elite list include Indiana University and Penn State.

“It’s a direct result of our company finding several of its very successful employees graduated from there,” Best said.

Illinois State’s Professional Sales Institute Executive Director Mike Boehm said he’s not surprised by News America’s interest in the five 2013 grads because of the educational experience they received at ISU alongside strong competitive personalities. But it’s noteworthy that the five graduates not only went to the same employer, but also knew prior to graduation they’d have such positions, Boehm said.

“These students are highly sought after because they are competitive, coachable, and disciplined,” he said.

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Bender and Chaib are best friends who’ve stay connected despite living and working on opposite coasts. Working for the same company has strengthened their connection, said Bender.

“It’s great to know my classmates and other ISU alums are at News America and that I have this network of ISU grads out here,” Bender said.

Both Bender and Chaib cited News America’s team-oriented and open-door communication structure as key to their decision to join the company over several other major employers’ job offers last fall.

Chaib, originally from the Chicago area, wanted to work in Chicago or on the West Coast, because her parents live in Los Angeles.

Chaib said she still is getting used to the famously bad LA traffic, but other than that she feels right at home among her coworkers.

“I made the final decision to come to News America mostly because of the people I met who worked for the company,” Chaib said. “They were people I could see myself becoming in years to come, and people I could see myself being great friends with in the future.”

The Professional Sales Institute provides Illinois State students with a place for simulations and role-play in sales scenarios that most other programs just don’t provide, Boehm said.

Illinois State has about 100 students pursuing a sales sequence, said Boehm, while about 50 additional students from other areas

generally are in one or two sales courses. One area that sets Illinois State’s business students apart from competition in the hiring process is the specific sales training each brings, he said.

“Some new employees are going to have to learn about different types of buyers, how to listen to a buyer’s strategy, and the need to be educated on their new employer’s competition through the school of hard knocks,” said Boehm. But the Illinois State sales program has been proving to employers that its students already are trained in the nuances of sales, he said. These students are very driven, said Boehm, noting Kelly and Page worked in sales at the Vidette.

Kelly credited her time as a sales scholar with the Professional Sales Institute with preparing her for her new career at News America. Kelly said she’s now building on the experience she got at the Professional Sales Institute and the Vidette, where she sold display ads to local apartment rental companies.

She now works on accounts including Chuck E. Cheese and Frito-Lay brands. She and Page also were among the nation’s top competitors at collegiate sales competitions.

“I’m very passionate about what I do,” Kelly said.

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LCD computer display Lets a faculty member review content sent to the classroom projectors.

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VOIP (Voice Over IP) phone Allows faculty member to request assistance or receive emergency (safety) messages even when in the classroom.

Desktop computers Provide all the same computing capabilities faculty members can expect at their office desk.

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TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING: MOVING BEYOND THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR Not long ago, college classroom technology meant having a projector, maybe a computer.

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lash forward to today, and things look a lot different when students fill the seats. Web-connected mobile devices and laptops are used freely. At the front of the room, the professor may not be preparing for a lecture so much as getting ready to facilitate small group discussions of projects, or switching on a user-friendly A/V station, or getting set to lead the class through computer-aided simulations.

“Students and faculty now have access to more than just a classroom,” said George Wiman, who provides Web and classroom support at the College of Business. “Learning spaces are no longer defined by walls. We have Web applications, cloud storage, virtual desktops, learning management systems, an iPad pilot project in business education classes, and Google Hangouts.”

“Our culture is becoming pervasively mobile,” added Wiman, “and so is our way of learning.”

Technology is enriching the classroom experience across the college, as professors constantly find new ways to incorporate tech into their curricula.

“There just seems to be more channels of learning,” said Rosie Hauck, an associate professor in the Department of Accounting.

“There is student-to-student, student-to-faculty, and student-toWorld Wide Web. We are going to see more customized learning experiences.”

To these so-called digital natives now enrolled as students, just how exponentially technologies have changed in the past few decades is mostly overlooked.

“To them computers are not technology,” said marketing professor Tamra Davis-Maxwell, a business teacher education instructor. “To them, a computer’s just a tool. It’s been around since before they were born. Something like Google Glass is seen as technology, but not a computer.”

In one College of Business core class, Information Systems and Organizations, business students learn about different technologies used in the business world. Whatever their future positions, questions will arise about hardware, software, hiring qualified computer programmers, using computer platforms in management situations, and more, said Hauck, who teaches the course.

Employers also are going to expect new hires to keep company information and databases safe from hackers or viruses, so basic information literacy and computer basics are needed, she said.

“I don’t know if I use lecture anymore” in the traditional sense of the word, said Steven Taylor, the college’s Hobart and Marian Gardner Hinderliter Endowed Professor.

Taylor has embraced many technological advances during his 20 years with the Department of Marketing. Instead of the formal lecture, Taylor tends to use a “flipped classroom,” where students go online to learn the basics of a course topic through videotaped lectures, quizzes, and textbook exercises via ReggieNet, a classroom management Web tool similar to Blackboard that’s new at Illinois State.

Taylor said this flipped classroom blends an online format with traditional classroom time in a way he’s found particularly wellsuited to survey courses with lots of students.

“Let’s face it: Lecturing in front of 200 people isn’t classroom time. It’s just a presentation,” he said.

Getting quick feedback from quiz scores, for example, allows Taylor to tailor lesson plans to whether the group understands the concept at hand. It also helps him identify earlier a struggling student.

That all allows instructors to use time more effectively, said Taylor.

“Then we can focus on the higher-level critical thinking types of skills in class,” he added.

Davis-Maxwell is part of a college pilot program that puts iPads into the hands of her business education students. She’s showing the future teachers how to use iPad apps such as Explain Everything and iAnnotate PDF—tools which allow teachers to grade digital documents as if they were pieces of paper, using a stylus as a “pen.”

Apps also allow teachers to attach audio feedback to a student.

“I teach the bring-your-own-device style. I don’t ask them to put laptops or smart phones away,” Davis-Maxwell said.

Even though COB faculty are making use of these new technologies, the Illinois State experience is still largely defined by small class sizes and individualized attention from faculty.

“I do think we are at a critical point” in the history of U.S. higher education, said Kevin Ahlgrim, an associate professor in the Department of Finance, Insurance, and Law. At a time when massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are available, those assessing the higher education experience need to pay close attention to the balance of technology and interpersonal interaction, Ahlgrim said.

“What are the objectives and concepts? Sometimes technology helps. Sometimes it does not,” he said. “My opinion is it’s valuable to have students come together as a physical community.”

That’s not to say Ahlgrim has shied away from technology in the classroom.

“I think there is a great opportunity for teaching with technology overall. Graduates need to be able to use technology,” Ahlgrim said.

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COB NEWS | NEW FACULTY NEW FACULTY Susan Dustin

Department of Management and Quantitative Methods Dustin is an assistant professor at Illinois State University. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, and a B.A. from Grinnell College. She teaches courses in human resources and organizational behavior.

Dustin’s research interests include impression management, motivation, and performance. She has published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, and the Journal of Professional Selling and Sales Management.

Prior to her academic career, Dustin worked for more than 15 years in a variety of sales and marketing management positions. She also has several years of consulting and corporate training experience.

Tera Galloway

Department of Management and Quantitative Methods Galloway earned her Ph.D. in strategic management and entrepreneurship from Washington State University in 2012. Prior to returning to academia, she worked for two startup firms and served as an executive for six years in the health and wellness industry. Her teaching interests primarily include organizational strategy and business management.

Her main area of research focuses on organizational relationships such as alliances, “coopetition” among founders, and corporate and private venture capital. Additional interests include initial public offerings (IPOs), organizational

misconduct, stigma, and legitimacy spillover.

Publication and conference presentations have included Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), and both regional and national Academy of Management conferences.

knowledge management. He is also serving as an associate editor for the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy. In his spare time, Midha enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.

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Department of Finance, Insurance and Law Liao earned her Ph.D. in finance from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and is now teaching the Investments and International Financial Management courses at Illinois State.

Her main research interests are international finance, corporate governance, cross-listings, and IPOs. Currently, she is working on projects examining how cross-listings affect the dynamics of domestic markets. Liao has published a refereed journal article in Review of Finance.

Vishal Midha

Department of Accounting Midha joins Illinois State as an associate professor of business information systems. He holds a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Prior to joining Illinois State he was with the University of Texas system, where he received several awards including the Teaching Excellence Award in 2013. Midha has published several articles in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals, including Decision Support Systems, Communications of the ACM, and International Journal of Electronic Commerce, and presented at many national and international conferences including International Conference of Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems, and the Decision Sciences Institute’s Conference.

His current research focus is on open source software development, information privacy concerns, and

After spending several years in public and corporate accounting, Ren earned her Ph.D. in accounting from Southern Illinois University and now is teaching the Federal Income Taxation course at Illinois State. She had previously taught tax and financial accounting courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Scranton. Her areas of research include taxation, earnings management, corporate governance, and international finance.

Tina Thompson

Department of Management and Quantitative Methods Thompson earned her Ph.D. in organizational behavior and human resource management at Florida State University. In her research, she examines the effects of subjective underemployment, economic stressors, and attributions on individuals and organizations.

Thompson’s research has been published in Human Relations, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Business Horizons. She has presented her work at several conferences including the annual meetings of the Academy of Management, the Southern Management Association, and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Thompson has taught courses in organizational behavior, cross-cultural management, and human resource management. Before pursuing a Ph.D., Thompson worked as an information technology consultant in manufacturing, banking, and telecommunications.

Jay Rich named interim chair for Department of Accounting Jay Rich has been named the interim chairperson of the Department of Accounting for the 2013–2014 academic year. Rich assumed his new duties July 15, 2013.

During his academic career at Illinois State, Rich has played many important roles in the department. In his new role, he will be preparing for the department’s Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) 2016–2017 maintenance of accreditation visit, continuing progress on the Assurance of Learning program, and maintaining relationships with the department’s stakeholders.

Rich has published papers in The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision

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Processes, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, The Journal of Accounting Literature and Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. He also has published research in an AICPA monograph that discusses consistency issues related to the expectation-gap standards.

His dissertation won the American Accounting Association Audit Section Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2000 and another of his papers won the Audit Section Notable Contribution to the Literature Award in 2007. Rich’s projects in process relate to emerging review process trends in financial statement audits and auditor knowledge representation.

Rich has also earned recognition for teaching excellence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington, University of Iowa, and University of Connecticut.

BW The largest snowstorm in the spring of 2013 was not enough to stop the annual Business Week events from moving forward. The five-day festivities had a successful start on Friday, March 22, with more than 30 students traveling to Decatur, for a Site Day visit to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) corporate headquarters. On Saturday, more than 100 students attended the Corporate Social Responsibility Day event to learn how corporate social responsibility and sustainability are handled in today’s growing business world from Caterpillar, COUNTRY Financial, Farnsworth Group and GROWMARK. However, Mother Nature decided to throw Central Illinois a curve ball late Sunday night and early Monday morning, when almost 9 inches of snow fell on the Illinois State campus in less than 10 hours. Illinois State closed for the day, but the Business Week team jumped into action. By 7:20 a.m. Monday morning, the Business Week team had rescheduled the Professional Development and Etiquette Dinner planned for that evening with Bone Student Center, emailed all expected attendees (400 seats), and contacted the presenters.

“The teamwork I saw that morning and the quick decision-making of the team leaders is a testament to the quality and dedication of the Business Week student team,” said Steve Vandiver, advisor for Business Week.

The dinner was rescheduled for April 10, but the rest of the week’s scheduled activities went off without a hitch—the Transition Seminars

on Tuesday evening; Keynote Speaker Stuart Shuette, chief operating officer of US Foods, and the Alumni Networking Reception on Wednesday; and the Hall of Fame Induction and Luncheon and MBA Leadership Perspectives Dinner with William Hallinan ’66 on Thursday.

Business Week enables students to interact closely with alumni, employers, and business leaders on issues ranging from leadership to communication to career management. The team works diligently to make sure that Business Week events are not limited to College of Business students, nor is it only for juniors and seniors.

Business Week culminated countless hours of prep work for the 24 students on the planning team. The Business Week team started work on the 2013 lineup almost as soon as the 2012 festivities ended. The team met at 7 a.m. every Tuesday—the only time most students were free, and a good time to weed out those who aren’t serious—and divided up the work.

The Business Week team did a “great job putting together a comprehensive week of valuable sessions and information that will truly benefit all students and reconnect many alums with the University and current students,” said Tim Pantaleone ’07, a Business Week mentor coach who works as a financial business analyst at Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance.

By joining the Business Week team, students who participate create amazing opportunities for their peers, building real-world skills and making valuable contact with alumni and industry partners.

TRANSITION SEMINARS Ryan Brown ’06, M.B.A. ’08 Stephanie L.H. Calahan ’95 Rachel Cobb ’09 Timothy L. Ervin M.S. ’09 Ryan Fiala ’04, M.B.A. ’06 James Fielder ’01 Zach Frazier ’06 William Hallinan ’66 Brian Hamilton ’88, M.S. ’91 Kevin Haynes ’89, M.B.A. ’92 Eric Hoss ’81, M.B.A. ’90 Deborah Lindberg Bailee O’Brien ’03 Tim Pantaleone ’07 Dan Schlipmann ’97 Julie Travers ’83 Scottie Venable ’86 Carrie White ’06 Ron Whitton ’80 Doyle Williams ’80 Scott Williams ’05 Bruce Zaret ’81 PLATINUM PARTNERS State Farm Insurance US Foods LEAD PARTNER COUNTRY Financial SUPPORTING PARTNER Heritage Enterprises Inc. CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS Afni Inc. Archer Daniels Midland Co. Commerce Bank Dean Foods Andrew Drendel Farnsworth Group Inc. GROWMARK IBM JCP Kensington Realty Advisors Inc. Travelers Companies Foundation Widmer Interiors Zayos Global Ventures

The Business Week 2013 team.

Front row: Alex Hausmann, Chris Dall, Seth Stalter, Drake Taphorn, Marko Grcic, Ryan Ritchie, Benard Teko Back row: Frank Busch, Christina Bender, Jessica Findley, Andrea Northen, Ashley Carboni, Lindsay Hirschauer, Mallory Remus, Lauren Bohm, Kayla Pernai, Leanne Wagner, Meghan Kelly, Natalie Edwards, Lauren Sroka, Elise Cowan, Mariam Chaib, Alexis Huchthausen, Alex Levi, and Joey Pishghadamian.

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

HALL OF FAME 2012–2013

ALUMNI HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Steve Hagge ’73 Hagge is president and CEO of AptarGroup Inc., the global leader in consumer product dispensing systems.

Hagge has been instrumental in the company’s growth and success over the past 30 years. Since joining the company in 1981, he has held various senior executive positions including chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and group vice president of finance. He has also been serving as a member of AptarGroup’s board of directors since 2001.

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the symbol ATR, AptarGroup is a member of the S&P Midcap 400 and had annual revenue in excess of $2.3 billion in 2011. With more than 10,000 employees and facilities in 19 countries, AptarGroup provides dispensing solutions for a wide variety of fragrance, personal care, household, food, beverage and pharmaceutical products used by millions of consumers every day.

Customers include Procter & Gamble, Heinz, Unilever, Kraft Foods, GlaxoSmithKline, Pepsi Co., L’Oreal, and Estee Lauder. AptarGroup is headquartered in Crystal Lake.

Hagge is chairman of the AptarGroup Charitable Foundation, which funds an employee matching gift program and provides grants for health and human service organizations as well as cultural programs in the communities in which AptarGroup’s employees live and work. He also serves on the board of directors of CF Industries, a global leader in fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. Prior to joining AptarGroup, Hagge obtained his CPA license and worked for Arthur Andersen in Chicago.

Born in Galesburg, Hagge attended Illinois State University and currently resides in Crystal Lake with his wife Sharon ’73. They have three children and eight grandchildren.

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William J. Hallinan ’66 Hallinan is a co-owner, president, and chief operating officer of a privately owned multinational group of affiliated industrial and service entities comprising approximately 25 companies doing business throughout the world and having either or both manufacturing and service facilities in 12 countries.

The affiliated group, generally referred to as Cryogenic Industries, is a premier provider of process equipment and services to the industrial gas and hydrocarbon industries selling, fabricating and servicing cryogenic equipment and collateral products such as air separation plants, gas liquefaction units, heat transfer equipment, radical inflow turbines, and a variety of cryogenic pumps.

Prior to joining Cryogenic Industries, Hallinan was CEO of a public corporate finance company which was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2001 and, for approximately 30 years prior, was a corporate attorney representing large public corporations in securities, financial and merger, and acquisition transactions.

After graduating Illinois State, Hallinan attended The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He practiced corporate law in Chicago for approximately five years before relocating to Phoenix, Arizona. Hallinan resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, and maintains offices in Scottsdale and Murrieta, California, where Cryogenic Industries is headquartered.

Karen M. Jensen, M.B.A. ’86 Jensen earned her degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska and an M.B.A. from Illinois State University. Prior to joining Farnsworth Group Inc. in 2002, Jensen served in various senior management roles, including president and COO for Environmental Science & Engineering, Inc. (ESE), a national environmental and engineering consulting firm.

Farnsworth Group is a full-service engineering, architecture, and survey firm with more than

300 employees located throughout a nationwide network of offices. In addition to traditional services, the firm provides cutting edge technologies, including LEED consulting and building commissioning. Farnsworth Group is ranked as one of Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms, with an in-depth portfolio of projects and a client base that includes farm communities, Fortune 500 companies, and the federal government.

As an active community leader, Jensen serves in board positions for a number of organizations including American Red Cross–Central Illinois Chapter, McLean County Chamber of Commerce, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, commissioner on the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria, OSF Saint Francis Community Advisory Board, and serves on the Society of Military Engineers National Senior Executive Group.

Mike Kasaba ’88 As chairman and CEO of Artisan Vehicle Systems (formerly known as CalMotors) for the past 10 years, Kasaba has guided the company’s product development through a diverse collection of hybrid and electric vehicle programs. Kasaba’s early recognition of the rise of hybrid technology has given Artisan a competitive advantage, a deep understanding of the needs of vehicle manufacturers, and key intellectual property for its clean vehicle programs.

Prior to Artisan, Kasaba founded Quiet Energy, an electric utility company offering clean energy alternatives such as solar and wind to businesses.

Kasaba set up Quiet Energy as a certified utility company with the California Public Utility Commission and competed with Southern California Edison for large industrial accounts.

Kasaba built one of the largest solar arrays in California as a demonstration of economic and technical feasibility. Kasaba testified to the California Power Authority proposing widespread and economically competitive use of alternative power throughout California.

In 1995, Kasaba founded NewLink Communications, an Internet consulting firm building sophisticated e-commerce and business process systems for large corporations and wellfunded startups. Kasaba merged his company with

SERVICE HALL OF FAME similar firms and went public in 1997 under the name USWeb, becoming a technology consulting firm with worldwide reach and more than $300 million in annual revenue.

Kasaba started his career at Andersen Consulting (now called Accenture), building customer care and billing systems in the telecommunications industry.

Kasaba’s clients included Sprint, Pacific Bell, and AT&T. Engagements included customer service and billing system design, IT strategy, and Internet deployment.

Kasaba holds a B.S. from Illinois State University with a double major in organizational management and management information systems.

Duane L. Miller, M.S. ’72 Miller served as CEO of COUNTRY Financial from 1974-2001. As CEO, Miller was chairman of the COUNTRY management committee and a member of the investment committee for the insurance companies and COUNTRY Trust Bank.

Miller also served as president and chairman of the board of Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company of Middletown, Connecticut; chairman of Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company of Salem, Massachussets, and MSI Preferred Insurance Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. He joined COUNTRY in 1959 as an actuary in COUNTRY Life Insurance Company. Miller also served as vice president-finance and treasurer of both the Illinois Agricultural Association (IAA) and COUNTRY. Miller, of Estes Park, Colorado, earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and a master’s degree in business administration from Illinois State University. He also is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP).

Miller served on the board of governors of the National Association of Independent Insurers and is past president and director of the Illinois Insurance Association, formerly the Illinois Insurance Information Service.

Miller also served on Illinois State’s Foundation board of directors, and was a founding member of the Insurance Advisory Board of the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services at Illinois State.

Miller was president and director of BroMenn Healthcare in Normal, and president and director of the United Way of McLean County. He also has served as president of the board of trustees and elder of the Second Presbyterian Church of Bloomington, and president and member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Illinois State.

Erick W. Miner ’78

Barbara A. Baurer

Miner is president and CEO of CIT Group Inc., a group of 15 retail heavy and medium-duty truck dealerships representing franchises for Kenworth Truck Company, Volvo Trucks North America, Mack Trucks, Isuzu Commercial Trucks of America, and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation in sales territories throughout all of Illinois, half of Missouri, and northwestern Indiana. The company also owns a finance company, CIT Equipment Finance Inc., and a truck leasing company, CIT Group Leasing Inc. The company was founded in 1975 in Normal.

Miner graduated from Illinois State in 1978 with a degree in accounting. He obtained his CPA certification and worked in public accounting until joining CIT Group Inc. as controller in 1984. He became president of the company in 1991, purchasing the company in 1992. In the past two decades, CIT has grown from two dealership locations generating $12 million in annual sales to its present size, becoming a consistent market share leader with annual sales in excess of $300 million and employing more than 500 people. The company has received a number of industry awards over the years, most recently winning three Kenworth Truck Company North American Dealer of the Year awards in the past four years.

In addition to serving on the boards of several community organizations and industry groups over the years, Miner has held positions on the Volvo Trucks North America Dealer Advisory Board and the Kenworth Truck Company North American Dealer Council, ultimately serving as chairman of the Kenworth dealer council in 2003. In 2011, Miner was a finalist for the American Truck Dealers Association Dealer of the Year, the industry’s top dealer award. CIT has worked closely over the years with Illinois State University’s Professional Sales Institute and is proud to be a Platinum Partner with the institute.

Miner is on the institute’s advisory board and enjoys speaking to sales, marketing, and business administration classes at the university. CIT employs a number of Illinois State graduates.

Miner and his wife Jada have six children and live in Bloomington. Two of their children are Illinois State graduates.

Baurer has served as chief operating officer for COUNTRY Financial since September 1999.

She is a member of the board of directors for alliances COUNTRY has made with the following insurers: Cotton States Life Insurance, Alpharetta, Georgia; Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company of Salem, Massachusetts; and Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company of Middletown, Connecticut. Baurer also serves as president for Holyoke and Middlesex.

Since joining COUNTRY in 1977, Baurer has served in various positions, including vice president and general manager of the property and casualty companies. Prior to that, she served as vice president of information services. She joined the COUNTRY management committee/ leadership council in 1989.

Baurer, of El Paso, earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and an M.B.A. from Eastern Illinois University. In 2006, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Eastern Illinois University.

She also furthered her education, earning three insurance designations: the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).

She is a member of the board and executive committee of the American Institute for CPCU. Baurer also serves on the board and executive committee of the Griffith Insurance Education Foundation. She currently serves as chair of the Eastern Illinois University College of Business Advisory Board.

Baurer is past board chair for Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical System. She also serves on the United Way of McLean County board and was the 2012 campaign chair. In addition, Baurer was named a 2004 Woman of Distinction by the YWCA of McLean County. She was named a 2010 Woman Worth Watching by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Baurer is also one of the National Diversity Council’s Most Powerful and Influential Women in Illinois for 2010 and 2011.

Baurer was instrumental in formation of the Illinois State University Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services Advisory Board and is a past board chair. She further played a key role in establishing the Edmondson-Miller Endowed Chair in Insurance and Financial Services. While chairing the Katie School advisory board, Baurer provided input regarding the school’s need for classrooms and office space in the new College of Business building. She also facilitated a contribution from COUNTRY Financial for the new building.

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EARLY CAREER ACHIEVEMENT

AWARD WINNERS 2013–2014

Each year, the Early Career Achievement Awards recognize younger graduates who have demonstrated innovative and responsible professional leadership, the potential for future distinction, and a commitment to serving others. A winner often demonstrates exemplary professional capabilities through entrepreneurial success, rapid promotions, industry recognitions, or innovative practices that lead to measurable outcomes.

Winners continue to embody the five core principals outlined in the College of Business Standards of Professional Behavior and Ethical Conduct: responsibility, honesty, respect, fairness, and trust.

This year’s honorees were no exception.

Oscar Baeza ’96 Baeza is the chief financial officer of Midwest REM Enterprises Inc., a locally owned Hispanic construction firm boasting more than $18 million in sales annually. As the CFO he is responsible for managing the company’s finances, heads the accounting department, and has oversight of the company’s assets.

He graduated from Illinois State University with a dual B.S. degree in marketing and management and quantitative methods. He was trained in the hospitality industry for four years prior to joining the firm in 1998 and earned his M.B.A. in 2003 from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University, with a concentration in finance. Baeza builds on his knowledge by enrolling in professional education courses regularly. Most recently, he participated in “Growing the Minority Business to Scale,” an executive training program hosted by Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

After graduating in 2009 from the Metropolitan Leadership Institute, hosted by the United Neighborhood Organization, he became active in civic organizations. He is an active member of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Hispanic American Construction Industry, and the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Baeza also volunteered as a tutor at the Mercy Home for Boys and currently serves as a mentor to students in the Big Shoulders Fund.

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Paris Blalock ’99 After graduating from Illinois State, Blalock joined the family business, T&L International, a distribution company whose products are internationally purchased and nationally distributed.

After four years in the family business, Blalock realized that her real passion was in a more creative field. In 2004, she developed, owned, and operated Paris’ Boutique, an upscale women’s clothing and accessories boutique. After five years, she decided to expand her career into the hospitality, sales and event planning industry. It proved to be the best career decision for her as she realized that she has a talent and passion for this industry that allows her to be highly successful.

Events at Refinery was her first stepping stone as she developed the newly established events department in a short amount of time.

Following her time at Events at Refinery, Blalock became director of catering at Holiday Inn Urbana.

During her time at both Events at Refinery and Holiday Inn Urbana, not only did she book, plan and execute client events, she also developed internal events from concept to execution.

Blalock is active in her community as she attends and hosts many chamber of commerce events as well as serves on local charitable committees such as Salt and Light based in Champaign. Blalock holds a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from Illinois State. She was voted a 2007 East Central Illinois “20 Most Outstanding Women You Should Know” for her accomplishments on the job, her relentless pursuit of excellence, and always giving her time and talents to help others in need.

Dominick Bruno ’02 Bruno is vice president of the excess casualty retail unit of Navigators Commercial. He is responsible for managing the central zone out of the Chicago office.

Bruno has held various underwriting and management positions in the insurance industry over the past 12 years.

He joined Navigators in January and is reporting to Peter Burns. Bruno’s insurance experience is primarily underwriting excess liability business.

Bruno was previously assistant vice president for AWAC in Chicago for the past four years. Prior to AWAC, he held various excess underwriting and management roles with AIG for eight years in Chicago. He is a graduate of Illinois State with a B.S. in finance and insurance.

Martin Franchi ’01 Franchi is the chief financial officer and partner at Mirus Trading Solutions, a Chicago futures industry firm focused in four key areas: low latency trading software, high speed global network architecture, futures brokerage and investment services, and trading media and education. He is also the partner responsible for legal, human resources, and M&A and sits on the strategy, compensation, and capital steering committees. He played a key role in the divestiture of the firm’s managed network services business 7ticks, LLC to Interactive Data Corporation in 2009.

Franchi began his post-Illinois State career at Kraft Foods, where he held various accounting and finance positions ranging from corporate functions to international business for Asia Pacific and Latin America. While a COB student, Franchi completed an internship with the Town of Normal in the finance department.

He and his wife, Maureen, are proud parents to three children, Emily, Colin, and Isabella.

Franchi is active in the Elmhurst community as a board member for the Elmhurst District 205 Foundation. He is the first of three brothers to graduate with finance degrees from Illinois State.

Amanda Giles ’02 As a student at Illinois State, Giles was excited to be an intern with COUNTRY Financial.

After completing her degree in business administration in May 2002, she began her career with COUNTRY as a financial representative.

Establishing an office close to her hometown in the Decatur/Forsyth area allowed Giles to help provide financial security to many of her friends and family. Working diligently, she quickly grew her client base and continues to do so today. Giles’ goal is to help her clients grow and protect their money from now until retirement.

In 2003, Giles married her husband Zeth ’04, who studied criminal justice at Illinois State. They reside in Forsyth and have four children, Zayn (age 8), Bianca (6), Ace (6), and Vincent (2), and another due this spring. Giles credits her success to God, her Catholic faith, and her supportive and encouraging husband.

Audrey Hahn ’09 Hahn is a senior financial auditor at State Farm Insurance.

She began her career as a financial analyst in property and casualty financial reporting.

After three years, she transitioned to the internal audit department where she has conducted auditing activities, coordinated internal audit engagements, and worked on a variety of department initiatives.

Hahn remains active on campus as an accounting recruiter and currently manages the Illinois State accounting recruiting team at State Farm. Hahn has earned her Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Fellow Life Management Institute designations.

While attending Illinois State, Hahn was named a Robert G. Bone Scholar, Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Accountancy, and received the Outstanding Master of Professional Accountancy Award.

Hahn resides in Normal with her husband Justin ’06, M.B.A. ’08, and their daughter, Lucy.

John Hill ’11 Hill is a community manager at Leo Burnett at the world headquarters in Chicago. His role entails creating content strategy, assisting with content creation, developing assignments briefs, moderating fan activity, and constructing reports where key takeaways influence future content for clients on social media channels. He’s been a community manager on award-winning teams for multiple clients, receiving Bronze Reggie and Facebook Studio Gold awards. In Hill’s first year and a half at Leo, he managed third party vendors to successfully plan, implement, execute, and monitor client marketing initiatives.

He has stayed in touch with Illinois State faculty and students by frequenting IMC Nights hosted by the College of Business. In his free time Hill enjoys the outdoors, traveling, golfing, and photography.

Kristen Knake ’10

Sarah Otey ’97

Knake graduated from Illinois State with a degree in business information systems. As a student, she served as president of the Business Information Systems Club and founded one of the first student chapters of the Association for Information Systems.

Knake currently works for The Boeing Company as a functional analyst in its business and supply chain systems organization. As part of a team supporting an enterprisewide application, she serves as a change management focal point while also leading an effort to adopt a more agile development methodology amongst her team. Knake also serves as a mentor for new employees and interns, acclimating them to the company and culture.

Knake is recently married to her husband, Matt, and together they have a dog, Rocky. She enjoys volunteering with Boeing in promoting STEM careers at area high schools and grade schools, and is training Rocky to become a certified therapy dog for children and the elderly.

Otey is the customs compliance manager for Claire’s Stores.

Her responsibilities include operations and government regulatory compliance for imports, exports, and the foreign trade zone. Since graduating in 1997, she has held various positions in both customs broker and importer organizations. In 2000, Otey earned her customs broker license.

She is currently active in Toastmasters, where she has completed numerous communication awards and holds many club leadership roles.

Amanda Luebchow ’08 While at Illinois State, Luebchow was active in various groups and organizations throughout the school.

She was a Delta Zeta, part of the American Marketing Association, the Professional Sales Institute, a sales scholar, and also had the opportunity to represent Illinois State at the National Collegiate Sales Competition in Georgia.

After graduation in 2008 with a marketing degree and a minor in sales, she accepted an offer with Frito-Lay (PepsiCo) as a district manager working in various territories throughout Illinois and Indiana for five years. In June of this year, she joined the private company KIND Healthy Snacks as its Midwest district manager. She manages the accounts in 11 states throughout the Midwest and oversees three sales reps, and helps to set the pricing and promotions for KIND in the majority of the grocery retailers throughout the Midwest.

Luebchow lives in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago and loves to play sand volleyball, spend time with family and friends, and root for the Packers.

Kevin Vlk ’07 Vlk grew up in Downers Grove and started his business career in high school as a Cutco knives sales rep. This lead to a successful College Pro Painters franchise manager role during his freshman and sophomore years at Illinois State. He interned with State Farm Insurance, Caterpillar, and Ernst & Young (EY) during his junior and senior years.

Upon graduation in business teacher education, he began working full-time for EY in Chicago.

While at EY, Vlk helped assemble, train, and mentor a new Midwest events team, planning more than 100 events a year. He collaborated with EY’s Digital Platforms Team to develop a mobile events app and run onsite app support for national and international events. Vlk transferred to EY’s San Francisco office in January 2012 and in early 2013, was recruited by Google on LinkedIn. He now works with the Google Search team in Mountain View, California, on various projects, events, and project calendaring.

Post-college, Vlk went back to school to learn character animation, following his childhood dream of wanting to learn how to animate. He continues to take workshops lead by Pixar animators in Emeryville, California, and works on personal animated projects in his free time.

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