New Graduate Seizes Global Opportunity

By Robert Graham

Recent graduate Jeffery Richeson (BBA 15) experienced first-hand the positive results that come from hard work and an ENMU education. Two weeks prior to graduation, Four Seasons’ Rancho Encantado resort in Santa Fe hired Jeffery as a front desk agent. “It was an amazing opportunity to work for the world’s premiere resort, especially since most Four Seasons resorts are found in larger cities,” says Jeffery.

The Eastern alumnus worked for another multinational company prior to landing his job with Four Seasons: the Marseille, Francebased company Sodexo, Eastern New Mexico University’s exclusive catering services provider.

Jeffery Richeson

“Immediately, I was able to build on my academic experience as a business major specializing in hospitality management with my first job out of school,” says Jeffery. “Working for Sodexo while at ENMU added to my readiness too.”

As a student, Jeffery completed a semester abroad at Seoul, South Korea’s Hankuk University of Foreign Studies with his best friend Zachary Self (BS 15). “Hankuk University was a great experience. It was very different from Eastern, as Hankuk is surrounded by skyscrapers and centrally located in Seoul,” says Jeffery.

Jeffery spent the first eight years of his life in the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo and Araruama and moved to Hobbs, New Mexico at the end of the 20th century, finding his way to ENMU at the dawn of a new century.