Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship 2015-2016 Annual Report

JAKE JABS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT

I N S P I R I N G C R E A T I V I T Y, I N N O V A T I O N , A N D G R O W T H

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2015 -2016 JJCBE NATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS Shavon Cape, JWT Susan J. Carstensen, Consultant Jim Edwards, Mountain West Benefit Solutions Todd Eliason, Rock Creek Associates Sean Gallinger, Summit Resources Import John Hertz, Clearwater Papers Gordon Johnson, American Bank Alan Kahn, Entrepreneur Susan King, Consultant Clint Lohman, Rocky Mountain Gaming Paul Matteucci, US Venture Partners Michael Monaghan, Beartooth Daren Nordhagen, Foundant Technologies John O’Donnell, Tech Ranch Jim Orser, Bridger Capital Management Kalli Ryti, First Security Bank Kathy Sanchez, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Janice K. Whetstone, Janice K. Whetstone, P.C. ACCOUNTING ADVISORY BOARD Carol Rutlen Ezrati, Rutlen Associates, LLC Shawn Harrison, Oracle Jeremy Hauk, Eide Bailly, LLP Scott Holton, Rudd & Company Jill Jarrett, Benchmark Capital in Silicon Valley Tim Kalberg, Perkins & Co. Carlen Keaster, Anderson ZurMuehlen Erica (Ricki) Lewis, Expedia, Inc.

302 Jabs Hall · PO Box 173040 Bozeman, MT 59717-3040 www.montana.edu/business

Todd Lindsey, Deloitte & Touche, LLP Kenny Martin, Moss Adams Morgan Scarr, Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C. Stacey Scott, West Paw Design Tom Simkins, Simkins-Hallins Lumber Co. Chris Smith, BDO Mitchell Thompson, Emerald Oil, Inc. Kyle Viste, Wipfli Shauna Watson, Resources Global Professionals Todd Williamson, MorganStanley SmithBarney Shelly Wong, Tizona Therapeutics ADMINISTRATION & PROFESSIONAL STAFF Kregg Aytes, Ph.D., Dean Audrey Capp, Director of Communications & Public Relations Susan Dana, J.D., Associate Dean & Director of the Bracken Center Liz Greenfield, Assistant Director of Student Services Tia Kelley, Director of Operations Chantelle Mahan, Associate Director of the Bracken Center Anna Reardon, Director of Events Jackie Sather, Senior Director of Development Brenda Truman, Director of Student Services Linda Ward, Director of Programs, Jabs Entrepreneurship Center

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CONTENTS 2 2015-2016 JJCBE Calendar of Events 5 Letter from the Dean 8 Jabs Hall: “Leed”ing the Way

43 Four Business Seniors and their mentors honored at 2016 Awards for Excellence

61 Businesses Host Competitions for Students 61 Marketing Student Triumphs at International Film Competition

15 Business Student Awarded Prestigious Udall Scholarship

43 Continuing Excellence: Business Student Awarded Community Involvement Award

16 Student with ALS Perseveres to Earn Degree in Finance

44 From Intern to Coordinator: Kate Burgan

18 Business Student to Lead Campus

61 Accounting Students Kick off Graduate School with Professional Workshop

45 Rodeo Student-Athlete Juggles Rigorous Academic Program with Demanding Athletic Schedule

62 Bracken Center Grand Re-Opening Connects Students with Opportunities

19 Through a Lens: Business Student Combines Passions to Start a Movement 20 LaunchCats: The New Wave of Entrepreneurs on the Block 22 Faculty Honored with Top MSU Teaching 23 Accounting Professor Elected President of the American Accounting Association’s Board of Directors 24 Meet the New Business Faculty 26 Accounting Faculty Receive Grant to Study Factors Affecting CPA Pass Rates 27 Young Alumni Profiles 31 Alumna Co-Founds Successful Oil and Gourmet Food Business

46 Revamped Freshman Seminar Emphasizes Entrepreneurial Skills 47 Family Business Day Recognizes Seven Montana Businesses 48 Faculty & Staff Honored for Teaching, Research, and Service Excellence 49 Interdisciplinary Course Focuses on Farm to Market 50 Entreprentice Challenge Continues to Support Local Non-Profits 51 Annual Golf Tournament Continues to Raise Funds for Scholarships 52 Accounting Students Serve Communities Near and Far

61 Business Student Part of Winning Team in Red Bull Competition

62 Jabs Entrepreneurship Center Hosts Entrepreneurship Info Night 62 The Startup of the MSU You Series 62 Recruiting Fairs Facilitate Job & Internship Opportunities 62 Golf Scramble Continues to Build Relationships between Students & Faculty 63 Management Club Engages with Professionals in Denver 63 Accounting Students Take Time to Support Community 63 College Hosts First MSU Student Women’s Entrepreneur Night 64 AY 2015 Guest Speakers

32 Preparing Students for a Different Type of Economy—Freelance

52 MSU Named New Host of Montana Small Business Development Center Network

33 National Expert Shares Strategies Designed to Keep Students in School

53 Google & R/GA Talk About “Inventing the Future”

65 FourOsix Founder Serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

34 Q&A with Guest Speaker Nate Bolt

54 Celebrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship

65 College Documented in the Congressional Record

56 Women’s Circle of Excellence Conference Hosted in Jabs Hall

65 Familiar Face Retires from the Dean’s Office

57 New Staff Integral in College Operations

65 Almost 3,000 Students Graduate from MSU

60 Students Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society

66 Graduating Class Profile – Academic Year 2016 Statistics

60 Six Business Students Honored at Annual Day of Student Recognition

67 Letter From Jackie Sather

36 Former Delta Airlines CEO Speaks about “The Importance of Ethics in Business Leadership” 37 Business Students Gain International Business Experience through Starzen Internship 40 From an American Colony to Montana State University: A Road Less Traveled 41 Student Team Takes Third Place in Regional Advertising Competition 42 Students Honored During Fall and Spring Celebrations

65 College Co-Hosts Bozeman Craft Entrepreneurship Program

71 Honor Roll of Donors

60 New Student Organization Established 60 Marketing Student Awarded Gold Addy

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SE P T. 2015 Sept 1 Bracken Center Open House/Freshmen “Welcome” BBQ Sept 9 Sola Grand Opening Sept 9 Entrepreneurship Info Night Sept 11 Guest Speaker: Shauna Martin Sept 13-14 Montana High Tech Jobs Summit Sept 15 Startup of the MSU You: Design/ Prepare You

NOV. 2015

Sept 16 Meet the Accounting Recruiters

JUNE 2015

Sept 24 Jabs Entrepreneurship Center Open House

May-June Starzen Internship: Carlee Benson, Alex Paterson June 30 Harry Benham retirement

Sept 25 Golf Tournament Sept 25 MSU Comprehensive Campaign Launch Sept 27 Golf Scramble

August 18 Faculty Retreat August 26 Fall Convocation August 27 MPAc Professional Workshop

AUGUST 2015

Nov 9 Entrepreneur Day Nov 17 Startup of the MSU You: Tune/Tweak You Nov 18 Entrepreneur-inResidence: Alex ‘Papu’ Rincon Nov 18 Elevator Pitches Nov 20 Guest Speaker: Deanna Beaumont

Oct 6 Orser Speaker: Jerry Grinstein

Dec 9 ACTG Federal Tax Research Symposium

Oct 6 Entreprentice presentations

Dec 11 Commencement Celebration / Awards

Oct 7 Meet the Business Recruiters

Dec 12 Fall Commencement/MPAc Hooding

Oct 15 Startup of the MSU You: Build You Oct 23 Family Business Day Oct 23 MPAc B-Ball Tournament

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Dec 30 Halina Rickman retirement

DEC. 2015

JJCBE YEAR IN REVIEW

MARCH 2016 JANUARY 2016

MAY 2016

March 9 Entrepreneurship/ High Tech Networking Event

Jan 8 Faculty Retreat Jan 12 Spring Convocation Jan 20 Women Entrepreneurs Night Jan 27 Jabs Entrepreneurship Center Info Night

March 10 Lunch & Learn with Nate Bolt March 10 Business Pitch Competition March 11-20 Accounting students travel to Alaska through VITA program

Feb-April MSU VITA prepared taxes Feb 16 Awards for Excellence: students and their mentors Feb 19-28 Accounting students travel to Alaska through VITA program Feb 23 Startup of MSU You Series: Body Language Feb 24 Startup of MSU You Series: Interview Tips

May 6 Undergraduate Student Celebration/Awards May 7 Spring Commencement May 12 Women’s Circle of Excellence Conference May 13 JJCBE Accounting Advisory Council Meeting

April 7 Scholarship Banquet April 9 TEDxBozeman April 14-15 R/GA & Google Visit April 14-16 District XI 2016 NSAC Event April 15 JJCBE Advisory Board Meeting April 19 Beta Gamma Sigma Induction April 21 Jabs Hall Sustainability Open House April 28 Beta Alpha Psi Inititation April 29 MPAc Graduation Celebration

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DEAN’S LETTER We pride ourselves on the great classroom experiences that our students receive. Our faculty are experts in the content they deliver as well as in the teaching methods they use. However, I believe that the value of the business education provided by the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship goes well beyond the content delivered in the classroom. We also immerse our students in experiential learning – those “real world” experiences that come through interacting with practicing business professionals and students from all across campus. The College does not stand alone; rather, we are an integral part of the university and are building ever-stronger ties to the business community.

We are fortunate to now be in our new home in Jabs Hall, as it is a fantastic place in which to bring students and practicing business professionals together. Our new home is a place where everyone likes to spend time, whether they are students and faculty, from other programs, or members of the business community. From the beginning, one of the design goals of Jabs Hall was for the space to help create a community of professionals.

Guest speakers in classes, public lectures from entrepreneurs and representatives of high tech companies, business networking events, and student coaching sessions conducted by business professionals all contribute to a feeling of being more connected to the business community. Add to that the hundreds of students involved in internships and class projects for local businesses, and we feel that the college is truly part of a vibrant professional community. You will see evidence of those activities in the following pages.

Through interdisciplinary, team-taught courses such as the Farm to Table course described in this report, we are finding innovative ways for our students to work on realworld business problems alongside students from other disciplines, such as engineering and graphic design. These experiences help students understand the ways in which those from other fields think and work, better preparing them for the diverse workplace of the twenty-first century.

All of this activity continues to attract students in record numbers. We have well over 1,300 declared business majors, putting the college at its highest enrollment ever. Students are choosing to come to school here because they will have the opportunity to work with others outside of business and to learn creative skills not typically taught in a business curriculum.

Our goal is to to be an even more vibrant center of activity and interdisciplinary learning for all MSU students and for the business community. Jabs Hall is not just a place where we teach excellent business classes, it is a gathering place for the campus and business community. Our students will leave MSU as better professionals because of their engagement with the broader world.

I encourage you to take the time to read more in this report about how we’re inspiring creativity, innovation, and growth.

Dr. Kregg Aytes Dean of the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship

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What I Love About

Jabs Hall The positive and welcoming environment. – ZAC H SC HE R M E R HO R N

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Photo courtesy of Hennebery Eddy.

J ABS H A L L : “ L E E D ” I N G T H E WAY

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IN SU S TA I NA B I L I T Y

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ustainable design was embedded into the design process for the new home of the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship from the beginning and those efforts have paid off. Jabs Hall has earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for energy-efficient and sustainable design and construction. This means it costs significantly less per square foot to heat, cool, and light than any other major building on campus, according to administrators with MSU’s Facilities Services.

“Earning LEED Gold demonstrates that MSU is committed to using resources wisely,” said Dan Stevenson, assistant director of Facilities Services. “Constructing Jabs Hall in an environmentally sound way was not only the right thing to do, but it will also save this university valuable resources.”

“The college is proud to have Jabs Hall recognized as a LEED Gold building,” said Kregg Aytes, dean of the college.

The LEED certification program recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices, and it is widely recognized as the foremost program for the design, construction and operation of “green” buildings. To receive LEED certification, building projects satisfy prerequisites and earn points to achieve different levels of certification, from basic certification to platinum.

A celebration of the sustainable features of Jabs Hall was held on Thursday, April 21. The celebration included a wealth of information about the building’s design and features, as well as the unveiling of its LEED Gold plaque.

Jabs Hall is the fourth LEED-certified building on the MSU campus, the third building to earn gold status.

These efforts have not gone unnoticed. In September, Jabs Hall won regional recognition in a respected publication.

The innovative building took first place for the best project in the higher education/research category in the mountain states region of the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards. The award came from ENR, or Engineering News-Record, a prominent magazine focused on the construction industry.

The awards are given to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects nationwide in 2015.

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A marketing course in Jabs Hall. Photo by Kelly Gorham.

S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y FAC T S • Jabs Hall saves over 500,000 gallons of water each year! This is an annual savings of $3,000.

• If the geothermal heat exchangers in the ground at Jabs Hall were dug up and laid end to end, they would stretch all the way to the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

• Jabs Hall has the highest recycling rate of all buildings at MSU. • Jabs Hall is the only academic building on campus that offers recycling on every floor, in every classroom, and in every office. On average, about 23% of the material generated in Jabs Hall is recycled.

• MSU has reduced potable water consumption by ~25% over the last 5 years • Greenhouse gas emissions are ~20% less than they were in 2009.

• Since 2009, MSU has planted 267 new trees on campus and transplanted 70 trees

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Ben Listowich, a mechanical engineering technology junior from Kingfield, Maine, inspects a sensor that will be used to study how a passive solar technology is working to lower energy costs at Jabs Hall. Photo by Sepp Jannotta.

• Compared to similar buildings on campus, Jabs Hall saves 1,400 more gallons of H2O per day. Each year, enough water is saved to supply 10 single family homes with H2O for a year.

The project won the award based on its performance Susan Dana, associate dean of the Jake Jabs College in several categories, including teamwork and overcoming of Business & Entrepreneurship, said that teamwork challenges, safety, innovation and contribution to industry, contributed to the project’s success. construction quality and design quality, according to “Our design and construction team was so successful Jake Van Dusen, project engineer with Dick Anderson in large part because we had a very clear shared vision that Construction, who submitted information about the project guided creative design and problem solving, and because this to ENR. project was so personal to the team, many of whom are MSU “This is impressive recognition for Jabs Hall,” said Van alumni and supporters,” she said. “It was a labor of love, not Dusen. “The success of the project is rooted in the team of just another project.” individuals, from managers to truck drivers to architects, Jabs Hall was funded by a $25 million private gift from who turned an idea of (the building’s donor) Mr. Jabs into a Jabs, a Montana native and Montana State College alumnus, building that will provide new educational opportunities for who announced the gift in 2011. The gift is also being used years to come.” for new scholarships and A panel of eight judges new academic programs in “ Constructing Jabs Hall in an from all areas of the industry entrepreneurship, professional environmentally sound way – including architects, general skills development, and contractors, consultants, fostering cooperative work was not only the right thing academics and engineers – between business students and to do, but it will also save this students in other disciplines. selected winners in each of 19 categories. The awards were The building, which has university valuable resources.” split into two geographic numerous spaces for both large

– D A N S T E V E N S O N, A S S I S TA N T areas: intermountain and and small groups of students D I R EC T O R O F FAC I L I T I E S S E R V I C E S Colorado/plains states. This to gather, was designed to is the 15th year for the project encourage entrepreneurial awards, which recognize projects in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, thinking and multidisciplinary collaboration, according to Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah Kregg Aytes, dean of the college. and Wyoming.

“The building is designed to shape our behavior, and we The following January, Jabs Hall was once again know students and faculty will become more collaborative, recognized, this time by the Montana Chapter of the more creative and more innovative because of it,” Aytes said.

USGBC at their Annual Summit. Jabs Hall earned the Aytes said that the building was designed to create an Special Jury Award for Education and Outreach Impact in inviting and visually stimulating building that encourages the Commercial Building Category. collaboration and interaction, and that observing how the Among the several sustainable features in the building, building is being used so far this semester indicates that these features were cited as factors for honoring Jabs Hall those goals have been met. with a merit award: Geothermal wells supply ground sourced “Students from all over campus are finding all the spaces pre-heat/pre-cool water for the efficient building systems. in the building for working alone or with others,” Aytes said.

The energy model shows an anticipated 41% annual energy “I see professors meeting with students in the various seating savings by cost. The stormwater management system earned areas around the building. Students look forward to being in both quality and quantity control LEED credits and was bright, flexible classrooms that allow professors to teach more awarded Exceptional Performance for the on-site system. effectively. It is amazing to see how much the physical space Over 95% of construction waste was diverted from landfill. can contribute to creating an environment that encourages All of this would not have been possible without the learning and innovation.” team of people who worked on Jabs Hall which included Dana added that the result is “not just a building but a Comma-Q Architecture and Hennebery Eddy Architects, home that makes students, staff, faculty and the community project architects; Dick Anderson Construction, general proud to be part of MSU and the Jake Jabs College of contractor/contract manager; Morrison-Maierle and ARUP, Business and Entrepreneurship.” engineering consultants; and Kath Williams, LEED consultant.

While alumni affiliation was not a consideration in the choice of firms, five of the firms have a number of MSU alumni either as principals or employees.

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What I Love About

Jabs Hall The sleek, modern design that beautifully represents the quality and professionalism of the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship. – KY L E SC HUST E R

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FEATURING: STUDENTS BUSINESS STUDENT AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS UDALL SCHOLARSHIP

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wo Montana State University students, who are active “Professor Filteau helped me see that there are so in their tribal communities, have won the prestigious many issues we need to address now, and not only on the Udall Scholarship from the Morris K. Udall and Stewart reservation,” Dorsey said.

L. Udall Foundation.

Coming from the reservation, she said she understood Montana Duke Wilson of Poplar, Montana, and Elva that the everyday lives of her classmates were very different Faye Agnes Dorsey, of Browning, Montana, were selected as from hers, which would mean additional challenges through Udall Scholars in the Tribal Public Policy category. Wilson her college career. and Dorsey are among sixty students from 49 colleges and “My ‘normal’ is that every family is affected by domestic universities to have been selected as 2016 Udall Scholars, said violence and children often see abuse,” Dorsey said. “In the Ilse-Mari Lee, dean of MSU’s school system on my reservation, Honors College.

98 percent of all kids are eligible “We are so very proud for the free lunch program. “ In the school system on my of Elva and Montana, who That’s normal where I come from have been named Udall and people just accept it. reservation, 98 percent of all Scholars in recognition of “I decided I couldn’t go back kids are eligible for the free their significant contributions and be a nurse and just help the to tribal communities in lunch program. That’s normal physical symptoms knowing that Montana,” Lee said. “As I have the ability to address the where I come from and people other issues,” she said. servant leaders, they will join a cohort of 15 Udall After graduation, Dorsey just accept it.”

Scholars in Tribal Public plans to return to the reservation

– E LVA FAY E AG N E S D O RS E Y, Policy committed to working to work on social issues through U DA L L S C H O L A R on issues related to American tribal policy and government.

Indian nations.”

She also plans to work with the Dorsey is a junior majoring in business management in tribe to set up savings accounts for children who are born the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship and as enrolled members to use for education, a small business a member of the Blackfeet Nation of the Blackfeet Indian or a down payment on a home. She is looking to consult Reservation with paternal ties to the Choctaw and Creek with MSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad on a feasibility study to nations from Oklahoma. open a manufacturing center on the reservation. And, she Dorsey said she was so excited she started crying when wants to set up a business incubator to help community Lee called to let her know she was a Udall Scholar. She credits members start their own businesses.

Lee with encouraging her to apply for the scholarship.

Dorsey said her family is proud of her accomplishments “You have to do a lot of personal essays and at first I had and aspirations, but still share stories of the way Browning a difficult time talking about myself,” she said. “Dr. Lee used to be before its decline. assured me it was important to let people know about my “I’m going to try to get them to see that Browning can be background.” big again,” she said. “I feel they know it can be great again.”

A single mother of an 11-year-old daughter, Dorsey earned The Udall Foundation is an independent federal agency her associate’s degree in business management at Blackfeet that Congress established in 1992 to provide federally funded Community College before taking a job at a non-profit scholarships for college students intending to pursue careers in Browning where she worked for eight years providing related to the environment, as well as to American Indian financial education for community members. students pursuing tribal public policy or Native health care Last spring, she enrolled at MSU, considering a nursing careers. Udall Scholars receive $7,000 to use toward academic career for the job security and pay level it would provide. A expenses. sociology class taught by Assistant Professor Matthew Filteau Excerpt from MSU Communications News Release. Story by led to a change of heart.

Anne Cantrell Elva Dorsey, a business major from Browning, Montana, was named a Udall Scholar in the Tribal Public Policy category.

Photo by Kelly Gorham.

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FEATURING: STUDENTS

Scott Thomas. Photo by Kelly Gorham.

STUDENT WITH ALS PERSEVERES TO EARN DEGREE IN FINANCE

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n Saturday, 175 graduates of the Montana State University Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship will make their way across the stage to receive their hard-earned diplomas. For one student, the accomplishment is the culmination of a life-altering diagnosis, a wealth of love and support, a new hope and the will to succeed.

It was January 2012 when Scott Thomas, a senior finance major at MSU from Stevensville, began falling down during his routine walks between home and campus.

A couple of months later, Thomas was warming up before his first intramural softball game of the season when he realized he felt weak and off balance. Still, during his first at-bat he managed to get a hit and was running to first base when, he said, “what seemed like every muscle in my legs” began cramping severely.

“That was the first time I realized something was seriously wrong, but I didn’t want to believe it,” he said.

“I attributed my unusual symptoms to being out of shape.

Then, my girlfriend—who is now my unbelievably incredible wife – noticed my left triceps was twitching.”

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Thomas finished the semester and moved to the Bitterroot Valley to start his career as an insurance executive. Still six hours short of earning his degree, he enrolled at the University of Montana to finish his last two courses.

He also decided to see a doctor in the hopes he could learn the reason for the puzzling symptoms he had been having since the beginning of the year. It would take a couple of months and multiple tests with his doctor and a neurologist before he got his answer.

On Aug. 7, 2012, just weeks before he was due to start classes at UM, Thomas was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“The neurologist basically said you have two to four years to live and there’s nothing we can do to help you,” Thomas said. “I decided that finishing school was not important at the time and dropped my courses.”

Thomas continued working for a year until the disease progressed to the point he could no longer do his job effectively.

It literally took an act of Congress to get Thomas to return to school.

“Last year, Congress passed the Steve Gleason Act, which allowed Medicare to pay for eye-gaze computers for people like myself,” Thomas said. “Once I knew I could get a computer, I knew it was my opportunity to get back in the game.”

An eye-operated computer uses a specialized computermounted video camera to observe one of the user’s eyes and determine where the person is looking on the screen. To type, the user “presses” a key on the screen by gazing at it for a specified period of time.

“To say my computer has changed my life would be an understatement,” Thomas said. “I encourage anyone who could benefit to strongly consider getting one.”

While his father, Montana state Senator Fred Thomas, looked for online classes Thomas could take for his last semester, Thomas worked on getting – and learning – his computer.

“The beginning of the semester was challenging, trying to learn how to operate the computer and getting back into the swing of school,” Thomas said. “But, I wanted to finish what I had started, and I also did it for my mom and dad. I know my graduation means a great deal to them.”

The Thomases found the classes they were looking for in MSU’s Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship with the help of Associate Professors Frank Kerins and Gary Caton. Thomas resumed his classes this spring, completing the six hours he needed to earn his finance degree.

“Frank and Gary are pillars in the business program at MSU,” Thomas said. “They did a great job of providing one of the best learning environments in the nation. They have been nothing but kind and helpful to me.”

Thomas calls his journey between diagnosis and graduation “a team effort” for which he is thankful.

“I’m thankful for my wife, Sarah, my family and friends, everyone from MSU who has helped me, Professor Scott Johnson from UM who helped me this semester and the countless others who have supported me,” he said.

“After my diagnosis, I never imagined I would graduate.

Walking across the stage on Saturday will be an extremely proud moment for my loved ones and for me.”

Also proud of Thomas’ accomplishment is Kregg Aytes, dean of the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and the college’s faculty and staff.

“It has taken a tremendous amount of perseverance for Scott to finish his degree,” Aytes said. “He faced big obstacles and I’m glad that we were able to help, in a small way, clear away some of them. We’re all proud of his accomplishment.”

Thomas has already started his job search and says he has a great life, bolstered by his faith and the love and support of his family and friends.

Along with family and friends, he helps to raise money to find a cure for ALS by taking part in the ALS Association’s Walk to Defeat ALS. He supports Team Gleason, an ALS organization named for former NFL player Steve Gleason, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2011. It was the act named for Gleason that provided Thomas with the means to get his computer.

His advice to others facing similar challenges is to find purpose and meaning in life.

“We live in an amazing time full of possibilities for everyone, no matter the limitations,” Thomas said. “The future is uncertain, but I’ve decided to start living fully and have optimism that I will be around to see the cure for ALS.” Story by Denise Hoepfner, MSU News

Team Scott is shown posing at an ALS Association’s Walk to Defeat ALS. Courtesy photo by Jamie Haagenson.

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FEATURING: STUDENTS BUSINESS STUDENT TO LEAD CAMPUS Garrett Leach

Holly Capp

Nearly a year ago, a different executive team sat down in the same office as Garrett and Geneva and charted out their coming year. Theyjunior Gwynn Simeniuk and then-sophomore Levi Birky assumed office in April 2015.

However, after just a handful of months in office, Birky ascended to the presidency when Simeniuk resigned on Oct. 1 The transition period, the first in recent memory, represented a shift in leadership, but also a shift in leadership style. Holly Capp, a senior business student was appointed vice president.

Birky and Capp stressed the importance of outreach as a key function of their positions. “What Levi and I tried to work on was reaching out to students rather than students coming to student government… Most of the work is educating, but that is a challenge in itself,” Capp said.

Two other business students also ran for ASMSU president: Colton Coffee – junior from Billings studying finance & marketing and John Miller – senior from Judith Gap studying management & economics 18

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itting in a recently renovated office in and Zoltek emphasized that they would focus the SUB, freshly inaugurated ASMSU on clear and effective communication between President Garrett Leach adjusts to his new the executives and the senate to strengthen their space. He opens quickly, “Geneva and I ran on internal relations. “We won’t always agree but a platform of ‘students first.’ No matter what we having a good working relationship will allow do, that is going to be at the front of our minds.” us to constructively address problems that arise Leach and his running mate, Geneva Zoltek, next year, because, undoubtedly, there will be took office with more than twice as many votes problems,” Leach said. as their opponents during the general election.

Marianne Bough, the ASMSU director of Now that they’ve taken office, they must decide operations is confident that Leach and Zoltek what they aim to accomplish in the position. have the knowledge and the tools they need to Just days into their presidency, Leach and succeed in their roles, partly due to out-going Zoltek have hit the ground running. Their president Levi Birky, and vice president, Holly success could be credited to their internal Capp’s contributions. “Each generation of experience – they both spent the past year leadership… Garrett and Geneva have this cool working together in ASMSU in a different envisioning power to start addressing culture on capacity, as senators. Leach, a sophomore campus now which is a luxury that they wouldn’t majoring in finance and accounting from have if the prior leadership before them didn’t set Missoula, was a senator for the College of them up well,” Bough said.

Business. Zoltek, a junior from Kalispell The team has outlined a variety of issues they majoring in liberal studies, was a university want to focus on, but they especially seemed studies senator. to gravitate towards outreach. “It is unfair to Leach was originally interested in continuing expect students will come to us, we have to go to with ASMSU in a different role, and had them. I think that one of the biggest challenges considered applying for the business manager for us is engaging with so many student groups position. However, Zoltek approached him with on campus, making sure their voices are heard the idea of running together, and he decided it and informing the student body about ASMSU,” was the right choice. “I saw how much you can Leach said. change campus through student government and In addition, Leach emphasized the the more I thought about the opportunity the importance of having strong relationships more excited I was,” he said. throughout MSU: “Building relationships with Both Leach and Zoltek were quick to cite administrators, students, and student leaders is how their different personalities will better vital to our success as a student organization. I their leadership. “Geneva and I couldn’t be want to focus on building relationships that will more different. There is a lot of difference and do good not just in my term, but the next ten diversity but that difference of opinion makes years so it’s easier for the following teams to make our decisions stronger and helps us represent the impactful changes,” he said. students better,” Leach said. Similarly, Zoltek The new leadership is undoubtedly passionate explained how she is more drawn to the people and enthusiastic for the coming year. They ran side of campus issues, and Leach excels in the on an ambitious platform and boasted their policy side of issues – making them a wellexperience as a catalyst for change – now is their rounded team. time to see what they can accomplish. “The great Their unique perspectives as senators provided thing about student government is every day is the pair with a front row seat to the successes different, you never know what will come up and setbacks that ASMSU experienced over the next. It is always a surprise,” Bough said. course of the past year. As mentioned, there Excerpted from MSU Exponent article were internal spats which resulted in palpable “Examining a transitional year for ASMSU.” tension at a few senate meetings. Both Leach Story by Davis Connelley and Erin Murdock

THROUGH A LENS: BUSINESS STUDENT COMBINES PASSIONS TO START A MOVEMENT

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ith three majors, a He also sees several problems being business, and almost solved through the app. “In terms of 47,000 Instagram from an environmental standpoint, followers, sophomore Aidan from an efficiency standpoint, from a Weltner is not a typical MSU social standpoint, I thought it would student. do really well and it kind of took off,” Weltner is from Boise, Idaho Weltner said. and came to MSU after making a Weltner is in charge of the business carefully calculated decision. He side of things, while other team created a weighted decision matrix members are in charge of development. based on 10 criteria. He only ShareLift is currently going into the applied to a handful of schools and testing stage and will be launched in scored them according to quality Montana, Utah and Colorado. of life, outdoor opportunities, size “I’m pretty dead-set on being an of the community, people within entrepreneur, whether that’s right out Aidan Weltner. Photo courtesy of Aidan Weltner. the community and the variety of of school or a couple years after, I have programs offered at school. “First a lot of business ideas. I really find and foremost is the lifestyle,” said Weltner of his choice to the lifestyle appealing, and I find the risk appealing and the come to MSU. opportunity to instigate change onto a community,” Weltner He also chose MSU because he hadn’t decided on a major, said. and he was leaning toward business and photography. He has “You always hear the kind of cliché, ‘life is built on top since declared a double major in marketing and photography of failures,’ kind of thing but it really is true and starting and hopes to get his degree in Directed Interdisciplinary businesses, because the amount of focus and effort and risk Studies through the Honors College, which is a program that you have to take to get something off the ground is kind for students to pursue areas that fall outside the established of unlike anything else. There really is no security starting in departmental offerings. a business and I just find that very appealing,” Weltner said While taking Terry Profota’s introductory business class about the appeal of risk. during his freshman year, Weltner discovered his true passion Weltner has been a photographer longer than he has been for business. The class worked with creating business ideas to a businessman, having taken photographs since he was a kid. solve problems. One exercise was to come up with ideas for “That’s been kind of a constant in my life for a long time. I business ventures. Weltner came up with two ideas he wanted picked up a real camera when I was 12 and just tinkered with to pursue. One was a gardening service focused on helping it for years until I liked the pictures I was taking,” Weltner people grow their own food. Another was a rideshare app for said. He has interned for the Montana Science Olympiad, skiers and snowboarders.

MSU’s Counseling and Psychological services and at an The gardening idea was used for the project presentation, advertising agency in Boise called Drake Cooper. and Weltner took his idea for the rideshare app beyond the Outside, Weltner enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, class. ShareLift, an app that allows people to carpool to the climbing, backpacking, fishing and recently started ski hill, has now become an actual business thanks to Weltner splitboarding. He also spends time listening to podcasts, Ted and several team members.

Talks and driving to destinations he wants to explore.

“It was kind of a desperate plea being a freshman living Story by Lilly Brogger, MSU Exponent in the dorms, not having a car, but having a ski pass and not wanting to waste days on a pass but never being able to find Weltner has created a movement on Instagram a ride and constantly watching people, particularly people (http://bit.ly/1Ufte9x) with an account that only posts images like upperclassmen, going with empty seats in their car,” of people stripping down in nature to embrace the outdoors in Weltner said. efforts to desexualize the naked body.

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FEATURING: STUDENTS LAUNCHCATS: THE NEW WAVE OF ENTREPRENEURS ON THE BLOCK

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deate. Innovate. Create. This is the mantra for one of the newest student clubs associated with the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship. The LaunchCats is a student organization focused on identifying problems, proposing solutions & launching ventures. Housed under both the college and MSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad, this club matches book theory to practical application.

LaunchCats was founded by Sam Lucas, Dylan Weber and Mike Maher. The brainchild of Sam Lucas, a business marketing senior, this unique club was so successful that the University of Montana reached out to Sam and asked for his help to start a counter part on their campus called the LaunchGriz.

He started LaunchCats because he wanted to bring a network of like-minded and hardworking individuals together.

“We pride ourselves on going against the traditional grain of education by involving skilled individuals from all university disciplines and creating things together. LaunchCats was our way of creating a product, marketing it, and learning the ins and outs of running a business,” said Sam. “A hint of sweet icing from cookie decorators floated into the air as students and community members trickled into the room. Small groups conglomerated and the rising decibel level of the conversations made the room hum with activity. As the band picked up their semi-acoustic harmonies, Jabs 207 swelled with energy. At the wave of a hand, organizer Sam Lucas quieted the band and welcomed about 30 people to the fourth iteration of LaunchCats’ Good Company…”

– Ed Johnson, business student, now recent business alumnus.

What Ed describes is one out of six events titled “Good Company Challenges” where local entrepreneurs came to the LaunchCats group with a challenge they need help solving.

This challenge is announced well in advance of the meeting and students come prepared with information, share ideas, and present solutions. The LaunchCats use a 360-degree mentoring curriculum paired with design thinking to creatively solve these challenges. Local entrepreneurs mentor students and students mentor local entrepreneurs.

The challenges have ranged from designing and naming a new product as well as developing a plan to launch the product to creating a marketing message, tagline and guerrilla marketing strategy for a new app.

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The six local companies the LaunchCats worked with this year were Montucky Cold Snacks, Clark’s Fork, Chamberlin Productions, Sola Café, PintPass, and Stone Glacier Backpacks.

A number of the owners, themselves were MSU graduates.

Not only did the LaunchCats plan and execute this series of events, they also held a number of other successful and engaging events: · Code 24: An event that featured 11 teams and 35 contestants who developed 10 products that were presented to a panel of judges. · Business Startup Pitch Competition: Students pitched 28 ventures that were narrowed to the top ten that were featured at the event. Students, faculty, and members of the community alike came to hear the pitches. A panel of judges chose the top three ventures and a total of $4000 was awarded. · URSA Outdoor Film Festival: Over 300 people descended upon the Procrastinator Theater and the Leigh Lounge to participate in this event. Student video submissions were solicited and the top films were selected for audience voting. Multiple bands performed in the Leigh Lounge along with numerous outdoor pursuit information tables and booths. Their special guest judge was Phill Baribeau, MSU Alum and director of the awardwinning documentary “Unbranded”. This event is a part of the larger URSA Initiative, a venture created by the club president, Sam Lucas.

Audrey Wooding with the MSU Blackstone LaunchPad best described this club as an innovative and nimble student organization that ideates business problem solutions for entrepreneurs in the Bozeman community. The companies who have worked with them also agree. “The LaunchCats’ Good Company event takes creative thinking to a much more inspiring level. It’s outside the box format, rich with live music, art, and lively discourse fueled many fabulous conversations. I gleaned ideas and gained insight to effectively communicate our message to our target audience,” said Tiffany Lach, owner of Sola Café & Red Tractor Pizza.

This innovative club is truly changing the way students think and experience entrepreneurship in the college. It also provides a unique collaborative experience that many students would not have otherwise.

Top row: Good Company event posters Bottom Left: Sam Lucas, club founder and president. Center: Creativity and design thinking Ideation. Right: Good Company challenge session. Background: URSA Film Festival. Photos courtesy of the LaunchCats

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FEATURING: FACULTY FACULTY HONORED WITH TOP MSU TEACHING AWARDS

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edicated teachers, dynamic researchers and faculty devoted to the betterment of Montana are among the winners of the top MSU 2016 faculty awards including two business professors. The annual awards honor achievement in faculty research, teaching, outreach and creative projects. The awards were presented at the MSU Spring Convocation, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in Reynolds Recital Hall.

Bonita Peterson Kramer. Photo by Sepp Jannotta.

President’s Excellence in Teaching Award Bonita Peterson Kramer, accounting professor in the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, received the 2016 Excellence in Teaching Award for her exemplary contributions to instruction and student learning. She will receive a $2,500 honorarium.

Peterson Kramer is an exceptional teacher and accomplished scholar who is also widely respected for her contributions to service endeavors. At MSU she has taught at least nine different courses offered at the sophomore, junior, senior and graduate levels, including a unique course she developed on fraud examination. In all of her classes, she works to create an environment that promotes active learning and participation, with a goal of having students understand the material rather than simply memorizing it. Her student evaluation results are consistently high. During her three-year term as director of MSU’s masters of professional accountancy program, enrollment was as large as it has ever been. In addition, Peterson Kramer’s graduate students ranked second, first and third in the nation for their first-time pass rate on the auditing section of the CPA exam when she first taught auditing, and they continue to rank above the national average. Peterson Kramer has also established student accounting internships with several organizations, served as the faculty internship adviser for more than 85 students and assisted students in finding local accounting volunteer opportunities.

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Teaching Innovation Award Terry Profota, adjunct associate teaching professor of management in the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has won the Teaching Innovation Award, which honors a faculty member who has incorporated outstanding innovative teaching practices into his or her classes.

Profota will receive $2,000.

Profota is known for inspiring students to learn through exploring and critiquing their own ideas and then testing those ideas against the marketplace. In addition to creating a course on community entrepreneurship and non-profit management, Profota is the coordinator of a seminar and a course on business and entrepreneurship fundamentals. She recently redesigned both to create a hands-on, active learning environment designed to show students how to think creatively and gain confidence in their skills. Instead of having students simply read and talk about business concepts, Profota’s courses now incorporate innovative online resources, where students in small teams develop a concept for a new product or service, perform research to launch a business, write a basic business plan and present the project to their classmates. The result is a highly engaging course that not only teaches students about fundamental business concepts, but which also emphasizes critical thinking, ethical decision making, communication, innovation and team work.

Terry Profota. Photo by Sepp Jannotta.

Anne Christensen. Photo by Kelly Gorham.

ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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nne Christensen, an accounting professor in the Montana State University Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has been elected president of the American Accounting Association’s Board of Directors.

Christensen’s election includes a one-year term beginning in August as president-elect, followed by a one-year term as president and a one-year term as past-president.

“I am incredibly honored to have this opportunity to serve the American Accounting Association,” Christensen said. “The organization has played a large role in developing my research and teaching abilities. I am excited to be able to give back to the organization that has helped me so much.”

Founded in 1916, the American Accounting Association is the largest community of accountants in academia, with more than 7,000 members in more than 75 countries, according to its website.

At MSU, Christensen has served as director of the master of professional accountancy program and has been a member of the Graduate Council and the University Service Learning Advisory Board. She is also the director of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, where she trains and supervises students in the preparation of tax returns for lowincome individuals.

“Anne has a long record of outstanding service to the accounting profession in general, and to AAA in particular,” said Kregg Aytes, dean of the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship. “It’s not surprising that she has been recognized by her peers, here and across the globe, as a leader in the profession. We’re immensely proud of her accomplishments.”

Christensen has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, including Issues in Accounting Education, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research, Advances in Accounting Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Financial Accountability and Management and Advances in Taxation. She also currently serves on the editorial board for Issues in Accounting Education and Journal of Accounting Education.

Christensen also has extensive volunteer and service experience, including service as president and program chair for the American Accounting Association Council’s Western region, and as president, vice president and trustee of the American Taxation Association, among many other service positions.

Christensen has 27 years of teaching experience and has received a dozen awards for academic excellence, including MSU’s President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, the President’s Award for Excellence in Service Learning, the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Distinguished Faculty Award and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Service. Most recently, she was awarded the Ray M. Sommerfield Outstanding Tax Educator Award and the Outstanding Service Award, both from the American Taxation Association.

Christensen earned a master of business administration and a doctorate in accounting from the University of Utah. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling from Brigham Young University.

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FEATURING: FACULTY MEET THE NEW BUSINESS FACULTY DR. CHRISTINE (EUNYOUNG) SUNG, assistant professor of marketing Education • B.S. in Clothing & Textiles from Catholic University of Daegu • M.S. in Apparel Merchandising from Indiana University at Bloomington • Ph.D. in Retailing from Michigan State University

Education • Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Arts in History from University of Texas at Austin • M.A. in Humanities, Marketing Communications from University of Texas at Dallas • Ph.D. in Marketing from University of North Texas

Teaching • BMKT 342—Marketing Research • BMKT 444—Retail Management • BMKT 446—Marketing for Entrepreneurs

Teaching • B MKT 325—Principles of Marketing • B MKT 342—Marketing Research • B MKT 343—Integrated Marketing Communications

Prior to joining the faulty at Montana State University, Christine was an Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University, Virginia and a fixed-term Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.

Prior to her academic career, she had work experiences in a specialty retail company in New Jersey (Buying Administration), a financial marketing joint venture by GE & Hyundai Capital (CRM for data analytics), and the US embassy (intern in Commercial Service Korea for the International Trade Administration). She has multicultural experiences across countries (Europe, Asia, and North America) through her academic and professional careers.

In the past, Christine has taught E-commerce/Social Media, Entrepreneurship, Retail Information Systems (data analytics), Promotional Strategies, International Advertising, Consumer Behavior/CRM, Foreign Market Study Abroad (Paris), etc. Christine’s research interests are Web 2.0 (social media strategies & big data analytics), Consumer Decision Making, Pricing strategies, etc.

Prior to joining the faculty at Montana State University in 2015, Eric was a visiting professor at James Madison University, and an adjunct lecturer at Southern Methodist University.

Before embarking on a career in academia, Eric spent 20 years at corporate, agency and nonprofit environments leading strategic planning and integrated marketing communications to support business objectives and brands. His practitioner experience includes managing corporate branding, marketing communications campaigns, business-to-consumer product introductions, corporate name change, business-to-business marketing strategy, financial communications, and managing the operations of two multi-million dollar businesses.

This experience drives his research interests, which includes nonprofit marketing, political marketing, consumer behavior, and persuasive communications. By focusing on the effects of various messages in cause-related marketing, Eric hopes to offer practical applications for nonprofit, social and political marketing practitioners, who rely on messaging to drive fundraising, compliance and volunteerism.

Eric’s research has published in the International Journal of Advertising, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Brand Management, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Journal of Product & Brand Management, Journal of Political Marketing, Journal of Promotion Management, and proceedings of numerous conferences.

Your most memorable interaction with a student(s) One of my classes with my students was used as one of the photos on the MSU homepage.

Thoughts about JJCBE and Bozeman so far Bozeman has lots of great local coffee shops as well as Starbucks. I feel very fortunate to explore these wonderful coffee shops in Bozeman. I like nice colleagues in JJCBE. Fun Facts (Tell us about your other interests/hobbies and what you do in your free time) My hobby is hanging out at coffee shops.

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DR. ERIC VAN STEENBURG, assistant professor of marketing

Your most memorable interaction with a student(s): I’ve been fortunate on a few occasions to help students answer that omnipresent question: What are you going to do after graduation? Students hear it, and think about it, so often that at times is becomes oppressive. So a couple of times

I’ve worked with students to help them figure out what career path best fits their interests. Seeing their enthusiasm rise for a particular area of marketing or a certain job profile, and then watch them achieve that gives me great satisfaction.

Thoughts about JJCBE and Bozeman so far: I really like the Bozeman area. There’s so much to do. I’m not sure I’ll ever get to it all, but I’m trying my best.

Having the new building is phenomenal. It provides such a positive work environment for students, staff and faculty, that one can’t help but feed off the energy of the space. And I’d stack up the quality of the students in the JJCBE with the others I’ve worked with around the country.

Fun Facts (Tell us about your other interests/hobbies and what you do in your free time): My free time is usually occupied by one of three things: riding a bike, listening to music, or watching sports. I love my mountain bike and enjoy riding trails. But I also am a certified indoor cycle instructor and have fun leading those workouts.

When it comes to music, I’m a fan of alternative rock and jazz, and I typically have one of those two genres on at all times.

That is, unless I’m watching one of my three favorite teams on TV. I’m a big fan of Dallas Stars hockey, Texas Longhorn football, and Arsenal FC. I rarely miss a game in which my boys are playing.

DR. LISA (ZONGFEI) YANG, assistant professor of finance

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Education • B .S. in Economics (International Economics and Business) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University • M .S. in Finance Singapore Management University • P h.D. in Finance from University of Oklahoma

Lisa’s research focuses primarily on security offerings, corporate bonds, and credit rating agencies. Her research is partially motivated by the 2007-2008 financial crisis, which highlighted the importance of sound capital markets and led to a renewed focus on credit rating agencies. Her research also examines institutional trading behaviors from an empirical and behavioral asset pricing perspective. Her research papers have been presented at many academic conferences and meetings.

She has a forthcoming article in the Journal of Banking and Finance.

Your most memorable interaction with a student(s): I enjoy daily interactions with my students. I enjoy helping my students not only better understand the materials we covered in class but also prepare for their future and life. Since I emphasize the application of concepts and methods in real corporate finance decisions, I encourage students to follow closely economic and financial news. And often they do bring interesting and challenging questions to discussion in class and outside of class. Also, I feel very thrilled when former students call or just drop by my office and let me know about their progress and achievements.

Thoughts about JJCBE and Bozeman so far: Beautiful place! Great people!

As a rookie, I have great mentors (both officially and unofficially) who frequently share their invaluable experiences in working, teaching, and research. They are always trusted people to whom I can turn to. The college has very nice administrative people, who support me and have ensured a smooth transition. Colleagues and friends here encourage me to embrace new experiences and take on activities to appreciate the beauty of Montana. I just feel so included with so many great people around.

Fun Facts (Tell us about your other interests/hobbies and what you do in your free time): I read news and articles on financial markets and economic policies, both domestic and international. I especially like to link these events together and analyze the implications. I also like travelling and am recently hooked on golfing.

• B FIN 322—Business Finance • B FIN 435—Corporate Finance Prior to joining the faculty at Montana State University, Lisa taught undergraduate core courses such as Financial Markets & Institution and International Financial Management as an instructor during her Ph.D. study at University of Oklahoma.

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ACCOUNTING FACULTY RECEIVE GRANT TO STUDY FACTORS AFFECTING CPA PASS RATES Nathan Jeppson and Mary Burns, accounting faculty from the Montana State University Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, recently received a $6,500 grant for their research related to pass rates for individuals taking the certified public accountant exam.

Jeppson and Burns received the accounting education research grant from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, or NASBA. The two professors will use the funds to study how student characteristics, accounting program quality and delays in taking the exam affect CPA pass rates.

Their project is called: “Are Being Selective and Being Attuned to Top Quality Students All That Matter? The Impact on CPA Exam Performance by Student Characteristics, Accounting Program Quality, and Delays in Test Taking.”

Jeppson and Burns explained that in 2004, the CPA exam was switched from a paper-and-pencil format to a computerbased testing format. The new format allows the exam to be available throughout the year, instead of just two times per 26

year, as was the case previously. The two will examine pass rates from 2004 to the present. Additional test modifications are anticipated in 2017.

Jeppson noted that the research builds upon additional research MSU business faculty are conducting related to the Major Field Achievement Test in Business – a standardized test that compares senior business students’ scores to those of others across the nation – as well as a 150 semester hour educational requirement that must be met in order to be licensed as a new CPA in many states and jurisdictions including Montana, and other factors that may affect CPA exam performance.

“We are pleased that this grant through NASBA recognizes the quality research and collaborative efforts of the business faculty at MSU,” Jeppson said.

Burns said that results from the study should provide useful information for educators, students and potential employers alike.

In addition to the grant itself, Jeppson and Burns will also be reimbursed for project-related travel expenses. They will have one year to complete their research and may be asked to present their findings to NASBA’s Board of Directors or at its national meeting.

NASBA awards a maximum of three grants per year that advance research on educational issues impacting certified public accountants, the public accounting profession and state boards’ charge to protect the public.

FEATURING: ALUMNI & FRIENDS YOUNG ALUMNI PROFILES BRAD PENOYER ‘13 Employer: Janus Capital Group Title: Senior Corporate Development & Strategy Analyst Current location: Denver, CO Degree/Option: Finance & Economics Hometown: Fort Collins, CO Please describe your career path after graduation.

I was offered an internship with Fortress Investment Group in New York City for the summer after graduation. This was the result of the biennial NYC trip that the Finance Dept. organizes. I spent the Brad Penoyer (right) and Roberta following two years as an Mancino equity research analyst in a long/short hedge fund. It was a hugely rewarding experience and I’m convinced that I learned as much in that role as I would have in a two-year graduate school program. This opportunity would not have been possible without the support of the Finance Dept. faculty, as well as a number of people in my professional network who were willing to give me a shot.

Since leaving Fortress in early 2015, I’ve joined Janus Capital Group as a Senior Corporate Development & Strategy Analyst.

What is the best part of your job? The most challenging?

The best part of my job is the variety of projects that I spend time on. Our M&A activities require that we stay aware of opportunities in the asset management industry. I spend a lot of time developing my understanding of our competitors and the industry in general.

The most challenging part of my job (and sometimes monotonous) is effectively managing models and data in a very complex business. At Janus we have over 1000 employees spread across 13 countries. It can be difficult to smoothly integrate data from our distribution teams, FP&A, and accounting in order to provide accurate forecasts and timely information.

What is something important that you have learned 1-2 years out in the work force that you would like to share?

I can’t stress enough how important it is to get to know your professors and develop your professional network. I’ve

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never gotten a job offer that isn’t in some way related to my network. Build and maintain relationships with professors, family members, and people who have led successful careers.

The second and equally important piece of that is to do everything you can to build a resume that proves you are worthy of an interview. Lastly, I found that my education only prepared me for part of what I needed on the job. The rest came from showing up and immersing myself in the industry, learning the jargon, and finding mentors who were willing to get me up to speed. Don’t expect that you’ll be prepared for your first job, regardless of how good your education was at MSU. It was a steep learning curve for me and I spent 90% of my time listening and learning over the first six to twelve months.

How did your business education help you in your career?

I wouldn’t be where I am today without the faculty in the Finance Faculty – Gary Caton, Frank Kerins, Peter Rubicam, Steve Ault and James Lin. Take advantage of office hours and spend time with professors outside of class. I found that the senior-level finance courses were good preparation for my career, and I was lucky to have a well-rounded experience via the Economics department as well. Seek out the challenging courses that the College of Business offers.

What classes, resources or workshops would have been helpful for your career?

Scholarships! It’s a no-brainer and a hugely helpful resource. I also participated in the CFA challenge during my senior year with two other students and the guidance of Peter Rubicam and Eric Flynn. The CFA challenge is an international equity research competition. It was a great learning experience outside of the classroom and helped develop skills in research, financial modeling, and public speaking.

Describe your fondest College of Business memory.

One of my favorite memories was the Finance trip to NYC in 2013. It was my first time visiting the city and I was immediately hooked on the energy of it all. We visited the New York Stock Exchange, toured Citi Group, Morgan Stanley, and Fortress, and caught The Book of Mormon on Broadway.

Before going on the trip I had no intention of living in New York, but truly had a blast getting to know my professors and fellow students in the best city on earth.

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FEATURING: ALUMNI & FRIENDS problem solving and communication. Using the problem solving framework has helped me immensely in my day-to-day activities. In addition, learning how to communicate effectively and professionally has helped me in communicating at a high leadership level, and helped to bridge language barriers.

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KACI SHEA ‘14 Employer: Boeing Title: Procurement Agent Degree/Option: Business Management & Marketing, International Business minor Current location: Seattle, WA Hometown: ?

Please describe your career path after graduation.

Shortly after graduation I accepted a position at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Supplier Management organization. I have been my current role as a Procurement Agent for the Seats Integration Team for just over a year and a half.

What is the best part of your job? The most challenging?

The best part of my job for me is how dynamic it is. I get to work with a diverse group of people and learn a lot as a result. Each project I work on is different in its own way and so it never gets boring, and there is endless opportunity to keep learning and growing.

The most challenging part – which is also a favorite part of my job – is learning how cultural differences affect how we do business. Our global supply chain and customer base means that we have to learn how to communicate effectively & clearly.

It has been quite fascinating to learn how different cultures approach certain topics or issues and how best to communicate with different groups of people.

What is something important that you have learned 1-2 years out in the work force that you would like to share?

I’ve learned that your career is a lot like college, in that you get out of it what you put into it. It’s quite easy to sit back and just do the bare minimum and still get a paycheck, but if you take the initiative to network and to seek out development opportunities, you will set yourself up for success.

How did your business education help you in your career?

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Were there any extracurricular activities or resources that were particularly helpful for you?

I spent a year studying abroad, which helped me understand what it means to work with different cultures and how to deal with unfamiliar and unforeseen circumstances.

I also participated in the Starzen Internship, which gave me additional insight on other cultures and to international business. These two experiences were quite valuable in preparing me for the work I do today, which includes daily interaction with other cultures. I also frequently travel internationally for my job, and I am comfortable doing so because of these experiences.

Does any class or professor stand out? Why and how?

A few classes and professors definitely stand out. First, the Excel class. I cannot stress enough how often I use Excel and how valued it is to be able to utilize the more advanced features of Excel. My advisor, Professor Bill Brown, was an incredible resource to my career throughout my time at MSU. His BMGT 461 class was also quite helpful in preparing for a career. And Mike Gold was a huge help to me in preparing for interviews and identifying a career path. His advertising class was one of the best experiences I had while at MSU and was a great segue to a professional position.

There are numerous classes that stand out as well as professors. I don’t think it would be fair to say that there is just one. Life is a journey and a learning process as you go.

AMANDA THOMSON ‘14 Employer: Deloitte & Touche, LLP Title: Audit Senior Assistant Current Location: Seattle, Washington Degree/Option: Business Accounting, Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) Hometown: Seattle, Washington Please describe your career path after graduation.

I interned with Deloitte in Seattle during the summer of 2013 (in between my Senior year and Graduate year). I was offered a full time audit position in the Seattle office upon my graduation in May 2014. I started full time at Deloitte in September 2014 as a first year staff.

Amanda Thomson

What is the best part of your job?

The best part of my job is that I get to work with extremely intelligent and driven individuals who are invested in my career and development. I love that every day is different and I am constantly being asked to take on new areas of the audit and challenge myself. Not only do I get to interact with my coworkers, but I also get to work closely with our clients, which ranges from someone in IT or G/L Accounting, to Controllers, CFOs, and Directors of Accounting.

What is something important that you have learned 1-2 years out in the work force that you would like to share?

Making connections with people and building positive relationships is always important and valuable, whether that’s within your own Company or not. The stereotypes about different types of jobs or companies are not always true – try and find out for yourself what the job will actually be like.

Get out and talk to people to get a better idea of what it’s really like to work in a specific position or for a specific firm or company.

How did your business education help you in your career?

My education at the JJCBE and specifically in the MPAc program helped me significantly in my career in public accounting. The fundamental concepts taught at the JJCBE have formed the base knowledge I needed to be successful in my career in public accounting. The faculty’s knowledge of the content and focus of the CPA exam allowed me to successfully pass all sections of the CPA exam with great results. The relationships and mentorship I received from the faculty during my time at MSU was more than I could have ever hoped for.

What classes, resources or workshops would have been helpful for your career?

I wish I had taken advantage of my professor’s office hours more often. I didn’t realize until the end of my college experience that they could be extremely good resources for advice beyond class topics (specifically career advice).

Does any class or professor stand out? Why and how?

My first intermediate accounting class stands out the most for me. Christie Johnson taught ACTG 327 and her passion for accounting was obvious. How much I liked this class and the topics covered helped me realize that financial accounting was the right career path for me. This is why I went into audit instead of tax. I realized that if I went into tax I would most likely be doing taxes for the rest of my career instead of having the opportunity to work in a wider range of areas more closely aligned with financial accounting. However, the rest of the accounting faculty did a great job making every class topic interesting with the amount of knowledge and passion they brought.

Were there any extracurricular activities or resources that were particularly helpful for you?

I found Beta Alpha Psi to be an extremely helpful resource.

Being involved in this club gave me an opportunity to meet my fellow accounting students and the MSU accounting faculty. I was also exposed to variety of different career options available to accounting students. I was informed of the recruiting timeline and process for careers in public accounting. I am grateful that I took the opportunity to get involved in this club as a freshman in college instead of waiting until my Junior or Senior year.

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DIEGO CAMPOS ‘14 Employer: Elixiter Title: Marketing Consultant Current location: Mexico City Degree/Option: Business Marketing with a minor in Finance.

Hometown: Mexico City Please describe your career path after graduation.

I started working at Elixiter as an Associate Consultant a couple of weeks after graduation. After one year, I was promoted to Consultant. I spend most of my time working in Marketo (Marketing Automation Software), Salesforce, and in conference calls with clients.

What is the best part of your job?

The best parts of my job are my coworkers and developing relationships with clients. I love coming into the office every day and talking to everybody. We have a great company culture.

How did your business education help you in your career?

It gave me the tools and knowledge to land a job after graduation. I was able to create important relationships with professors and students during my time at MSU. Were there any extracurricular activities or resources that were particularly helpful for you?

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taught me about leadership, discipline, working with others, and how to handle pressure. There is a lot of value in playing college sports; not only does it help you succeed during college, but it also prepares you for life after graduation.

Completing an internship before graduation is necessary.

I think an internship is a great learning experience and resume builder. It provides the opportunity to gain hands-on work experience that you just can’t get in the classroom. You can test your future career without committing to it and find out if it is a career that will satisfy you. I think it gives you an advantage in the job market because what stands out to employers is those students who also have previous work experience by the time they graduate. I also believe that internships are a great way to meet people in your field. It is extremely important to network with professionals in your field in order to get references and future job opportunities.

Does any class or professor stand out? Why and how?

Dean Kregg Aytes and Jake Cook. Kregg Aytes was my mentor for the Professional Coaching Clinic (BGEN 303) course. I learned a lot from him which helped me decide my career path. That course was a great networking opportunity for meeting business professionals. Jake’s class was my favorite.

He is a great professor and the material in that course is fundamental for the marketing industry. I landed an internship in my last semester because of what I learned in that course.

Describe your fondest College of Business memory.

I loved having relevant guest speakers in our classes. That is how I ended up finding out about the company that I currently work for. I almost didn’t make it to that particular class, but I am grateful I did.

Where do you see yourself five years from now?

I see myself making progress in this company and in my career. There will always be new challenges and on-going development. I see myself truly becoming a marketing automation expert. I see myself helping to develop marketing automation in Latin America.

ALUMNA CO-FOUNDS SUCCESSFUL OIL AND GOURMET FOOD BUSINESS stores closed, we decided to change our name and become Olivelle. Giving up was never an option.

What surprises you about your job?

I don’t think anything surprises me, because I expect change. I create change and I love it. Little challenges help me to continue to move forward. But I guess I’m kind of surprised that I still enjoy my work as much as I do after nine years.

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A woman who attended Montana State University and then went on to co-found a successful olive oil and gourmet food business, Olivelle, delivered a keynote lecture to more than 200 high school students visiting campus as part of the College’s Entrepreneur Day. Since Brie Thompson co-founded Olivelle in 2009, it has grown from a single retail store into an expansive food manufacturing and distribution operation that imports, exports, consults and wholesales products. Olivelle currently has exclusive supply agreements with more than 30 independent retail shops spanning the country from New York to Alaska and recently opened its first oil and vinegar bar in Canada.

Ultimately, Thompson said, the company seeks to change the way people think about oil and vinegar.

After delivering the keynote address, Thompson sat down with MSU News to answer a few questions about how she got into the olive oil business, what she learned from attending MSU (hint: it’s not what you think) and what keeps her up at night.

You spoke with MSU students today about how entrepreneurship becomes possible when one understands what you call “the power of confidence” and recognizes that every problem – no matter how difficult it is – has a solution. What’s your takeaway message from the lecture?

Find your “why” – find your passion, and the confidence will follow.

Why did you decide to co-found Olivelle?

My Mom and I were obsessed with a European franchise (Oil and Vinegar) out of Missoula, Montana. We basically wanted to have access to the products, so we opened a franchise here in Bozeman. But, the franchise struggled. When other

Looking back, what piece of advice would you give to yourself when you were in your first year of college?

I didn’t do well my first year – I didn’t go to class very much, didn’t get good grades – but I wouldn’t take anything back. A lesson from the year was to buckle down. That year helped me realize what I needed.

What was the best thing about going to school at MSU? I had some awesome classes that I really enjoyed, but the social aspect was what was really rewarding. You start to understand that success is really related to the people you surround yourself with.

What do you view as your biggest success so far in life?

I feel like I have little successes, and that life is a series of little successes. I would like to build up my business to the point where I can hand it off to someone else, but that hasn’t happened yet.

What do you want to accomplish in your life?

I would like to continue to balance work and family, and to have that balance with my children (ages two and four) as they’re growing.

What keeps you up at night?

Large projects that I’m hesitating to start. I hesitate because they’re big. I love lists and small projects that I can check off a list. But when I have a big project that doesn’t have lists yet, it keeps me up at night.

What’s your favorite thing to do?

I love to garden. Sometimes it’s just sitting in the garden, taking it in and relaxing. And I still love to cook when I have the energy.

What’s the most exciting challenge facing young business professionals today?

Continuing to grow (a business) at a healthy, sustainable rate.

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FEATURING: PROGRAMS & CURRICULUM PREPARING STUDENTS FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ECONOMY—FREELANCE Entrepreneurship is not limited to just business students.

Research indicates that at least 35 percent of the U.S. workforce participates in the freelance economy. In order to provide insights into the changing structure of work and business, a new course was piloted for students across campus from different areas of study.

This special-topics course taught by Laura Black provided students with insights into the changing structure of work and business while developing their skills to engage—and thrive— in the freelance economy. They discussed the pros and cons of being a niche provider in the “long-tailed” economy, the importance of creating and communicating distinction, and specific tools and skills for marketing, pricing, getting paid, and communicating with customers and potential customers.

Laura stated that their assignments included purchasing freelance work through an online marketplace, as well as preparing to market their own arts and professional skills.

She talked about how they needed to empathize with their customers’ experiences of finding and purchasing products through technology-mediated marketplaces and forums.

“With online marketplaces for professional and creative skills, and increasingly sophisticated and accessible technologies for communicating and selling online, I wanted the course to provide an overview of the shifting terrain—economically and technologically, but also sociologically and culturally,” Laura communicated.

The students taking this class came with diverse backgrounds and wide interests, but all related to creative work.

Students were pursuing areas ranging from metalsmithing, textiles, and business to graphic design, writing, photography, film, and music. Laura said that this course gave the students from multiple disciplines opportunity to experience business as a means to doing the work they love.

Jessica Joyce, a music technology student, specializes in found footage digitization, film editing, songwriting, composition, and audio engineering. She creates short films using archival and found footage set to her own original compositions. She draws inspiration from home, family, and heirlooms. For her, this class helped her focus her efforts regarding her work.

“The most valuable lesson that BMGT 491 [this course] taught me is the importance of telling one’s story. Simply put, people like to buy from someone they can relate to and know something about. Prior to this class, this had been a concept that eluded me,” Jessica said.

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herself, and her work, as possible. Now, after seeing multiple examples highlighting the importance of establishing an authentic connection with clients, Jessica has learned that sharing one’s story is a very vital element in any business.

“Students also really benefited from frequent class visits of Dave Bayless,” expressed Laura. Dave, who with Laura co-founded Human Scale Business, an online resource and community for artisanal manufacturers, niche product sellers, and solopreneurs, is a serial entrepreneur who also worked in private equity and venture capital. “Dave’s down-to-earth perspective helped the students recognize that running your own business is no cake-walk. But it can be imminently worthwhile. I think he helped the students reconsider their own power to do what they want to do.”

Andy Meyer just graduated with his degree in English with a minor in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management.

He describes himself as a poet and graphic designer specializing in print and web design. Andy found this course immensely helpful for pursuing his passions and said that this class was an incredible experience.

“When I started BMGT 491 [this course], I came with these skills but little knowledge about how to apply those skills to build a career as an artist. Laura taught us how to grow in our understanding of ourselves as professional artists as well as how to market ourselves and take the first steps to making a living as a working artist. The class forced me to begin creating and actually selling my work, and now I have a physical book of poetry to show for it!” Andy said.

“It was a privilege to help them hear, use, and value their own voices as they describe what they do—and the passion that drives them,” said Laura.

Andy Meyer combines poetry and design to create a book entitled “Rewound”.

NATIONAL EXPERT SHARES STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL

Omid Fotuhi. Photo by Kelly Gorham.

A national expert in methods to increase college students’ motivation, engagement and performance spoke about ways to improve student engagement and persistence­—and ultimately help students stay in school and graduate—during a Dec. 16-17 visit to MSU. During presentations for MSU faculty and staff, Stanford University-based researcher Omid Fotuhi noted that the transition from high school to college can be hard and make some students wonder if they belong in college. Such uncertainty can make some students view challenges in college in a more negative way – which can lead to underperformance and increase their risk of dropping out, Fotuhi said.

Different reactions to a low grade illustrate how perspectives can influence students’ performances in college, Fotuhi said.

For example, a student who feels confident about her abilities but who receives a “D” on an exam is more likely to seek out additional help from her instructor and a tutoring center before her next exam. But for a student who is already questioning whether she has what it takes to succeed in school, a low grade likely confirms her self-doubts that she’s not smart enough for college, and she might decide to drop out.

However, Fotuhi emphasized that faculty and staff can help students succeed by shaping their perceptions of their abilities.

Understanding that other students have experienced similar challenges and uncertainties related to college can also help students persevere.

“The message that ‘with time, (these challenges) passed’ helps students to endure,” Fotuhi said.

Fotuhi’s visit is just the most recent effort MSU has made at increasing the number of students who stay in school and graduate. Montana State has been making the largest gains in the state in terms of keeping students in school, increasing the percentage of first-time, full-time freshmen who continue on to their sophomore year from 72.2 percent in 2009 to 76.8 percent in 2015. Additionally, MSU has made strides in the percentage of students who graduate in six years, from 48.3 percent in 2009 to 52.4 percent in 2015.

MSU’s strategic plan calls for student retention to reach 82 percent by 2019 and the 6-year graduation rate to reach 65 percent.

Other efforts MSU has made to help students stay in school and graduate include the following: • “Freshman 15” campaign. The campaign is largely based on educating students and their families that there is no additional tuition cost for any credits above the first 12 credits each semester. That means students pay the same tuition for 15, 18 or 21 credits as they pay for the basic 12 credits. For Montana residents, the maximum tuition cost per semester at MSU is $2,665 regardless of how many more credits a student takes after the first 12. Encouraging students to take more credits not only lowers the cost of education, but it also helps students stay on pace to graduate in four years.

• Curricular innovations such as “flipped classrooms” – a teaching method in which the typical lecture and homework elements are reversed so that instruction is delivered online outside of class and “homework” is completed in the classroom – supplemental instruction, success coaching and peer mentoring to help students surpass hurdles in prerequisite and upper division courses.

• Additional tutoring and help center space and staffing to meet student needs throughout the semester across the curriculum.

• Financial counseling to minimize debt and encourage college completion for increased lifetime earnings.

• Increased access to counseling and health services.

• Increased involvement in and out of the classroom with the community to build relationships, provide additional hands-on experiences, develop workplace and civic skills and advance MSU’s impact in the region.

Fotuhi is project manager for the College Transition Collaborative, a Stanford University-based research initiative that is designed to change students’ attitudes about learning. The collaborative helps universities develop tools and techniques that have been shown to significantly increase student persistence and performance by changing how students think about their education. The collaborative includes 20 partner schools, including Yale University and Indiana University.

Fotuhi’s visit to MSU was hosted by the MSU Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Additional sponsors included the MSU Center for Faculty Excellence and the Division of Student Success.

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FEATURING: PROGRAMS & CURRICULUM Q&A WITH GUEST SPEAKER NATE BOLT A former Facebook and Instagram design research manager, Nate Bolt, visited the Montana State University campus, as a guest of the Jabs Entrepreneurship Center through the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship the week of March 7th, 2016. He addressed a variety of audiences on the impact and importance of design research.

During his trip to Bozeman, Bolt participated in the Student Networking Night put on by the Jabs Entrepreneurship Center, visited with students in various classes, hosted a Lunch & Learn, and served as a guest judge during MSU’s first ever Startup Business Pitch Competition.

Bolt co-founded Bolt | Peters in 2002. He then found a niche market in the remote user experience research arena and successfully ran the company until it was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Bolt worked for Facebook for a number of years assisting both Facebook and Instagram before jumping back into the entrepreneurial world and starting Ethn.io.

After delivering a powerful Lunch & Learn which was also streamed live, Bolt sat down to answer a few questions including challenges with starting and running a business, how he comes up with great ideas, and what keeps him up at night.

You spoke today about the impact and importance of design research. What is your takeaway message from your presentation in your own words?

I’d like people to know and understand that design research can have a creative role in the design and development process. It shouldn’t only be viewed as a scientific cousin to the more creative side of product development.

Did you always know that you wanted to be an entrepreneur?

What led you to become one?

Everything was very circumstantial. I never set out to become an entrepreneur. I was working at a design agency in the Bay area that went bankrupt, but the clients kept asking my co-worker and I if we could still do the same kind of research projects for them we had been doing as part of the agency. They suggested that we start a business together which led to the creation of Bolt | Peters. The day we became a business, we already had a signed contract for a job, which was fortunate.

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What is the hardest thing about starting a new business?

Being able to focus on the right way to grow the business.

Usually the right way to run the business is top of mind – doing a great job on the client projects - but without growth you can’t do more of the work you’d like to do. When you are passionate about your business, you don’t step back and follow the business and marketing guidelines like you are supposed to because you are too caught up on running the business well.

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How do you come up with your best ideas?

Always other people. It is always a team effort; it’s never solo. Any good ideas I’ve had have come from working with others on a project, solving a problem and then asking “oh wait what about this?” It’s through collaboration.

Montana State University’s success is rooted in the vision and investment of its founders and the dedication of many to create the state’s first institution of higher learning in 1893. Today, members of the 1893 Society continue to invest in the future of the University.

What was your favorite toy growing up, and why?

Legos! You can build anything… there are endless possibilities to what you can create.

The 1893 Society honors and recognizes those who have made a planned gift commitment, as a gift through their estate, a charitable gift annuity, or charitable remainder trust.

What book(s) would you recommend that everyone at MSU read?

I would suggest a couple of books: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson and Walter Isaacson’s biography, Steve Jobs. For a technical book in the design research field, I would recommend Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research.

What keeps you up at night?

Skynet. Actually, I do worry about the impact of what these rapidly emerging technologies have on our lives in general and 30 years from now. We all use them. We are all addicted to them. What’s the reality for our lives? It’s complicated and it’s fascinating. On the business side of things, though, I wonder if I’m building the right set of tools to keep the company moving forward and if I’m focusing on the right things [for my business].

What are the most exciting challenges in the user experience arena facing young professionals today?

Ever-changing technologies, how to seize opportunities in those areas, and designing user experiences for those technologies. Specifically, I see the areas of semi-autonomous cars and virtual reality as being hugely impactful areas for professionals today.

Through planned gifts, more than 500 alumni and friends have shared their vision for the University’s next generation of successes.

Members of the Business College’s 1893 Society: Thomas P. Ames* Rita Y.* and William L. Anceney Licia J. and Gary L. Bishop Donald W. Bullock* Rena and Burke L.* Dambly Ruth K.* and James L. Dixon* Maureen V. and Larry R. Gamble Susan and Charles King Christina and Chad A. Lippert Diane and Dennis P. Lusin Dorothy E.* and David W.* Patterson Amy H. Pound* Jeanne M. Roby Loren C. Schillinger Mitchell J. Stevens Debra L. & Robert A. Thomas Jerry D. Trainer Charles Vandenhook, Jr. Doris E. Wenth* and Tom Wood* *deceased Please consider making MSU and the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship part of your legacy. To learn more, contact the Estate, Trust and Gift Planning team at the MSU Alumni Foundation, (406) 994-7099 or email plannedgiving@msuaf.org.

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FEATURING: PROGRAMS & CURRICULUM FORMER DELTA AIRLINES CEO SPEAKS ABOUT “THE IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP” to join or, if you’re going to be an entrepreneur, the type of organization you want to create. Think about the virtues and qualities you want to have in your social environment. Think very carefully about the culture of the place. It’s important.

What do you view as your biggest success in life?

There are two aspects of that, and the family piece has its own satisfaction. The other piece is in the business world. My role has been to work in turnaround situations, and that has turned out well. A lot of jobs have been saved or created.

Jerry Grinstein spoke to Montana State University students Oct. 6 about “The Importance of Ethics in Business Leadership.”

The former CEO of Delta Air Lines is currently a strategic director at Madrona Venture Group, which is widely regarded as one of the Seattle area’s premier venture investors. Grinstein is also a former CEO of Burlington Northern, Inc., where he oversaw the company’s acquisition of Santa Fe Pacific Corp, which created the nation’s largest railroad system.

Other previous positions include serving as director of Delta Air Lines, as Delta’s non-executive chairman, as nonexecutive chairman of Agilent Technologies, and as president and CEO of Western Airlines, Inc. Grinstein was also a partner in the law firm Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis & Holman, and he served as chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, counsel to the Merchant Marine & Transportation subcommittee and administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson.

A Seattle native, Grinstein graduated from Yale College in 1954 and Harvard Law School in 1957. He and his wife, Lyn, live in Seattle.

Prior to delivering the MSU Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s fall Orser lecture, Grinstein sat down with MSU News to answer a few questions about the role of education in his life, the advice he gives to his 19-year-old grandson and what keeps him up at night.

You’ll be speaking with MSU students today about how to discern if a potential employer’s values and ethics fit with their own. What’s your takeaway message from the lecture?

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What keeps you up at night?

The world situation is extremely unsettled, so it’s wondering what kind of world we’ll be leaving to our grandchildren and their children. I’m including in this international relations, climate change, a challenging situation with the economy, and my own difficulty in finding a political candidate I have yet to find attractive.

If you weren’t doing what you are doing now, what would you do for a living?

The most satisfying job I had was when I worked on staff of the U.S. Senate. It was watching in operation all those things you’d studied for years. I loved that work, but I’m not sure it’d be the same now. To take this into the present day, I’d like to work with younger people to encourage them how to be successful in whatever careers they choose – business, academia, government.

What book would you recommend that everyone at MSU read?

From a business perspective, “Good to Great” (by Jim Collins). The best novel I’ve read is “The Good Soldier” by Ford Madox Ford. What I’m reading now is David McCullough’s book, “The Wright Brothers.” But my message is to read. Read everything you can get your hands on.

Where is technology taking you?

Technology is making our world better – everything from transportation to the food supply. It’s not like the gold rush, which was a depleting resource. Ideas are endless. There is no end in sight.

What’s the most exciting challenge facing young business professionals today?

Finding what they want to do, because when you start out, you’re not really sure.

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BUSINESS STUDENTS GAIN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE THROUGH STARZEN INTERNSHIP Two Montana State University students in the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship participated in an international business internship in Japan this past summer as part of the college’s Starzen Internship program. Carlee Benson and Alex Paterson, both seniors, traveled to Tokyo to participate in the experience, which is noted for its emphasis on cultural education and exchange.

The month-long internship is with the Starzen Company, Ltd., an international trading company and meat manufacturer located in Tokyo. The program is designed to enable the students to become familiar with Japanese business practices, the operations of an international agricultural company and the Japanese culture. According to Myleen Leary, the Starzen Internship coordinator, “This internship is an incredible opportunity for the students to experience an international business environment that complements their undergraduate course work.”

Benson, a marketing and business major, said she had no idea what to expect as she flew into Tokyo, but the entire experience was easily one of the best in her life.

“On my first day of work, I met the president of the company as well as everyone on the executive team,” Benson said. “The Starzen International Internship is the biggest hidden gem that (the College) has to offer. (It) will remain a highlight of my time at Paterson, an economics and business major, called the internship a life-changing experience and a cornerstone of his education at MSU. “I had the incredible opportunity to take the lessons I’ve learned in Bozeman and apply them in an international business setting...creating international business networks.

Through the excellence of (the College), I was able to transform my professional prospects. I’m incredibly grateful for the kindness and generosity of both Starzen and MSU. Opportunities like these are what make MSU (so) astounding.”

The students said their schedules varied daily throughout the internship, but their time generally was spent attending lectures or meetings in the mornings and then touring different facilities or sites in the afternoons.

According to Jackie Sather, senior director of development in the MSU Alumni Foundation, the Starzen internship came to MSU through a personal relationship developed with company executives and MSU. In 1991, Seiichi Uzurahashi, a Starzen executive, traveled to Bozeman to give a lecture on Japanese management methods, which began a long and lasting relationship with Uzurahashi’s father, who at the time was a

senior Starzen executive. The company had a ranch in Dillon at the time, which provided a local connection as well. Upon his father’s death, Uzurahashi gave money to the college as a token of esteem and respect and to honor the special relationship that had developed between the school and the Starzen company, Sather said. Uzurahashi’s gift resulted in an endowment, which now supports the internship program. Begun in 1995, the program has been tremendously successful, and has launched many new and exciting careers, Sather said.

For more information on the Starzen Internship program, contact Leary at starzen@montana.edu, or visit http://www. montana.edu/business/current-students/starzen-internship. html.

Story by Anne Cantrell, MSU News

Carlee Benson and Alex Paterson attending a baseball game in Hiroshima. They became fans of the local team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Carlee Benson (left) and Alex Paterson (right) with a MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) Director at the Tokyo Shipyard.

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FROM AN AMERICAN COLONY TO MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY: A ROAD LESS TRAVELED For many Montanans, going to college is a common choice and his daughters were very helpful with Tony’s transition after high school, but for a number of young adults, it is an to college and non-colony life. He still returns to work on unconventional journey or even an this ranch in the summer to help impossibility. As a land-grant university, supplement his college expenses.

MSU is committed to widening access In 2013, he applied and was to higher education and ensuring accepted to Montana State University. equality of opportunity for all. For one Tony had taken an accounting class quiet and unassuming young man, this in high school, knew that he liked the opportunistic journey to Bozeman topic, and chose to pursue that option has opened his eyes, his mind, and his in Bozeman. The transition was tough future. since he didn’t really know what to Anthony ‘Tony’ Hofer grew up expect but he connected with a baseball on the King Hutterite Colony of club at Catapalooza and was able to Central Montana about 10 miles start making friends from day one. west of Lewistown, Montana. The In his third year, Tony is thriving Hutterites share common roots with at MSU. For Tony, the Professional the Mennonites so his background Coaching Clinic (PCC) and the onePhoto courtesy of Anthony Hofer. is very different from other Montana on-one mentorship has had the biggest kids which brings with it a unique perspective. Almost positive impact on him as a student. This specialized course all Hutterite colonies live a life of self-sustainment. They not only provides one-on-one coaching, it also provides farm, raise livestock, and produce manufactured goods for opportunities for students to build their professional network, sustenance. They believe that all material goods are held in meet with leading business professionals, and develop an common. They have dress codes, their own language, and action plan and build a professional portfolio. This class also many other cultural traditions that influence their day to day has components that assist with professional development activities. such as resume review and a “first impressions” exercise where The uniqueness of their lifestyle and their colony was students meet with business professionals and are critiqued on featured in a 2012 National Geographic show called their first impression.

American Colony: Meet the Hutterites. Tony, his family, “It is fascinating to see Anthony build his story; with and the entire colony became the featured stars of this show. self-awareness and discovery, he connects and constructs the After one season, the elders decided that the show did not lessons he learned from community members and his past accurately portray the Hutterite colony and lifestyle so the experiences in the Hutterite colony to his newly acquired show was cancelled. This interaction with the outside world business knowledge and skills at MSU. He readily accepts really stirred things up and served as a catalyst for some each challenge presented to him and has a considerable desire younger folks to leave the colony. to improve. Anthony’s passion to learn allows him to take The majority of Hutterites do not believe that school after risks, stretch himself with new opportunities, and make 8th grade is necessary and it is very much frowned upon to great strides towards developing himself as a professional. It’s leave a colony to pursue high school studies and a secondary inspiring to watch Anthony continue to grow and create his education. Tony’s mother, Rita Hofer, is very supportive of next chapter,” said Tammy Olsztyn, Tony’s PCC coach. education and her mother, his grandmother, was one of the A handful of professors including Tammy have been very first Hutterites to complete college and has emphasized the impactful. Those same professors also think very highly of importance of a college education. With their support, Tony Tony and are very impressed with how he has grown as a attended and graduated from Moore High School. The elders student. They are even more impressed given his background. frowned upon kids going to public school so Tony chose to Accounting advisor Christie Johnson has seen this first-hand. leave the colony in the middle of his junior year.

“The first time I met Anthony, we struggled to When Tony left the colony, he didn’t have a lot of places communicate and it was challenging to advise him but over to turn to but he did have a neighbor, Jerry Simpson, who time, I noticed such a profound change in his maturity and let him and his cousin, Carver, who left the colony at the ability to communicate and be advised, that I complimented same time, stay with him and work on his farm. Jerry, Kathy him on this,” recalled Christie Johnson. “When he told me 40

that he was enrolled in the PCC, I felt it was an incredible match for him. Anthony is precisely the type of student who has the most to gain from this personalized approach and it shows.”

Thinking back upon his background and the obstacles he has overcome to pursue his education Christie Johnson says she gets chills. “What a remarkable young man, to lose all that he grew up with as well as his support network and still have the drive and ambition to make a better life for himself.

It is amazing the sacrifices and upheaval such a young man has had to experience and that this did not dissuade him, rather it empowered him to move forward.”

Even though he has overcome many obstacles to attend MSU and faces more still, he has a positive outlook for the future. He said, “You have to fail to succeed.” Tony says that going to school at MSU has really changed how he views and does things. He plans to graduate with his business degree next spring and start his master’s degree in accounting

STUDENT TEAM TAKES THIRD PLACE IN REGIONAL ADVERTISING COMPETITION Thirteen MSU students from the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship (JJCBE) and College of Arts and Architecture placed third at the regional level of the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held April 14-16 in Bozeman, Montana.

Each year, a corporate sponsor provides a case study reflecting a real-world situation to challenge students competing in the event. This year’s sponsor was Snapple and their objective was to increase sales in the “Heartland” around New York, and the rest of the United States.

Assistant teaching professor Mike Gold who leads the class said “Snapple was a wonderful project for the students to work on, an iconic brand that has lost its way as a result of the explosion in the drinks market and three changes of ownership.”

The team also won awards for best digital media and best use of mobile. Gold said “This type of hands-on experiential class for our seniors really delivers on the JJCBE mission to inspire innovation, creativity and growth”.

Kregg Aytes, dean of the college, added, “I was incredibly impressed with the quality and professionalism of the team’s efforts. It was wonderful to see a group of students from different disciplines put their complementary skills to work and accomplish what they did.

What a creative team!”

The student team put together an extensive integrated campaign that started with target market research from focus groups to a national survey. They played off of the Snapple tagline of “Discover the best stuff” and used catchy phrases in their pitch such as “Know Your Stuff,” “Twice the Stuff,” and “Strut your Stuff.” The group took the old logo and refined it into an elegant symbol

used throughout their presentation. Their campaign included creative TV ads, innovative multi-media promotions, mobile apps, strategic partnerships, promotional package redesign and social media campaigns revolving around the Snapple brand.

The student team presented their ideas to a panel of judges, consisting of professionals in the communications industry, during the competition, held in Bozeman for the first time.

Other schools represented at the competition included Boise State University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Idaho State University, University of Idaho, University of Oregon and Washington State University.

The students involved were: Jessie Apple, Lauren Burton, Justin Kauffman, Sam Lucas, Jack Lundin, Meghan Monforton, and Katie Pederson from the JJCBE and Erin Burke, Josh Kissel, Jordyn Raffety, Shae Stein, Damon Stevens, and Norrie Syme from the School of Art. Sponsors supporting this group of students: Jim and Connie Alderson, Flying Horse Communication, Great Falls Ad Federation, Jon Saunders at KBZK, MSU School of Art and MSU JJCBE. For more information about this advertising course, please contact Mike Gold: mgold@montana.edu.

The 2016 student team with professor Mike Gold.

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STUDENTS HONORED DURING FALL AND SPRING CELEBRATIONS At the end of each semester, the College recognizes students for their accomplishments throughout the year.

Four students, one in each option, are awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence during the graduation celebration. Award recipients are chosen by the faculty.

Starting in the spring of 2014, one or more student speakers have also been chosen to address their fellow classmates at the event.

FALL 2015 • Accounting Option: Kelly Balfour • Finance Option: Joshua Wike • Management Option: Gyuhee Lee • Marketing Option: Caroline Benson tudent speaker: Matt Asaro-Paoli, S Bracken Professionalism Award recipient SPRING 2016 • Accounting Option: Krysta Seville • Finance Option: Sam Monsen • Management Option: Mackenzie Mahon • Marketing Option: Logan Dove tudent speaker: Michelle Cassens, S Bracken Professionalism Award recipient

Dean Kregg Aytes with student award winners Caroline Benson (L) and Gyuhee Lee (R)

The following special awards were also announced in the spring: • Dean’s Award for Excellence (Master of Professional Accountancy Program [MPAc]): Thomas Mitzel • Montana Society of CPAs Medallion Award: Sydnee Tobiason The graduation celebrations take place the Friday before Commencement and serve as a great way for students to celebrate their time at MSU with family, friends, and JJCBE faculty and staff.

Spring award winners (L-R): Krysta Seville, Michelle Cassens, Sam Monsen, Logan Dove

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FOUR BUSINESS SENIORS AND THEIR MENTORS HONORED AT 2016 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

CONTINUING EXCELLENCE: BUSINESS STUDENT AWARDED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AWARD

Forty of Montana State University’s top seniors and their faculty or staff mentors were recognized Tuesday, February 16, at the 34th annual Awards for Excellence banquet held on the MSU campus.

Each year, the MSU Alumni Foundation and the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce co-host this banquet.

Honored students were nominated by faculty in their college or department. Qualified seniors must have at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, as well as demonstrated campus leadership and community service.

The award-winning students each selected a mentor who was honored with them at the event.

The 2016 Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship (JJCBE) Excellence award winners and their mentors are:

Eight Montana State University seniors have won the 2016 Torlief Aasheim Community Involvement Awards, the university’s top award for student service. Business student, Katya Peterson, continues the tradition of excellence. There has been at least one business student who has received this honor in the past four out of five years.

• Lauren Buechler, accounting, Malta, Montana, [Linda Ward] • Sonja Jacobson, marketing, Hayden, Idaho, [Tammy Machowicz-Olsztyn] • Mackenzie Mahon, management, Wenatchee, Washington, [F. William Brown] • Katya Peterson, management, Helena, Mont., [Lenka Beranova]

The 2016 Awards for Excellence student honorees and their mentors.

Kamron Ratzburg, Andrew Major, Katya Peterson, Kathryn Riley, Kathryn Pintar, Riley Shearer, Cassia Wagner and Karen Thornburg are the winners of the award, which recognizes senior students who, in addition to excelling academically, volunteer on campus and in the community. The award was named for the late MSU alumnus Torlief “Torley” Aasheim, former director of the Montana Cooperative Extension Service and a member of the class of 1937.

Katya Peterson from Helena is majoring in business management. At MSU, she has been a member of AdvoCats, InterVarsity and the Management Club. She has also served as a student associate for an upperdivision business course, where she has taught seminarstyle lessons and served as a mentor for students.

Peterson’s community service includes volunteering with PEAKS, where she has spent many hours mentoring sixth grade students in the Bozeman Public Schools, as well as working with InFARMation, an agriculture advocacy program that showcases Montana’s rich involvement in the industry. Off- campus, she works with Tedx Bozeman to help plan the event and volunteers as the assistant speaker coordinator.

The 2016 Torley award winners with the Aasheim Family.

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FROM INTERN TO COORDINATOR: KATE BURGAN Kate Burgan is a multi-tasker. She is not afraid to take risks and jump at opportunities presented to her. That is how she came to be the Coordinator of Partnership Services for Bobcat Sports Properties, the student who implemented Pocket Points at Montana State University, and is a junior studying business marketing with a minor in international business. Hailing from Seattle, Washington, we sit down with Kate to find out more about her path to MSU and beyond.

What made you choose MSU as a school you wanted to attend? Why business?

I had originally decided to come to MSU to pursue a mechanical engineering degree. I soon realized that this field was not my forte and chose to transfer to business marketing.

I decided on this because I enjoy working with people and find market research and the psychology behind peoples’ needs extremely interesting. I chose international business as my minor because I have a goal of travelling with my future marketing career to embrace cultural differences and people.

Does anyone stand out as being particularly helpful to you through your college career?

My parents and little sister, Nicole, have been incredibly helpful and such an amazing support system throughout my college career. In terms of professors, Jerry Carvalho has been an amazing advisor, professor, and friend to me since my sophomore year. Mike Gold was my international business professor this last semester and he has also been an incredible resource, instructor, and confidant.

How have your professors made an impact?

Jerry has helped me and other students understand his class material and has incredible concern for his students’ success.

Jerry has also helped me revise my resume and dramatically improve it! Mike has made a difference in my college career by being very amiable and encouraging both in and out of the classroom. He respects diligent workers and is incredibly influential, which makes him an amazing international business professor. Dean Kregg Aytes has also been very helpful to me this past year with expanding the application Pocket Points to the MSU campus.

What is Pocket Points (PP)?

Pocket Points is a mobile application that gives students rewards for not using their phones during class. Students open up the app on campus, lock their phone, and start gaining points. Points are then used at local and online businesses for discounts, coupons, and giveaways.

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Kate Burgan

Currently, I am the only person running this program at MSU so I not only pitch this idea to get students involved, I also secure the businesses that reward the students. At the end of 2015, there were 18 participating businesses and more than 2,000 students using the app. Now, over 3,000 students (over 23% students at MSU) and 23 businesses are signed up and more are in the process.

I understand that you are also working on campus?

The College is very good about sending students emails about current job and internship opportunities. My sophomore year I received an email asking for a “Game Day Intern.” I was looking to obtain an internship soon so I applied, interviewed, and got the job through Bobcat Sports Properties. I then continued the internship until my first semester of junior year when they offered me a job as the Coordinator of Partnership Services. This means that I help connect companies in and around Bozeman to promote their businesses at MSU sporting events. I started working with Bobcat Sports Properties in this capacity at the beginning of the spring 2016 semester.

What are you going to miss the most once you are done with school?

Though I am going to miss seeing all of my friends in one place and living in Bozeman, I will especially miss the local Bozeman atmosphere and community. The relationships I have created here are some of the most genuine I have ever experienced.

What are you most looking forward to doing after graduation?

I am most looking forward to travelling and starting to enter the job market to fully live what I love.

Montana State University rodeo athlete and agriculture business major Weston Brown helps a teammate prepare for a bronc ride during a practice at the Miller Pavillon. Photo by Kelly Gorham.

RODEO STUDENT-ATHLETE JUGGLES RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM WITH DEMANDING ATHLETIC SCHEDULE For Montana State University student Weston Brown, it’s not unusual to crunch numbers on an economics assignment and ride a bucking bronco, all in one day.

In addition to working toward dual bachelor’s degrees — one in finance through the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and the other in agricultural business through the MSU College of Agriculture — Brown rides for the MSU Rodeo team, competing in saddle bronc, calf roping, steer wrestling and team roping events.

After winning multiple titles in 2015, including the “all around” title at the Northwest College Rodeo in Cody, Wyoming, Brown has high hopes for the 2016 season, which kicks off with the MSU Spring Rodeo at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, April 7-10.

“It’s the premier event all year,” said head MSU Rodeo coach Andy Bolich. “It’s more like a pro rodeo. It’s definitely the one the kids look forward to competing in.”

Brown is fun to watch at the rodeo, said Bolich, because “he’s a really versatile cowboy, which is hard to find. He might win in the saddle bronc one weekend and the steer wrestling the next.”

Rodeo “is a rush,” said Brown. It’s also an extension of his upbringing and his academic goals, which are tied to his family’s farm near Big Sandy.

“From the time I was five years old, I’ve been riding horses,” said Brown. Managing cattle for the family’s cow-calf operation “is where I learned to rope,” he said.

Brown said his MSU studies are aimed at cultivating “an analytical ability to make farming and ranching work as a business” in an increasingly competitive and challenging market. He hopes to be able to take those skills back to the

farm at Big Sandy, where his family grows wheat, legumes and other crops in addition to raising cattle.

During much of the fall and spring semester, Brown and the roughly 60 other student athletes on the rodeo team balance their studies with up to 12 hours of practice per week, plus additional hours tending to the horses and other stock they use to compete.

“Rodeo practice is kind of like studying,” Brown said. “If you want to succeed, you’ve got to put in the time and work hard.”

“Weston has done an excellent job of balancing a rigorous academic program and a demanding athletic schedule,” said Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics Professor Gary Brester. “He has been a solid performer in the classroom.”

Last year, while competing in saddle bronc — an event in which the rider is scored on both the horse’s ability to buck as well as the cowboy’s ability to ride — Brown sustained a shoulder injury that required surgery.

“For him to come back from that injury, and be competitive, really says something about his determination,” Bolich said.

Now in his third year on the MSU Rodeo team, Brown said he appreciates the unique challenges and perspective that the sport offers. “You can think you know exactly what a horse is going to do,” he said, “but that doesn’t mean it’s going to make that same ride out of the chute.”

“When you make a good ride on a horse, it can be so smooth and fun,” he said. “You know when you’ve done a good job, because it feels easy.”

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REVAMPED FRESHMAN SEMINAR EMPHASIZES ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS With a new name, new building, and new mission, the nominations for the Orser Merit Scholarship, which awards College has restructured its freshman seminar to emphasize first-year students who have distinguished themselves both the importance of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship academically and through demonstrated engagement. within the larger context of business.

The course design consists of two modules: Developing The freshman seminar (BGEN 194) is now a fast-paced a Business & Entrepreneurial Mindset and Understanding course that focuses on improving students’ critical-thinking, Business & Entrepreneurship Fundamentals. The first module writing, and oral presentation skills in the context of delves into how successful entrepreneurs think and essential developing their entrepreneurial spirit and understanding skills for success. The second module covers basic business of basic business concepts. Students explore the elements of concepts and puts module one concepts into practice through a entrepreneurship, innovation and business decision-making, team-based new venture project. and examine how the various functions of business (accounting, One particularly innovative student assignment is the finance, management, and marketing) interact to support each Entrepreneurship in Action Project. The student teams develop other for business start-up and operational success. new products or services and compete in a competition for the As with all entrepreneurial endeavors, the freshman seminar most viable business idea. They utilize Joe Start-up materials is ever-evolving and ever-improving. Terry Profota, associate and videos created for real entrepreneurs by the College’s fall teaching professor of management, has led the seminar for 11 2013 Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Chris Mumford, to take them years, and won the MSU Teaching Innovation Award for her through an idea innovation process. work on the course in 2015, see page 22. She will be joined at “Partnering with Chris has been an entrepreneurial project in the helm for the 2016 version of the course by Susan Dana, itself. Modifying Joe Start-up to the classroom environment former associate dean and continuing director of the Bracken has stretched both of us to think creatively about teaching and Center. innovatively about classroom application,” said Profota.

The BGEN 194 course has a number of innovative The Joe Start-up approach has cultivated numerous interesting components. It is structured as a team-based learning student product and service ideas. Profota said that student environment so students are divided into teams that work projects have covered a full spectrum from app ideas to product together throughout the semester on in-class and out-of-class or service innovations. Some ideas that have won, as judged projects. Senior business students serve as student (teaching) by the students, have included a wall pocket for cell-phones in associates in these courses. They provide guidance and the dorms, roommate matching apps, and a selfie-stick that mentorship for the younger students as they assist in teaching doubles as a water bottle. the material, and in turn hone their motivational and assessment skills as managers. The senior students are able to do this “BGEN 194 is designed to meet academic and core outcomes through BMGT 460, a 3-credit, upper-level management course. in a manner that re-ignites creativity while inspiring students With a small class size—about twenty students per course to adopt a growth-mindset and look at their environment as a section—the instructors of each section of BGEN 194 truly place of opportunity and possibilities instead of just frustrations get to know their students and mentor the freshmen as they and challenges,” Profota added. encounter the social and academic challenges of university In fall 2016, the college will launch the next iteration of life. The professors and associates are encouraged to submit BGEN 194.

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Cove Deli & Pizza (top), Triple Dog Brewery (bottom), keynote speaker Ike Kaufman (right). Photos by Paul Bussi.

FAMILY BUSINESS DAY RECOGNIZES SEVEN MONTANA BUSINESSES Now in its 22th year, the JJCBE and State Farm Insurance has honored 144 old and new Montana family businesses, ranging in size from fewer than 10 employees to more than 50, in all types of industries. In 2015, seven family businesses were honored for their hard work and dedication to their businesses, communities, and industries. Chosen based on their commitment to customer service and community, family values, and their adaptability to an ever-changing business environment, the winners were: Cove Deli & Pizza of Polson: Very Small Business category (fewer than 10 employees) Mountain Valley Foods of Kalispell: Small Business category (10 to 30 employees) George’s Distributing of Helena: Large Business category (more than 50 employees) Helle Rambouillet & Associated Enterprises (Duckworth) of Dillon: Old Business category (more than 50 years) Parker’s Hangover Tonic of Billings: New Business category (1) (less than 10 years) Triple Dog Brewery of Havre: New Business category (2) (less than 10 years) Williams Companies of Bozeman: Special Recognition category

All award-winning businesses have an extensive history of providing service and support for their communities and Montana. The awards luncheon brought participating families together to celebrate their achievements, learn from each other, and share advice. Multiple generations and many MSU alumni attended the luncheon, as well as past Family Business Day award winners.

Ike Kaufman, a 1996 Family Business Award winner and the past president of Kaufmans Menswear Centre, based in Great Falls, was the keynote speaker at the luncheon held prior to the awards ceremony. His presentation, “Riverboats & Relationships” focused on lessons learned from his family’s 121-year-old multigenerational business. He also discussed the “Three Circles of Family Business” and key relationshipbuilding principles that have remained in the family since their initial Missouri River voyage.

The JJCBE and State Farm Insurance, in honor of Robert Jaedicke, hosted the program. Additional support came from the Montana Chamber of Commerce.

The 2016 Family Business Day is scheduled for Friday, October 7, 2016 at the Best Western Plus GranTree Inn. Please email Tim Alzheimer or Anna Reardon at familybusiness@ montana.edu for more information or see the JJCBE website at www.montana.edu/business/familybusiness/index.html.

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FACULTY & STAFF HONORED FOR TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE EXCELLENCE Faculty and staff play an integral role in the College and at the end of the spring semester, the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship (JJCBE) recognizes them for their accomplishments throughout the year. Faculty received these honors based on their outstanding performance in teaching, research, and service. Some of the awards, provided through endowment programs, give faculty members financial resources for scholarly and pedagogical development. A handful of awards are given out based on service excellence, professionalism, and collaboration. Award recipients were: SPRING 2016 Carstensen Haferman Excellence in Teaching Award: Gary Bishop, associate teaching professor of management Harold & Reta Haynes Faculty Superior Performance Award: Graham Austin, associate professor of marketing Scott & Barbara Heck Faculty Scholar Award: Gary Caton, associate professor of finance

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Joe & Sharlene Loendorf Excellence in Teaching Award: Anne Christensen, professor of accounting Thomas Nopper Academic Excellence Award: Jerry Carvalho, associate teaching professor of management Dean’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research: Agnieszka Kwapisz, assistant professor of management Dean’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Service: Angela Woodland, associate professor of accounting Dean’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching: Amber Raile, assistant professor of management Gary K. Bracken Student’s Choice for Excellence in Teaching Award: Tim Harvey, adjunct instructor of accounting and finance PRIDE Code of Excellence Award: Audrey Capp, Director of Communications & PR Collaboration & Engagement Award: Brenda Truman, Elizabeth Greenfield, and Ana Voss, Office of Student Services

Gary Bishop

Graham Austin

Gary Caton

Anne Christensen

Jerry Carvalho

Agnieska Kwapisz

Angela Woodland

Amber Raile

Tim Harvey

Audrey Capp

Brenda Truman

Elizabeth Greenfield

Ana Voss

INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE FOCUSES ON FARM TO MARKET With the successful debut of the Design Sandbox for Engaged Learning (DSEL) in the spring of 2015, the JJCBE partnered with the College of Arts & Architecture and the College of Education, Health, and Human Development in fall 2015 to offer an interdisciplinary course called Farm to Market.

The cross-listed course leveraged the professional experiences and backgrounds of three professors – Meta Newhouse (graphic design), Graham Austin (marketing), and Janet Gamble (nutrition) – and the enthusiasm and talents of 18 undergraduate and graduate students to solve real-world problems for specialty crop farmers in Montana.

Currently, many Montana specialty crop producers sell their products as low-priced commodities, with associated low profits. The goal of the course (which will be offered every fall through 2018, and possibly beyond) is to find opportunities to convert some of these raw materials into value-added products, resulting in higher profits for the growers, and economic growth for the state of Montana. As a result of this real-world impact, this course is partially supported by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) specialty crop grant.

The course is timely because there is currently high consumer demand for local food products, and for sustainably sourced whole foods. People and institutions are willing to pay a premium for food they know has been grown locally, that is organic, that is part of a sustainable food system, and that supports producers and communities.

In 2015, six student teams provided three farmer partners with startup ideas for scalable, innovative, value-added products which will enable them to differentiate themselves and compete more effectively in a crowded marketplace. Work product from the class included prototypes of products, packaging, and marketing strategies, all of which were designed to increase growers’ profitability.

Rocky Creek Farm produces apples and pumpkins, whose processing into cider and jack-o-lanterns result in a considerable waste stream. Farm to Market students prototyped “Forbidden Fruit” bars, which use apple cider mash as their primary ingredient, while “Patch” snacks are made from pumpkin seeds.

Bausch Potatoes sells a large volume of low-priced potatoes around the state. Two student groups added value to this commodity crop by developing “Honest Potatoes” and “NyoKee” – products which allow home cooks to create delicious, sophisticated meals while limiting preparation time and effort.

Cloud Nine Farm grows a wide variety of organic vegetables during a very short growing season. “Savory Spice” and “Cloud 9 Soups” were created to help the farmer extend her processing time, reducing the pressure to sell produce during the short window that it’s fresh, and simultaneously increasing the profitability of her operations.

At the end of the semester, the teams presented their designs to an audience that included not only their farmerpartners, faculty and classmates, but also community members, representatives of the MT Department of Agriculture, Dean Kregg Aytes, and President Cruzado. Graham Austin, the marketing professor, described the prototype designs as interesting, innovative, nutritious, beautiful, and tasty.

These interdisciplinary teams utilized the “design thinking” process they learned in class to develop the prototypes. This particular process focuses on the needs of a product’s end user, employing empathy, brainstorming, iterative design, rapid prototyping and critique.

Meta Newhouse, the graphic design professor, said that Stanford and MIT have similar design thinking programs, but only for graduate students, whereas MSU’s DSEL classes are open to undergrads.

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ENTREPRENTICE CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT LOCAL NON-PROFITS Teams of Montana State University business students turned $25 into more than $5,500 in just three weeks, and the students then donated those funds to three local non-profit organizations.

The students were participating in the “Entreprentice Challenge,” part of an upper-division class on entrepreneurship in the MSU Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship. As part of the course – which is taught by management professor Brent Rosso – student teams were given $25 in start-up capital and asked to launch real businesses that were as profitable and impactful as possible in just three weeks. Rosso challenged the students to act entrepreneurially and grow those funds for local causes.

The student teams launched a variety of creative ventures, including a homemade bike taxi, a mobile photography service and a dog walking service, among others. Other teams manufactured and sold products like metal bottle openers, apparel, furniture, stickers and jewelry. Some of the ventures continued on as real businesses even after the class project had concluded.

Steel Anderson, a member of the student team that created metal bottle openers to manufacture and sell, said the team’s biggest challenge was the short time period.

“It was a race against the clock to make a profitable venture happen in only a couple weeks’ time,” Anderson said.

“At the same time, it was a very rewarding moment when we realized just how much money we had made under the time constraint. Thanks to our creative financing strategies, we were able to sell nearly $1,500 worth of product before we had to shell out any cash for manufacturing.”

Anderson added that there were a few obstacles along the way, but the team “improvised and kept forging ahead, keeping our eye on the end goal.”

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By the end of the designated three weeks, the student teams had raised a combined total of $5,525 in profit – a record amount since Rosso created the Entreprentice Challenge at MSU five years ago. Contributions from the Entreprentice Challenge to local non-profits over the last five years now total more than $20,000.

This year, the student groups chose to donate the funds to three local organizations: Gallatin Valley Land Trust, Family Promise of Gallatin Valley and the Community Café.

Gallatin Valley Land Trust received a donation of more than $2,800 from the challenge. The funds will be used to install a bench at the newly expanded Bozeman Pond Park and to provide funding for the development of the park, including a playground and trails, according to Kelly Pohl, associate director of the land trust. Pohl added that the class’s name and year will be engraved on the bench.

“We are so grateful to receive the funds from the Entreprentice Challenge,” Pohl said. “We were inspired by the creativity and vision of (the students’) start-up businesses.

The funds they raised will have an impact right here in our community by helping GVLT develop the newly expanded Bozeman Pond Park. We’re excited to have these future entrepreneurs in our community, making this a better place to live.”

Rosso noted that the goal of the project is for students to experience the full entrepreneurial journey.

“They demonstrated a lot of ingenuity and resourcefulness, and I think they surprised themselves with how much they could accomplish with so little,” Rosso said.

“It was really meaningful for all of us to see how doing well and ‘doing good’ can go hand-in-hand.”

Story by Anne Cantrell, MSU News

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT CONTINUES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS The 14th annual Classic Open Golf Tournament held at Black Bull golf course in Bozeman on Friday, September 25, brought together more than 100 golfers and volunteers. The scramble format event kicked off with a shotgun start and wrapped up with an awards ceremony.

At the tournament, the Finance and Management Clubs manned the Betting Hole to fundraise for their clubs. Auction packages and items were available to bid on throughout the event with profits going towards the Friends of the Classic Open Golf Tournament scholarship. Scholarships raised from this tournament will be awarded this upcoming fall for the 2016-2017 academic year at the scholarship banquet.

The team sponsored by Security Title (including players Tyler Erickson, Nick Johnson, Eric Murphy, and Tyler Wantulok) nabbed the first place gross spot and took home the traveling crystal trophy. Players also won prizes for first, second and third place gross and net, as well as longest drive and closest to the pin.

It is with the support of event sponsors, players and silent auction donors that the College is able to continue providing excellent business education programs and scholarships. The Bacchus Pub and Rudd & Company were this year’s cohost sponsors. A complete listing of all donors to the Golf Tournament and other JJCBE activities can be found in the Honor Roll of Donors located in the back of this report.

The next tournament is scheduled for Friday, September 23, 2016 at Black Bull. Please contact Anna Reardon at anna. reardon@montana.edu for more information, or see the JJCBE website at www.montana.edu/business/alumni/golf.html.

The Gross 1st Place Team with the Traveling Crystal Trophy.

Gross 1st Place: Tyler Erickson, Nick Johnson, Eric Murphy, and Tyler Wantulok (Security Title) Gross 2nd Place: Steve Dailey, Bryan Hall, Paul Pahut, Brent Zanto (Stockman Bank) Gross 3rd Place: Dave Belitt, Bill Ketcheson, Sid Miner, John Peterson (The Miner Group) Net 1st Place: Jenna Bomgardner, Per Hjalmarsson, Sue Hjalmarsson, Dick Stephani (Van Bryan Studio Architects) Net 2nd Place: Erin Gallinger, Matt Kraska, Clint Lohman, Tod Peterson (Wells Fargo Bank) Net 3rd Place: Shawn Bleile, Chris Haas, Justin Varley, Carissa Wardinsky (Big Sky Western Bank) Longest Drive (Men 0-20): Eric Murphy Longest Drive (Men 21+): Greg Schermele Longest Drive (Women 0-20): Jenna Bomgardner Longest Drive (Women 25+): Tiffany Maierle Closest to the Pin (Men): Peter Dutkowsky Closest to the Pin (Women): Lindsay Gallinger

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ACCOUNTING STUDENTS SERVE COMMUNITIES NEAR AND FAR One community outreach program is still making a huge impact after more than 35 years of service. The College’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program was originally run through the Beta Alpha Psi student organization but when Anne Christensen took over the program in 2002, she changed the scope of the VITA program from club volunteer project to a required accounting course service learning opportunity.

Through this program, accounting students gain professional tax knowledge and experience, while serving the needs of the lower income taxpayers in the community, many of whom are other MSU students.

All students have to take a course to study tax issues that they are likely to encounter in preparing tax returns. They complete several practice tax returns and reflect on issues such as tax credits, deductions, and exempt income. Students then complete an exam to insure that they have developed the necessary knowledge for preparing actual returns. The remainder of the course consists of the students staffing the February through April VITA sessions on campus, now in Jabs Hall.

In spring 2016, 25 upper division accounting students prepared a total of 367 federal returns (235 electronic, 132 paper) as well as 410 state tax returns. There were $194,676 of federal refunds and $26,775 education credits.

In 2008, the VITA experience expanded into Alaska.

Between three and six students would spend spring break volunteering in rural Alaska. Now in 2016, this program has expanded to include two separate groups of students traveling to Alaska. Five students (Lauren Buechler, Mariah Carey, David Guthmiller, Jill Pierson, Emily Samson) went up in February and two more students (Jenn Adams, Caitlin Stone) traveled up to Alaska over spring break. The two students who went over spring break, for example, visited three villages and completed approximately 75 tax returns.

The students learn to prepare individual tax returns and act as professionals serving clients. Skills learned during the VITA sessions are essential for future professional work.

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MSU NAMED NEW HOST OF MONTANA SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER NETWORK Entrepreneurs in Bozeman, a hotbed of small business development in the state, will have new resources Anya Petersen-Frey available to them thanks to a new partnership between Montana State University and the Montana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network.

MSU is a new host of the SBDC, the Montana Department of Commerce announced this week. The SBDC at MSU will serve Gallatin and Park counties. It is located at 2310 University Way, Building 2, in Bozeman.

“The strategic partnership between the Department of Commerce and the university system has always been strong,” said Meg O’Leary, director of the Montana Department of Commerce. She added that bringing MSU on board as a host even better positions the SBDC to lead the state in entrepreneurship education and small business development.

SBDC’s mission is to provide tools and guidance to help small businesses succeed. It focuses on counseling in areas such as financial analysis, business planning, training and workshops, and loan packaging assistance to help small businesses achieve their goals of growth, expansion, innovation and success.

The MSU SBDC location is now accepting clients.

Interested clients may contact Anya Petersen-Frey director of the Small Business Development Center at MSU, at anya. petersenfrey@montana.edu for more information.

Operations are currently being overseen by the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship and the MSU SBDC receives additional support from the Office of the Vice President of Research & Economic Development. Through the College, Anya will also be coordinating the Bootstrap Montana program.

“Along with the MSU Office of Research and Economic Development, we are now able to more effectively provide direct assistance to the small business owners in the region,” said Kregg Aytes, dean of the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship. “Having a university host an SBDC regional office also provides excellent opportunities for getting both students and faculty involved in helping small businesses.”

MSU is one of 10 SBDC service centers in the MTSBDC Network, a program nationally accredited through America’s SBDC. For more information, visit sbdc.mt.gov.

Marc Maleh of R/GA during the public presentation on the MSU campus.

GOOGLE & R/GA TALK ABOUT “INVENTING THE FUTURE” The award-winning interactive digital agency R/GA returned to the MSU campus in April and brought special guests with them from Google’s Brand Studio.

Flying in from New York City and San Francisco, the five guests spent two days on campus visiting classes, critiquing pitches, interviewing students for internship opportunities, hosting workshops and giving presentations.

Marc Maleh, Michael Piccuirro, and Pablo Gomez were from R/GA and Ken Frederick and Wade Convay came from Google.

All five guests were on hand for the presentation, “How to Get Your Dream Job and Keep It” in the Blackstone LaunchPad. The Google guys hosted a “Building Great Experiences” workshop to a full house in the Risa K. Scott Collaboration Lab. All five were once again present for the public talk “Anticipating the Wave of the Future: How R/GA and Google Approach Innovation.”

During the large public presentation both companies discussed a variety of real-world examples for how interfaces, technology and design are being merged together to create tomorrow’s digital experiences. R/GA started it all off by talking about their company and the different shifts in the industry: mobile, social, evolved internet, data science and artificial intelligence. They then gave examples of different case studies ranging from Volvo to Fossil.

“Since our inception we have always changed the way we work with new technology, design trends, culture, and business.

Our ability to shift our model has allowed us to continue to innovate for all of our clients,” said Maleh.

Google followed with a brief history and also talked about technology driving innovation, digital brands and digital thinking, as well as “best in class” digital behaviors that they follow at Google.

“A digital brand exists in the present but is future aware.

Digital thinking is not tacked on at the end of the process, rather design and technology teams are intertwined from briefing through implementation,” said Frederick.

During the public presentation, the R/GA and Google speakers shared numerous experiences and insight into innovation for an overflowing crowd in Jabs Hall.

“We are pleased to have hosted such a diverse and world class group from R/GA and Google here in Bozeman”, said Jake Cook, adjunct professor of marketing. “Both of these companies sent talent that spans computer science, interactive design, and digital marketing. This was an incredible opportunity for students and entrepreneurs to hear firsthand how the future is being invented and what methodologies they can use for inspiration in building their own startups or careers.”

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CELEBRATING INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP On September 24, the Jabs Entrepreneurship Center hosted an Open House in their new Jabs Hall location on the second floor. The event not only featured the new space, it celebrated alumni entrepreneurs and graduates from the program. Alumni were solicited for career updates, posters were made and displayed with many alumni in attendance along with current students, faculty, and staff.

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Conference participants listening to one of the many event speakers. Photo by Autumn Clowes.

WOMEN’S CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE HOSTED IN JABS HALL The College hosted the 8th annual Women’s Circle of Excellence (WCOE) conference on May 12 in Jabs Hall. This was the first year that the JJCBE was able to host the conference in-house, which showcased the technological and multifunctional capabilities of the classrooms and building forum.

This event continues to help women develop professional and personal success. More than 135 women attended the day-long event.

Morning sessions included: “Forming Boss Lady Alliances: The New Rules of Networking,” with Lauren Caselli of Caselli Events; “Make Your Website an Engine for Growth,” with Steve Cannon of pulseCHECKER; “Multi-faceted Marketing,” with Anya Petersen-Frey of the Small Business Development Center and “What Women Should Know About Estate Planning,” with Dr. Marsha Goetting, a professor & MSU Extension Family Economics Specialist. Afternoon sessions included: “3M’s of Employee Motivation: Mastery, Membership & Meaning,” with Betsy Webb, MSU’s Professional Development and Training Manager and a special “My “Aha” Moment” PechaKucha that featured six businesswomen.

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should be doing daily,” said one workshop speaker. “How we frame things and bring meaning into things is very important,” said another.

Lisa Lehrkind Edwards, a Senior VP of Global Boutiques of Benefit Cosmetics in San Francisco and owner of The Crossroads in Bozeman, gave her keynote presentation, “Business Beyond the Big Sky,” at the end of the day. She shared her business experiences as well as a number of great pieces of professional and personal advice for the audience.

“Sometimes you have to take one step sideways, not backwards, to move forward ten,” she said. Lisa also talked about doing your best even if you are in a job that you didn’t plan on and to be persistent in doing your best work.

The event also raised enough funds for two scholarships which will be awarded at the fall scholarship celebration to Hannah Johnston and Clarissa Ripley.

Overall the conference made a positive impact for many of the attendees who described the event as engaging and inspiring. One attendee said that this was the third time she has attended and that this one was especially wonderful. “I have taken ideas back to my job and also applied them within my personal life.”

NEW STAFF INTEGRAL IN COLLEGE OPERATIONS With everything from retirements to a need for support staff expansion, six new staff were hired in 2015-2016.

Tia Brown was hired as Director of Operations and started summer 2015. She has 15 years of experience in higher education; she has served as an instructor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Eastern Oklahoma State College, and Helena College. Prior to MSU, Brown was also the division chair of general education and transfer and the dual credit coordinator for Helena College. She holds a B.S. in Psychology with a business minor from Northwest Missouri State University and an M.B.A. from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Sarah Cairoli was hired as the Director of the Bracken Business Communications Clinic (BBCC) in summer 2015. She also teaches Professional Business Communications. Prior to working at the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship, she was a writer and photographer for the High Country Independent Press.

She also worked for several years as a writer and editor for a small, online publishing company. She continues to work as a freelance writer in her spare time. Cairoli has lived in the Gallatin Valley for 15 years and holds an M.A. in English and Teaching Writing.

Chantelle Mahan was hired as Associate Director of the Bracken Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Business Education.

She started summer 2015. Mahan earned her B.S. in Business Marketing from Montana State University in 1993. She is a 5th generation descendant from the Gallatin County and her roots are deep in the valley. Prior to joining the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship, Mahan worked as a Program Manager and Employer Coordinator for Career, Internship & Student Employment Services at MSU, and had a successful career as a Broker/REALTOR® in the Gallatin Valley.

Anna Reardon was hired as Director of Events, a new position at the college, and started in her role summer 2015. Reardon recently worked as a staffing specialist at LC Staffing, assisting local clients in recruiting and human resource needs. She comes to the college with over five years of event and fundraising experience from her previous role as Special Events Coordinator with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gallatin County. Reardon grew up in Helena and holds degrees in Communications Studies and English from Westmont College in California.

Elizabeth Schmidt was hired as the Administrative Associate to the Dean in January 2016. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Montana and received her degree in English from MSU. Her work experience includes five years at Sierra Nevada College as an administrative assistant for the Deans of Admission and Student Services and assistant registrar. She was acting registrar for her last year at Sierra Nevada College before moving to Hawaii. Beth is excited to return to the academic setting and Montana.

Ana Voss was hired as an Administrative Assistant in the Office of Student Services in September 2015. Prior to joining the JJCBE, Ana worked as an Office Manager at Kings Academy Christian School for 15 years and California State University for 5 years prior. She grew up in a very small orchard town “Pauma Valley” in the north county area of San Diego, California. This August, Voss celebrates her first year in Montana; after leaving all her family in California to join her husband in Montana. As of July 2016, her husband is now also employed at MSU.

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New Student Organization Established

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Students Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society

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Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is the prestigious honors society in business with only the top 10% of juniors and seniors and the top 20% of the graduate accounting students in the Masters in Professional Accountancy (MPAc) program chosen as initiates.

Twelve students were inducted into BGS, some in absentia. During the induction ceremony, attendees were welcomed by Susan Dana, BGS faculty advisor. The officers of the club (Michelle McDowell, president, Breanna Osborn, VP of Membership, Katya Peterson, VP of Programs) then gave statements for “Beta,” “Gamma,” and “Sigma” before presenting the members’ oath. Dr. Mary Burns, the professor of the year, was honored and the chapter speaker, Cory Pulfrey of Cloverlay, imparted words of wisdom with the audience.

More information about Beta Gamma Sigma as well as the list of 2016 initiates can be found on our webpage: http://www.montana.edu/business/ bracken/beta-gamma-sigma.html.

The Day of Student Recognition (DSR) is an annual event hosted by the MSU Office of Activities & Engagement to honor students who are exemplary in leadership and services. These are the business students honored at this year’s event: Matthew Brownlow – Cole Tierney Award, Max Worthington Service Award Holly Capp – Erma Lessel Collins Senior Award Amber Friesz – Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Academic Achievement Thomas Kochevar – Honors College Exemplary Service Award Kyra Morrissey – Una B. Herrick Award Kyle Schuster – ASMSU Peer Leadership Award, Student Organization of the Year (as a part of the Air Force ROTC Detachment 450) For more information about DSR and these student awards, please visit: http://www.montana.edu/engagement/ events-programs/student-recognition.

The American Marketing Association (AMA) at Montana State has just been established on campus through the College. This chapter is part of the national American Marketing Association organization. Student chapters benefit from career resources, professional development opportunities and experiential learning, execution of chapter events, leadership development, and the ability to take part in the many AMA competitions offered annually.

AMA at Montana State was granted recognition as an affiliated collegiate chapter on March 24, 2016. The chapter advisor, Dr. Eric Van Steenburg along with chapter president Vanessa Bakken and vice president Emilie McGee were able to attend the 38th Annual AMA International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans this spring.

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Marketing Student Awarded Gold Addy David Thiede, a marketing student, and his team earned a Gold ADDY for best 30 second TV commercial at the American Advertising Awards - Montana in Great Falls. His team, called Vigilante Media, also won two Silver ADDYs in the internet commercial category, and another Silver ADDY for video editing. The American Advertising Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 50,000 entries every year in local AAA competitions. The mission of the AAA competition is to recognize and

reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. More information can be found on the AAF-Great Falls website: http://www.gfaf.com/addys.html.

Businesses Host Competitions for Students More and more area businesses are engaging with our students through competitions. This year, Wealthvest held a student competition in Jabs Hall in January. The student winners were Erik Axelsson, Dillon Fraley and Martin Muan. Northwestern Mutual held their 3rd annual sales competition later that spring. Scholarships were awarded to the top three winners: Reagan Herrick, 1st, Eric Zechenelly, 2nd, and Zen Wohlers, 3rd.

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Marketing Student Triumphs at International Film Competition Marketing student, Justin Kauffman, beat out nearly 120 talented filmmakers from around the world—15 countries represented—to win the third annual FilmerUnknown contest hosted

by Level 1, a crew of filmmakers, photographers, editors, and designers who travel the world capturing extreme skiing. Winning this contest makes him FilmerUnknown 2016. He was awarded

a brand new Sony a7sii camera and Sony FE 24-100mm lens and was able to travel with Level 1 crew to participate in the week-long SuperUnknown Finals at Winter Park Resorts. The SuperUnknown Finals is another Level 1 competition focused on finding hidden skiing talent.

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Business Student Part of Winning Team in Red Bull Competition Reed Powell, a finance student, along with five other MSU students mainly in the school of film and photography, competed in and won the Red Bull Bracket Reel Snow competition. Two Judges comprised of a pro skier and snowboarder also awarded them Best Cinematography and the team garnered “Judge’s Pick” honors every round.

A total of 16 collegiate teams competed for the title by cutting a video based on the theme for that round. The team with the most “votes” advanced to the next round and the only team left standing after four rounds was named the winner.

Calling themselves The Bozeman Sewer Mutants, they created a total of four videos for the bracket-style video edit competition. Their first video was titled “Orientation”. Video two was “Night Class”. The third video was “Art Class” and the fourth video was aptly titled “Final Exam”.

As competition winners, Red Bull flew the students to Haines, Alaska for one last film session. Team information and videos can be found at http:// redbullbracketreel.com/snow-2016/ teams/9.

MPAc Workshop

Accounting Students Kick off Graduate School with Professional Workshop During the first week of classes, all graduate accounting students are required to attend their first event together, the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) program Professionalism Workshop. In its fifth year, the accounting faculty, MSU Accounting Advisory Council, and college staff put on this daylong workshop.

The 36 attendees participated in a number of sessions from a panel that talked about understanding the profession of accounting and a presentation on developing professional judgment to a “speed dating” question and answer session with accounting professionals, interview coaching, and resume critiques.

This event was designed to help students better understand the business of accounting and to identify ways to further develop their interpersonal and business social skills.

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The freshman LLC floor with Dean Kregg Aytes at the Bracken Center Grand Re-opening event.

Bracken Center Grand Re-Opening Connects Students with Opportunities On September 1, the college had a grand re-opening of The Bracken Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Business Education as well as a welcome back BBQ for students. This center supports a number of programs and provides many student opportunities.

Some of these resources were on display during the event. A number of booths representing the different business student clubs filled the Forum as well as a booth for the Office of International Programs, promoting study abroad.

Members of the Bracken family were in attendance as well as the Living Learning Community (LLC) of freshmen business students.

Jabs Entrepreneurship Center Hosts Entrepreneurship Info Night In order to better share entrepreneurship opportunities and offerings through the Jabs Entrepreneurship Center (JEC), the college hosted its first JEC Entrepreneurship Info Night on Sept 9, followed up with a similar event at the beginning of the spring 2016 semester with plans for Info Nights each semester.

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entrepreneurial activities and take advantage of resources available to them. Attendees were introduced to the entrepreneurship minor and certificate, pro bono consulting courses, Student Entrepreneurs in Action (SEA) internships, the Entrepreneurin-Residence program as well as the Blackstone LaunchPad and the LaunchCats student club. The fall 2016 Info Night is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7.

16, our Meet the Accounting Recruiters Fair hosted 19 different employers with over 120 students attending. The success of this event was largely due to the hard work of the Bracken Center staff, the Beta Alpha Psi & Accounting Clubs, as well as the accounting faculty.

Recruiters included larger national firms like KPMG and Eide Bailly to smaller regional firms like Rudd & Company and even government agencies.

The Meet the Recruiters Fair took place on October 7 and featured 31 different recruiters in the third floor of the Stadium Club. About 175 students took advantage of the opportunity to meet with potential employers ranging from Boeing, Kiewit and Oracle to Elixiter, HUB International, NAVSEA, and Fisher Investments to name a few.

If you are interested in participating in these events, please contact Chantelle Mahan, chantelle.mahan@montana. edu, 406-994-4438.

The Startup of the MSU You Series The Startup of the MSU You series was created to provide professional development for student entrepreneurs.

The series focused on the unique skills required for entrepreneurs as they promote their products and services, and also themselves. Provided through the Jabs Entrepreneurship Center, the workshops covered various topics from decoding body language and interviewing skills, to networking and building your own website. More sessions will be offered fall 2016 and spring 2017.

Recruiting Fairs Facilitate Job & Internship Opportunities Each year, the Bracken Center hosts several events to connect businesses and non-profit organizations with business students who are looking for job and internship opportunities. On September

Meet the Accounting Recruiters Fair

Golf Scramble Continues to Build Relationships between Students & Faculty For a second year, the college has held a Golf Scramble the Sunday after Homecoming for students, faculty, and staff. This event provides a more casual atmosphere for relationship building, networking, and having fun in the sun.

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the CEO of Linhart PR; Dale Curtis, a client services supervisor with IMA Inc.; Tom Estes, territory resource manager with Motorola; Buster Kyle, general manager of Brooklyn’s Sports Bar; and Jake Jabs, president and founder of American Furniture Warehouse.

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Accounting Students Take Time to Support Community

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adjunct instructor Tim Harvey and students Luke Stenzel, Cole Stenzel, and William Thompson. The second place team included associate teaching professor Jerry Carvalho with students Hans Dierenfeldt, James Michael Young, and Kate Burgan. There was a three-way tie for third place that came down to a score card tie break. The best dressed award went to John Borawski and Jacob Ebersole.

In its second year, the student versus faculty basketball tradition continues.

The faculty beat out the Master of Professional Accountancy program (MPAc) students once again, leading to a donation of $1,400 and a box full of food items to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank.

The accounting students followed up the spring semester with a visit to the Community Café where they volunteered one night as the wait staff, hosts, bussers, and dishwashers with Ed Gamble, assistant professor of accounting.

Management Club Engages with Professionals in Denver Over Spring Break, four management club members (Hans Dierenfeldt, Paden Wallace, Caitlin McLean, Tyler Elkins) and their faculty advisor, Robyn Chupka, traveled down to Denver. The goal was to expand MSU students’ perceptions of business and expose them to multiple business cultures, management styles, and human resource perspective as well as provide them with insight into “what it takes” to make it as a manger in this everchanging business environment.

With the assistance of Mark Spiroff, MSEC HR Professional Staffing Services and Jackie Sather with the MSU Alumni Foundation, the group was able to meet with Sharon Linhart,

MSU student Women‘s Entrepreneurship Night participants

College Hosts First MSU Student Women’s Entrepreneur Night One of the first events for the spring 2016 semester was the MSU student Women‘s Entrepreneurship Night through the Jabs Entrepreneurship Center (JEC) and co-sponsored with the MSU Blackstone LaunchPad. This event featured a panel consisting of Robin Béquet of Béquet Confections, Patricia McKernan of Microbion Corporation, Kietra Nelson of Classic Ink, and Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer of Hopa Mountain. The panel discussion was facilitated by Stephanie Cole, an alumna with Profitable Ideas Exchange.

Students spanning multiple disciplines split up for four different break-out sessions led by the four panelists. About 40 women were in attendance.

“The event offered informative, interesting and a broad insight of women’s experiences to the entire group of participants and business hopefuls.

The goal was for each participant to take away at least one useful piece of information they could apply at a future time in their careers. I believe it accomplished that goal,” said Linda Ward, Director of Programs for the JEC.

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AY 2015 GUEST SPEAKERS Dean Adams Montana State University Josh Allen Dee-O-Gee Justin Angle Omnibar Nobu Aoki The Ladders Guys Megan Armstrong Armstrong Marketing Solutions Tory Atkins Atkins Human Resources Consulting Mike Augustine D.A. Davidson Brett Baker Microbion Corporation Heidi Balus Foundant Mark & Denise Bausch Bausch Potatoes Dave Bayless Human Scale Business Trevor Beard 406 Brewing Company Don Beeman former CEO of Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals Ben Bennett Massive Studios Pattie Berg Berg Personnel Solutions, LLC Justin Bigart Wisetail Software Robin Blazer Willie’s Distillery Stu Bohart Fortress Investment Group Katie Boie Boeing Mike Bonville The Partners Group Brit Booth Total BS Jaclyn Bosma Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply David Breck Bridger Brewing Cory Brester Foundant Steve Bullock State of Montana Sarah Calhoun Red Ants Pants Kalen Caughey VOKE Tab Joe Cobb Naked Noodle & Firehouse Subs Stephanie Cole Profitable Ideas Exchange (PIE) Jake Cook TadPull Stacie Costello American Prairie Reserve Les Craig MSU Blackstone LaunchPad Rene Critelli HUB International Kent Davis Snake Oil Workshop Craig Delger Prolite/Infogears Andrew Donkin Pete & Nancy Faye Rocky Creek Farm Eric Flynn Bitterroot Capital Advisors Andy Foy Wintergreen HR Consulting Becky Franks Cancer Support Community Kara Gallinger Anderson ZurMuehlen Clinton Gerst Bank of Bozeman Greg Gianforte former CEO of RightNow Technologies Jonas Grenz Gradient Systems Evin Groves StudioLinked VST Melanie Hall State of Montana Kerry Hanson MSU Alumni Foundation Morgan Hausauer Elixiter Tim Hoffer Simms Fishing Products Sarah Hunter Total BS Jennifer Jane Montana Mex Afton Johnson Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Gordon Johnson American Bank Patrick ‘PK’ Kainz Map Brewing Julie Kostelecky Rudd & Company Tiffany Lach Sola Café & Red Tractor Pizza Suzie Lalich PrintingForLess.com

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Maclaren Latta Mercury CSC Cameron Lawson TitanStraps Dave Lockie Mountain Arts Pottery/The Coffee Pot Clint Lohman Rocky Mountain Gaming, Inc. Georgia Lukees J&H Workforce Division Pete MacFadyen Big Sky Youth Empowerment Shauna Martin Daily Greens Dan McCauley Great West Engineering Pat McKernan Microbion Corporation Kyndall Miller Kyndall Peaches Mike Monaghan Beartooth Matt Muth 406 Brewing Company Meta Newhouse Montana State University Shelby Nordhagen registered yoga teacher David Novotny State of Montana Carl Nystuen D.A. Davidson John O’Donnell Montana Growth Partners, LLC Paul Pahut Stockman Bank David Palagi Stifel Lexi Palagi Merrill Lynch Wealth Management John Parkes Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply Mary Petersen Eagle Mount Kevin Peterson MSU Alumni Foundation Alan Poole FICO Will Price Next Frontier Capital Cory Pulfrey Cloverlay Rick Reisig Anderson ZurMuehlen Jeff Riggs Clark’s Fork Alex ‘Papu’ Rincon fourOsix Alison Rooney Cloud Nine Farms Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer Hopa Mountain Joe Sheehan Dean’s Zesty Booch Tim Sheehy Bridger Aerospace Cathy Shoop Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply David Sigler Bridger Brewing Chris Smith BDO Seidman LLP Mark Spiroff Mountain States Employer’s Council (MSEC) Danielle Thomsen Snake Oil Workshop Natalie Van Dusen Little Red Wagon Coffee Ellie Van Dyke Beartooth Radio Dean Wakerlin Dean’s Zesty Booch Doug Wales Bridger Bowl Betsy Webb Montana State University Ben Werner Ignite Feedback Nathan Williams Droptrip Spencer Williams West Paw Design Kristy Young blaZe interactive, LLC

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College Co-Hosts Bozeman Craft Entrepreneurship Program In partnership with Etsy, Human Scale Business and the JJCBE offered a new program that provided micro-business training to underemployed, low-income adults with existing creative skills, to help supplement their income and sell their products to new markets.

Called the Craft Entrepreneurship Program (CEP), participants were enrolled in a five day training program that guided them through becoming craft entrepreneurs. The participants learned about the basics of starting and running an online business through Etsy, including pricing, basic accounting, product photography, and marketing. A handful of MSU students assisted with product photography and served as technology experts.

Etsy has been teaming with local sponsors to offer the CEP in communities throughout the U.S.

host a workshop titled, “Branding for Meaning and Impact.”

The JEC started its entrepreneur in-residence (EIR) program as an additional resource for students in the spring of 2011. These seasoned entrepreneurs are brought in to act as mentors for our students and they often provide a community outreach component. This program provides one-of-a-kind mentoring and faceto-face interactions with successful entrepreneurs spanning diverse fields of expertise.

Alumni & Friends

College Documented in the Congressional Record The Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship was specifically mentioned in the May 2015 Congressional Record by Senator Steve Daines under “Recognizing Montana’s Small Businesses”.

It says, “As we work to grow Montana’s technology and resources, we need to ensure that our students have the skills they need to get ahead and find jobs at home. From Montana’s tribal colleges and vocational schools to the new Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship Building at

Montana State University, Montana’s educational institutions are leading the way in giving our students the head start they need to succeed outside of classrooms and help grow our State’s economy because when small businesses succeed, our economy thrives.”

Familiar Face Retires from the Dean’s Office For more than ten years, Halina Rickman has provided outstanding service to the College as the administrative associate to the dean. In that capacity, she has been at the center of most activities at the college. From handling HR, personnel and payroll to the annual scholarship banquet, faculty retreats, and Advisory Board meetings, she has demonstrated an exemplary record of sustained contribution to the JJCBE and a dedication to fulfillment of the college’s goals and mission. In her role, she served as a communicator with a wide array of constituents including students, faculty, administrators, parents, and donors.

Almost 3,000 Students Graduate from MSU Between the fall 2015 commencement and spring 2016 commencement, nearly 3,000 received degrees.

FourOsix Founder Serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence Alex “Papu” Rincon, Jr., founder of fourOsix, served as the fall 2015 Entrepreneur-in-Residence. During his visit, Papu visited a number of classes to visit with students, gave constructive criticism on projects and presentations, and served as a judge for the Elevator Pitch Competition. He also gave a free public lecture titled, “Creativity, Culture, and Community: Building a Lifestyle Brand at fourOsix” and teamed up with the LaunchCats club to 2016 Spring Commencement

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GRADUATING CLASS PROFILE – ACADEMIC YEAR 2016 STATISTICS

GENDER UNDERGRADUATES ACCOUNTING 63 FINANCE 42 MANAGEMENT 66 MARKE TING 50 TOTAL 221

ATHLETES ALPINE SKI 3 MEN’S BASKE TBALL 6 MEN’S FOOTBALL 19 MEN’S NORDIC 2 MEN’S TENNIS 2 SPIRIT SQUAD 4 WOMEN’S ALPINE 4 WOMEN’S BASKE TBALL 4 WOMEN’S GOLF 4 WOMEN’S NORDIC 1 WOMEN’S TENNIS 5 WOMEN’S VOLLE YBALL 1 MEN’S INDOOR TRACK 6 WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK 2 TOTAL 63

BUSINESS CERTIFICATE

4 66

FEMALE 92 MALE 129

GPA

3.19 NON-BUSINESS MINORS ACCOUNTING 0 BUSINESS ADMINISTR ATION 25 E-SHIP & SMALL BUSINESS 13 FINANCE 5 IN TERNATIONAL BUSINESS 1 MGMT INFO SYSTEMS 1 TOTAL 45

MPAC F EM A L E 10 MALE 13 TOTAL MPAC 23

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LETTER FROM JACKIE SATHER, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

A Great Year It was truly a great year at the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship!

August 2015 marked a new chapter for the College when we welcomed the first group of students into the new home of the College, Jabs Hall. It was a day that will not be forgotten for many years as we watched students and faculty come together in the new building. From the first day of class, true to our mission, there was a feeling of inspiration, creativity, innovation and growth. As the academic year went on, we continued to experience the dynamics that this new building created.

You felt it the minute you walked through the doors. There was a hum that gave out such a positive vibe, one that clearly stated there was something good going on inside. Daily, we saw groups of students sitting in the many gathering spaces and classrooms in the building, sharing conversations and ideas. However, it was not just those pursuing a business degree that gathered in Jabs Hall, but students and faculty from all disciplines across campus—creating a dynamic sense of collaboration and entrepreneurial creativity. The new building has created a culture of critical thinking, education and partnership.

I have always stated that we have a great university and business college—one that creates the opportunity for students to receive an exceptional education. The new building has complemented the past and created a whole new opportunity of growth. Now we look forward to discover ways that we can further build on this momentum—and this is where you—our alumni and friends—can play a significant role.

As my colleagues from the MSU Alumni Foundation and I travel to the different regions of the nation, I encourage you to take the meeting that is being asked of you. This time allows us to learn more about you and for us to share updates about MSU and the College of Business. It offers us the opportunity to receive your insight and advice on programs and student professional development.

I always consider my visits to be somewhat of a three-legged stool—to offer the opportunity to reconnect; to seek input and opportunity; and, yes as our titles will tell you, seek funding to support the greatest needs at the College and MSU. In December of 2018, MSU will finish a $300-million campaign. Once a goal that was far-reaching and to some, unrealistic, is now a goal that is within sight.

There is a sense of excitement and pride at MSU and you do not want to miss out on this unique and important part of the University’s history. With the focus on people, places and programs, we have a chance that together, we can reach a milestone and make a significant difference to the great state of Montana and Montana State University.

Whether it has been recently, a few years, or perhaps for some, a few decades, that you have sat down and had a frank conversation about MSU and the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship, I encourage you to take that invitation to meet. If we have not reached out to you, I ask that you please reach out to us. Let’s get together and discover where you may fit on that three-legged stool. It is a great time to be a Bobcat!

Jackie Sather, Senior Director of Development Montana State University Alumni Foundation 406.994.6766 jackie.sather@msuaf.org 67

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What I Love About

Jabs Hall The natural light from the glass makes a welcoming environment. – KAT YA P E T E R SO N

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Every effort has been made to ensure that all names are listed correctly. This list represents donations given in June 2015 - May 2016. If your name has been inadvertently omitted or mispelled, please contact Jackie Sather at 406-994-6766 or jackie.sather@msuaf.org Individuals Dr. John Adams III & Mrs. Margaret Adams Mr. Frank & Mrs. Bonnie Ahl Mr. James & Mrs. Connie Alderson Mrs. Jenifer & Mr. Bill Alger Mr. Charles & Mrs. Katharine Almy Mr. Chase Altig Mr. Mike Altringer Mr. Tim & Mrs. Stacey Alzheimer Mrs. Erika & Mr. Jason Armistead Mr. Scott Arneson & Mrs. Kellie Arneson Mrs. Kristine & Mr. Keith Arntzen Mr. Ronald & Mrs. Celeste Askin Mr. Tory Atkins & Mrs. Torrian Dean-Atkins Dr. Kregg & Mrs. Tracy Aytes Mr. Walter & Mrs. Joann Bahr Mrs. Bette Ballbach Mrs. Nanette & Mr. Donald Barrett Mr. Gary & Mrs. Nina Bartolett Mr. Earl & Mrs. Connie Bartram Mr. John & Mrs. Shihoko Beagle Mr. Jack Jr. & Mrs. Sara Beals Mr. Patrick Jr. & Mrs. Tabita Becker Mr. Scott & Mrs. Patti Bell Mr. Stephen Bennett Mr. Sydney & Ms. Andrea Benson Mr. Donald Jr. & Ms. Carolyn Bentzen Mrs. Suzanne Berglund & Mr. M. Jeffrey Berglund Mr. James & Mrs. Linda Berres Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Sharon Berry Mrs. Monique Bertram Mrs. Peggy & Mr. Lyle Biekert Mr. Brian & Mrs. Brittney Bingham Mr. Dan & Mrs. Karen Birrer Ms. Julie Birrer & Mr. Kraig Kobert Maj. Gary Bishop & Mrs. Licia Bishop Mr. Robert & Mrs. Annette Bjelland Mr. Sidney Blair Mrs. Joan & Mr. Gregory Blake Mr. Bud Blazier Jr. Mr. Jason & Mrs. Jomarie Bliss

Mr. Paul Blizniak Mr. Mark & Mrs. Judy Bond Ms. Meg Boswell Mr. Frank Jr. & Mrs. Cheryl Boucher Mr. Loren & Mrs. Jill Bough Ms. Purity Bowen Mr. John & Mrs. Sessaly Boyd Mr. Robert & Mrs. Diane Boyd Mrs. Dorothy Bracken Mr. Richard & Mrs. Stacy Bronec Mr. JD Bryson Mr. Richard & Mrs. Robin Bugni Mr. George & Mrs. Susan Burgess Mr. Armand & Mrs. Mimi Cacciatore Mrs. Tanya & Dr. David Cameron Ms. Elise Canevascini Mr. Don Jr. and Mrs. Shavon Cape Ms. Susan Carstensen & Mr. Larry Haferman Mrs. Gail Carter Mr. Harvey & Mrs. Laura Carter Mrs. Lani & Mr. Pat Cathey Ms. Nan Cervenka Mrs. Cynthia Chauner-Niendorf & Dr. Dana Niendorf Mr. John & Mrs. Robin Cheetham Mr. Robert Cheff Mr. Brian & Mrs. Marie Clark Mr. Robert & Mrs. Sally Clark Mr. Samuel Clark Mrs. Gladys Cole Mrs. Mary Jo & Mr. Eugene Cole Mr. William & Mrs. Melissa Collins Ms. Jody Collis King & Mr. Jeff King Mr. Tyler & Mrs. Marsha Corder Mr. Tyler Cotterell Mrs. Karrie & Mr. Chuck Crabtree Mr. Tyler Crennen Mrs. Jean Cress Mr. Steven Crossen Mr. Stanley & Mrs. Michele Crouse

Mr. Christopher Curran Mr. Boyd Dailey Mrs. Rena Dambly Mr. William & Mrs. Marion Davidson Ms. Candace Davis & Mr. Terry Povah Mr. Ronald & Mrs. Dona Davis Mrs. Jan & Mr. Paul Davis Mrs. Anne & Mr. John DeBoo Mr. Gary & Mrs. LeAnne DeFrance Mr. Jeff & Ms. Jessica Dehn Mr. Donald & Mrs. Marilyn Derks Mr. Pete Dickman & Ms. Laurie Scalabrini Mr. Bryan & Mrs. Mary Dige Ms. Patricia Doherty Mr. David & Ms. Michele Dover Mrs. Jeane Downing Mr. Dominic & Ms. Megan Duchesneau Mr. Michael & Mrs. Tracy DuFresne Mrs. Gail & Mr. Jerry Dugan Mr. Andrew Durkin Mr. Sean Dye & Mrs. Debbie Dye Mrs. Kathy Eash Mr. James Edwards & Ms. Sheila Hogan Mr. Michael & Mrs. Donita Eide Mr. Kenneth Eiden III & Mrs. Holly Eiden Mr. Todd & Mrs. Arlene Eliason Ms. Dee & Mr. Leslie Elliott Mrs. Elaine Elliott Mr. Robert Sr. & Mrs. Loraine Eyman Mr. Kirk & Mrs. Andrea Falcon Mr. Peter & Ms. Tonya Farr Mr. Chad & Mrs. Jane Farrington Mrs. Carrie & Mr. Joseph Faulhaber Mr. Stefan & Mrs. Kathleen Fechter Mr. Chad Ferris Mr. Don & Mrs. Sue Fisher Lt. Col. Jason & Mrs. Anita Foster Mr. Terrance Foster Mr. Mike Fralick Ms. Kendra Freeck Mrs. Stefeni & Mr. Bradley Freese

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Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Kathleen Frisby Mr. Larry & Mrs. Kathy Fritz Mr. Erin & Mrs. Kara Gallinger Mr. Sean and Mrs. Lindsay Gallinger Mr. Larry & Mrs. Gamble Mr. David Gardner Mr. Peter & Mrs. Patty Gesuale Mr. Gary Giem & Mrs. Cindy Giem Mr. Edward & Mrs. Alaine Gohn Ms. Kelli Goodian-Delys Ms. Tera & Mr. Tevis Goolsby Mr. Lyle & Mrs. Evelyn Gorman Mr. Dale Grabofsky & Ms. Terrie Sonju Mrs. Barbara Griffith & Mr. Donald Griffith Jr. Ms. Connie Griffith Ms. Joan Griffith LTC Joe Grigg, Jr. & Ms. Kathryn Grigg Mr. Denis Grigsby Mr. Norman & Mrs. Patricia Grosfield Mr. Clay Ellison & Mrs. Ingrid Gustafson Mr. Donald Haase Ms. Kaye Hamby Mr. Allan Hammell Mr. Douglas & Mrs. Staci Hammell Mr. Donald & Mrs. Sandra Hammersmark Mrs. Marjorie Hanes Mrs. Teresa & Mr. Stacy Hanser Ms. Kerry Hanson & Mr. Glen Steinhoff Mr. Michael Hart Mr. William & Mrs. Elizabeth Hart Dr. Charles Sr. & Mrs. Bonnie Hash Mr. Brad Hatleberg & Mrs. Heather Keefe Mr. Ron & Mrs. Sandra Haugan Mr. Richard & Mrs. Sarah Hays Mrs. Linda & Mr. Wayne Heath Mrs. Jeanine & Mr. Keith Heider Mrs. Rachel & Mr. Ned Heitz Mr. Carter (Jim) Jr. & Mrs. Patricia Helseth Mr. Larry & Mrs. Letha Hines Mrs. Gayle Hokanson Mr. Scott & Mrs. Jennie Holton Mr. Jay Jr. & Mrs. Diane Hould Mrs. Amy Hovan & Mr. Thomas Quilici Mrs. Valerie & Mr. Tom Hubers Mr. Kevin & Mrs. Robin Hubley Mr. Donald & Mrs. Leslie Huffman Mr. Michael & Mrs. Marlene Hughes Mr. Bill II & Mrs. Margo Humenczuk Mr. Jody & Mrs. Petra Hurst Mr. Walter & Mrs. Betty Imlay

Mr. Douglas Ireland Mr. Jake Jabs Mr. Donald & Mrs. Connie Jackson Mr. Jim Jacobson & Ms. Karen Schulz Mr. Joseph Janhunen Mrs. Marcia & Mr. James Jarrett Mr. Tyler & Ms. Kim Jensen Mrs. Barbara & Hon. Greg Jergeson Mrs. Sheri & Mr. Carl Jessen Ms. Amy Johnson Ms. Christie Johnson Mrs. Christie & Mr. Patrick Johnson Mr. Gordon & Mrs. Linda Johnson Mr. Charles Jones Mrs. Evelyn Jones Mr. Alan & Mrs. Jean Kahn Mr. Scott & Mrs. Jolyn Kanning Mr. Marshall & Mrs. Tammy Kath Mr. Brett & Mrs. Carlen Keaster Mrs. Susan & Mr. Robert Keene Mrs. Pamela Keller & Mr. Scott Tomchick Ms. Vickie Kemmerer Mr. Benjamin Kilbourn Mr. Mark & Mrs. Mary Killion Mr. Dale & Ms. Lisa Kimmet Mrs. LeAnne & Mr. Timothy Kindred Mrs. Susan & Mr. Kevin King Mr. Philip & Mrs. Anne Kirk Mr. Scott & Mrs. Alice Klosterman Mr. Bruce & Mrs. Connie Knudsen Mr. Thomas Kohlbry Jr. & Mrs. Gayle Kohlbry Mr. Mark Kohoutek & Mrs. Patty MurphyKohoutek Mr. Dennis & Mrs. Wendy Kolb Ms. Raeanne Kooren Mr. Keith Kovash & Mrs. Mary Kovash Mr. George & Mrs. Mary Kroll Mr. Scott Kundert Ms. Pamela & Mr. Jeffrey Lacko Ms. Cori LaFever Mrs. Mary Ann & Dr. Duane Lammers Mr. William & Ms. Ranae Lancaster Mr. John Landerdahl Mr. William & Ms. Connie Lange Mr. Bill & Mrs. Jamie Langlas Mr. Mark Larimer Mr. Philip & Mrs. Susan Layher Mr. Terry & Mrs. Carol Leist Mr. Ed & Dr. Jann Leppien

Mr. Scott & Mrs. Teresa LeProwse Mr. Ted & Ms. Roxie Lewis Mr. Todd & Mrs. Jeanelle Lindsey Mr. Chad Lippert & Mrs. Chris Lippert Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Sharlene Loendorf Mr. Steve & Mrs. Jeannie Luckey Ms. Graciela Luna Mr. Randal & Mrs. Teri Lund Mr. Dennis & Mrs. Diane Lusin Mrs. Marjorie MacClean Mr. John A. MacDonald Mr. Jaron Anderson & Ms. Lauren MacKay Mr. Jay & Mrs. Susan Madson Ms. Maureen Maloughney Mr. Edward & Mrs. Patricia Mangis Mr. Craig & Mrs. Janice Marshall Mr. Jeffrey Marty & Ms. Kayla Scott McCann Mrs. Barbara & Mr. Robert Marx Mr. AJ & Mrs. Elizabeth Matosich Mrs. Diana Mattfeldt & Mr. Jon Mattfeldt Ms. Janette May Mr. Edward & Mrs. Mickey Maynard Mrs. Katherine & Mr. John McCaffery Mr. Richard & Mrs. Jamie McCormick Mr. Scott & Mrs. Kathleen McFarland Mr. Duncan McRae & Mrs. Terri McRae Mr. Robert Melgaard Ms. Keri & Mr. Matt Melvin Dr. Nancy Merritt Mrs. Susie Metully Mrs. Jennifer Meulemans Mr. Pete & Mrs. Kathy Michelotti Mr. Larry & Mrs. Lynda Mikkola Mr. Kevin Miller Mr. Wallace & Mrs. Lauri Miller Mr. Wayne Miller & Mrs. Carol Miller Mr. Martin & Mrs. Keli Miner Mr. James Moffitt Mr. Bill & Mrs. Julie Moorse Mr. Michael & Mrs. Joni Morella Ms. Heather Moriarty Mr. Bruce & Mrs. Patrice Morse Ms. Molly Mosness & Mr. Justin Mosness Mr. Bradley Moss Mrs. Joanne Mrjenovich & Mr. Glenn Mrjenovich Mrs. Janet & Mr. Patrick Mullaney Mr. James Nell & Ms. Diane Bianchi Mr. Todd Nelson & Mrs. Patricia Nelson Mr. John & Mrs. Judy Nerison

Mr. Bill Nesbit Ms. Kathleen Nixon Mr. Daren & Mrs. Shelby Nordhagen Mr. Jerry & Mrs. Kathy Olds Mrs. Brenda Olson Mr. David Orser & Ms. Ossie Abrams Mr. Joey Ottoy Ms. Judy Oveson Mr. Mike Palagi Mr. Tom & Mrs. Lexie Pankratz Mr. John & Mrs. Mary Pannell Mr. Bruce Parker Ms. Priya Parmeshwaran Mr. Christopher & Ms. Stephanie Parson Mr. Warren & Mrs. Marcia Patrick Lt. Col. Don Patterson & Mrs. Mary Patterson Mr. Harlan & Mrs. Linda Patterson Mrs. Heidi & Mr. Ladd Paulson Mr. Ronald Pecinovsky Mr. Jim & Mrs. Cindy Peterson Mr. John & Mrs. Lorraine Peterson Mr. Lowell & Mrs. Deborah Peterson Mrs. Marilyn & Mr. Bill Pettit Mrs. Joyce & Mr. Thomas Pickard Mr. Charles & Mrs. Rebecca Pipal Mr. Kenneth & Mrs. Donna Potts Mr. James & Mrs. Nancy Powell Mr. Cory & Mrs. Diane Pulfrey Mr. Joe Raatz & Mrs. Loralee Raatz Dr. Ron & Mrs. Jane Rada Ms. Vickie Rauser Mr. Darryl & Mrs. Susan Razzano Mr. Matthew & Mrs. Deborah Rebsom Mr. Allen & Mrs. Georgann Reel Mr. Brent & Mrs. Mary Rehm Mr. Rick & Mrs. Carrie Reisig Ms. Halina Rickman Mrs. Mary & Mr. Claude Riopelle Mr. John & Mrs. Dawn Ripley Mr. & Mrs. DeeDee Rixe Mr. Duane & Mrs. Barbara Robertson Mr. Michael Robson Mrs. Jeanne Roby Mr. Bill Roscoe & Ms. Corine Swanson Mr. Ralph Roscoe Mr. Joseph Ruffatto Mr. Daniel Ryan Mr. Fred Sagebaum Mrs. Kathleen Sanchez

Mr. Jim & Mrs. Alice Sargent Mrs. Linda & Mr. Travis Addington Dr. Thomas & Mrs. Jackie Sather Mr. Gerald & Mrs. Pamela Schmitz Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Lana Schultz Mr. Kyle Schuster Mr. Ben Scott Ms. Risa Scott Mr. Thomas Scott Mr. Stephen Sendon Mr. Kevin & Mrs. Kendra Seth Mr. Toby Shannon Mr. Ira Shaulis Ms. Swithin Johnson Shearer Mr. Mark Sherman & Mrs. Karrie Sherman Mrs. Susan Shyne & Mr. Dawson Mr. Gerald Siegmyer Mrs. Jean Simkins Mr. Chad & Mrs. Leslie Simonson Mrs. Lisa & Mr. Timothy Sinton Mr. Christopher Smith & Ms. Terese Higbie-Smith Mrs. Kathryn & Mr. Ken Smith Mrs. Melanie & Mr. Scott Smith Mr. Luke Solomonson Ms. Violetta Sorokina Mr. Danny & Rev. Winifred Sprague Mr. Scott St. John Mrs. Maxine Stamper Mr. Dave Stensland & Ms. Karen Daniels Mr. Samuel Stevenson Mr. Duncan Stewart Mr. John Stickel Mr. John Stinson Mrs. Ruth & Mr. Wayne Stoffel Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Norma Stroeher Mr. Dan Sundling Mr. Doyle & Mrs. Crystal Sutton Mrs. Linda & Mr. Vernon Svensrud Mr. Murray & Mrs. Thea Swenson Mrs. Laurinda & Mr. Richard Taylor Mr. Wyman & Mrs. Dee Taylor Mrs. Elaine & Mr. David Tayman Mrs. Carol & Mr. Timothy Tempel Ms. Rebecca Thissell Mr. Brian & Mrs. Laura Thomas Mr. Scott & Mrs. Jill Thompson Mr. Jim & Mrs. Margie Thompson Mr. Timothy & Mrs. Paige Thompson Mr. Steven & Mrs. Mary Thorsen

Mr. Andrew Tiede Mr. David Trimble Mr. Bill Tudor Ms. Ruth Uhl Mr. Sox Ullman Ms. Janet Ulrich Mr. Tom & Mrs. Esmerelda Upton Mrs. Patricia Valente & Mr. Thomas Valente Jr. Mrs. Kristin & Mr. Curtis Van Luchene Mr. Gerrit & Ms. Tracie Van Ommen Mrs. Jessica & Mr. Jay Van Voast Mrs. Bonnie VanDyke Mr. Michael VanDyken & Mrs. Elise Burkart Mr. Dan & Ms. Brandie Villa Mr. Kyle Viste Mr. Troy & Mrs. Angela Vollertsen Mr. John & Mrs. Jennie Waggoner Mrs. Lorie & Mr. Rodney Wagner Mr. Richard Wagner Mr. Logan Wahle Mr. Jason & Mrs. Nichole Walker Ms. Patricia Walker Mr. Jerry Waller Mr. Bill & Mrs. Susan Ward Ms. Jennifer Ward Ms. Angie Warren Mrs. Shauna Watson Mr. Gary & Mrs. Connie Waylander Mr. Rodney Weeks Mr. Neil & Mrs. Debbie Wetsch Ms. Katie Whitbeck & Mr. Shane Winden Mr. Michael & Mrs. Janet White Mr. Charles & Ms. Betsy Willett Mr. Frank Willett & Mrs. Arleen Boyd Mr. James & Mrs. Marilyn Williams Mrs. Jodi Williams Mr. Rocky Williams Mr. Todd & Mrs. Kristen Williamson Mr. Loren Willis & Mrs. Kimberly Willis Mr. Tanner Willis Mr. Jim & Mrs. Veronica Wing Ms. Katarzyna Wlodarczak Ms. Shelly Wong-Pinto & Mr. David Pinto Mr. Tim & Mrs. Julie Wood Dr. David Yarlott & Mrs. Beth Howe-Yarlott Ms. Nina Young & Mr. Bruce Scovill

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Organizations 19th Hole Grill Amalthia Amatics CPA Group American Bank American Furniture Warehouse Anderson ZurMuehlen & CO., P.C. Askmore, Inc. Bacchus Pub Bank of America Corporate Affairs Benefit Cosmetics Bequet Confections Best Western GranTree Inn Big Sky Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Big Sky Resort Big Sky Western Bank Bio Science Laboratories Bisl Food Black Bull Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana Boeing Company Bozeman Brewing Company Bozenan Health Bridger Bubbles Car Wash Bridger Creek Golf Course Budget Instant Print, Inc. Cargill, Inc. Cedar Band Corporation Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Clark’s Fork The Comfort Company Community Food Co-Op Country Bookshelf CSG Media, LLC dba Clean Slate Group The Daily Coffee Bar Dee-O-Gee Deloitte Foundation Dino Drop-In Childcare Center Donate for a Cause, Inc. Eide Bailly, LLP Element Bozeman Elk Lake Resort Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Finally, Inc. First Interstate Bank - Billings First Interstate Bank Foundation First Security Bank Foremost Development, Inc. 74

Foundant Technologies, Inc. Gemini Gardens General Business Services General Electric Company HeyDay Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. Ilaka Solutions LLC J&H Office Equipment, Inc. Janice K. Whetstone Law Firm, PC JMM Consulting Inc. Johnson & Johnson Joseph Eve CPA KPMG Foundation L.A. Hoffman Fine Art Labellum Living Healthy Together Lockheed Martin Corporation Macy’s Inc. Microsoft Corporation Midtown Tavern Montana Ale Works Montana Bankers Association Montana Community Foundation Montana Chamber of Commerce Montana Rib & Chop House Montana Society of CPA’s Montana State University President’s Office Moore Livestock Morgan Stanley & Co Inc Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Moss Adams Moss Adams Foundation Mountain Arts Pottery MSU Alumni Foundation MSU Athletics Administration MSU Bookstore Murdochs Ranch & Home Supply Museum of the Rockies Nations Direct Mortgage, LLC Nevada Restaurant Services, DBA U1 Gaming NorthWestern Energy Northwestern Mutual Foundation Open Range Owenhouse Ace Hardware Pacific Steel & Recycling Pine Cove Consulting, LLC Play It Again Sports

Plum Creek Foundation PrintingForLess.com Pristine Clean & Concierge PureWest Christie’s Rice Family Foundation Riverside Country Club Rocking R Bar, Inc. Rocky Mountain Gardening Rudd & Company Sacajawea Hotel Company LLC Saffron Table Sather Eye Clinic and Optical Sauce Headwear, LLC. Shines Autos Meticulously Silicon Valley Community Foundation Sola Cafe Sprout Diaper Service State Farm Insurance Stifel Sun Mountain Sports SynLawn Tart, Inc. Thrivent Financial Timothy S Thompson CPA PC TowHaul Corporation dba Smith Equipment, U.S.A. Townshend’s Tea Company - Bozeman Travel Cafe US Bancorp Foundation Valley View Golf Club Van Bryan Studio Architects Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Verizon Foundation Vixen Blow Dry Salon Vogue Mobile Waterstop, Inc. Wayfare Inc. Wells Fargo Bank - Bozeman Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program West Paw Design Whitefish Mountain Resort Wipfli/Galusha Higgins & Galusha Yellowstone Silver

Endowments

We thank the following individuals and businesses who have honored the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship (JJCBE) with established endowments.

Endowments are a way to match a donor’s interest with MSU’s priorities, needs, and objectives. Working together, the JJCBE and the donor create an endowment that reflects a commonality of goals. Endowment gifts may be set up to offer a scholarship to an exceptional student, support an outstanding professor, award excellence, and honor loved ones. Because endowments are held in perpetuity and invested for the long term, these gifts provide one of the most secure sources of future revenue. Thank you!

Accounting Faculty Professional Education Alderson Program in Entrepreneurship Pat and Helen Ames College of Business Scholarship Farmer Anderson Memorial Scholarship Anderson ZurMuehlen Accounting Scholarship Mary Frances Bennett Memorial Scholarship Big Sky Western Bank Business Scholarship John & Lois Blankenhorn Scholarship John W. Blankenhorn Fund for Excellence Mike Bowen Memorial Gary K. Bracken Program for Excellence in Undergraduate Business Education Donald W. Bullock Memorial Scholarship Cameron Pioneer Memorial Business Scholarship David & Tanya Cameron Excellence in Business Scholarship Nancy Cameron Professorship in Business Carstensen/Haferman RightNow Technologies Scholarship Susan Carstensen and Larry Haferman Excellence in Teaching Award Teresa L. Clopton Business Scholarship College of Business Dean’s Endowment College of Business Faculty Development Tyler Corder Family Scholarship Gil Crain Memorial Scholarship D.A. Davidson and Company Scholarship D.A. Davidson Investor Education D.A. Davidson Silver Fund Financial Institutions Enhanced Chair Sean & Lindsay Gallinger Fund for Professional Business Development

Don Harrington Memorial Scholarship Harrington’s Bottling Company in Honor of Bob Arrotta Student Mentorship Scholarship Russ B. HartMemorial Scholarship Harold & Reta Haynes Faculty Development Harold & Reta Haynes Student Mentoring Harold & Reta Haynes Superior Performance Award Barbara & Scott Heck Business Scholarship Barbara & Scott Heck Faculty Scholar Daniel G. Hertz Accounting Student Scholarship Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens Scholarship Alan and Jean Kahn Fund Alan and Jean Kahn Scholarship Marshall Kath Business Scholarship Howard Kelsey Memorial Scholarship Alice Knowles Scholarship KPMG Fund for Professional Accounting Development Harvey A. Larson Business Scholarship Harvey A. Larson Endowment for Excellence Chad A. Lippert Deferred Gift Annuity Joe and Sharlene Loendorf Excellence in Teaching Award Dennis P. Lusin Deferred Gift Annuity Mary Elizabeth McClure Memorial Scholarship Mike McCue Memorial Scholarship Norm Millikin Excellence in Outreach and Teaching Award

Sid and Keli Miner Fund for Business Excellence Bettie Eagle Nelson & Peggy Roman Taylor Scholarship Thomas E. Nopper Academic Excellence Orser Endowment for Student Success Pacific Steel & Recycling Business Excellence David W. & Dorothy E. Patterson Scholarship Amy H. Pound Memorial Scholarship Frank Preston Business Scholarship Professional Advantage in Business Cory & Diane Pulfrey Family Fund Cory & Diane Pulfrey Information Technology Grace Rosness Memorial Scholarship Loren Schillinger Business Scholarship Risa K. Scott Collaboration Lab Elizabeth Seitz Moyer Scholarship Robert G. Simkins Memorial Scholarship State Farm Insurance Family Business Program Syverson Family Scholarship Jerry Trainer Excellence in Business Scholarship Gary Twiford Memorial Business Scholarship U.S. Bank Bozeman Scholarship Seiichi Uzurahashi Endowment for International Studies Ken Wilson Professional Development and Mentorship Shelly Wong-Pinto Scholarship Doris Wood Endowment for Business 75

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THANK YOU to our JJCBE Staff

The JJCBE’s support staff provides vital assistance to our administrative team, faculty, and students in a variety of ways. From preparing payroll, drafting budgets, and coordinating position searches, to faculty and student support, event planning, and development, they demonstrate hard work and dedication. We would like to express our gratitude and appreciation for their support.

Audrey Capp

Sarah Cairoli

Administrative Associate, Faculty Services Office

Chantelle Mahan Associate Director, The Bracken Center

Anna Reardon Director of Events

Alison Todd

Brenda Truman

Administrative Associate to the Director of Operations

Director, Office of Student Services

Tia Brown Director of Operations

Phyllis Johnson

Director of Communications & Public Director of the Bracken Business Communications Clinic Relations

Ana Voss Administrative Associate, Office of Student Services

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For the past seven years, the JJCBE has created an online version of the Annual Report as a way to keep you updated on College activities and news while striving to manage our financial resources wisely. As we move forward, the JJCBE continues this tradition by linking our homepage to our online interactive Annual Report. Please e-mail collegeofbusiness@montana.edu if you wish to continue to receive a hard copy of the Annual Report. Thank you for your continued support!

Liz Greenfield

Suzanne Hepburn

Assistant Director, Office of Student Services

Accounting Analyst

Halina Rickman Admistrative Associate to the Dean

Elizabeth Schmidt Administrative Associate to the Dean

Linda Ward

Jackie Sather

Director of Programs, The Jabs Entrepreneurship Center

Senior Director of Development, Unit Lead (MSU Foundation)

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