Department of Management and Marketing

Message from the Chair

High-Impact Campaign

Department Events

Spotlight on Students

Alumni in the News

Focus on Faculty

Message from the Chair

Thanks for opening up the 2017 edition of the Management and Marketing Department Newsletter. I am excited to share with you some of the great things happening in the department this year, and even more excited that you are interested in hearing from us!

As department chair, I am always pleased when our faculty take on new challenges, especially when they directly impact our students. With so many unique disciplines represented in our department (including management, marketing, entrepreneurship, production and operations management, business ethics, and international business), you never know where the next innovation will come from. This year, one of our more significant additions to the student experience is coming from Instructor Joel Petry, who is leading SIUE’s first-ever team in competition at the National Collegiate Sales Competition in Kennesaw, Ga.

Also in this issue of the newsletter, you’ll read Management and Marketing Department alumni, student and faculty highlights. So read on, and thank you for staying connected with the Management and Marketing Department. As always, I invite you to share your own exciting stories (awesome job stories, fun SIUE memories, and so on) by emailing me at ehershb@siue.edu.

Regards,

Dr. Edmund Hershberger

Associate Professor of Marketing and Department Chair

Management and Marketing Department

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Department Events

At the School of Business Scholarships and Awards Luncheon on March 22, 2017, the following scholarships and awards were presented to management and marketing students:

AMA Student Organization Award: Nick Hotze
Harold Boeschenstein Award in Marketing: Anthony Hettinger
Edward K. Brennar Award in Business Management: Catelyn Vail
Darrell Lee Davidson Honor Award in Marketing: Hannah Fouts
Department of Management IBS Award: Feather Williams
Thomas E. DuHadway, ’66, Memorial Award: Luke Jansen
Enterprise Holdings Emerging Leader Scholarship: Anthony Hettinger
Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits Scholarship: Luke Jansen
John W. & Jane R. Mosser Scholarship for Creativity in Marketing: Ayanna Wadlington
Frank Staggers Award for Excellence in Marketing Research: Surya Angarai, Vamsi Boll, Kirby Nitzschke & Katelyn Salzman
The Boeing Company Scholarship: Luke Molen
Waterways Scholarship: Anthony Hettinger

March 31-April 2: National Collegiate Sales Competition

April 7-8: International Business Case Competition

April 20: Spring MGMT331 Case Competition, Dunham Hall Theater

May 5: School of Business Graduate Hooding Ceremony and Commencement

May 19: Master of Marketing Research Program Advisory Board Meeting

Spotlight on Students

Chase Hutter loves pizza. Any kind of pizza, but a pizza from Italy is his favorite.

Is this love of pizza the real reason he decided to study, work and travel in Italy?

Chase is a SIUE School of Business major and a pre-law and history minor who is graduating in December 2017. He spent last summer and fall in Italy. While there studying and working, he traveled to 13 other countries and spent time in some of the most famous foreign cities, including Munich, London, Milan, Venice, Pisa and Brussels, all while living in Rome. Chase feels his love for travel started with his family supporting him, his travel hockey team and the stories of his great grandfather who came to America from Italy.

Alumni in the News

With his current title as a commercial banking relationship manager, David Ruby, BS '03, specializes in working with small-to-medium sized businesses—mostly privately held companies and real estate investors. When asked if his time at SIUE aided in his current success, he responded, “Absolutely.” He then expressed how fortunate he was to obtain such great opportunities while attending SIUE. Landing a position to ignite a banking career at one of the SIUE career fairs, Ruby juggled a full-time education with a nearly full-time career in banking. Ruby stated, “It was during that time I learned how to become extremely organized and effectively manage my time.”

Focus on Faculty

It’s okay to cuss in front of Dr. Mike Hair, assistant professor in the Management and Marketing Department at SIUE. Cursing and consumption is just one of the areas of his research—his analysis concerns the impact of profanity on male consumers’ shopping behavior.

Hair joined SIUE in August 2015 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Sheller College of Business, where he received his PhD in Marketing. Mike lived in Atlanta, Ga., for several years before deciding to make the move to SIUE. He chose SIUE because it offered the right balance of research and teaching he was looking for, and also the maximum amount of time and contact with students.