SBAToday Andrews University

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION

Newsletter

06 Augus t 2014

This Issue Job Pursuit Career Fair P.2

Chicago Field Trip P.3

Career Corner: The Follow-Up P.3

Grads: Where Are They Headed? P.4

SBA Awards Banquet

Dr. Loren Hamel was the

speaker for our annual School

of Business Administration

Awards Banquet in April.

The SBA banquet is an annual

event during which awards

such as “Most Outstanding

Student of the Year” and

“Teacher of the Year” are

awarded to certain business

students and professors.

The banquet, hosted by the

SBA Student Advisory Council,

was held in Chan Shun Hall

this year. Guests enjoyed a

delicious Italian Buffet, played

a guessing game trying to

f i g u r e o u t t h e

accomplishments of SBA

faculty members, and listened

to an excellent motivational

talk by Dr. Loren Hamel, who

is the CEO of Lakeland

Regional Health System.

Austria, Germany & Czech Republic Tour

Cobblestone streets. Castles. KTM

motorcycles. Bavarian Alps. Spanish

Riding Show. Vienna Expat Center.

Mirabell Gardens. What do these

have in common? All were visited

by seven students and three

faculty/staff during our SBA Study

Tour!

We arrived in Austria on May 6—jetlagged, but

excited to explore the streets and scenes of

Vienna. Vienna is the capital of Austria and

home to 50,000 companies. Over the next four

weeks, we toured various companies across

Austria: the Vienna Expat Center, Optimo (an

impressive debt-free leading mattress company

with 32 million in turnover), Hagleitna

production center (commercial cleaning

supplies), and KTM motorcycles’ headquarters

and assembly plant.

Students not only earned 6 credits toward their business

degrees during the two weeks we spent at Bogenhofen

Adventist Seminary near Braunau am Inn, Austria, but

also learned Austrian culture, made new friends, and

even learned a few German phrases!

In addition to the business visits, we spent time

sightseeing around Austria, Germany, and the Czech

Republic. Highlights included Burghausen (the longest

fortress in Europe) the Eagle’s Nest (Hitler’s former

retreat, high in the Bavarian Alps), Mozart’s Birthplace in

Salzburg, Cesky Krumlov (UNESCO World Heritage

Sight), Prague Castle and Old Town Square, and many

more amazing sights. We hope you will join us on our

next study tour!

Vo l um e

By Laura Malcolm

Andrews University SBA Study Tour Group at

Bogenhofen, Austria.

Job Pursuit Career Fair

Megan Reed shares her experience at

the Job Pursuit Career Fair, which

eventually landed her a marketing

internship at Atlas Oil Company, an

Inc. 5000 company .

Minute-to-Win-It Game Night

The School of Business

Administration held our

second Minute-to-Win-It

game night on a Saturday

night in late March.

This year’s event differed in

that it was a team event!

Groups of 4-6 students

rotated between tables in

the Student Rec Center,

electing a team member to

complete the task at hand,

whether it was balancing

golf balls on top of each

other or flipping Oreos into

their mouths from their

forehead. The free pizza

was a popular item, as were

the group games such as

the balloon stomping game.

The SBA looks forward to

hos t i ng many more

successful events in the

future!

Five students from Andrews

University attended the Job

Pursuit Career Fair on

February 18 in Lansing, MI,

for which AU provided

transportation.

Laura: Megan, how did you hear

about the Job Pursuit Fair?

Megan: I first heard about it

from emails that the SBA sent

out. I was seeking an internship

for the summer, and thought this

would be a good opportunity to

meet potential employers.

Laura: What was your strategy

for connecting with companies?

Megan: I came with the mindset

of talking to as many people as

possible. Even if they aren’t with

the exact industry or position

you’re interested in, they still

may be able to connect you with

someone else.

Megan (cont.): I spoke with

Target, Quicken Loans,

Valassis, Speedway, Federal

Mogul. Even if I wasn’t

interested in the positions

they were offering, it was

great conversation and

excellent networking. Target,

for example, was offering

management positions, but I

was told to directly email the

r e c r u i t e r f o r f u t u r e

opportunities in my field of

marketing.

Laura: Several companies

selected you for interviews in

the afternoon or upcoming

days, correct?

Megan: Yes—Coca Cola,

Chicago Apartment Finders,

Valassis, Target, Charles Koch

Institute, and Atlas Oil

Company all wanted to

interview me.

Laura: How did you prepare for

each interview in the afternoon?

Megan: I tried to be myself. I

wasn’t prepared for all those

companies, so scrambled at my

computer researching the

companies between interviews!

Laura: Why Atlas Oil Company?

Megan: At first, I wasn’t

interested. “Oi l?! Who’s

interested in oil!” But the

company representative and I

really connected. I learned they

do a lot of business and

m a r k e t i n g w i t h o t h e r

companies, since they supply oil

for gas stations and different

industries. They have an in-

house marketing team that

supplies materials for gas

stations and other companies!

So GO TO JOB FAIRS! It’s great

practice, and worth much more

than the $10 I paid!

By Megan Reed & Laura Malcolm

9th SDA Business Teachers’

Conference

The 9th biennial Seventh-

Day Adventist Business

Teachers’ Conference,

sponsored by Andrews

Un i ve rs i t y SB A an d

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital

during July 10-12, was a

huge success.

The conference featured 6

keynote speakers along with 20

papers presented at break-out

sessions. Attendees gathered at

Chan Shun Hall from over a

dozen countries, including

Zambia, Peru, the Philippines,

Lebanon, and the U.S.

The conference focused on

B u s i n e s s E t h i c s w i t h

presentations ranging from

“Being Adventist in Business: Is

There a Distinct Difference?” to

“Applied Ethics: The Triple

Bottom Line of Sustainability.”

The plan is to continue hosting

these business teachers’

conference every two years!

SBA Field Trip to

Chicago By Jen Birney & Laura Malcolm

Career Corner

Interview: The Follow-Up

You’ve landed the interview, done your

research, dressed to perfection, and nailed the

interview. Great! But now what?

Ask about next steps DURING the

interview: Ask the interviewer what the next

step in the process is, and when you can expect

to hear from them.

Send a thank-you note (soon!): Receiving a

handwritten thank-you card is always a bonus.

However, at least take the time to send the

interviewer an email thanking him or her for the

time & reiterating your interest in the position.

Follow up if you haven’t heard within

the given timetable: If you haven’t

heard from the interviewer within the

timetable he/she gave you, send a quick

note. Don’t be pushy, but ask if he/she has an update and say

you’re willing to supply more information if needed. Finally, if

you have followed up a couple times within a polite timeframe

with no response, move on.

What if rejected?: What if the news is bad and you didn’t

get the position? First, thank the person for their time and for

considering you. Second, ask if they’re willing to provide

feedback that you could use in future interviews. The answer

may be no, but it shows your interest in improvement.

Every year, the School of

Business Administration

hosts a field trip. In

February, 42 students and

4 faculty/staff visited the

windy city of Chicago!

We had a wonderful time

visiting Skydeck Chicago at the

Willis Tower, where students

enjoyed the 360° view and

interactive exhibits around the

skydeck. Students also posed

for pictures on a thick glass

ledge 1,353 feet above the

streets of Chicago.

Picture by Derek Adam Niere 1st place

We also visited the Chicago

Board of Trade, which is the

world’s oldest futures and

options exchange. Students

were able to view the Chicago

Board of Trade vault which,

although now empty, used to

house gold, silver, and cash, as

well as the trading pit and

various other sights of the

“CBOT building.”

Students had the opportunity to eat

in Chicago, where many of them took

advantage of Chicago’s signature

deep-dish pizza. After the trip,

students submitted photos as part of

a photo contest. Dr. A l len

Stembridge, the SBA Dean, selected

Derek Adam Niere and Kimberly

Adame as winners of the photo

contest.

Picture by Kimberly Adame

2nd place Picture by Rachel Illingworth

Picture by Derek Adam Niere

Picture by Hwakyeong Amy Kim

May 2014 Graduates

Rodney Allen II, Law Student at Michigan State University College of Law

Stephen Erich, Mobile Market Coordinator, Andrews University

Allison Moon, Marketing Creation Health position at Florida Hospital or AHS

Nic Paz, Product Support Engineer at Integra Group

Allegra Stennett, J.P. Morgan

Jeffrey Strunk, Accounting/Office Manager at Sunnydale Academy

Ashok Willmott, GCAS North Pacific Office

Find us: Andrews University School of Business Administration

Email us: sba-info@andrews.edu

SBAToday Volume 06 August 2014

Enactus

School of Business Administration Study Tour: (Left) Zell am See, (Middle) Cesky Krumlov, (Right) Eagle’s Nest

Enactus (formerly known as

SIFE), is no longer holding

regional compet i t i ons;

instead, they are only hosting

a national competition.

8 SBA students (accompanied

by 2 faculty/staff) presented

their projects at Enactus’

2014 National Competition in

Cincinnati, OH at the Duke

Energy Convention Center. It

was a great experience!

Email sba-info@andrews.edu

if you would like to get

involved in Enactus in the

2014-2015 school year!

Internship Mentions

Christian Jeon, Human Resources Intern, National Association of the State

Boards of Accountancy

Megan Reed, Marketing Intern, Atlas Oil Company

Joyce Yoon, Intern with Congressman Fred Upton, United States House of

Representatives

SBA Students and Graduates: Where Are They Headed?

If you would like to find out more about attending or donate to AU’s School of Business Administration, please contact us at sba-info@andrews.edu.