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Program provides student interaction with business community
Jessica Leggin / Campus Editor
Issue date: 2/25/09 Section: News
Opportunities for students to interact with executives in the business world have been provided through the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences with their Executive-in-Residence program since 1993.
This established program brings in two to three executives from different companies a year to inform students about what executives want from employees and the skills they must obtain in order to gain an executive position.
The school of business will have Metavante Corporation executives on campus to speak with students in various business classes today and Thursday. The Metavante Corporation is a company that provides technological and financial services for their customers. Gary Bakker, president of risk and compliance solutions for Metavante, will present his lecture "Fraud Schemes: How banks protect you. How you should protect yourself?" at 7 p.m. tonight in the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium.
Cheryl Noll, chair for the School of Business, encourages all majors to attend. "Topics like this are important for all people to know due to how the economy is," she said.
Unlike some of the executive-in-residence programs, Metavante Corporations will bring along other prestigious executives in different business concentrations to share their experiences with students.
Noll said the external relations committee is made up of faculty members who are responsible for bringing in companies for the executive-in-residence program like Metavante.
"The faculty are the ones who find these people, contact them and bring them in," she said. "Vicki Hampton (professor of business) was responsible for making the initial contact with Metavante."
Noll said the executive-in-residence program is not necessarily a recruiting tool for students.
"This is not the primary reason for the program," she said. "It is not a recruiting tool, but a professional development opportunity."
Noll said Metavante's presence on campus would have a more powerful impact. "This will probably be more better because there will be a broader scope," she said.
David Boggs, assistant professor of management, said the various executives from Metavante would address different functional areas of business while they are on campus.
"It will include finance, human resources, the legal division and marketing," he said. "This allows students to hear different perspectives in the same organization instead of one."
Boggs said Metavante has made a tremendous commitment to Eastern as they volunteer their time to share the ins and outs of the business world.
"We are grateful that the company is investing to the university," he said.
Boggs said when it comes to the executive-in-residence program, students have gained information and many opportunities from executives and returning alumni.
"We've had students make network connections, and this company (Metavante) have hired students in the past," he said. "Students are enthusiastic in general about hearing from professionals. Also, faculty are able to engage with executives as they are preparing their students to work for them."
Other companies invited through the executive-in-residence program were Consolidated Communications Incorporated, Peterson Companies and Vantage Technology.
Noll said due to their good relationships with some of the companies, some of them ask for no monetary benefits.
"We offer them a stipend, but historically they give it back to us," she said. "They just want to come back and share with the students their experiences."
Noll said it is important for Eastern to stay connected with these various companies as well as make relationships with others.
"It is important that we continue these relationships with other companies and also connect with ones we don't traditionally," she said.
Jessica Leggin can be reached at 581-7942 or at jmleggin@eiu.edu.
This established program brings in two to three executives from different companies a year to inform students about what executives want from employees and the skills they must obtain in order to gain an executive position.
The school of business will have Metavante Corporation executives on campus to speak with students in various business classes today and Thursday. The Metavante Corporation is a company that provides technological and financial services for their customers. Gary Bakker, president of risk and compliance solutions for Metavante, will present his lecture "Fraud Schemes: How banks protect you. How you should protect yourself?" at 7 p.m. tonight in the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium.
Cheryl Noll, chair for the School of Business, encourages all majors to attend. "Topics like this are important for all people to know due to how the economy is," she said.
Unlike some of the executive-in-residence programs, Metavante Corporations will bring along other prestigious executives in different business concentrations to share their experiences with students.
Noll said the external relations committee is made up of faculty members who are responsible for bringing in companies for the executive-in-residence program like Metavante.
"The faculty are the ones who find these people, contact them and bring them in," she said. "Vicki Hampton (professor of business) was responsible for making the initial contact with Metavante."
Noll said the executive-in-residence program is not necessarily a recruiting tool for students.
"This is not the primary reason for the program," she said. "It is not a recruiting tool, but a professional development opportunity."
Noll said Metavante's presence on campus would have a more powerful impact. "This will probably be more better because there will be a broader scope," she said.
David Boggs, assistant professor of management, said the various executives from Metavante would address different functional areas of business while they are on campus.
"It will include finance, human resources, the legal division and marketing," he said. "This allows students to hear different perspectives in the same organization instead of one."
Boggs said Metavante has made a tremendous commitment to Eastern as they volunteer their time to share the ins and outs of the business world.
"We are grateful that the company is investing to the university," he said.
Boggs said when it comes to the executive-in-residence program, students have gained information and many opportunities from executives and returning alumni.
"We've had students make network connections, and this company (Metavante) have hired students in the past," he said. "Students are enthusiastic in general about hearing from professionals. Also, faculty are able to engage with executives as they are preparing their students to work for them."
Other companies invited through the executive-in-residence program were Consolidated Communications Incorporated, Peterson Companies and Vantage Technology.
Noll said due to their good relationships with some of the companies, some of them ask for no monetary benefits.
"We offer them a stipend, but historically they give it back to us," she said. "They just want to come back and share with the students their experiences."
Noll said it is important for Eastern to stay connected with these various companies as well as make relationships with others.
"It is important that we continue these relationships with other companies and also connect with ones we don't traditionally," she said.
Jessica Leggin can be reached at 581-7942 or at jmleggin@eiu.edu.
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