Advisory Council Meeting

College of Business Advisory Council Meeting

 

 

11:30 – 11:45 A.M. Informal gathering

 

11:45 - Noon    Welcome and introductions

1. Scott Johnson, Dean
   1. Spring 2004 Best Buy
   2. Spring 2005 CHS Harvest States
   3. Spring 2006 GMAC RFC
   4. Spring 2007 Abdo, Eick, & Meyers, LLP 
   5. Spring 2008, ?
2. Jay Abdo, Abdo Eick & Meyers

Noon       Lunch

 

Noon - 1:30 - Discussion Session Session #1  

a) Centers of Excellence

     Current ideas: entrepreneurship, sustainability, food marketing, forensic accounting, finance or financial planning

b) Marketing Strategies:

    Business Week: hand out

c) Technology Initiative

     $125/semester fee benefits: http://cob.mnsu.edu/notebook/fee-breakdown.html (handout)

d) Development Endowment and Planned Giving (Leah Pockrandt)

     Endowment: http://cob.mnsu.edu/dev/endowment.html (handout)

     Scholarships: http://cob.mnsu.edu/scholarships/ (handout)

     Donors:  http://cob.mnsu.edu/dev/donors.html

     New building update

e) E-Mentoring update (Maurice Preston)

    Wrap-Up luncheon: April 26, 2007, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, CSU 253

     http://cob.mnsu.edu/media/events/e-mentoring-wrapup.html

 

 1:30 – 1:45 P.M. BREAK

1:45 – 3:00 P.M.  Discussion Session #2 

a) MBA update

    Current student profile, growth plans http://cob.mnsu.edu/mba/

b) Advisory Council strategies

c) Other

 

3:00 P.M. Meeting Concludes