Tabor College Business Department News

Saturday, September 02, 2006

First week of school

Week one is complete and in the books at Tabor College. It appears that our classes are fuller than normal. Dave Kroker has 28 in Introduction to Business and 33 in Macro Economics. I have 33 students in Principles of Marketing, 21 in Financial Management, 9 in Intermediate Accounting, 5 in Auditing, and 9 in Consumer Behavior. These are good things but challenging things.

I have talked to the managers, of the Bean Counter, Shelby Miller and Jillian Brown. They are hoping to open sometime this next week. They are excited about what they can do with the coffee house. In addition, the class project for marketing is to come up with marketing plans / new product suggestions for the Bean Counter. It should be a practical exercise for the students in the class and should be fun. I guess we will get the experience of having a consultant and being a consultant.

Business Club will be starting this month. I am planning on meeting with the chairperson, Casey Jost, and scheduling a date for the first meeting. I am guessing that it will be sometime during the third or fourth week of September. It most likely will be an organizational meeting so we can find out from students just what they want to do and who is willing to help with the club. We are in the market for guest speakers, so if you have any suggestions, pass them on to us.

Shortly, we are going to be asking students to keep portfolios of their work. We will be assessing them using goals and objectives we as a department believe business students should achieve. I will be posting those goals and objectives to the web log in the near future so you can see what we will be expecting our students to be able to do.

Additionally, we are beginning the process of considering what to do with our department curriculum. We would be interested in getting feedback from you. We are particularly interested in knowing what kind of experiences you had while in the Tabor College or wish you would have had while in the department which would enhance the student’s educational experience. If you have any suggestions for us, please let us know at our e-mail addresses.

We said we would keep you informed about potential job openings; we received the following announcement from Lindburg & Vogel, Chartered CPA’s in Hutchinson, Kansas

Lindburg & Vogel, Chartered is a growing, regional accounting firm with locations in Hutchinson, Topeka, Dodge City, and Hays. We provide assurance, tax, accounting, and consulting services to a wide variety of clients in Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and South Dakota. We currently have staff position openings in our Topeka and Hutchinson offices and are looking for accounting students who graduate in December 2006 or May 2007. The position will have an audit focus with some tax return preparation. We are looking for motivated students who have plans to sit for the exam after graduation. If any students are interested they can contact Ken Hamby by phone at 620-669-0461 or email at hamby@lv-cpa.com.

Ken Hamby
Lindburg & Vogel, Chartered

Thanks again for visiting the web log site, hope your having a great beginning to the fall.

NH

PS. When you see Linda and Rich Cantwell, ask them what they think about “Roy’s Pit.”

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