FACULTY FOCUS: WAYNE ANDERSON Professor Wayne Anderson joined the faculty of Missouri State University (then Southwest Missouri State University) in 1984. Through the years, he has won multiple teaching awards, including the Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award (1993), University Teaching Award (2000), and the College of Business Administration Teaching Award (2002, … [Read more...] about Faculty Profile: Wayne Anderson
ALUM UPDATE: KYLE MOLES Kyle Moles is a 2006 finance graduate of Missouri State University. Moles works as a Financial Representative at Northwestern Mutual, a 152-year old company with more than three million insurance and investment clients. In his role as a Financial Representative, Moles manages a financial services practice concentrated on serving high net worth … [Read more...] about Alumni Profile: Kyle Moles
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: TYLER SMITHSON While a senior in high school, Tyler Smithson convinced his business teacher to create a class on finance. The result? A trader was born. “With just two students enrolled, my instructor and I would spend 50 minutes each day trading equities and options while watching CNBC. It was a fantastic learning experience!” Smithson, a December 2009 … [Read more...] about Student Spotlight: Tyler Smithson
WASTE NOT - WANT NOT Jessie Reeves started off at MSU as an economics major and finance minor. That changed in the fall of 2007 when she took the core FGB 380 (financial management) course with Dr. Kent Ragan. “I really enjoyed the class and the material,” Jessie says, and she subsequently made finance her major. Reeves grew up in the small town of Harrisonville, Missouri … [Read more...] about Student Profile: Jessie Reeves
TAKE IT TO THE BANK Robert Buchanan is a 2006 finance graduate of Missouri State University. He works as a bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury. The OCC, which regulates all national banks, is little known by most Americans but plays an important role in keeping our national banking system safe and sound. … [Read more...] about Alumni Profile: Robert Buchanan