DR. VENCIL BIXLER: STILL AT IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS Dr. Vencil Bixler came to Missouri State University—then Southwest Missouri State College—in 1963 when he joined the Business Department as its ninth faculty member. When he began teaching at Missouri State, Dr. Bixler says the emphasis was on classroom teaching with each professor typically assigned a teaching load of 15 … [Read more...] about Faculty Profile: Vencil Bixler
MORE THAN A STUDENT Andrea Pruett, nee Thurmond, graduated from Missouri State with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance in May 2007. Not content to stop at one degree, she entered MSU’s accelerated MBA program and graduated in December 2008. During the last years of her education, she also worked as an intern for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Upon graduation, … [Read more...] about Alumni Profile: Andrea Pruett
AN INDEPENDENT ACHIEVER At some point during this May’s graduation ceremony, an FGB student will hear her name called and as she is walking forward to receive her diploma, she will also hear the Latin phrase “summa cum laude” meaning “with highest praise”. Her name is Xinyi (Claire) Zhang, an international student from Yueyang, China, and a finance major. Claire studied … [Read more...] about Student Profile: Xinyi “Claire” Zhang
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