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
THE UTILITY PROFESSOR Professor James Pettijohn says, “I’m not a ‘baseball nut,’ but I do enjoy St. Louis Cardinals baseball.” He continues, “One of my all-time favorite Redbird’s players is Jose Oquendo, who’s now one of their coaches. I think I liked him because he was a ‘jack of all trades,’ a utility player. You never knew where he was going to show up on the field. At … [Read more...] about Faculty Profile: James Pettijohn
DR. SUSAN CRAIN: “FITNESS” INSTRUCTOR Professor Susan Crain, described her role much like that of a fitness instructor, “My job is to encourage the students to do things they really don’t want to do, but are in their best interests. I have high expectations and believe in allowing students to stretch beyond their self-perceived capabilities. Over the course of a semester, … [Read more...] about Faculty Profile: Susan Crain