Division of Business

Special Events

Annually, the Business Division sponsors numerous special events for the campus community and the public.

• C-SC Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) members hosted a High School Business Visit Day on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Area high school students participated in a game of Marketing Jeopardy, Business Study Abroad in China, What's the $ Value, and Your Paycheck.
• The public is invited to attend the Business Leadership Exchange Speaker Series, which includes presentations by CEOs, CFOs, and business leaders.
• High School Teachers may request the "Your Paycheck" Program, a teen personal financial education course which is a community service program taught by our students.

The CSC Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Student Chapter created unique programs for the campus community, including:

• "1 vs 100"
• "The CSC Apprentice"

New this fall, the CSC Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group will hold the "Duel on the Hill" competition for high school students. For more information, contact Jeanne Johnson at jjohnson@culver.edu.

Business Leadership Exchange
Every year, leading business executives are invited to campus to present a lecture on current trends in business. They also meet with students to discuss their business experience and share their insights on how to succeed. Recent programs have been conducted by:

• Ron Fory, founder, The Fory Group
• David Axson, president, The Sonax Group
• Ronald W. Leftwich, retired treasurer, Shell Oil Company
• Kenneth "Gus" Williams, consultant and former president, Coldwell Banker Everitt and Williams
• Burt G. Chojnowski, managing partner, BrainBelt Consulting
• C. James Carr, president and CEO, Produce Reporter Company
• Jenkins Davis, director of sales and marketing development, Komatsu America Corporation
  
  

Your Paycheck
Your Paycheck is an interactive course designed to help teens understand their paycheck, manage a checking account or other payment options, shop wisely, budget and save. Culver-Stockton students volunteer to teach the Your Paycheck program. For more information about Your Paycheck, contact Laura Kent Donahue at montfort@adams.net

"1 vs. 100"
The Business Division converted the popular television show "1 vs. 100" into a campus-wide competition. Again sponsored by the student IMA chapter, the event included representatives from faculty, staff, and nearly every student organization on campus. It was won by Amber Roach, then a sophomore psychology major. For details, see the story.

"C-SC Apprentice"
The C-SC Business Division emulated the popular Donald Trump "Apprentice" program. Sixteen students were selected to compete. Each week pitted them against each other in a challenging business-related competition. At the end, only one student was left standing, Lucas Cramsey, then a junior finance major. The competition, sponsored by the student chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, not only intrigued the campus, it involved the local business community and was broadcast by a regional television station out of Quincy, Ill. For more details, see the feature story in the C-SC Chronicle, Winter 2007 (pp. 12-13).

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