Picking the Winners for Business: Mitchell Jeffery's Off-Campus Internship

Despite LinkedIn, Google, and the examples set by television crime shows, Web-based background searches aren't always – or often -- easy. "My boss says our job is a little like a murder mystery – sometimes it's really difficult just to confirm that someone is employed where the system says," said communication studies major Mitchell Jeffery, '14. "Or you might be looking for employment data and find out someone's involved in a lawsuit. There can be a sense of accomplishment just finding out where someone works."

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Alumni Discuss 'Business of Science for Gerstacker Institute

Albion College alumni return for a panel discussion on "The Business of Science" Monday, November 12 at 7 p.m. in the College's Norris Science Center Towsley Hall. The panel is sponsored by the Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management.

The panelists will cover many issues focusing on the benefits of a scientifically-focused education on the development and management of business. "Training in the sciences, like a liberal arts education, can be applied to many business situations, like organizational management, supply-chain strategy," said Gerstacker Institute coordinator Anne Cox. "These skills transfer to many areas of business."
Panelists include Jayme Cannon, '04, a vaccine formulation scientist at Novavax, where she develops vaccines that will be stored and manufactured in developing countries; Joe Heinzelmann, ‘04, a product manager market development manager for Neogen; and Chip Hurley, real estate officer and associate broker with Macatawa Bank .

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Gerstacker Institute, or 517/629-0418.

Trustee Jeff Weedman, '75, Discusses International Business with E&M Class

Jeff Weedman, '75, a former vice president of global business development for Procter & Gamble who has been tapped to serve as a P&G CEO on Loan to launch a regional innovation incubator called Cintrifuse, talked to a recent economics and management class about how corporations have the ability to be a global force for good.

A member of Albion's Board of Trustees and the Carl A. Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management's advisory board, Weedman told students in Vicki Baker's international management class that consumers reward companies whose goals, according to former P&G chairman and American venture capitalist Howard Morgan, are to constantly improve society.

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Krauss, '12, Featured in The Detroit News

Gerstacker Institute member Spencer Krauss, '12, will graduate in December with a degree in economics and management. Part of his last semester will also involve quarterbacking the Albion football team to what the Britons hope is a second straight MIAA championship.

The Tipton, Mich., native was recruited by a number of NCAA Division I schools, including Stanford, where he threw passes alongside top NFL Draft pick Andrew Luck during his visit. A serious knee injury changed Krauss' plans, but the last several years have proven mutually beneficial for him and Albion. Krauss talks about his experience in an Aug. 29 Detroit News feature.