Thursday, April 13, 2006
Colts vice president and local businessman to share wisdom with USI students
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The vice president of Finance for the Indianapolis Colts, a local business owner, and a USI professor will be on the agenda at a program for students interested in a business career. The Business Living Learning Community is sponsoring the program at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in Mitchell Auditorium in the Health Professions Center. The program is free and open to the public. Kurt Humphrey has been with the Indianapolis Colts organization for 22 years; this is his seventh year as vice president. He served as controller in the 15 prior years. He oversees daily financial business operations for the Colts. He is a graduate of Ball State University and has an accounting background. Rob Palmer is owner of Sigma Packaging, an online resource for new and used equipment for the process and packaging industry. He will discuss the importance of having a passion for your work. Palmer is a graduate of Purdue University. Dr. Joy Peluchette, USI professor of management, will discuss how to be successful in business. She serves as chair of the Management, Management Information Systems, and Applied Computer Science Department at USI. Residence Life has established living learning communities on campus organized by interest categories. Business students may choose to live on the Business Living Learning floor in a residence hall. Students with like interests are comfortable living in the same residence hall and can assist one another with course work and other topics related to the interest field. |
