According to the IMA website, the student chapter program emphasizes the promotion of management accounting/financial management as a profession and a career while encouraging the student-run chapters to be creative in providing services to their members. Each year, student chapters vie for the IMA Student Chapter Award of Excellence, which recognizes chapters for achieving distinction in their promotion of IMA鈥檚 mission and vision and providing a broader range of activities and services to their members.听

The C-SC IMA Student Chapter exceeded the requirements to receive the Gold Award of Excellence certificate and the $500 monetary prize.听

鈥淭his recognition is a testament to the hard work, professionalism, and drive of our business, finance and accounting students,鈥� said C-SC Professor of Accounting Dr. Dell Ann Janney, who is also the faculty advisor for the IMA Student Chapter. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e demonstrated a strong commitment to both academic success and real-world learning experiences that will serve them well in their future careers.鈥澨�

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91直播, situated on 140 acres in Canton, Missouri, atop The Hill overlooking the Mississippi River, was founded in 1853 by members of the Disciples of Christ Church. Today, more than 1,000 students from around the world shape their futures in academic excellence with opportunities in 80 majors and minors, five graduate programs, 21 NAIA inter-collegiate athletics, 35 diverse student organizations, and many campus-life events.

WPI serves as a hub for project-based learning in higher education. The annual institute is designed to support staff and administrators globally in their efforts to implement new project-based learning programs on their campuses, as well as evaluate and improve existing programs.

The interdisciplinary team from C-SC had the opportunity to attend several workshops with a variety of topics that will enhance the college鈥檚 investment in expanding experiential learning opportunities for students.

鈥淥ur faculty team learned not only a variety of ways to conduct project-based learning in our classrooms but also came home committed to a three-year plan to lead the roll-out and adoption of project-based learning across our institution,” said Oltmans.

C-SC project-based learning program leaders developed several goals for this academic year, including the establishment of a Community of Practice program through which C-SC faculty can learn how to better implement project-based learning into their existing curriculum. Plans also include the implementation of pilot projects with innovative pedagogical methods in select courses and the identification of project-based learning opportunities throughout the tri-state region.

Experiential learning is a distinctive element of the mission of C-SC and has become embedded in the curriculum of the college. Project-based learning complements C-SC鈥檚 experiential learning focus by engaging students in solving real-world problems as part of their course curriculum. C-SC鈥檚 experiential learning emphasizes seven categories, including leadership, creative expression, service learning, simulated learning, travel experiences, research, and professional opportunities.

Photo: (left to right) Lindsay Uhlmeyer, Sarah Reardon, Lisa Prowant, Robin Jarvis, Shelley Oltmans

The agribusiness management major is designed to prepare a student for employment in fields such as agribusiness finance, international agriculture, agricultural marketing, resource economics, rural development and agricultural lending.

鈥淭here will soon be 9 billion people in the world, and food and water will be as important in this century as oil was in the last,鈥� said Dr. Douglas B. Palmer, president of 91直播. 鈥淭his new major is part of our mission to prepare students to lead with a sense of values in a dynamic world while also serving the needs of our local and regional business community.鈥�

Students will learn principles associated with best practices for agricultural product development, profit maximization and investment planning. They will become familiar with accounting tools like balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements to analyze and improve agricultural operations. They will be taught to use quantitative tools such as statistics, accounting methods, computer programs and investment analysis to solve management and planning problems.

The curriculum for the agribusiness management major has been created by Culver-Stockton鈥檚 business faculty 鈥� Maria Berhorst, lecturer in business; James Cosgrove, professor in business administration; Tammy Ellison, director of institutional technology and design; Dr. Dell Ann Janney, professor of accounting and associate dean of experiential education and external relations; Jeanne Johnson, senior lecturer in management information systems; Eric Larson, senior lecturer in business; Dr. Matthew Osborn, assistant professor of business; John Reinhardt, lecturer in accounting; and Julie Straus, associate professor of accounting.

鈥淎gribusiness management is a natural fit for us, given our location and our already outstanding business programs,鈥� said Dr. Lauren Schellenberger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. 鈥淥ur unique 12+3 academic calendar and experiential curriculum will allow our students to have multiple hands-on experiences in the agriculture industry, particularly through internships and travel study, that will make them exceptionally attractive to employers.鈥�

Culver-Stockton also is seeking qualified applicants for the position of assistant professor of agricultural business, a full-time position.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that farmers will have to produce more than 70 percent of the world鈥檚 food needs by 2050 to meet the needs of a population expected to surpass 9 million people. Well-known examples of agribusiness companies in the United States are Deere & Company, Cargill Corporation and Archer Daniels Midland Company.

A 2019 report by USA Today listed five agricultural and natural resources programs at colleges across the nation among the top 25 majors for employability. Culver-Stockton has been ranked as the top college or university in Missouri for job placement in 2019 and 2020, according to Zippia, Inc., a California-based national resource website with career information for job seekers.

With an enrollment of more than 1,000 students, Culver-Stockton now offers 44 undergraduate programs with the addition of the agribusiness management major.

Contact Straus, chair of the Business, Education and Law Division, at听jstraus@culver.edu听or 573-288-6314 to learn more about the agribusiness management major at Culver-Stockton.

Culver-Stockton was one of five schools nationwide selected as an outstanding student chapter, along with Athens State (Ala.) University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Scranton (Pa.) and Utah State University. C-SC will receive a plaque and a $1,000 award.

C-SC has received the outstanding student chapter award 13 times in the past 17 years. The competition focuses on promotion of careers in management accounting/financial management and encourages chapters to be creative in providing programs for their members. The judging criteria is divided into three areas: planning and evaluation, programs and activities and administrative. Outstanding chapters are selected based upon completing all elements of the program and demonstrating they have promoted IMA membership and student programs.

Huber, a senior accountancy and finance major from Quincy, Ill., was one of 10 students recognized from across the nation. She will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Students applying for the award must also submit two faculty recommendations to support the nomination. After receiving the award, students must turn in an official transcript from the spring 2020 semester.

A ceremony to recognize the IMA award winners was scheduled during the IMA Student Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh on Nov. 12-14, but the ceremony was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, a virtual conference will be held on Nov. 13.

Dr. Dell Ann Janney, associate dean of experiential education and external relations, also is the advisor for the IMA student chapter at Culver-Stockton.

IMA student chapters are dedicated to connecting accounting, finance and business students on college campuses.

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Hoffman, who is majoring in accounting, finance and marketing, serves as president of the Institute of Management Accountants student chapter at C-SC. She also is the secretary-treasurer of the IMA professional chapter in Quincy, Ill. She is the treasurer of her sorority, the Mu Gamma chapter of Chi Omega, while working a part-time job and achieving a 3.87 grade-point average.听She was named in December as the recipient of the Student Cameron & McLeod Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes an outstanding student member of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Hoffman is pursuing her master of business administration degree through Culver-Stockton鈥檚 3+2 MBA program, which allows undergraduate students to matriculate in the MBA program during the senior year. Hoffman will complete her MBA with an accounting specialization in May 2021.

She will be recognized at an awards celebration on either Nov. 12 at River City Casino in St. Louis or Nov. 19 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

According to its website, the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants represents more than 8,000 members in public practice, industry, government, and education.

• Overall Game-To-Date Score 鈥� Their Overall Game-To-Date Score of 109.0 tied for the 4th best Overall Game-To-Date Score performance of the week, worldwide!
• Earnings Per Share 鈥� Their Earnings Per Share of $21.02 was the 33rd best Earnings Per Share performance of the week, worldwide!
• Stock Price 鈥� Their Stock Price of $579.36 was the 38th best Stock Price performance of the week, worldwide.

The co-managers of D – AKZ Technology (Company D), another team at C-SC, earned a Global Top 100 ranking on the following performance criteria:

• Overall Game-To-Date Score 鈥� Their Overall Game-To-Date Score of 107.0 tied for the 42nd best Overall Game-To-Date Score performance of the week, worldwide.
• Stock Price – Their Stock Price of $494.63 was the 97th best Stock Price performance of the week, worldwide.