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Show UNIVERSITY PREVIEW • SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • PALL 1996 23 SUU business department one of the best anywhere It has often been said that "Money makes the world go 'round," but that simple managem ent and human resource management. " We have a long-term goal of expanding our offerings," Horgesheimer said, "bu t phrase does little to describe the econ omic complexities of t he modern global v illage we call hom e. Gross national products and marginal propensities to consume, liquid that is something we can do only els the money is available, and as the st ude nt assets and stock portfolios, debts and debits-the language that crosses time lines deman d is there." and cultures with equal indiffere nce. The international complexities of business and finances is something the It is easy to see that the study of such an active, energetic system would require a department's faculty takes very seriously as well-so seriously, in fac t, that the faculty and administration to match, one ever willing to broaden its own horizons in university has created a foreign exchange program . "Our international business program continues to expand," Horgesheimer said of search of new ways of thinking and new m ethods of instruction; and according to Jerry Horgesheimer, business depart ment h ead, the campus boasts a collection of the effort, wh ich was insti tuted in th e fall of 1993 and is current ly coordinated by professors who are more than up to the heady challenge of teaching in what may faculty m embers Brad Duerson, assistant professor of interna tional business, and Alla Paroiatnikova, assistant professor of business. " We have 12 Russian stude nts well be the world's most intricate tongue. As one of the largest focuses of study a t SUU, the business with us th is year, and several of our students are studying in Russia." department is set aga in to lead hundreds of students through a financial landscape li ttered with demanding courses and The economics area of the business depart ment serves as concepts. From entreprene ur ship and accounting to the bridge between business and all other disciplines on internationa l business and finances, fro m marketing and campus. economics to organiza tional beh avior and ethics, t his is a field Economists work in a varie ty of fields, including education, of stu dy as vigorous as any o be found on ca m pus; and gove rnment, natural resources, engineeri ng and according to the department head, students and faculry manufact uring, fi nance, and business. T he economi cs members alike are finding a good dea l of success in sharing the program at SUU includes a bachelors of interdisciplinary challenges of this rugged field. st ud ies t hat requ ires a 45 hour core in economics, and "One of t he t hings we work toward in th is department is minors in several optiona l areas reflecting the diverse helping the students make t he transition from the classroom applica tions of t he discipline. to t he worki ng world," Horgesh eimer said. " Everyth ing we do Several intern hip opponun1t1es also exist for . tudents in t he classroom is oriented to practi cal experience. intere ted in economi cs who have Ht lea ta .1 .0 G PA. O ur primary concern is assisting the student in fi nding a " Probably o ur grea test as c t is the 21 !acuity me mbers we ca reer, and a position in that career, once he or she has have in th i department, and the staH support we have graduated-and we teach to that end, " he added. behind them," Horgeshcimer said. "They all ccm to he '' But in doing so, we arc also concerned about a we ll-rounded highly mot ivated and oriented to hcl p111g the students. We encourage that feeling, but I th111 k what has happc ned is that, education, we think our students need exposure to the arts a nd over the yea rs, th ese arc the type of faculty mem bers we have other subjects if they arc to be well-rounded contributors to h ired in the fi rst place. society." We want to make sure our faculty is well-rounded, and WI.! Short-term departmen t pla ns, Horgesheimer said, incl ude the creation next fa ll of two eel-net business courses per have done that," he said. quarter to allow students t he opportunity to obtain a bu iness " We have facult y members who have been leaders 111 degree over a fo ur-year period in the evenings. industry, and others who have held high-level po 1tions in <-,;.._ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.- - ' govcrn mc nr and other non -profit orga111zations. 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