Under the guidance of Julie Straus, chair of the Business, Education and Law Division, the following Culver-Stockton students were added to Sigma Beta Delta in recognition of their high academic achievement and willingness to pursue a life of wisdom, honor, and aspirations:

Undergraduate candidates:

• Caitlin Carthy, a junior accountancy and finance major from New Baden, Ill.
• Lea Daniel, a senior accountancy and finance major from Everton, Mo.
• Jose Fernandez, a junior business administration major from Madrid, Spain.
• Christopher Ford, a junior finance major from Canton, Mo.
• Sailor Gengenbacher, a senior psychology and business administration major from Quincy, Ill.
• Alexander Gonzalez, a junior business administration and finance major from Cape Coral, Fla.
• Abigail Huber, a senior accountancy and finance major from Quincy, Ill.
• Dalton Myers, a junior business administration and marketing major from Quincy, Ill.
• Cassidy Navo, a junior finance and accountancy major from House Springs, Mo.
• Shanna Wemhoener, a senior business administration major from Quincy, Ill.
• Brooke Wilson, a junior accountancy major from Palmyra, Mo.

Master of Business Administration candidates:

• Megan Crawford, an MBA student with a specialization in management from Shelbina, Mo.
• Jessica Freels, an MBA student with a specialization in management from New London, Mo.
• Kyle Warning, an MBA student with a specialization in management and health care management from Quincy, Ill.

A formal induction ceremony, which will be conducted by chapter advisor Jim Cosgrove, professor of business administration, is scheduled for the fall.

Sigma Beta Delta was founded in January 1994 and established to honor students who have attained superior records in business programs in schools and colleges with regional accreditation. Membership in Sigma Beta Delta is the highest national recognition a business student can receive at a college or university with a Sigma Beta Delta chapter.

More than 400 chapters have been established in 47 states and internationally. Sigma Beta Delta has more than 80,000 members.

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Smith is a nationally known consultant, instructor, advisor and public speaker with an emphasis on fraud prevention and ethical conduct. He once served as the CFO for 16 years at HealthSouth Corporation, a Fortune 500 company that had grown to 2,000 locations in 50 states and five countries. However, he eventually exposed a multi-year, multi-billion dollar financial statement fraud at HealthSouth, and now he is encouraging others to practice ethical leadership in all walks of life.

Smith will give his presentation at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 24 in Meaders Lounge in the Gladys Crown Student Center. Business attire is required.

Jim Cosgrove, the Moorman Professor of business administration at Culver-Stockton, will give a presentation during a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27 in Meaders Lounge. He will be speaking on the Moorman Professorship, including the background and history of Moorman Foundation and opportunities it has provided the C-SC faculty. Business attire is required.

The Ethics Week programs聽are sponsored by the IMA Student Chapter, Enactus, the Moorman Professorship and the business department.

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Jim Cosgrove, a professor of business administration, has been selected to provide the leadership as the named faculty member. He will provide a robust learning experience for students with the basic principles and deeper understanding of economics, as well as the ethical and legal principles of a free society and qualities to become a better-informed and engaged generation of Americans.

Cosgrove has been a member of the faculty at 乱伦社区 since 1982. He has a bachelor of business administration degree with a major in accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a bachelor鈥檚 degree in religion and philosophy from Culver-Stockton, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois College of Law.

He has been recognized for his past work with the Helsabeck Prize for Excellence in Teaching from Culver-Stockton, the Missouri Governor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Education, the Excellence in Teaching Award from the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, and the Burlington Northern Teaching Award.

A professorship is one of the highest educational honors a faculty member can achieve. It will provide for Cosgrove additional opportunities for class travel, as well as course development, professional development and a lecture series.

Culver-Stockton has 468 students in its Business, Education and Leadership division, consisting of approximately 40 percent of the student population.

The Moorman Professorship is an important piece to the academic component of the comprehensive campaign, 鈥淐ulver-Stockton Changing Lives.鈥�

鈥淭he faculty and staff are truly changing the lives of our students, and a gift like this is transformational,鈥� 乱伦社区 president Kelly Thompson said. 鈥淭his remarkable gift will affect the educational experience of nearly half of the student body today, as well as many of our future students. We are deeply grateful to the Moorman Foundation鈥檚 generosity and support of our academic opportunities.鈥�

The Moorman Manufacturing Company was created in 1900 in Gorin, Mo., to sell a hog mineral mixture, designed to make the hogs healthier, in homemade white cotton sacks. A few years later, the operation was moved to Quincy. Moorman鈥檚 went on to manufacture more than 150 different products for feeding livestock and poultry before it was sold to ADM in 1997.

The prospering Moorman Manufacturing business led Charles A. Moorman 鈥� son of founder Thomas Robinson (T.R.) Moorman 鈥� and his wife, Fabiola Cassidy Moorman, to establish a foundation in 1942 that gave them an outlet to channel their philanthropic activities.

Charles A. Moorman died in 1948, but his wife remained involved in the operations of the Moorman Foundation until she died in 1977. The foundation continues to hold dear the basic economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society.

The Moorman Professorship will help 乱伦社区 meet its mission 鈥� to prepare students of promise for a dynamic world through a distinctive experiential curriculum within a supportive learning community founded upon the best values of faith and the human spirit.

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