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BAE Projects
Dr. Smith Retirement Reception
On Friday, May 8, from 3-5 p.m., the School of Business held a Retirement Reception for BAE Department Chair and Management Professor, Dr. Bill Smith, who retires after 15 years at ESU. The reception was held in the Koch Lounge, Cremer Hall.
Dr. Bill Smith, second from left, discusses his family in the photo on the table with Dr. Ken Weaver, right, Associate Dean, The Teachers College. Dr. Barry Smith, second from the right, is about to offer his brother, the honoree, a piece of cake. Dr. Bill Smith’s wife, Nancy, left, listens attentively.
Dean Joseph Wen, School of Business, right, has just presented Dr. Smith with a fine ESU painting on behalf of the School of Business.
The reception was well attended by faculty, staff, administration, and Flint Hills area residents who have worked with Dr. Smith over the years.
Training Class Graduation
Shown below is a picture of the latest graduating class from the program Training for Managers. This is a customized program for mental health professionals to help them enhance their management skills. Participants for this program come from all over the State of Kansas to complete 50 hours of training in a variety of management topics. This is the third time Emporia State University and the Mental Health Centers of Kansas have partnered to provide this training.
This is the graduating management training class of 2009.
All photos from the last two sections have been provided courtesy of Allen Walker.
Council Grove Rotary Club Speaker
From time to time, faculty members of the BAE Department are asked to speak at meetings of service clubs in the area.
Dr. Bill Smith, Chair, BAE department, spoke on economic development and tourism at the January 2009 Council Grove Rotary Club meeting. Pictured are Dr. Smith, left, Rotary Program Chair Julie Hower, Farmers and Drovers Bank, center, and Rotary President, Vern Hay, Morris County Commissioner, on the right.
Customized Training
Each semester, the BAE Department and the Center for Business and Economic Development conduct Training sessions for local and regional businesses and organizations tailored to their special interest and needs. Sessions are normally conducted in the Roe Cross Conference Room of Cremer Hall. Mr. Bill Barnes plans and coordinates the training activities.
In the photo, above, a group of mental health professionals were receiving management training. Specifically, four panelists were giving the participants an overview of what is happening in the mental health arena in Kansas from the perspective of different funding and oversight agencies and its impact on local mental health centers. The panelists are, from left to right:
Mr. Bill Persinger, at the podium, Executive Director, Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas
Dr. Narinder Singh, Division of Medicaid and Children’s Health, CMS
Mr. Rick Shults, Director of Mental Health Services, Kansas Department of SRS
Mr. Michael Goldberg, President of Kansas Health Solutions
Leadership Change for Tourism Coalition
At the January 2009 Annual Meeting for of the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc., a new president was elected, to begin in the office in May 2009. Pictured above are, from left: C. Kay Hutchinson, incoming president; Linda Craghead, FHTC Executive Director (www.kansasflinthills.travel); and Dr. Bill Smith, BAE Department Chair and Management Professor, outgoing President.
All photos from the last three sections have been provided courtesy of Bill Smith.