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Episode 12: Create: Navigating the CPA Exam Changes With Alexa Rauser

Today we sat down with Masters of Accounting alum Alexa Rauser, who is currently the CPA Licensure Specialist at the University of Montana to discuss changes to the CPA exam. Most importantly, we talked through macro trends in the accounting profession and exactly what the University of Montana College of Business is doing to address these changes and prepare students for the changes to the CPA exam (largest change to the exam in 20 years!) If you’re interested in the Macct program, application timelines, admission requirements, or just have general questions about the curriculum, give us a call or head to our website: https://www.umt.edu/business/ [https://www.umt.edu/business/]. And of course, if you’re interested in talking with Alexa, you can email her at alexa.rauser@mso.umt.edu [alexa.rauser@mso.umt.edu].

Episode 11: Create Military and Veteran Series: Dawn Hambrick

Today we spoke with Dawn Hambrick. Dawn is the University of Montana College of Business Graduate Program Director AND the College of Business Student Scholarship Director. We spoke specifically about Military and Veteran services, which makes sense since this is our military and veteran service mini-series! Dawn has spent a career meeting with students talking them through the admission process. Traditional students, non-traditional students, and of course: military and veteran students. We also learn that Dawn has personal ties to military and veteran services! Thank you to Dawn for meeting with us! If you have any questions about getting started with the College of Business, please reach out using the information in our show notes, or visit business.umt.edu.

Episode 10: Create Military and Veteran Series: Mandy Brannon

Today we talked with Mandy Brannon. University of Montana alum, veteran, and advocate for the military and veteran service office right here on campus. We cover a lot of ground in this episode and we’re confident the story of career, service, and life on campus will be helpful to any future student veteran out there! We hope you enjoy this episode! Thank you Mandy for being a guest on today’s podcast. If you have any questions for us, please feel free to email us in the contact info in the show notes, or visit www.business.umt.edu [http://www.business.umt.edu].

Episode 9: Dr. Erik Guzik: Entrepreneurship in Montana and the John Ruffatto Startup Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to “Create” Stories of students creating their future through hard work, determination and of course, personalized course curriculums at the University of Montana College of Business. Today we talked with Dr. Erik Guzik, Assistant Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Montana and acting CEO of Patient One, one of the first Remote Patient Monitoring companies in health care. . We talk about what makes entrepreneurship a challenging topic to teach, we look at the upcoming John Ruffatto Business Startup Challenge, and we discuss Erik’s own journey in starting ventures. This episode is for anyone that loves a good founding story! For more information about the John Ruffatto Startup Challenge: Please visit umt.edu/startup

Episode 8: Leading Out West: A Webinar

Hello everyone and welcome back to Create! A podcast by the University of Montana College of Business … and now coming to you in webinar format as well! We’re so excited to welcome not one, not two, but three amazing guests on today’s episode. Joe Whittinghill, Professor Jason Triche and Bob Boyce. We’re talking about Leading Out West: an annual conference that happens right here in Missoula. The two day workshop is a leadership and network building intensive program for a small cohort of LGBTQIA college students. Industry leaders and business professionals help instruct and facilitate the event. Let’s meet the our three guests: Starting with Bob Boyce As of January 2017, the company Bob founded, Blue Horizon Hospitality Group, operated 35 restaurants in 10 cities throughout China, had revenue of seventy-five million US dollars per annum and employed nearly two thousand team members country wide. In February of 2017, Bob completed the final sale of his shares in the business to a European restaurant Group and completely exited from the business. He is one of the founding members of the leading out west team. He is currently the Chair of the YPO LGBTQIA+ Network. You’ll also meet Joe Whittinghill: Joe is a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft who leads People Strategy, Global Talent Management, Culture & Organization Development, and Global Learning and Development for the company. He is responsible for defining, shaping, and empowering the future of work and the workforce of the future. Joe is also one of the founding members of the Leading Out West team and serves on numerous non-profit and corporate boards inside and outside the company, with a focus on the future of work, LGBTQIA+ advocacy, sustainability, and neuroscience. He is a regular guest lecturer at universities on the topic of M&A, culture and leadership, strategy and organization development. And last but certainly not least: Dr. Jason Triche. If you’ve listened to previous episodes of Create, you’ll recognize the name from previous guests singing his praise: Jason is a professor right here at the University of Montana College of Business. Jason’s goal as a teacher is to prepare his students to be successful professionals. This includes adapting in any situation, working in teams, being a self-starter, learning the business acumen, and allowing technology to help, not hurt. Over the past several years he taught Introduction to Operations Management, Introduction to Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Project Management. Jason enjoys playing golf, hiking, playing the clarinet, watching football and traveling. He is trying to learn to downhill ski, but it is coming along very slowly. Jason has been critical in organizing and orchestrating this event. If you’re interested in applying, chances are you’ll be talking with him throughout the process! Link to register: https://www.umt.edu/business/leadingoutwest/ [https://www.umt.edu/business/leadingoutwest/]