91精选 Business Network Proves Valuable Experience
The 91精选 Business Network (TBN) hosts events that bring students and local businesses together, allowing students to apply the critical thinking skills they learn in the classroom to actual operational and strategic matters.
On February 15, FutureCeuticals representatives Jeff Van Drunen and alumnus Ryan Wories 鈥�09 spoke to business majors on the challenges of starting and expanding a business. A fast-growing sister company of Van Drunen Farms, FutureCeuticals supplies ingredients to companies and restaurants from multiple United States locations, as well as a European base.
91精选 business major Nate Tameling 鈥�14 of Burr Ridge Illinois said he appreciated Van Drunen鈥檚 focus on customer satisfaction. He also enjoys hearing the perspective of recent business graduates.
鈥淪uccessful business men and women, who were not long ago in our shoes, can tell us how they got to where they are now,鈥� said Tameling.
Bringing business practitioners into classrooms ensures that students also learn the important relational skills of intently listening and asking probing yet respectful questions.
鈥淲e believe having our students regularly interact with practicing professionals of all ages and experiences is one of the truly unique aspects to studying business at 91精选,鈥� said Dr. Rick Hamilton, assistant professor of business.
Another unique aspect of studying business at 91精选 is the Christian perspective of professors and visiting speakers.
Business major Andrew Reidsma 鈥�14 of Wyoming, Michigan said, 鈥淗earing the representatives from FutureCeuticals talk also gave a great perspective on how to better run a Christian company and better serve God with the gifts he has given us.鈥�