When: Thursday, September 24, 2009Where: Cambria Room, Student UnionTime: 6:00-9:00 pm
The Forum brings back recent graduates of the business program to talk about their post-Pitt-Johnstown experiences in work and graduate school and how they feel students can best prepare for professional and management careers.
The Forum will begin with informal presentations from three business alums: Mark Luther, Stacy Varmecky, and Tom Leslie. Each presenter will reflect upon his or her personal experiences as a working professional or graduate student and identify the skills and knowledge needed for success in the world of professional employment. A question-and-answer session will follow. Dinner will be served to all those attending.
This year’s trio of alums have varied backgrounds and interests:
Stacy Varmecky, a Johnstown native, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in April of 2009. A magna cum laude graduate, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Business with a dual concentration in Marketing & Management. During her collegiate career, Stacy held a very active role at Pitt-Johnstown and held various officer positions. She belonged to Circle K; she was a student worker for the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs; Stacy ended her collegiate career as a student worker for the newly-renamed Academic Success Center where she held the position of Assistant Program Coordinator. Stacy is pursuing her MBA at Saint Francis University where she is the Graduate Assistant / Marketing Coordinator for the School of Business. Retaining involvement at Pitt-Johnstown, Stacy is a mentor for the first-year Business-Corporate Real World Interest Group.
Tom Leslie, was born and raised in Johnstown Pennsylvania where he was a student at Richland. After graduating from Richland High School in 2003, he enrolled at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in the field of computer science. Completing two years of computer science, he then decided to switch to business management with a concentration in information systems. During his time at UPJ he was a member of the ACM Club, AITP and a member of the Delta Sigma Chi fraternity. Tom was hired in February 2007 to work part time at Kinetic Software as the support and client manager. He spent summer of 2007 training at the Kinetic Solutions (parent company) headquarters in England. Upon graduating in spring 2008 he was hired on full time to manage the North American clients. Long range plans include finishing his degree in computer science and working on a master's degree.
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