Hawkinson is active with various religious, philanthropic and educational organizations in the community. The liberal arts environment fosters strong personal connections between administrator, professor and student. It promotes accountability for one's actions, performance and development, and it encourages students and professors to challenge one another's conclusions. By constantly developing skills of reason and logic, liberal arts studies provide a broader context for business courses. This context has enhanced my ability to effectively interact with senior members of internal and client organizations.
Leach is active with various community organizations.
What drew me to Augustana was the combination of a highly respected accounting program and a liberal arts curriculum, which included speech, writing, psychology and political science - courses that better prepared me for the business world. Augustana's outstanding faculty and its low student-faculty ratio provided me with invaluable career and personal direction. These relationships are unique to liberal arts colleges and crucial in developing young people's leadership potential for the professional world and community involvement. Msall joined the Ryan Administration in 1998 as a member of the transition team. Msall earned his law degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1992.