We had our fourth Advisory Council meeting on September 15 th . The Advisory Council consists of 36 nationally recognized companies that are committed to helping us improve our program. Our fifth annual meeting will be September 21 th , 2001. The companies serve as classroom speakers and provide research support to faculty, and offer input on the curriculum. The faculty have published in some of the top journals in the discipline, including the Journal of Marketing Research , Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science , and the Journal of Applied Psychology .
Students often receive job offers prior to graduation.
Many marketing students have paid summer internships with Fortune 500 firms. Several faculty have developed distance learning courses for Smart Force. Three marketing courses are available via a learning format.