![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/chacaya-2-1200x516.jpg) | Alum-backed Radical Coffee Project making world a better place, one pound of coffee at a time A group of Spartan Global Development Fund alumni including Morgan Burns (BA Accounting '18), Scott Lyman (BA Finance and Social Relations & Policy '18), and Kathryn Smith (BA Finance '18) founded the non-profit to help Guatemalan coffee farmers work around intermediaries and gain access to fair prices for their labors. | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/xenithhelmet600x258.jpg) | Alum using business skills to make football safer Ryan Sullivan (BA Finance '06) is CEO of Xenith, the leader in football helmet technology. The Detroit-based company's helmets use enhanced shock arrangements to take a range of hits on the field while mitigating player risk. "It's tremendously rewarding to work in a business and with people who are seeking to make a difference," he said. | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/aishat_akinwale292x164.png) | The world is her classroom and office Aishat Akinwale (BA Accounting '15, Honors College '15, MS Accounting '16) traveled from her native Africa to America to learn accounting and then to Europe to apply it professionally. | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/mel292x164.jpg) | IT or business skills? Both matter greatly So says Mel Hudson-Nowak (MBA, Finance and Marketing '99), vice president for corporate systems and strategy at US Foods, who spoke at a recent Pung Executive Speaker Series event. | | | | march 20 | | | Broad College Executive MBA Virtual Information Session | 6:30PM - 7:00PM | | | Online | | | | | | march 27 | | | Broad Advancing Women in Business Event in Troy | 5:30PM - 7:30PM | | | 811 W. Square Lake Road, Troy | | | | | | aPRIL 24 | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/kellogg200x133.jpg) | | Spring 2019 CXM Best Practices Symposium | 8:30AM - 5:30PM | | | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center | | | | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/embagrad292x164.jpg) | Executive MBA's 53rd class goes forth The EMBA Class of 2019, comprised of 109 students from 80 companies and 55 different undergraduate programs, celebrated success at their completion ceremony March 10. | | | | Sharing big data's secrets with the world Those who harvest your online viewing, watching and reading habits may know you better than your loved ones, according to Associate Professor Anjana Susarla's research. | | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/broadweekly/pavilion_atrium_interior_rendering_584x328.jpg) | Student spaces key to Minskoff Pavilion Broad Spartans will be greeted with collaborative workspaces, open lounges and flexible classrooms when the new building opens this fall. | | | | New year, new look for Broad web site The latest information regarding Broad College programs, places and people, cleanly and clearly organized, are just one click away at broad.msu.edu. | | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/azar190x190.jpg) | We wish the best of luck to @TheSchoolofHB alum George Azar as he gets started on his next #Detroit #dining venture! #tomorrowsbusiness will be delicious. | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/scm1squaresnip190x190.jpg) | In case you didn't know, now you know. Thanks again for thinking so highly of #BroadSpartans (again and again!) in @msusupplychain at @msubroadcollege, @usnews! | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/sanjayindiasnip__002_190x190.jpg) | #BroadSpartans were all over the globe for spring break, including Dean Sanjay Gupta! He was building cooperation for and collaboration on #tomorrowsbusiness. | | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/hannahbldg600x258.jpg) | New trustees share their hopes, priorities Brianna Scott, Kelly Tebay and Nancy Schlichting say they are committed to ensuring that Michigan State's leadership makes wise decisions, and finds the right person to be the university's next president. "There are so many amazing people on campus, and alumni all over the world, who are committed to changing our culture and offering to be part of solutions," Tebay said. "We should utilize their expertise and welcome them into this process.” | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/sparty-292x164.jpg) | Trustees OK creation of new department The Department of African-American and African Studies will be housed in the College of Arts and Letters. | | | ![](https://myprofile.advancement.msu.edu/s/1393/images/gid4/editor/alumni_newsletter/msu-sign-292x164.jpg) | Intermediate Healing Fund created at MSU It will help provide counseling and mental health services for sexual assault survivors while a more permanent resource is revived. | | | | Have You Visited the Alumni Directory Lately? Get connected today with Spartans around the world in accounting, finance, hospitality business, management, marketing, and supply chain management. | | | | | |
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