Bama Means Business

Mark Smith serves as the senior manager of public policy for adult beverages at Shipt. Mark also graduated from Culverhouse with a finance degree in 2011. Recent state legislation has led to big changes for Shipt, specifically in Mark's area. Today he will discuss how he came to Shipt, what the new legislation will mean for the company, and take a look back at his time at the capstone.

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Jessica Crew is a business communications instructor at The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business. As one of the first instructors of GBA 300, an educational program designed to provide business skills to students, Jessica guides hundreds of students through the essential skill needed in the modern workplace. In the second part of our discussion, we discuss best tips and practices for students looking to land their dream jobs.

For more information on the management program and how to get involved visit https://management.culverhouse.ua.edu.

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Jessica Crew is a business communications instructor at The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business. As one of the first instructors of GBA 300, an educational program designed to provide business skills to students, Jessica guides hundreds of students through the essential skill needed in the modern workplace. In this episode, we explore her life story, teaching philosophy, and recall some of her top stories.

For more information on GBA courses, visit our management department website https://management.culverhouse.ua.edu.

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Chris Whaley is a Finance and Economics instructor at The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business. As a researcher, Chris focuses on risk and uncertainties well as health economics. Dr. Whaley also guides students through many careers in the finance field. In this second part, we explore how everyone should learn finance as wells as future aspirations for impact in and outside of the classroom.

For more information on the Finance and Economics departments and how to get involved visit https://efls.culverhouse.ua.edu.

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Chris Whaley is a Finance and Economics instructor at The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business. As a researcher, Chris focuses on risk and uncertainties well as health economics. Dr. Whaley also guides students through many careers in the finance field. In this episode, we explore his life story, teaching philosophy, and how to apply current topics to classes every day.

For more information on the Finance and Economics departments and how to get involved visit https://efls.culverhouse.ua.edu.

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Robert "Bob" Pozen is a highly-accomplished figure in the worlds of business, education, and government. He is currently a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Business, served as an executive at MSF Investment Management and Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Management and Research Company, and was a member of President George W. Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, among many other roles. 

He is also an executive coach and co-author of "Remote, Inc.: How to Thrive at Work . . . Wherever You Are," which is available everywhere books are sold including Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Inc-Thrive-Work-Wherever/dp/0063079372

Recently, Mr. Pozen selected UA's Manderson Graduate School of Business as a recipient of a gift to establish the Robert C. Pozen Scholars Diversity Fund, which will help grow diversity within the school's MBA program. 

Learn more about the impact of Mr. Pozen's gift: https://culverhouse.ua.edu/news/2021/04/gift-to-help-transform-mba-student-diversity/

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Tremain McIntosh is a small business owner in Birmingham, AL. As the founder of God Gifted Hands, a trade school focused on providing skills to the community, Tremain is looking on bringing a new workforce to the state of Alabama. In the final episode of our three-part series, we explore what inspired Tremain to start God Gifted Hands and what he hopes it can bring to the community of Birmingham.

God Gifted Hands has begun working with Culverhouse LIFT students to streamline business processes. To learn more about Culverhouse LIFT, visit their website at https://lift.culverhouse.ua.edu/

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Tremain McIntosh is a small business owner in Birmingham, AL. As the founder of God Gifted Hands, a trade school focused on providing skills to the community, Tremain is looking on bringing a new workforce to the state of Alabama. In part two of our three-part series, we follow him through his journey from Florida, all the way to Texas, and eventually back to Birmingham.

God Gifted Hands has begun working with Culverhouse LIFT students to streamline business processes. To learn more about Culverhouse LIFT, visit their website at https://lift.culverhouse.ua.edu/

For more information about the Culverhouse College of Business visit our website https://culverhouse.ua.edu.

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Tremain McIntosh is a small business owner in Birmingham, AL. As the founder of God Gifted Hands, a trade school focused on providing skills to the community, Tremain is looking on bringing a new workforce to the state of Alabama. In part one of our three-part series, we explore his life growing up in Birmingham, working with his dad, and eventually moving to Florida.  

God Gifted Hands has begun working with Culverhouse LIFT students to streamline business processes. To learn more about Culverhouse LIFT, visit their website at https://lift.culverhouse.ua.edu/

For more information about the Culverhouse College of Business visit our website https://culverhouse.ua.edu.

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Keith Norton and Brett Riley serve The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business's development team as director of development and executive director of development, respectively. The development team at Culverhouse oversees all aspects of gift-giving to the college. Brett and Keith work tirelessly to establish and foster relationships with students, alumni, and friends of the college that helps create a perpetual presence for Culverhouse within stakeholders' lives.

For more information on our development team, reach out to:

• Keith Norton
• (205)-348-7353
• Brett Riley
• (205)-348-3687

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