Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

By Stephen Schmidt Having worked in Business Career Services (BCS) at the Trulaske College of Business since 2005, Matt Reiske cannot provide a complete directory of all the alumni he regularly keeps up with — but you can believe it is a fairly lengthy list. “It’s fun for me to watch their successes,” said Reiske, who has served as the executive director of BCS since he joined the college 17 years ago.

Is there an upside to being depressed? For almost four decades, psychologists have searched for an answer to this counterintuitive question. The search has intensified more recently as the prevalence of depression has trended upwards over the years. Anecdotally, we know that many historically important and high-achieving figures, from Charles Darwin to Abraham Lincoln, experienced different forms of this mental illness. So, is there more to depression that we are missing?

By Stephen Schmidt With the start of the fall semester, two faculty members at the Trulaske College of Business are adjusting to new leadership roles — as directors of the Center for Sales and Customer Development (CSCD) and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) — in addition to their teaching duties.

By Stephen Schmidt When many people hear the term “real estate appraisal,” their minds probably go to the residential side of the operation — with someone walking through a house with a flashlight in hand and a potential homeowner within earshot. While real estate appraisal plays an essential role in the financial world, there are plenty of opportunities in commercial real estate appraisal that often go overlooked.

This fall, the Trulaske College of Business welcomed four new faculty – one in the School of Accountancy and three in the Management Department.

Global Market Research in Action

Last week, the Trulaske College of Business hosted Camp Trulaske, an annual event designed to showcase Mizzou, the Trulaske College of Business and the City of Columbia to the college's incoming first-year and transfer students. Hundreds of students attended the three-day event, which featured a sand volleyball tournament, a hypnotist, opportunities to meet with faculty and hear from Interim Dean Chris Robert, and a live concert at sunset on Traditions Plaza.

By Stephen Schmidt Grace Casey, BS BA ’22, would never label herself as a “techie” when it comes to computers, yet the moment she stumbled across the realm of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and related blockchain technologies, she discovered a “rabbit hole” that she has been happily exploring ever since. Casey graduated from the University of Missouri this past May. Before she did, though, she won $5,000 in seed money courtesy of a VentureWell Faculty Grant after winning the recent installment of the WINVENT program through an NFT proposal.

By Stephen Schmidt This wasn’t a scene from a movie, although it might have felt that way to Haley Block BS BA, BA’ 16. In the middle of May of 2017, Block received an email from the Peace Corps. She had 24 hours to make the most significant decision of her life: Go to Uganda as a volunteer with a start date of June 1 or come up with another plan. “There was no other option,” Block said. “It's either don’t join the Peace Corps or go to Uganda. And I had to respond quickly because I knew they would give it to someone else."

By Stephen Schmidt A lot can happen in a few months. Just ask Josiah Mendoza. In early January, Mendoza was serving as the president of the Mizzou College Republicans, having been elected to that role in May 2021. Now, a year later, he is the Missouri Students Association president — with a Democratic vice president.