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Sycamore Business Advisors
Business 401, otherwise know as Sycamore
Business Advisors (SyBA), is a capstone course.
The class is actually a strategic planning
consulting business through which businesses and
not-for-profits can "hire " ISU business
students to solve their problems in marketing,
organization, production - anything they might
want help with. Several groups benefit from the
experience: students, the business community,
community organizations, the College of Business
and Indiana State. SyBA is very student driven,
and the success of each client business is truly
in the hands of the student leadership assigned
to the project.
Typically, the SyBA class is divided into groups
and each group works with a specific client.
Previous clients have included, among others,
Billie Creek Village, the Wabash Valley
Community Foundation, ISU's Center for Public
Service and Community Engagement, and Kids Wagon
& Kreative Korner. Ninety percent of students’
time is spent working outside of the classroom,
meeting with clients, fellow employees/students
and compiling recommendations for the
businesses.
SyBA has developed and grown a great deal since
its inception in the summer of 2002. Each
semester, the group seeks out more new clients
to work with the student advisors. If you own or
know of a business or not-for-profit group that
could use SyBA’s help, contact Art Sherwood at
(812) 237-2094.
Small Business Development Center
The Terre Haute area SBDC provides assistance to
small business owners in six counties through
counseling, seminars, references, and referrals.
The center provides assistance to those who wish
to start a new business as well.
Gongaware Center for Insurance Management
The Gongaware Center will
undertake
cooperative ventures with the insurance and
financial services industry as a means of
developing current personnel into industry
leaders. It will also attract and recruit
additional numbers of high ability students to
ISU's Insurance and Risk Management program.
NetWorks
The School of Business is proud to announce the
largest gift in ISU's history. The $20 million
four-year grant from the Lilly Endowment
provides the resources to create NetWorks - an
outreach to provide new directions in financial
services for Indiana, the nation, and the world.
Center for Public Service and Community Engagement
The Center
for Public Service and Community Engagement
exists to promote the interaction between our
community of learners and communities beyond the
boundaries of the campus.
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