People on the move 2/18/02

Intern earns top honors at Northwestern

Southeast Missouri State University student Josh Hanlon was recently honored among the nation's top interns of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.

Hanlon, the son of Bill and Becky Hanlon of Chaffee, Mo., is a senior marketing major at Southeast and plans to graduate in December.

Hanlon works with clients to sell life insurance, disability insurance and long-term care insurance. Since he began his internship with Northwestern Mutual in June, Hanlon has sold 34 insurance policies. He was honored recently at the annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wis.

Prof selected for ACL partner program

Dr. Gary G. Johnson, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGFM, has been selected as a member of the ACL Institute, the educational division of ACL Services, Ltd. The Education Partners Program informs and assists colleges in the use of data analysis software. Johnson was sponsored by Schott & Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants of Cape Girardeau.

To be eligible, Johnson had to meet specific criteria which included holding a position as a full-time professor teaching a course where the use of data analysis comprises a significant part of the course instruction. ACL is the market leader in data inquiry, analysis and reporting solutions.

Newspaper employees attend Carnegie seminar

Eighty employees of Cape Girardeau-based Rust Communications attended a Dale Carnegie training seminar at Drury Lodge Jan. 25. Employees came from near and far to hear Carol Sealey, president of the Dale Carnegie Training-St. Louis, lead a high-energy, interactive powwow centered on self-improvement as relates to business success.

Publishers, department heads, ad reps and associates of all departments from newspapers in Cape Girardeau, Dexter, Kennett, Marble Hill, Portageville, Poplar Bluff, Marshall, Sikeston and Nevada attended the seminar. They learned how to make positive first impressions, how to build rapport through positive communication, phone etiquette and proper appearance.

-- From staff reports