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Members of our Southwestern family Patrick and Julie (Cate) Kelly need our prayers this Christmas. We ask for your prayers as Patrick is battling his 2nd brain tumor in the past 7 years.

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 12.21.2011 | 06:12 pm

Southwestern Company alumnus Governor Rick Perry made time for current Southwestern Advantage dealers at a chance encounter last week in Iowa. I am sure it will not surprise you that he did quite well as a bookman.

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 12.16.2011 | 03:12 pm

It is with great sadness that we share with the Southwestern alumni family the passing away of John Liederbach on September 27. John was from Rockville, Maryland, but was a West Virginia Mountaineer through and through. Countless WVU students stayed and played over the years in his house off campus, the “Red Relaxer,” including many [...]

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Posted by Dan Moore | 09.29.2011 | 06:09 pm

After much thoughtful dialogue throughout this year, Joni Bicknese is hanging up the career counseling shoes she has worn for 13 years to carry her unique abilities to another opportunity, as yet unnamed.  It’s a bittersweet time as we experience a combination of uncomfortable, yet exciting renaissance for Joni and Southwestern Career Services.   Joni [...]

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 08.22.2011 | 07:08 pm

Southwestern Company Great Recruiters Seminar Southwestern Company‘s Great Recruiters Seminar 2011 was highlighted by several alumni guest appearances.  Our new product Dream Team provided a lot of knowledge and excitement for the attendees. The new online product, named Southwestern Advantage, consists of several elements, each under the development of a separate expert. Ethan Shen (4 [...]

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Posted by Lee McCroskey | 01.31.2011 | 03:01 pm

Southwestern Company alumnus Haley Price was a keynote speaker at the 2011 Great Recruiter’s Seminar in Nashville.  After her summers in the Southwestern internship, Haley worked in global advertising sales for Microsoft in New York for over 4 years.  She also is the author of “Today is the Best Day of My Life”, and has [...]

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 01.23.2011 | 06:01 pm

Ella and Steve are involved with a wonderful ministry that brings hope and healing to families with a child stricken with cancer. Blue Skies, is a a ministry that takes families who are facing life-threatening childhood illnesses for a week-long beach retreat in Florida.

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 12.06.2010 | 02:12 pm

Taking calls from Southwestern alumni is one of my favorite responsibilities as the Southwestern Company Alumni Specialist. (weird title – I know) Almost five years into my role working with Southwestern alumni I have heard a ton of great bookfield stories, can list Southwestern sales managers back into the 1960′s, know almost all of Southwestern’s [...]

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 11.16.2010 | 07:11 pm

Earlier this week, we conducted our first webinar for Southwestern Company alumni. We received great response from our alumni. I enjoyed hearing from alumni excited to hear Dan Moore’s pearls of wisdom on Southwestern success principles. Three minutes before the webinar started, I was taken back to my first day on the bookfield. Despite having trained [...]

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Posted by Becky Bauman | 10.14.2010 | 06:10 pm

Happy July, everyone — time for some great news from Southwestern, and to say thank you to everyone. We are all so busy in our day-to-day tasks, yet it is important to take a moment to pause and re-acknowledge the truly great thing that is happening all across America and Canada this summer. It is one [...]

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Posted by Dan Moore | 07.02.2010 | 04:07 pm