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6Alumni of our college also validate that we provide a greateducation. Many of our graduates have had or are havingsuccessful careers. This year, we are particularly proud of agraduate of our MBA program. SHOW BETSY DUKE SLIDEHERE Betsy Duke received her MBA in 1983 and since thattime she has had a very successful career in the bankingindustry, most recently as COO of Towne Bank. She was thefirst female President of the American Bankers Association.Last year we were thrilled when she was nominated for a seaton the Federal Reserve Board. She successfully went throughSenate hearings and then waited. It looked for a while asthough she was a victim of politics, as she was the appointee ofa lame duck President. However, just a few weeks ago, the callcame, and Betsy was officially sworn in on August 5. Wecouldn’t be happier for her and for us! Betsy was recently oneof our Executive in Residence speakers and served on thecollege’s Executive Advisory Council. I have a feeling we’ll behaving her back here a few more times.Goal Two - Improve numbers of placements in jobs andgraduate schools.Our second goal is to improve placement of our students. Thepurpose of a Scorecard is to highlight areas for improvement.Please look at the chart for Student Internships. SHOWINTERNSHIP SLIDE If you ever want proof that Strategic Planswith scorecards and accountability work, this chart provides it.Last year we had some disappointing data in this Scorecard,internships were down significantly. This is known in Good toGreat language as “confronting the brutal facts.” After viewingthe data, I met with Tom Wunderlich and Penny Craig-Pickel.Tom agreed to provide more resources to Career Management inthe college. We also made some changes to processes and Penny