This weekend I'm heading south to my alma mater, Hanover College, to participate in the Center for Business Preparation Colloquium.  The Center for Business Preparation is like a business school within the liberal arts college.  Students with any major can apply to be in the center and if selected, will gain hands-on business experience.  I wish it was available when I was in school!

My friends will be the first to tell you I'm slightly obsessed with Hanover.  I loved my four years there.  I got married on campus three years after graduation and this past fall was the first time I missed homecoming (but I did attend Coach Perry's last football game later in the season).  I feel incredibly lucky to have gone to such a great school. 

At the last colloquium I attended, a student asked me if I had any advice for him.  Even though I'm not at all wise, I do know what's important: "Write well," I told him.  If you are a poor writer, your job opportunities will be very limited.

With degrees from the Indiana University, Butler University, Notre Dame University and Hanover College, Dittoe PR is certainly comprised of a well-educated group of people.  More importantly, everyone here writes extremely well.  I am amazed at the amount of talent each account executive possesses.  Any company or individual looking for a quality PR firm to do business with will be amazed at the energy, education and talent this group has. 

On Sunday, approximately 45 Hanover students will hear five business problems and be randomly assigned one to discuss and provide a solution for in a presentation to the group.  Faculty and alumni will grade the students on how well they work with their group, the quality of their contribution and their overall participation. 

These students will one day be working in the real world and I hope they all succeed at what they do.  That’s why I’m going back to Hanover on Sunday.  Well, that and I could use a new coffee mug... maybe I can get one that says "alumni" this time.