Over 30 young Belmont Undergraduate Business School Alumni met with current students yesterday at the “Business Bistro,” a networking mixer sponsored by the College of Business Career Development Center and the Business Student Advisory Board. The Belmont Alumni, representing companies such as Gaylord Entertainment, Smith Barney, Kirkland's, Capital Financial Group, Caterpillar Finance, Tractor Supply, Thomas Nelson Publishers, EMMA Inc., HCA and Big Brothers/Big Sisters, shared their professional experiences and offered advice to current students. Rebekah Gunkel, 2005 marketing graduate now with Protherics, Inc., had this to say about the event, “I loved the Business Bistro event! It was a great opportunity for students to see young alumni, not much older than themselves, using their degrees in different capacities. I think it really helps bridge the gap between a college degree and a career when you talk to someone that had the same major, took the same classes, even sat in the same seats at Belmont, and is now successfully using the information first learned here on a daily basis.”
