Getting down
to business
Senior Kevin Meyer graduates
on Saturday with national
recognition and an award
winning business plan
Jonah Schrogin
Freelance Reporter
Business can be much different
than many people may think —just
ask graduating senior Kevin Meyer.
In just two years at the University, he
founded a club, was nationally recog
nized for a company he managed on
his own and won an award for a busi
ness plan he created.
Meyer, who has a concentration in
entrepreneurship, transferred from
Central Oregon Community College
in 2001. He will be one of250 business
administration undergraduates re
ceiving their degrees at the Charles H.
Lundquist College of Business com
mencement at 3 p.m. on Saturday on
the Knight Library south lawn.
Meyer said he has been interested
in business since he was a child.
“I had a business when I was about 12
years old that I ran with a friend where I
used to collect golf balls near the local
golf course, and we’dsell them backand
we’d walk away at the end of the day
with about $50 in our pocket,” he said.
When he arrived at the University,
Meyer started the Entrepreneurship
Club and was CEO of the club until
last winter.
“He’s extremely driven and self
motivated,” said Kristin Gilbert, an
Entrepreneurship Club adviser. “If
he doesn’t know the answer, that
doesn’t stop him.”
After his first year at the University,
Meyer applied for College Works
Painting, a national program that
trains students on how to run a paint
ing business, in- r
eluding market
ing, sales and
management.
While students
usually earn
about $9,000 in
eight months,
Meyer made
$14,000 from
Meyer
February to Oc
tober 2002.
In recognition
of his success, he was nominated for
“manager of the year” in Oregon, and
he was one of six students to win the
program’s National Quality Award.
Meyer and two friends also designed
a business plan for a company in their
management class in fall 2002. They
called the company Meyer Brau, and
the purpose was to sell high-quality,
non-alcoholic brew.
“I’ve always been interested in
beer,” Meyer said. “It’s one of those
things that’s kind of ingrained in every
culture you can think of. ”
The plan was entered into the Quest
for Adventure competition, which
Meyer and his team won.
“It was the capstone to my educa
tion,” Meyer said. He added he plans
to continue working with the idea after
he graduates.
“Kevin not only has great ideas, but
also has the drive and discipline to see
them through,” Undergraduate Pro
grams Assistant Director Jeanne Coe
said. Meyer said he has accomplished
his goal of doing something different at
the University.
“I was able to have my voice
heard,” Meyer said. “I influenced my
own experience.”
Jonah Schrogin is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Education students
help create change
Jessica Loehndorf aimed
to support students when
she launched the ‘Career
Connections’ program
Lindsay Sauve
Family/Health/Education Reporter
Department of Education research
associate and Professor Dan Close
works closely with many of the top stu
dents in the counseling, family and hu
man services field.
He said it’s difficult to choose just
one high-achiever, but one student
that stands out is Jessica Loehndorf,
a graduating senior in family and hu
man services.
“Jessica is the leader,” Close said.
“She’s a perfect balance of all the pieces.”
Loehndorf has been named one of
the top students of the 133 graduating
seniors in the College of Education.
And it’s not only because of high
grades. Loehndorf has taken the initia
tive to create change and more oppor
tunities for education students.
During the past year, she spearheaded
a program called “Career Connections,”
which is designed to gather professional
resources for education students.
“The aim of the program was to help
support students professionally and help
students feel comfortable in the depart
ment of education,” Loehndorf said.
As part of her senior year internship,
Loehndorf coordinated the “Relation
ship Checkup,” an event sponsored by
the marriage and family therapy depart
ment. The event, which occurred last
February, offered free counseling serv
ices to individuals, families and couples.
Loehndorf has applied to graduate
school and plans to continue work
ing to promote
“Career Con
nections.” She
has long-term
ideas of estab
lishing a clinic
that would
combine a vari
ety of medical
services, such
as counseling, I_1_ _ i
gynecology and Loehndorf
pediatrics,
geared toward helping families.
Close will have the honor of carry
ing the banner at the school’s com
mencement 9 a m. Saturday on the
Memorial Quad.
Other students have also made an
impression on the education college—
students like David Bryant. Bryant es
tablished “Saturday Adventures,” a
program in Eugene that establishes
mentor relationships between at-risk
children and senior citizens, who he
calls “seasoners.” Bryant’s program is
the first of its kind, and he plans to
spend his post-education time raising
money to keep it afloat.
Finally, Kristen Hall is one of the
top education students, thanks to her
immense involvement with the com
munity, Close said. Hall has volun
teered with the Eugene Relief Nurs
ery and the Special Olympics.
During her junior year, Hall was a in
tern at Jasper Mountain Center, a
treatment facility for abused and neg
lected children. This past year, Hall in
terned at the Department of Human
Services child welfare department as
mental health liaison intern.
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