Home isn't just a geographic location -- it's where you find the thing that you love to do, that matches your interests and talents. The university is that for doctoral student Jim Salas, and coming to it through sales gave him a focus not only for his research, but also his teaching. In August, Salas will start in his first position as an academic – assistant professor of marketing at Pepperdine University.

Friends since they were marketing students at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Jeff Schmalbach and Sebastien Willefert are establishing a new, one-of-a-kind scholarship that will not only provide financial assistance to a promising W. P. Carey student, but will also allow help that student to learn some real world lessons before starting a career. To accomplish that, the alumni duo plan to interact with the recipient in an ongoing and practical way.

This month's news update inclues a brief look at our December Outstanding Graduating Senior. Alexa Goldman is remarkable, but she's also representative of the many students here who commit themselves to their discipline and the community. Also, read up on our faculty, who apply their research findings to current issues.

Honeywell Aerospace recently made an internal investment designed to yield competitive advantage and support the company’s growth strategy. It is a one-of-a-kind employee-training program dubbed the Honeywell Academy. Created with some of the top minds in service leadership at the W. P. Carey School’s Center for Service Leadership, the Honeywell Academy is a professional certificate program delivered completely online. And Honeywell Aerospace is sending its entire 1,400- employee customer service organization through the academy.