News & Events: Frederick

Article courtesy of Courtney Pomeroy, News-Post Staff

Cortney Smith didn't always know where she wanted higher education to take her, but once she figured out her path, she sprinted to the finish line.
     Smith, 24, graduated from Frederick High School in 2005 and enrolled in Hood College intending to study biology. She soon changed her mind.
     "I decided that wasn't where my passion was," she said.
     Thinking she'd try nursing, she transferred to Frederick Community College.
     But she began an internship at Fort Detrick in 2007 and discovered government work was more her speed, so she left FCC with her associate degree and enrolled at the Frederick campus of Mount St. Mary's University. There, she earned her bachelor's degree and her Master of Business Administration, all while working full time at Fort Detrick, where as a contract specialist, she manages and sets up contracts for research labs.
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The students in a graduate-level marketing management class gain experience working with local business owner, Dr. Deb Baginski, on marketing strategies for her products.

Students offer Marketing Advice to Local Business
Mount St. Mary’s University’s Bolte School of Business graduate students taking Marketing Management this spring had the opportunity to develop and present a marketing management plan to Gooseberry Natural Feed of Westminster, MD.

“The project provided an in-depth evaluation of the existing marketing management practices and how those practices are resourced,” said instructor Professor Ed Reynolds. “The students reviewed the marketing mix and situational variables as they related to the company, in addition to the consumer behavior and competitive analysis. Students practiced actual marketing management experience in an academic environment.”...Click here to read more.

Ready, Set, Disney
Mount Alum, Devin Hollenbaugh, set his sights on the land where dreams come true

Devin Hollenbaugh, C ’09, was recently hired as a program manager for the Disney Sports business unit of the Walt Disney Company, specifically for runDisney. RunDisney hosts a series of full-length and short-distance themed races on the Disney grounds, where “every mile is magic.”

“As a project-based analyst, it’s my job to prepare the tools necessary for executive management to make the right business decisions for each event, ” he said. These tools, formed from raw data, include demographics on the participating runners. The number of runners for each event is tracked, as well as their age and sex....Click here to read more.