Fresh Faces at SOM

SOM is starting the new year out right with two new staff members: Anita Hughes and Hope Bickmeier.

This post will introduce Anita, our new MBA Program Coordinator and SOM Assessment Officer (stay tuned for the lowdown on Hope).

Get to know Anita:

Why did you want to work at the School of Management?
I love working with MBA students. This opportunity allowed me to
come back to what I think I do best; recruiting and advising. I’m also analytical beyond belief so the assessment part of the job appealed to me.

What do you like about Alaska?
I like the “bigness”. Big, majestic scenery and wildlife. I was born in
Southeast Alaska but had never been to the Interior, so after being
raised in Oregon, this was something to try - an adventure.



What makes you a great asset to the SOM team?
I bring experience with other MBA programs from other places. I
think diversity of perspectives is a great thing for any program. I’m
pretty easy to get along with and I’m a workaholic - I hope that’s an
asset!

If you could time travel, what useful advice would you give your college student self?
Stop listening to the party line about everyone hating math and not being able to do it and just learn it. Lots of it. There have been so many things I got interested in later in life where a solid foundation in math would have been so helpful.

The small print:
Anita comes with a wealth of education and work experience.  She has an MBA from the Atkinson School of Management in Willamette Oregon, an MS in Economics from Oregon State University (OSU), a BS in Agricultural and Resource Economics from OSU and a BA in history from OSU.

Anita has worked as the MBA Program Coordinator for Oregon State, as a Senior Data Analyst for the

People to People Ambassador Programs in Spokane Washington, as Associate Director of Admissions at Willamette University and as Business Information Manager and Market Research Analyst at Hewlett Packard (6 yrs.).