Honors Newsletter 2 Northern State University Jennifer Kilber, 2013 graduate, received her B.S. in Business and Marketing at Northern. While at NSU, Jennifer was active in the Honors Club and Business Club. She was also a Gypsy Days royalty candidate. Kilber is the current Marketing Lead at Agtegra Cooperative in Aberdeen. Prior to this she had different roles at Agtegra, including marketing intern, fertilizer logistics coordinator, dispatch trainer, agronomy and marketing analyst. Jennifer enjoys gardening, golfing and growing flowers for her side business—Gem Bloom Flower Co. Kilber’s thesis was titled Seven Tips for Managing Generation Y. She found “citing all the research sources properly” the most challenging. Kilber most enjoyed “partnering with Dr. Barclay and Dr. Ohmer on the research, writing, publishing in the Journal of Management Policy and Practice, and presenting the research at the International Business Conference.” Her favorite Honors activities were the club meetings and get-togethers. She felt the Honors Program helped her by developing her leadership skills and challenged her to get outside her comfort zone, which prepared her for her career. Her favorite Honors memory was the trip to National Honors Conference in Boston. “We ate so much yummy Italian food!” Her advice to current Honors students: “try different career paths by following your interests and passions while you’re young in your career to make sure you set yourself up well for a long-term career in a field you enjoy.” NSU Honors Alumni in Action Charles Fitzgerald, 1997 NSU graduate with a B.A. in Economics and Finance and a minor in Political Science, is the current Senior Managing Partner and Co-Founder at V3 Capital Management. While at Northern, Fitzgerald played football, was an RA, and worked for the Exponent. After graduation from NSU he held various roles at Prudential, JP Morgan and High Rise Capital before branching out and starting his own company. He lives in Texas with his wife, Katie, and identical twin sons, Owen and Charlie. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, watching football, and his work. Fitzgerald’s thesis included research on Upper Midwest Equity. He found the most challenging part of doing the thesis was binding the report when he was finished. At that time the students had to do it themselves. Luckily, today’s students don’t have to worry about that with all the technology and the NSU Print Shop. His most enjoyable part of the thesis was “sharing it with everyone when it was done.” When asked about Honors activities he found most enjoyable, Fitzgerald stated, “Interacting with my professors.” He felt that the NSU Honors Program helped him by giving him “confidence to be able to meet challenges in the workplace.” His favorite Honors Program memory was graduating In Honoribus. He has some advice for current Honors students: “Find a field to work in after college that gets you excited to go to work every day.”
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