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Carrie Benson, M.S. 2002, will present "Networking: Making Connections Today... Maintaining for Tomorrow" at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 24 in Brophy Hall 224-226. A Hannibal (MO) native, Benson is the founder/owner of St. Louis (MO)-based Benson & Associates, LLC.
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Sport Management Alumna to Discuss Networking Benefits March 24

March 18, 2009

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MACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University alumna Carrie Benson will present "Networking: Making Connections Today... Maintaining for Tomorrow," at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 24 in Brophy Hall 224-226 on WIU's Macomb campus.

In her presentation, Benson will emphasize the importance of networking as she describes her professional work experiences with the United States Olympic Committee, the Billiard Congress of America/Billiard Education Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region and her newly established company, Benson & Associates, LLC, which focuses on grant writing and fund raising for nonprofit organizations.

Benson earned her master's degree in sport management, with an emphasis in marketing, from WIU in 2002. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Culver-Stockton College (Canton, MO) in 1999.

While employed for the Boys and Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region, Benson served as vice president (2006-2008), development director (2005-2006) and marketing manager (2004-2005); at the Billiard Congress of America/Billiard Education Foundation, Benson served as the associate director of Junior National Events and Education Programs. In 2002, she worked as an intern for the United States Olympic Committee in Denver (CO), and in 2001, she worked as a merchandise coordinator for the St. Louis Rams' summer training camp at WIU in Macomb.

Benson is a Hannibal (MO) native, and her current post, as the founder/owner of Benson & Associates, LLC, is based in St. Louis (MO).

Benson's presentation is sponsored by the Visiting Lectures Committee and the kinesiology department at WIU. For more information, contact Dana Moon, assistant to the dean in the College of Education and Human Services, at (309) 298-1690 or DM-Moon@wiu.edu.

Posted By: Teresa Koltzenburg (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing