A-State joins the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA)

JONESBORO — The College of Business at Arkansas State University continues its string of successes after being officially admitted to the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA) this past December, College of Business Dean Dr. Shane Hunt happily announced.

"I am delighted to share this great news with you all — we have been accepted as a member of a highly respected alliance, the University Sales Center Alliance. This alliance includes member schools with the best and most renowned sales education programs in the world." — Dr. Hunt announced.

Dr. Hunt also expressed his gratitude for the tireless efforts of Dr. Katie Hill, Associate Professor of Marketing, for guiding and preparing the materials and documentation necessary to join the alliance.

In 2002, an association comprising sales education units representing nine universities was established to build an organization aimed at raising professionalism in the sales field, setting standards for the sales profession, and helping other universities achieve success in sales education.

Today, there are fewer than 35 sales education programs in the world strong enough to become members of the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA), including Michigan State, Purdue, Virginia Tech, and Indiana. With its larger scale of development, the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA) is able to support many universities and sales faculty members both in the United States and internationally.

"This is truly a wonderful recognition for the R.M. 'Bob' Wood Sales Leadership Center, helping to promote our university's image and bring more opportunities to our students. I would also like to extend my thanks to the Wood family — without their tremendous support in building the Sales Leadership Center, we would not have achieved the success we see today."

The Sales Leadership Center was established in October 2015, with a gift of up to $1,000,000 from the Wood family, providing students with a professional practice environment and space to hone their sales and presentation skills, including a modern video-based training software system with two different practice settings — a shared training room and an individual sales presentation skills room. These valuable contributions will help expand additional practice facilities, maximizing support for students' needs in the future.

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