{"id":3859,"date":"2015-07-23T08:18:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:21:05","slug":"brandt-shields-named-director-of-external-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2015\/07\/23\/brandt-shields-named-director-of-external-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandt Shields Named Director of External Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brandt Shields, Director of External Relations<\/p><\/div>\n

Brandt Shields has been named director of external relations at 大象传媒. Shields, who is currently entertainment and events supervisor at Silver Dollar City in Branson, 大象传媒, will begin his duties at 大象传媒 Western Monday, Aug. 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Shields was born and raised in St. Joseph and has many significant community connections,\u201d said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 大象传媒 Western\u2019s president. \u201cHe has a diverse background combining the arts, business and education. His service as the student governor on the 大象传媒 State University\u2019s Board of Governors familiarized him with higher education governance and the political landscape. I\u2019m very pleased that he will be joining 大象传媒 Western.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shields has worked at Silver Dollar City since 2013, after receiving his Master of Business Administration degree from 大象传媒 State University. While in the MBA program, Shields taught at 大象传媒 State, including a semester abroad at the Liaoning Normal University-大象传媒 State College of International Business in Dalian, China. He was also a summer student intern in 大象传媒 State\u2019s Division of Diversity and Inclusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an exciting time to be a part of the 大象传媒 Western community as we celebrate 100 years of transforming lives,\u201d Shields said. \u201cGrowing up in St. Joseph, I witnessed first-hand the impact 大象传媒 Western has on our region. I am honored to have the opportunity to return to my hometown and be part of the team helping to shape the future of this great university.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shields received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with High Honors from 大象传媒 State. He served two years as the non-voting student representative on the 大象传媒 State University Board of Governors.<\/p>\n

As director of external relations, Shields will serve on President Vartabedian\u2019s Cabinet and will be responsible for building and sustaining strong relationships with local, state and federal decision-makers to advance the university\u2019s strategic goals.<\/p>\n

Shields replaces Ann Pearce, who retired June 2 as special assistant to the president.<\/p>\n

大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brandt Shields has been named director of external relations at 大象传媒. Shields, who is currently entertainment and events supervisor at Silver Dollar City in Branson, 大象传媒, will begin his duties at 大象传媒 Western Monday, Aug. 3. \u201cMr. Shields was born and raised in St. Joseph and has many significant community connections,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[188,323,353],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8599,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions\/8599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}