Alumni

Alumni Spotlight

Kenneth Sewell

Kenneth Sewell graduated from Kansas State University with his Bachelors of Science in 1986. He is currently Vice President for Research at Oklahoma State University and serves as President of the OSU Research Foundation. Ken stated that his undergraduate psychology experience in systemic task analysis and decision-making, (research methods, problem solving and decision making) as well as developing people skills continue to help him in his work. Additionally he stated he gained a deep understanding of how life-changing undergraduate research can be for students, especially first-generation college students.

 

Thomas Clark

Thomas Clark graduated from Kansas State University with his Bachelors of Science in 1971. He is currently a part-time adjunct professor in the National Strategic Selling Institute at KSU. Tom is also a retired sales executive from the high technology industry having worked a variety of leadership roles in direct sales, channel sales, strategic alliance management and global business development for many Fortune 500 companies. He stated that his undergraduate psychology experience learning critical thinking skills, gaining understanding of different personality types, and how to effectively work with many different types of people was essential. Finally, he suggests undergraduate students take a business class if they think they may have an interest in that career path.