Collaboration in action: The Stender School’s annual trade show

The Stender School of Leadership, Business, and Professional Studies at The College of St. Scholastica hosted its annual trade show earlier this week in the Student Center Flex Space. Three Stender courses, led by three different faculty members — Assistant Professor Kris Glesner and adjunct faculty Krystal Hoheisel-Eberling ’15 (MBA ’19) and Aaron Johnson — came together to facilitate this year’s Student Trade Show at the College.

Student organizers Kate Anderson ’27 and Madeline Perry ’27

Drawing from their business experience, these faculty members led teams through real-life trade show scenarios: Kris Glesner’s Web Design class created websites. Krystal Hoheisel-Eberling, a senior account manager and digital marketing manager at AIMCLEAR, oversaw promotion, trade show experience, and project management. Aaron Johnson, former co-owner of The Cultural North, guided students with new product and service ideas.

Students from each course have collaborated to develop products, marketing plans, and websites. “Throughout this semester, we worked on various projects and aspects of this event. We created brochures, flyers, banners, social media posts, stickers, prize baskets, and much more,” explained student organizer Madeline Perry ’27. “Our process of creating all of these materials relied heavily on working together and with our professors, who supported us every step of the way, offering ideas, outlines, and their trust in our ideas. I am very proud of the work we produced, and more importantly, the experience this project has given me.”