"I started on the CCU MBA program mostly as a degree completion exercise,
having left a two year program at another University slightly incomplete. During
the process, I realized that adding the DBA program could be valuable to my career.
(About half way through, I was also able to complete the other MBA program as
well) Suffice it to say, completing the California Coast University MBA/DBA degree
program gave me immense satisfaction. Not only was there a substantial amount
of education, I re-learned a great deal about self-discipline and working under
a self-imposed study schedule. The education I received was contemporaneous and
useful in advancing my career goals.
My objective is to end my professional career as a University Professor. The
CCU Doctor of Business Administration degree has given me the opportunity to
start that journey. For the last three years, I have been teaching business
related classes at Far North Bible College here in Anchorage, Alaska. My classes
include Church Finance (planning, budgeting, internal controls and other subjects),
Introduction to Computers, a stray General Education class from time to time.
I have written or co-authored several published articles or case studies, and
am currently working on two additional articles, a textbook and novel. I recently
co-authored and presented a paper on “Developing a Strategic Plan for
a School of Business” at the Christian Business Faculty Association in
San Diego. Another case study was recently accepted at the Southwest Academy
of Management for presentation. I also teach seminars in personal and church
financial planning. The education received at CCU has been valuable to all of
these. The experience and education has been instrumental in starting the negotiations
with a well-known national University in regards to joining its business faculty.
In addition to teaching at FNBC, I was recently hired as the District Business
Administrator for the Alaska District Council of the Assemblies of God, which
oversees the business affairs of the district, the college and some 84 churches
statewide.
I have a number of outside affiliations which currently, or recent past, include
the Alaska Agricultural Loan Fund, Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission,
Anchorage Board of Examiners and Appeals, Anchorage International Rotary, Rotary
Scholarship Foundation Board, Anchorage Glacier Pilots Baseball Club, US Naval
Sea Cadet Corps and its International Exchange Program. My father and I also
recently joined the Sons of Norway to learn about our Norwegian heritage."
Dr. Barry D. Shennum
Doctor of Business Administration, 2001
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