{"id":39428,"date":"2018-09-03T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39428"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T18:17:47","slug":"connected-in-a-royals-way-a-new-website-will-help-you-find-nearby-emu-alumni-businesses-internship-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/connected-in-a-royals-way-a-new-website-will-help-you-find-nearby-emu-alumni-businesses-internship-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Connected in a Royals way: New website locates alumni businesses, internship opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/royal-connections\/\">Royal Connections<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a new feature launching on Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s website, showcases alumni-owned or managed businesses all over the world \u2013 and helps students, parents and graduates find and connect with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you live in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and want a doctor who loves EMU as much as you do? No problem. Advertising services in Salem, Oregon? Check. A restorative justice program in South Korea? Um-hmmm. Barbecue in Souderton, Pennsylvania? Yep \u2013 that, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alumni business owners, <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/royal-connections\/submit\">submit your information here<\/a>.<\/aside><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople often want to connect with alumni businesses, because of the value systems that our alumni adhere to and because they know the quality of education that they received at EMU,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=jas844\"><strong>Jeff Shank<\/strong><\/a>, director of alumni and parent engagement. \u201cThat common ground is invaluable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searchable by business category, internship opportunities and region, Royal Connections is already populated with more than 125 businesses \u2013 well over the launch goal. The site also links users to EMU\u2019s career services website, where business owners can recruit Royals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany of our business students seek internships in the summer, and Royal Connections will allow us to connect them with options in their own home towns,\u201d said Professor <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=jml339\">Jim Leaman<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, chair of EMU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/business\/\">Business and Leadership Department<\/a>. \u201cAnd when our graduates enter the workforce outside EMU\u2019s region, Royal Connections will provide information that should be of benefit both to applicant and organization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed by EMU\u2019s web developer and analyst <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=jzl2872\">Joshua Lyons<\/a><\/strong> with input from Shank, the site integrates various Google Map features. Users can see all of the businesses at once on the map or search by region, business type, or internship possibility \u2013 or just use the map to zoom in or out on an area to see what\u2019s nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shank came up with the idea after a casual conversation with <strong>Mitch Troyer \u201893<\/strong>, vice president of Blue Ridge Powersports in Harrisonburg, about connecting alumni to each others\u2019 businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe thing that people who haven\u2019t experienced EMU don\u2019t understand is that EMU people have a common bond and are good people at heart,\u201d Troyer said. \u201cI like to spend money with people I know and trust, and I\u2019ve got a great chance of being treated fairly and getting a quality job done when I am working with someone from EMU.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several alumni-owned businesses that have sponsored the site are featured in rotation on the site homepage: Emotional Health Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, co-owned by <strong>Doug Friesen &#8217;91<\/strong>;\u00a0Peace, Love, and Little Donuts in Harrisonburg, co-owned by <strong>Katelyn Troyer &#8217;14<\/strong>;\u00a0the Valley Roots Team, with\u00a0<strong>Jeremy Litwiller &#8217;97<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Derik Trissel &#8217;01<\/strong> of Kline May Realty in Harrisonburg; and Best Western Plus Dutch Haus Inn and Suites in Columbiana, Ohio, co-owned by <strong>Grace Witmer Styer &#8217;79<\/strong> and <strong>Nelson Witmer &#8217;87<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Connections, a new feature launching on Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s website, showcases alumni-owned or managed businesses all over the world \u2013 and helps students, parents and graduates find and connect <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/connected-in-a-royals-way-a-new-website-will-help-you-find-nearby-emu-alumni-businesses-internship-opportunities\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Connected in a Royals way: New website locates alumni businesses, internship opportunities<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5591,5583,17562,8845,5610],"tags":[13896,11468,17681],"feature":[17427,17426,17241],"class_list":["post-39428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-business-and-leadership","category-campus-community","category-digest","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-mba","tag-jeff-shank","tag-jim-leaman","tag-joshua-lyons","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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