DeLand, FL -– Stetson University Marketing Professor Dr. Randall Hansen
and Katharine Hansen presented copies of their popular book, Write Your
Way to a Higher GPA, to 150 Stetson students taking Freshman Business
Experience courses as part of the beginning of the celebration of the
sixth anniversary of Quintessential Careers, which first came online in November 1996.
"We were inspired to do this because of an experience I had with a student
last year," said Hansen, who co-wrote the book with his wife, Katharine Hansen.
"A parent approached me about her child’s difficulties with writing and I gave
her a copy of the book. Whether he took the advice to heart or not, his grades
started improving and the parent called to thank me and said she wished
every college student had access to it.
"That gave us the idea of donating the books. We knew we couldn’t make a difference
to every college student everywhere, but we could make a difference for
all our first-year business students by donating the books," he said.
The Hansens made the presention of the books on Monday, Oct. 21, 2002,
in the Rinker Auditorium at the Lynn Business Center.
First published in 1997, Write Your Way to a Higher GPA has sold about
4,500 copies. It offers students techniques for coping with the fear of writing,
as well as a guide to on-line research and high-tech library research tools,
tips on writing and rewriting, suggestions beyond writing to help students
improve their grades and a list of resources on writing style and grammar.
Randall Hansen also serves as publisher and Katharine Hansen as editor of
QuintZine, a free bi-weekly career and job-hunting e-zine published by Quintessential Careers.
She has also taught business communications courses at Stetson.
Read more about Write Your Way to a Higher GPA.
Read more about Quintessential Careers.
Read more about Dr. Randall Hansen.
Read more about Katharine Hansen.
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Special thanks to Dr. Carolyn Nicholson for snapping the photos at the event!
