Dr. William C. Minnis earned his Ph.D. from St. Louis University in Management and Organizational Pyschology.  He is an Associate Professor of Management and teaches in the management major,the entrepreneurship minor as well as in the MBA program. His background includes; serving as a president of a community bank, starting a publishing business, numerous consulting engagements nationally and internationally, and raising Angus cattle on his family farm. He has served for 13 years in health care administration and 17 years as director of a university research center. Dr. Minnis was a Small Business Development Center Director in Indiana for 12 years.