{"id":6227,"date":"2016-10-28T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T15:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/business\/?page_id=6227"},"modified":"2018-05-09T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T19:46:11","slug":"dawn-wright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/business\/dawn-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”6287″ img_size=”300X400″ alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_cta h2=””]Accounting Instructor<\/p>\n
M.B.A. Missouri State University<\/p>\n
B.B.A. Missouri State University<\/p>\n
Office Location: Graff 114<\/p>\n
Phone: 417-447-8295[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Courses Taught:<\/strong> \u00a0College Accounting 1; College Accounting 2; Payroll Accounting; Accounting Software Applications; Principles of Accounting 1; Managerial Accounting.<\/p>\n Professional Experience:<\/strong> \u00a0I have taught at the college level since 1988. \u00a0My husband and I have owned a private corporation for many years.<\/p>\n Research Interests:<\/strong> \u00a0The ever changing world of business.<\/p>\n Hobbies:<\/strong>\u00a0 Spending time with my family, walking with my dog, reading, serving as an AWANA leader, serving as a children\u2019s church teacher, cooking, and attending high school band competitions.<\/p>\n I was raised on a farm and have worked in home construction (yes, as a carpenter); in fact my husband, father-in-law, and I built our home.\u00a0 I have also worked for the U.S. Census Bureau.\u00a0 Additionally, I attended one of the last one room country schools in Southwest Missouri from first through fifth grade.<\/p>\n I attended Southwest Missouri State University and earned<\/p>\n I have always been interested in the many aspects of business.\u00a0 My high school business teacher encouraged me to pursue my interests.<\/p>\n I was teaching at another college and had to take an extended leave after the birth of my second child.\u00a0 I needed to be able to teach part-time, not full time, and that was not possible with that college at that time.\u00a0 An opportunity to teach Business Mathematics for OTC came to my attention; I applied and was hired to do so.<\/p>\n I was born and raised on a dairy farm and had chores from the time that I could start helping out.\u00a0 In high school, I worked as a carpenter\u2019s assistant one summer.\u00a0 After marriage, I worked as a carpenter\u2019s assistant for my spouse.\u00a0 I also worked for the U. S. Census Bureau.\u00a0 In college, I worked as a \u00a0part-time secretary at the college.\u00a0 As a graduate assistant, I worked in the finance office of the college. \u00a0I also worked in real estate for a brief period.\u00a0 However, I started teaching shortly after graduating from college with my Master\u2019s degree.\u00a0 My husband opened his own business as a sole proprietorship, eventually we changed the structure to a private corporation.\u00a0 He and I are the sole owners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is your favorite class to teach and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n I like all things with numbers.\u00a0 That includes all of the accounting classes that I teach as well as the Personal Finance and Business Mathematics classes that I have taught.\u00a0 However, I have taught Principles of Business, Business Communications, and other classes in the past and enjoyed each of them.\u00a0 I can\u2019t narrow it to a specific class, but teaching accounting is a joy!![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”6287″ img_size=”300X400″ alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_cta h2=””]Accounting Instructor M.B.A. Missouri State University B.B.A. Missouri State University Office Location: Graff 114 Phone: 417-447-8295[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text] Dawn Wright Courses Taught: \u00a0College Accounting 1; College Accounting 2; Payroll Accounting; Accounting Software Applications; Principles of Accounting 1; Managerial Accounting. Professional Experience: \u00a0I have taught at the college level since 1988.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nSchools attended:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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What made you interested in you degree area?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Did you work in industry of have you always taught?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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