Casandra Howder competes in the Professional Selling Competition.
St. Cloud State University has been named one of the Top Universities for Professional Sales Education by the Sales Education Foundation in its 2016 Annual magazine listing.
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St. Cloud State is one of 109 North American institutions recognized for preparing students for successful careers in professional selling and helping to elevate the sales profession through university education.
St. Cloud State University was recognized for its job placement rates and the Northwestern Mutual Sales Lab.
To be recognized as a Top Sales University, institutions needed to offer at least three sales-specific courses, be accredited and have university recognition of the program.
Developed in 2013, St. Cloud State’s Professional Selling Specialization program offers courses in professional selling, sales management and a capstone selling course. It features a shadowing requirement, a professional sales competition, the application of social media as a selling tool and global ethics in selling.
The program is a five-course, 15-credit program that features traditional classroom sessions led by faculty and guest lecturers as well as experiential learning opportunities through role-play, digital recording and feedback on sales presentations in the Northwestern Mutual Sales Lab.
