Professor Beaubien has been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Detroit College of Business, Mercy College of Detroit and is currently a tenured member of the business faculty at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. She teaches management, economics and marketing to graduate and undergraduate students. Elaine has always believed in academic excellence integrated with practical application. Her students are mostly fully employed working adults who expect a high degree of expertise and managerial capability. Her students' evaluations have always been outstanding:
"Excellent teacher!"
"The best professor I have ever had."
"You changed my life!"
"I not only learned business management from you, but most important, I learned from you human values in life and business."
"Elaine is without a doubt the best teacher I have ever had in terms of knowing how to teach students, keep them interested and getting them excited about the topic at hand."
"She motivates me to do my best and she makes learning enjoyable."
"...the most knowledgeable professor I have ever seen."
In 1984
Elaine received tenure based on her teaching excellence and service to
the school and community.
In 2002, the business students at Edgewood College created the first student sponsored excellence in teaching award. To give the award life and meaning, they wanted to name it after an exemplar in the field of teaching and mentoring. The Estervig-Beaubien Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award was “created in honor of Professor Elaine Estervig Beaubien, whose dedication, energy and enthusiasm have inspired her students and colleagues for many years.” In addition to having the award named after her, she was the award’s first recipient. This award will be presented every year by the Edgewood Business Association in recognition of excellence in teaching and mentoring.
"Elaine is one of our treasures, dynamic, articulate, attractive, with total grasp of her subjects. We are very proud of her." President, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
Courses
Elaine has taught have included Administration and Management, Advanced
Management Seminar, Social Responsibility of Business, Principles of
Management, Organizational Behavior, Office Management, Personnel
Management, Training and Development, Salesmanship, Financial
Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics,
Marketing Principles, Marketing Management, and Retailing Management.
In addition to faculty positions, Professor Beaubien also served as Economics Department Chairperson at the Detroit College of Business and as the Business Department Chairperson at Edgewood College. Staffing, budgeting and strategic planning were all important functions of the job. While Chairperson at Edgewood College, she led the department in researching, developing and marketing a successful MBA program. She also served as faculty representative on the Edgewood College Board of Trustees for two three-year terms.
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