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The School of Business Administration (SBA) at Portland State University is expanding its postgraduate job placement capabilities with the addition of Vinitia Mathews as its new director of Graduate Placement and Career Services.

Mathews will work closely with Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Financial Analysis (MFSA) and Master of International Management (MIM) students to find rewarding employment opportunities following graduation.

"Our students will reap the increased benefits of an enhanced career services center dedicated solely to graduate students," said Carolyn McKnight, SBA's new director of MBA programs. "Vinitia brings experience in all the areas that we need to help our graduates find gainful employment: business school training and teaching positions, business and career planning, cross-cultural communications, recruitment and retention, and coaching."

Mathews' responsibilities include not only helping students find employment opportunities after graduation, but maintaining outreach with potential employers, providing career counseling through the graduate school experience, assisting with internship placements, managing a mentor-student program, and working with other business and community partners to increase interfaces between students and work.

Mathews most recently was president and strategic analyst of Belum Advisors Inc. She has degrees from University of Nebraska at Kearney and Texas Tech University.

The School of Business Administration at Portland State University, the largest business school in the Pacific Northwest, is located in downtown Portland, Ore. The school offers top caliber programs and nationally recognized faculty to more than 400 graduate students. Additional options in Management of Innovation and Technology, International Business and Finance, Master of International Management and Master of Science in Financial Analysis are also available. The school is also home to the Center of Professional Integrity and Accountability, the Food Industry Leadership Center, and eMBA and Executive MBA programs. For more information, visit www.sba.pdx.edu.