CBUS Center for Professional Selling Hosted their Annual Sales Week
October 20, 2025
Sales Week is a week-long series of different events, hosted by the Center for Professional Selling, that helps students develop practical sales skills through workshops, networking opportunities, competitions, and other professional development activities. This week-long event takes place every fall and spring semester, is open to students of all majors, and aims to demonstrate the importance of obtaining sales skills in all industries.
As usual, this event was put on through the brilliant efforts of April Schofield, Professor and Director of the Center for Professional Selling, Clay Daughtrey, Professor, and Mick Jackowski, Professor, three very influential Marketing professors at the College of Business who have been and continue to be pioneers in countless Marketing students’ bright and successful futures.
This week kicked off with an event called “Kickstart Your Career” on Monday. Six expert panelists, Chelsy Rafferty (Enterprise Mobility), Nicole Magloire (C2Hub), Madison DeHerrera (Northwestern Mutual), Guiseppe Messina (Datadog), Alex Morsching (Datadog), and Emily Villano (Buckle), were invited to serve as guest speakers in front of more than 120 students across two sessions. This event was a great way to start the week as it introduced students to these industry professionals who gave insider tips and tricks to help them stand out at career fairs, networking events, and throughout their careers as a whole. This event also offered free professional headshots to all attending students!
On Tuesday, Sales Week continued with the Young Alumni Panel, another speaker series event where recently graduated Sales and Marketing students from the College of Business came in to have lively, advice-filled conversations with students. It was a packed room with around 105 attendees listening in on the relatable experiences shared by our panelists and alumni: Vinny Marley (Enterprise Mobility), Brenda Rodriguez-Vera (ADP), Said Moreno (Sherwin-Williams), Carlos Bustos (memoryBlue), and Taylor Dodson (Allstate). Student Kally Nguyen, president of Pi Sigma Epsilon, Eta Upsilon, our student sales fraternity at MSU Denver, was the presenter and host of this incredible panel.
Wednesday, our Center for Professional Selling hosted a student lunch with 20 attendees, good food, and lots of fun conversations.
The fun continued on Thursday, with Pi Sigma Epsilon’s tailgate at the Assembly Athletic Complex, cheering on MSU Denver’s soccer team and celebrating Homecoming Week as well.
Friday, marked the final day of Sales Week, and it was the cherry on top of an already incredible series of events. On this day, the Center for Professional Selling hosted the Team Sales Showdown, presented by one of our amazing partners, Sherwin-Williams. The showdown was the ultimate competition where students role-played in front of industry professionals, tested their skills, learned from constructive feedback, and competed for prizes.
We had 11 student competitors:
-Alex Major
-Zach Rhoades
-Gabriel Dubis
-Eric Crespin
-Johana Lugo
-Janae McDavid
-Nick Russo
-Genevie Webster
-Victoria Acuna
-Nathan Allison
-Brenda Hernandez
-Kally Nguyen, Student Coach
We were also lucky to have 9 partner company buyers and judges from Sherwin-Williams, Datadog, Park Place Technologies, Northwestern Mutual, and Enterprise Mobility.
Congratulations to our first place team: Alex Major, Zach Rhoades, Gabriel Dubis!!
At the College of Business, we are never short of stellar students who are driven by their passions and dreams, no matter what industry they belong to. We are also lucky to have caring and proactive professors who go above and beyond to help all their students with their endeavors.
A huge thank you goes out to everyone who played a role in making Sales Week a success. We can’t wait to see what’s coming next!
Support comes from MSU Denver’s College of Business, offering flexible programs with real‑world projects and support. Committed to empowering graduates to lead, solve, and inspire.
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