Big Lots CEO contributes award, $25,000 to Columbia College
Donation and award celebrate Big Lots-Columbia College internship programCOLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 15, 2011 — Steve Fishman, Fortune 500 retailer Big Lots, Inc. chairman, president and CEO and a 1974 Columbia College graduate, presented the Columbia College Business Administration Department with a check for $25,000 today on the Columbia College campus. Fishman also presented Dr. Gerald Brouder, Columbia College president, and Dr. Sean Siebert, assistant professor of Business Administration, with the firm’s exclusive Exclaim Award — one of the first to be presented outside the organization. The