Senior business student Jordan Loftin will serve as the editor-in-chief for this year’s Birmingham-Southern College Business Magazine.

Loftin, a management major and accounting minor from Huntsville, will write a selection of stories and help direct the publication’s content and focus. Her organizational and leadership skills, which she exemplifies outside of the classroom as the president of Chi Omega’s Omicron Lambda chapter, make her a great fit for the role.

After writing for last year’s issue, Loftin hopes the magazine will embody the excellence she has found in BSC’s business department.

“A huge benefit of the business department, because we are such a small school, is that we’re able to have relationships with our faculty. I can tell they care about my success, which is important to me,” Loftin says. “I want to put in the work for someone who’s willing to work for me, too.”

The business department’s annual magazine collects campus news and alumni profiles to share with BSC business students, alumni, and friends. The stories are generated and written by current students, under the leadership of the editor-in-chief as well as Dean of Business Programs Dr. Sara Robicheaux ’97.

This year, Loftin and Robicheaux plan to highlight business majors who work in the healthcare industry, which is one of Loftin’s personal interests. While she plans to study law after graduating this spring, she could also see herself eventually combining health and business.

“I’ve always had the dream of owning my own business one day, and going through school has really made me interested in it. I love my classes, and I love learning more about managing styles,” she says.

The business publication will also highlight female entrepreneurs, another topic close to Loftin’s own interests and experiences. In last spring’s issue, Loftin’s article “Notes from New Zealand” discussed her E-term trip to New Zealand, where she met many impressive women in business and was one of only three female students on the trip.

“More men than women major in business at Birmingham-Southern, and I believe that has to do with the intimidation of business being male-dominated,” Loftin wrote in her article.

She also reflected on meeting Juliet Hull, Johnson and Johnson’s general country manager, and learning about launching a business in New Zealand, which can sometimes take only one day. This year, other business students will have the opportunity to share their own experiences and write about the success of alumni and faculty.

After graduation, Loftin hopes to begin law school and possibly her MBA graduate work in a dual program. The 2020 issue of BSC Business Magazine will be published in May.