{"id":5348,"date":"2014-12-10T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T22:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2015-02-05T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T15:06:48","slug":"school-of-business-and-economics-ruixue-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2014\/12\/10\/school-of-business-and-economics-ruixue-du\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Business and Economics: Ruixue Du"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/uwspRuixueDu2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5319 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/uwspRuixueDu2.jpg\" alt=\"uwspRuixueDu\" width=\"416\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Most view accounting as a complex form of math \u2014 numbers on a page \u2014 but School of Business and Economics Assistant Professor Ruixue Du presents it another way: \u201cIt\u2019s more like grammar than math. It\u2019s a language,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s how you communicate. The rules for accounting change every year. What I hope my students remember is how to apply the language of accounting to those changing rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Du is conscious of what students take from her class, and how it impacts their lives when they leave UW-Stevens Point. As an undergraduate attending Nankai University in China, Du was inspired by a visiting Virginia Tech business professor. \u201cHe became a great mentor to me. He\u2019s why I decided to come to this country and why I chose to attend Virginia Tech.\u201d The professor has since passed, but Du notes his former doctorate students \u2014 many of whom are now university department heads or deans \u2014 function like a big family. \u201cIt\u2019s what I hope to build and grow with my students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After earning her doctorate from Virginia Tech in 2013 Du went looking for an opening at a cold-weather school<br \/>\n\u2014 something similar to the northern region of China where she grew up. \u201cWhen I first got here, everyone kept apologizing for the weather,\u201d she laughs. \u201cAnd last winter, of course, was the worst winter here ever. But it didn\u2019t bother me; I love winter and the cold weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still new to the area, Du plans to take up skiing again and learn how to ice fish. \u201cI just think it\u2019s cool that people sit on the ice and wait for the fish to come by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/busecon\/Pages\/Faculty\/rdu.aspx\">Ruixue Du, Ph.D.<\/a><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Accounting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/busecon\/Pages\/default.aspx\">UW-Stevens Point<\/a><br \/>\nPh.D., Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Tech<br \/>\nM.S., Accounting and Information System, Virginia Tech<br \/>\nB.S., Finance, Nankai University<br \/>\n715-346-4950 | <a href=\"mailto:rdu@uwsp.edu\">rdu@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Read more in the <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/uwspcps\/docs\/sbeviewbook\/1\" target=\"_blank\">University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Business viewbook<\/a>. It\u2019s not just business, it\u2019s personal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Most view accounting as a complex form of math \u2014 numbers on a page \u2014 but School of Business and Economics Assistant Professor Ruixue Du presents it another way: \u201cIt\u2019s more like grammar than math. It\u2019s a language,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s how you communicate. The rules for accounting change every year. 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