By Scott Mellecker | Observer Contributor
Professor Eubanks could possibly be the most interesting man in the world.
He is a professor here at the Mount and teaches business courses. He had a long road before he came to MWCC. “I for sure had my own peaks and valleys,” said Eubanks.
Eubanks was born in Costa Rica, where he often goes on vacations to visit his family. At a young age, he bounced around from Costa Rica to Columbia. After spending a few years in Columbia, he moved to Guatemala in 4th grade. “When I thought my family was all finished moving we then ended up in Nicaragua when I began high school,” states Eubanks.
“My years in Nicaragua, were, interesting, to say the least,” claimed Eubanks. The professor had revealed that he was there during the revolution and that it was not a pleasant time to be there. Eubanks talked about how there were times that his family went days without food because of shortages in the country, and when given the chance to make it to the grocery store when food came, they would stock up for a month’s worth of food. “My wife thinks I’m crazy when I come back from the grocery store because I’ll come back with enough food for an army,” he joked, this is the effect that the revolution had on him.
One of the final straws of leaving Nicaragua was when his bus was hijacked. “Luckily no one was hurt, but it was a scary scene,” said Eubanks. He and his family had finally left the country through the U.S. Embassy. The final scene that Eubanks described seeing as he left the country, was flying away and looking down at all the bodies scattered across the land.
Eubanks moved back home to finish High School in Costa Rica. Shortly after finishing high school, Eubanks decided to start his own company. Eubanks had started his own dairy farm. The company was successful, so successful that he actually had to sell the company because he could not handle the business. “Production became so large that I would have needed to expand my company. I was not ready for that, so instead I decided to sell my farm.”
Eubanks and his family seem to be well known. So well-known that the President of Walla Walla University in Washington had recruited him through his father to come to the college. Eubanks packed his bags and moved out to Washington.
Eubanks first obtained an Associate Degree in Business before majoring in Interior Design Marketing and Apparel for his Bachelor’s Degree. Right before he was supposed to finish his degree, his college cancelled the program because not enough students were involved in it. Luckily he was able to finish on time with a Mass Media Communications degree.
What finally brought Eubanks to Massachusetts was again, school. A friend of his, who also happened to be the Dean of Anna Maria, told him to come get his MBA at the school. “This was great for me because I couldn’t get in anywhere else,” Eubanks said in a laughing manner. “I finished my MBA in 2 years, but those happened to be the 2 busiest years of my life. Taking a full course load while working a part time job was difficult, but it felt good to get it done,” claimed Eubanks.
After chatting a little more about work, it was revealed that at one point Eubanks came very close to buying the New England Patriots. Yes, that team that wins all the time with that handsome quarterback. “I was originally trying to buy a T.V. station, so I was building a team of people that would go in on the deal with me. This was when one of my friends told me that we should look into buying the Patriots because they were on sale” said Eubanks. “The friend of mine, who was my number one business partner, personally knew Victor Kiam who was the current owner of the Patriots. Although it sounded very enticing, I decided against it because at the time I didn’t know a single thing about football. All we were going to do was make a quick business flip of it, but I did not want a part of that deal.” Eubanks said that looking back on it, he wishes he had bought the team (which is currently worth $1.5Billion) but he does not dwell on it.
Eubanks went on to work with consulting companies, trade shows, and even head of recruiting and enrollment at Atlantic Community College. All that has led to his current life at Mount Wachusett Community College. Not bad for a kid who was stuck in the middle of a revolution at one point in his life.
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