WorldChicago, NIU Business and citizen diplomacy. WorldChicago officially welcomed Balaji Rajagopalan, dean of the NIU College of Business, onto its board of directors. WorldChicago is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to citizen diplomacy: the shaping of mutually beneficial foreign relations through one-on-one interactions
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NIU’s newly created Master of Science in Data Analytics (MSDA), recently approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, has been cleared for a 2019 rollout. In January, the program will launch 100 percent online, making the MSDA the second fully online
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It’s safe to say David Herrera means business. A senior majoring in marketing, Herrera was one of six Huskies who put their business acumen to the test during a sales management trainee summer internship program at Enterprise Holdings. “I have gained an
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NIU’s newly-created Master of Science in Digital Marketing (M.S.D.M.) degree, offered by the College of Business, will launch as a fully online program in fall 2018. This Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited degree is designed for the speed
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Looking to challenge her students, NIU Accountancy Professor Chih-Chen Lee took two teams to a new Audit Analytic Case Competition hosted by DePaul University. Her students were up for the test. Out of four participating teams from three different schools, NIU’s two
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Officials with Crane Composites, the world’s leading provider of reinforced composite materials for the building and transportation markets, visited NIU on Thursday, April 5, to meet some of the students who have benefited from Crane scholarships. Crane Composites has offered 60 scholarships
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The Northern Pact encompasses principles that outline the expectations we have for members of our community–being purposeful, just, caring, open, disciplined and celebrative. Each year, the Division of Student Affairs awards the Northern Pact scholarship to students who share this vision of
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James E. Thompson (pictured on left), a longtime supporter of NIU, has renewed the James E. Thompson Professorship in Marketing for three more academic years. Thompson, a 1967 marketing alumnus, who served as executive vice president and managing director of the Leo
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NIU is pleased to announce a major gift from longtime supporters Dennis (’77, B.S., management) and Stacey Barsema to establish the Barsema Professorship in Social Entrepreneurship. The professorship, created by the Barsemas, will assist the NIU Department of Management to recruit and
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An intersession class offered by the College of Business Department of Marketing over the winter break gave students a chance to travel the region and gain firsthand sales knowledge from industry experts. This marked the fourth year of the class, Marketing 412,
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A new exciting pathway to earn an MBA degree with an international twist will launch at NIU – and span the globe – beginning with the Spring 2018 semester. The pathway touted as the International MBA involves a partnership between the university
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NIU alumna and leadership-development coach Laura Hall will facilitate a Jobs PLUS event on the topic of “creating trusting and positive working relationships” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in 71 North of Founders Memorial Library. The event is the first to
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