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Barsema Hall, home of the NIU College of Business
Professors across the nation have once again rated NIU’s Department of Accountancy among the elite in the nation. The Public Accounting Report’s 29th Annual Professor’s Survey, ranked NIU’s undergraduate program eighth (up 12 spots from last year) and its graduate program 10th (up 10 spots from last year) in the nation. Inclusion in the rankings places...
The NIU College of Business fared extremely well in a recent BusinessWeek magazine story citing a 2010 survey of senior-level students across the country ranking how well their business school integrated ethics into the curriculum. An overwhelming majority of NIU business students gave the college’s BELIEF Initiative an “A.” That level of satisfaction ranked second only...
The NIU College of Business is celebrating its 50th birthday, but the first present will go to the winner of the contest to officially name the year-long celebration of that milestone. Suggestions for the theme can be submitted online through Friday, Feb. 18. The winning slogan will be included on all materials promoting the anniversary....
BELIEF (Building Ethical Leaders using an Integrated Ethical Framework), NIU’s College of Business ethics program, has provided an ethics framework to thousands of students over the past four years. The impact the program has had on students was evident in Business Week’s 2010 survey of senior level students across the country.  Students in business schools were...
If you had a time machine, you might go back and make smarter decisions to improve your financial future. We’re not talking about picking winning lottery numbers or inventing Facebook before Mark Zuckerberg, but about everyday decisions that would safeguard you against recession — spending responsibly, understanding the stock market, avoiding credit traps and foreclosures....
NIU Huskie football team huddles up
On the heels of a record-breaking 2010 Northern Illinois football season on the field, a record-tying five Northern Illinois football student-athletes have been named to the Mid-American Conference’s Academic All-MAC football squad as selected by the league’s faculty representatives. Northern Illinois and Western Michigan led all MAC schools with five selections each to the 29-man...
Students from across the country, and as far away as Scotland, came to the NIU College of Business in November to practice the “art of the deal.” The World Collegiate Sales Open tested some of the best student-salesmen in the country, with representatives from professional selling classes at NIU, Ball State, Louisville, University of Indiana,...
Kyle Knotek
Northern Illinois men’s soccer player Kyle Knotek, a senior who holds a perfect 4.0 grade point average in NIU’s esteemed College of Business, was voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN Academic All-America First Team. “It feels great to have gotten (the award) in my last season,” Knotek said. “As I am leaving...
World Collegiate Sales Open logo
Football isn’t the only big game on campus this week. This Friday and Saturday, the NIU College of Business will play host to the World Collegiate Sales Open. The event will attract students from as far away as Scotland to participate in a series of tests to challenge their sales skills. The competition will draw...
Barsema Hall, home of the NIU College of Business
“When Joe Walker was looking for an MBA program he wanted one that would get him back into the workforce quickly and that would challenge him enough to prepare him for a management job. Walker believes he found the perfect program in Northern Illinois University’s new Fast-Trak MBA program.” So begins an article in the...
Gerry Jensen
NIU Department of Finance professor Gerry Jensen‘s research was discussed in a Monday, Nov. 1, Washington Post article under the headline, “What does divided government mean for the market?” In the pre-election article, the reporter shares key findings in Jensen’s co-conducted 2006 research study “Gridlock’s Gone, Now What?” In this study, Jensen and his co-authors examined the monthly inflation-adjusted returns...
PowerBox 360
Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) and Bosch Power Tools have established a partnership which will allow students the opportunity to gain valuable real-world exposure to marketing practices. Members of the NIU College of Business Chapter of PSE will work with Bosch, a global market leader, on creating new markets for industrial technology products while learning how...
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