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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 service and personal responsibility. Meet transfer student Josie Hyslop, one of the recipients...
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 Burnett Company, established the professorship in 2014 for a three-year term. It was...
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 retain excellent faculty and enrich the social entrepreneurship culture. “Solving social issues such...
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, Professional Sales in the Field. Also known as “Sales on Wheels,” the class...
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 and top-ranked educational institutions in China, Italy and Germany. Beyond DeKalb, students will...
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 be held at 71 North, a new collaborative-enterprise space being developed to foster...
The Department of Accountancy in the NIU College of Business has been designated as a certified public accountant (CPA) exam field test location by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).  Those invited to sit for the field test exam free of charge are senior NIU accountancy students, Master of Accountancy Science students and Master of...
The NIU College of Business MBA program is ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine’s Global MBA Rankings (2016), which showcases schools that deliver exceptional quality along with great ROI. Both the evening MBA and the EMBA formats appear in the top tier of their respective categories. “We are particularly proud of making this ranking...
Northern Illinois University is launching a new program in downtown Chicago this fall, offering students an opportunity to earn a Master of Science degree in financial risk management. The program, which begins Monday, Sept. 12, will provide evening classes in the heart of Chicago’s financial district at 105 W. Madison St. It will be geared...
Aleksandra (“Ally”) B. Zimmerman
Aleksandra (“Ally”) B. Zimmerman, who this fall joins the nationally ranked NIU Department of Accountancy as an assistant professor, received the 2016 Doctoral Dissertation Award for Innovation in Accounting Education from the American Accounting Association. Her study examined the impact of audit partner Big 4 experience on audit pricing in the non-Big 4 firm audit...
Natalie T. Churyk
The NIU College of Business has announced that Natalie T. Churyk, professor of accountancy, has been appointed the William Doyle Endowed Professor in Accountancy. Churyk completed her Ph.D. at University South Carolina in 2001 and joined the NIU faculty shortly thereafter. She teaches in the Masters of Accounting Science (Leadership) program, specifically graduate accounting research. She...
Bill McCoy
Bill McCoy is a believer. As the director of the Building Ethical Leaders Using an Integrated Ethics Framework (BELIEF) Program in the NIU College of Business, he knows the importance of ethics and spends each day ensuring that NIU is building a future generation of ethical leaders. “We are not only giving students the tools...
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