Those looking to enjoy the benefits of a book club can do so with a click thanks to a new program launched this month by NIU College of Business Alumni Relations. Nearly 200 former Huskies have already joined the College of Business
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Barsema’s Closet helps students dress for the job they want
Emma Stettner and Cordnei Gibson are helping fellow Huskies dress for success. The NIU College of Business students are the co-founders of Barsema’s Closet, a new campus source for gently used business attire that will open its doors for business on Wednesday,
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Students hit the road with ‘Sales on Wheels’
Seventeen NIU Professional Sales students hit the road on a Huskie bus last month to jump-start their sales career. This intersession class – Professional Sales in the Field, otherwise affectionately known as “Sales on Wheels” – provided firsthand exposure to five companies,
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NIU faculty participate in the MAC Academic Leadership Development Program and receive leadership grants
Steven Howell (associate professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education), Vijaykumar Krishnan Palghat (associate professor and chair of Marketing) and Alicia Schatteman (associate professor of Public and Global Affairs) have been selected as Program Fellows to participate in the second year of the
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Welcome to our new faculty and staff!
The list, as always, is impressive. A visual artist who combines traditional and digital techniques. A chemist from Moscow with interest in the promise of functional organic materials to replace traditionally used materials with cheaper and better-performing new ones. A veteran teacher-educator
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It was an enterprising summer for NIU student interns
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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Master of Science in Digital Marketing degree to be offered online
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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Dr. Lei Zhou named Jones Diedrich Mennie Endowed Professor of Finance
A major gift from four alumni has established the Jones Diedrich Mennie Endowed Professorship in Finance. Paul Jones (B.S., finance, ’76), William J. Jones (B.S., finance, ’79), John C. Diedrich (B.S., accountancy, ’76) and Douglas U. Mennie (B.S., industry and technology, ’78) created
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NIU Business earns state-wide accolades for social entrepreneurship
NIU CAUSE, the university’s student organization in the social entrepreneurship space, has been named the Entrepreneurship Club of the Year in the state of Illinois. CAUSE student leadership accepted the award on Friday, April 20, in Chicago during the EntrepreneurshipU Awards ceremony hosted
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Pedal to the medal: Marketing major Adam Rawski races past life’s obstacles
When most toddlers are learning to walk, Adam Rawski was taking on the greatest challenge of his life. The 18-month-old had been diagnosed with retinoblastoma, an extremely rare form of childhood eye cancer with a 13 percent survival rate. Rawski somehow beat
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Crane Composites executives meet scholarship recipients
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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James E. Thompson gift renews professorship in marketing
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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