Northwest Nazarene University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) recently placed first in a national competition (see article dated 8/31), winning $1,000 and a visit from Vice President of Global Walmart for Campbell Soup Company Timothy J. Toll on Monday, October 26 from 3-5 pm.
Toll has served in this capacity for the last seven years and is responsible for all Campbell’s product lines at Walmart. Walmart is Campbell’s largest global customer and represents $1.8 billion in sales. Toll currently serves on the Board of Directors of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the Advisory Board for University of Arkansas. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he attended Old Dominion University and received his bachelor degree in marketing. After graduation, Toll played professional baseball for the Chicago Cubs.
The Let’s Can Hunger competition asked participants to create a business plan detailing how they would create hunger awareness and relief in the upcoming academic year in their community. NNU’s team competed against teams from across the U.S. and plans were judged on sustainability and overall impact. Toll will address the student body and discuss the mission and culture at Campbell, his own personal career path, lessons learned along the way and Campbell’s partnership with SIFE in the Let’s Can Hunger challenge. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
This event is free and open to the public in the Helstrom Business Building’s Harter Lecture Hall located at 804 E. Dewey in Nampa. NNU SIFE will provide bins to collect canned food donations. For more information, please contact SIFE advisor Dr. Mark Emerson at memerson@nnu.edu.
SIFE is an international non-profit organization active on more than 1,400 university campuses in 48 countries. SIFE teams create economic opportunities in their communities by organizing outreach projects that focus on market economics, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, personal success skills and business ethics.
The Accounting Club started the year with a barbecue that included plenty of food, good conversation, warm sunshine and a rousing game of Apples to Apples. It was an opportunity for new accounting students to get acquainted with other students who have chosen a major in Accounting. The School of Business welcomed twelve new freshmen or transfer students who declared Accounting to be their major. 
Summer 2009 was a time for campus improvements. Over $1.5 million spent in construction and remodeling has added to the campus attractiveness, functionality, and building efficiency. Dick Van Schyndel, NNU Director of Operations, has been highly involved in each of these campus transformations. He is a member of the School of Business faculty, teaching business management and operations management courses. Britton Hall, Facilities Manager and adjunct instructor in the School of Business was also involved in campus improvements.
• Dooley remodel – energy efficient dual pane windows, restroom renovation, and “living room” refurbish (see picture)
“Janet L. Yellen took office as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on June 14, 2004. As a 2009 voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, Dr. Yellen brings her District’s perspective to policy discussions in Washington. [She] is Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley where she was the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business and Professor of Economics and has been a faculty member since 1980.
Contributed by Justin Kellerer
Undergraduate classes began Tuesday, September 1, and 30 freshmen business majors swell the ranks of the School of Business to 105 total undergraduate majors. Most new students call the Pacific Northwest their home, but one student traveled to NNU from Shaanxi, China, to major in Business. The students, particularly freshmen, have been meeting with advisors (see picture with Professor Ann Thompson-Crabb advising a student) to begin scheduling classes and activities, and mapping out their course of study for the next four years. 
University of significance in the Treasure Valley and beyond. Former Dean Ron Galloway is preparing a proposal for a Ph.D. program, and exploring opportunities for study abroad. Ongoing activities include enhancing this blog in terms of purpose and appearance, the use of BusinessWeek in many classes, Delta Mu Delta honor society, meaningful internships for all majors, and augmenting cross-cultural opportunities for students. 
The presentation, sponsored by the Financial Management Association (FMA), will be Tuesday, September 15 at 11:30 AM.
Though Summer break started in May, Northwest Nazarene University’s SIFE team (Students In Free Enterprise) never rests. While working in different internships around the country, team members worked together in their free time to create a business plan that addressed the Treasure Valley’s hunger needs. The students were in competition with SIFE teams from colleges around the country for a Campbell’s Soup Company grant of $1,000. “Communication was our chief obstacle,” said Loren Pounds, NNU SIFE team’s Vice President. “We traded nearly a hundred emails and used a myriad of teleconferencing and instant messaging programs, but in the end, we formulated a solid business plan.”