NNU’s AMA (American Marketing Association) club won a national award for sponsoring an organ donation creative event, and was ranked First Place for Most Impactful/Creative Event, and 8th in the nation on donor registration. $150 was awarded the club. Last Fall, the AMA collegiate chapter participated in a national competition to increase awareness of the [...]
Wednesday, December 8, the STEP program blazed new territory. Five groups of seniors presented their business plans, with three of those groups face-to-face and two from an online cohort. STEP Director Karen Jones commented, “It is exciting to see the STEP program move forward and work on the cutting edge of technology, providing more options [...]
Drs. Mark Emerson, Karen Jones, and Teri Whilden (School of Business) presented a paper November 12, 2010, at the Washington State University Business Law and Ethics 2010 Symposium. The paper was titled “Undergraduate Ethics: A Comparative Analysis of the Ethical Framework of Business Students from Different Generations. The following is Dr. Whilden’s story of the [...]
The School of Business marked the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year with a meeting attended by all students, faculty, and staff. Dean Steve Mountjoy introduced the faculty and staff, and Department Chair Konya Weber directed the meeting activities and announcements. Students were informed of internship requirements and opportunities, the Summer Reading Program to earn [...]
Dr. David Alexander, president, announced recently that Professor Bill Russell, J.D., received the 2010 International Teaching Excellence Award given by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). ACBSP is an international accrediting body that represents over 650 higher education business schools and programs in over 40 countries reaching from Argentina to Kazakhstan and [...]
The Graduate Department of the School of Business is sponsoring an educational tour to South Africa and Swaziland in October, 2010. The School conducts two international tours a year for 20-25 Master of Business Administration students and faculty, and has done so for the last ten years. Students receive academic credit for their studies on [...]
The NNU SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team received its ninth Regional Champion award and placed in the top 10 percent of competing teams at the national competition, earning the title of Second Place Runner-Up League Champions. National competition was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May, 2010. The presenting team consisted of Loren Pounds, MaryJo [...]
ABA undergraduate honorees
As NNU School of Business students, faculty and alumni are involved in more and more global travel, it’s worthwhile to stop for a moment and remember the recent experience of NNU Professor Bill Russell. Dr. Russell was traveling with MBA students in Europe over spring break, and made a side trip for a business meeting [...]
A group of 25 MBA students and faculty returned Saturday, March 20 from an 9 day tour of Portugal and Spain. Students engaged in cultural exploration and business tours, as well as participating in several class sessions for the course, Managing in a Global Economy. Dr. Karen Jones, Director of the ABA (formerly STEP) program, [...]