May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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Elaine Ji grew up in Shizhou, China and came to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration to study marketing. Ji's parents supported her in her decision to broaden her horizons abroad and were able to come to Nebraska this spring for her graduation ceremony. Ji gained much of her real world experience by working in the CBA Communications and Marketing office.
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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We are busy working hard with the architects to plan our new UNL College of Business Administration building. What an awesome responsibility this is – planning a facility that reflects our aspirations to be world-class, our commitment to innovative learning and high impact scholarship, and our desire to create a sense of community for all who enter its doors for the next 100 years.
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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Everything Bill Jackman needed to know about success began on a hardwood floor in the small, southwest Nebraska town of Grant. Standing a mere 6’9” tall by the time he graduated, there was really no question he would play basketball. It was ultimately a question of how successful he would become.
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration held its Advisory Board Annual Awards Luncheon on Friday, April 12. The awards recognize the outstanding accomplishments of business leaders and corporations in the state of Nebraska and the world.
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration will hold a UNL GMAT Strategy Workshop on Saturday, June 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This workshop is designed for those interested in learning strategies and approaches for taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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The Nebraska at Oxford Program offered through the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration is celebrating 25 years, its Silver Jubilee. Dean Donde Plowman and other members of the Silver Jubilee Committee will be hosting events at UNL and prestigious Oxford University this summer and fall in celebration.
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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The UNL Actuarial Science program has been renewed as a Center of Actuarial Excellence (CAE) by the Society of Actuaries’ Centers of Actuarial Excellence Evaluation Committee. The designation is given to programs that excel in eight criteria of qualitative and quantitative categories, including composition of the faculty, quality of students and connections with the profession.
May 15 2013 10:00 AM
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Dr. Laurie Miller, assistant professor of practice in economics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration, recently had her paper “Caregivers, Firm Policies and Gender Discrimination Claims,” published in the
Review of Economics of the Household.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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There is so much going on in CBA these days it is hard to keep track of everything. We have been very successful in making new faculty hires for next year.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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The online MBA program at the CBA ranked second in the Big Ten in the 2013 U.S. News and World Report. Released January 15, the report ranked the UNL MBA program as a Best Online Graduate Business Program. Overall, UNL was 17th out of 148 programs.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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Dr. Yijia Lin, assistant professor of finance at the UNL College of Business Administration, has published numerous articles in the area of risk management since joining the CBA faculty in 2007. She currently has three forthcoming articles in the
Journal of Risk and Insurance.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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The UNL College of Business Administration is offering a faculty-led study abroad program to China for the Summer of 2013. Students will experience the business environment and cultural aspects in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou for 17 days, June 10-26 while earning three UNL credits.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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Murphy Larson, a junior finance and marketing major, currently manages the Daily Drip and plays a major role in efforts to fund non-profit organizations through the student organization Enactus. Larson's project is called the LisaMom Foundation which funds nannies for families who have moms with cancer.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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Each year the UNL College of Business Administration sends a select group of students to the U.S. Naval Academy Leadership Conference in Annapolis, Md. The goal of the conference is to bring together the best minds in the practice and study of leadership to exchange ideas and experiences among both military and civilian students.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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Sean Fisher knew he wanted to do two things in life – become a doctor and play football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Upon arriving at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln he discovered that majoring in business would be another important piece achieving his goals.
Feb 13 2013 10:00 AM
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Recently inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame, Marc LeBaron is the chairman and CEO of Lincoln Industries. The company, located in Lincoln, Neb., is a national supplier of products requiring high-performance metal finishing, has 500 employees and operates 24 hours a day.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Students enrolled in distance coursework through the UNL College of Business Administration MBA program are learning that online does not mean out-of-touch. Steve Welton, assistant professor of practice in marketing, is just one example of instructors providing real world instruction to all MBA students at the college.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Eavesdropping on business deals at the airport, accepting extravagant gifts from clients, having a co-worker display a Confederate flag in the work place – these are just a few of the ethical issues that were discussed with UNL College of Business Administration students at the fall 2012 Ethics Day Lecture given by Bill O’Rourke, former president of Alcoa-Russia and current director of the ethics program, at the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Mark Hasebroock, a 1982 graduate of the College of Business Administration, was named the 2012 CBA Master. While on campus for Alumni Master’s Week, November 8-9, he spoke to entrepreneurship classes, student organizations and faculty, and shared his insight on starting and growing companies.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Economists have surveyed themselves a lot over the years about economic policy. What they had not examined were the differences in the views of male and female economists on policy issues.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Although the weather outside is turning cooler in Nebraska, it has not lessened the excitement of all the great things happening at CBA. From the incoming freshmen class to the graduating seniors, there is a sense of community and promise here at the college that continues to build.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Dr. Theresa Welbourne, director of the UNL College of Business Administration Center for Entrepreneurship and FirsTier Banks Distinguished Professor of Business, received the 2012 Academy of Management Distinguished HR Executive Award earlier this year.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Mihdi Vahedi decided to pursue a dual MBA and juris doctorate degree through the UNL College of Business Administration and the College of Law, because the unique program allowed him to study both tax law and human rights.
Nov 27 2012 10:00 AM
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Business students at the Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management discovered the art of digital marketing by learning how to manage ad words through the web search engine most of us use every day – Google.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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The Nebraska Board of Regents approved plans for a new $84 million College of Business Administration building, making way for one of the most significant events in the history of the college, and largest academic building project in recent history at UNL.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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The Bureau of Business Research (BBR) at the UNL College of Business Administration has created a new monthly Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska (LEI-N). The LEI-N is a highly needed service to Nebraskans developed by Dr. Eric Thompson and Dr. William Walstad of the BBR to help forecast the economic outlook in the state.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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It’s hard to believe that this is the third fall that I have been at UNL.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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Eleven new full-time faculty joined the UNL College of Business Administration this fall. The additions are an integral part of Dean Donde Plowman’s goal to increase attendance at CBA over the next five years.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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Dr. John Anderson, Baird Family Professor of Economics at CBA, was featured at the Legislative Economic Summit sponsored by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce. The event was held at the Strategic Air Command Air Base Museum and 500 people attended, including the entire congressional delegation from the state of Nebraska.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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Jeff Johnson, a marketing Ph.D. candidate at CBA, has received the 2012-2013 Presidential Graduate Fellowship from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The fellowship includes a stipend that will allow Johnson to pursue research projects full-time during the current school year.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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Dr. Donde Plowman, James Jr. and Susan Stuart Endowed Dean of CBA, announced a 25.4 percent increase in first-time freshmen enrollment in the College of Business Administration this fall. The numbers buck the trend across the University of a 1.6 percent decrease in overall enrollment.
Sep 20 2012 3:00 PM
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Nick Kepler joined Wells Fargo Bank nine days after graduating from CBA in 2004. Today Kepler is vice-president in Wells Fargo’s Corporate Banking Group in Chicago, serving clients throughout the Midwest who generate annual revenues in excess of $500 million.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration hosted the inaugural DREAM BIG Academy, July 8-11, which brought soon-to-be high school seniors from across the state to Lincoln to explore college life and business concepts first hand.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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Derek Wallman transferred to UNL when he realized that the actuarial science program at the College of Business Administration was really his best option for long term happiness and success. He has begun taking classes this summer and is finding it to be the perfect fit.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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Dr. William Walstad presented research results on the effect of financial literacy on credit card use at the Financial Literacy and Education Summit held at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. Walstad and colleague Dr. Sam Allgood studied how knowledge and perception shape people's financial behaviors.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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Four former UNL College of Business Administration grads were included in the Lincoln Journal Star's inaugural Lincoln's 20 under 40 section, which highlighted 20 of the top local business leaders under 40 years old. Two of the awardees included CBA grads Eric and Stephanie Dinger.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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There are so many great things happening at Nebraska in the College of Business that it is hard to know where to start.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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Jacob Daberkow, a senior business administration major at the UNL College of Business Administration, set out this summer on a once in a lifetime adventure with the CBA Oxford Study Abroad Program. Daberkow is currently in England blogging about his experiences abroad.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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Dr. Carlos Asarta, associate professor of practice in economics at CBA, came nearly halfway around the world to study and eventually teach at Nebraska. Now part of his major focus at CBA is to make sure other children have the same opportunities that he had through ground breaking research in the area of financial literacy.
Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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Emily Phillips, a junior actuarial science major at CBA, is spending the summer exploring future career options by interning at Lincoln Financial Group in Omaha, Neb. Phillips chose the internship even in the face of other tempting offers.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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Brothers Jordan and Josh Reinertson, who came to the College of Business Administration from Gibbon, Neb., were both awarded the distinction of Highest Honors for their academic achievements at the 2012 Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet. Overall, 84 CBA student-athletes were honored -- the most of any college.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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Richard Varner, James Pittenger, Smith Hayes Companies and Carl Mammel all were recognized at the 2012 UNL College of Business Administration Advisory Board Awards Luncheon. Kirk Kellner, President of the Advisory Board, was the emcee, while Dean Donde Plowman presented the awards.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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This has been a great academic year. I want to quickly share with you some of the many things that have happened.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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UNL Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) were named Champions of their League while competing against other SIFE teams from across the country. The regionals were held in Chicago, and the UNL team will now go on to compete at the national tournament in Kansas City in May.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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Jiri Tresl, a finance Ph.D. student at the College of Business Administration, has covered a lot of distance in his academic pursuits. Tresl has lived in three countries and attended a variety of schools, but perhaps nowhere has his academic success flourished as it has at Nebraska.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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Jocelyn Robertshaw has always tackled new adventures and projects whether she was ready or not. When she decided to move back to Nebraska and start a business, it was no surprise that she named her wedding store just that – Ready or Knot.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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The UNL College of Business Administration moved up 22 spots in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings for best "Part-Time MBA School". Dean Donde Plowman noted that the jump in rankings is significant considering the rankings are based on peer assessment by business school deans and directors.
May 8 2012 6:00 PM
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The road to recognition in academic research is a long one. Yet the necessity of time makes it all the more meaningful to Dr. Ravi Sohi, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research at the UNL College of Business Administration, who recently was awarded the 2012 Louis W. Stern Award by the American Marketing Association.
Mar 2 2012 2:34 PM
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Emily Koopmann came to the UNL College of Business Administration from a graduating class of 64 students in Raymond, Neb. She's accomplished much during her time at CBA including being named Homecoming Queen last fall. Now she's being featured in a UNL video spotlight.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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In the fall, a new improved undergraduate business minor will be available to all non-business students. The new minor curriculum has been designed to better suit the needs of students wanting to minor in business, with courses created specifically for them.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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Students at the UNL College of Business Administration are making a habit of competing and winning in an online business management simulation that includes over 3,500 students worldwide. The simulation, which challenges students to run an athletic shoe manufacturing business, is the key component to the Business Policies and Strategies capstone management course that integrates all facets of running a business.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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Dean Donde Plowman created a new Dean's Presidents Council to enhance the sense of community among students. The council, made up of presidents from each CBA student organization, is intended to increase opportunities for students to become active in the college. CBA currently has 17 student organizations and each were represented at the kickoff luncheon held in January. The presidents and their faculty advisors met with Plowman and other administrators to begin envisioning and planning for this new organization.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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I am continually amazed by the enthusiasm of our alumni, students, faculty and friends as we continue to chart a new future for the UNL College of Business Administration. Everyone has embraced the challenge of competing with our new peers in the Big Ten Conference. Here are just a few highlights that underscore our mission of educating and shaping the next generation of business leaders while raising the visibility of CBA.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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The College of Business Administration is continuing to expand value to students beyond the superior education they receive in the classroom. The new CBA Career Services office provides students a unique professional development center that specifically tailors career advice, resume writing, interviewing skills and other job related information to business students.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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Dr. Colleen Jones has seen more than 200 students participate in the Melvin W. Jones Scholars Learning Community since it began eight years ago. Under Jones’ leadership, the learning community was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Target Foundation, which donates 5 percent of its income weekly to schools and nonprofit organizations. The grant will provide student awards, scholarships and general program support.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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Steven “Chuck” Bates ’97 learned a lot on the move. A military brat, his family lived in Watertown, S.D. until his father was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue. When he was 10, his family relocated to Belgium, where Bates graduated from high school at the NATO base. Then he moved back to Nebraska to attend the UNL College of Business Administration.
Feb 7 2012 4:33 PM
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Many prospective students know Misam Ali before they even visit the UNL College of Business Administration. Ali has shared her undergraduate opportunities in several UNL recruitment videos and soon she will also appear in the CollegeBound campaign for the University of Nebraska System.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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The UNL College of Business Administration Partnership Summit and Advisory Board Meetings will be held Friday, October 7. Dr. Donde Ashmos Plowman, James Jr. and Susan Stuart Endowed Dean, has invited the more than 150 members of these boards and special guests to hear her deliver the State of the College Address, “Our First Year in the Big Ten” at 11a.m. in Steinhart Room at the Lied Center.
The advisory boards for CBA include: the overall College of Business Administration Advisory Board, Actuarial Science Advisory Board, Bureau of Business Research Advisory Board, Finance Advisory Board, Marketing Department Advisory Board, NE Council on Economic Education Executive Committee and School of Accountancy Advisory Board. Three newly formed boards will also meet and include: the Center for Entrepreneurship Board, the MBA Advisory Board and the Young Professional Advisory Board.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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Starting a retail business in downtown Lincoln is nothing new. What’s often missing is having the vision to utilize a business and marketing strategy to succeed. Ashlie Hadden, a marketing graduate from the UNL College of Business class of 2009, is hoping her foresight and planning will make all the difference in opening Embellish, a new downtown boutique at the corner of 13th and P Street.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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Five new faculty members joined the UNL College of Business Administration this fall.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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CBA is growing and changing in all sorts of exciting ways. Our enrollments are up this fall and we hope to continue that kind of growth. The Chancellor has established some aggressive growth goals for the campus and I hope CBA leads the way in the next few years.
Five new faculty joined us this fall, including Dr. Theresa Welbourne, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. She is bringing enormous leadership and energy to our college’s efforts around entrepreneurship and innovation.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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Dr. Brandon Lockhart, assistant professor of finance at the UNL College of Business Administration, has recently had his paper, “Shareholder Returns, Trade Credits, and Operating Constraints” recognized by the Financial Management Association (FMA) Conference as a semi-finalist for top corporate paper among those to be presented at the annual meeting in Denver during October 19-22, 2011. In addition, the FMA’s journal,
Financial Management, accepted another of his papers, “Shareholder Returns from Supplying Trade Credit” for publication.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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The UNL Actuarial Science program and the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management have both been recognized for outstanding student achievement. Senior Julia Menez is currently taking advantage of both areas of excellence by majoring in actuarial science while simultaneously participating in the Raikes School curriculum.
Oct 3 2011 8:00 AM
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Enrollment at the UNL College of Business Administration grew by 3.7 percent this fall. The
increase was the highest of any college at the university – the College of Engineering had a 2
percent increase.
Sep 7 2011 9:00 AM
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Dr. Sam Allgood, Dr. Fiona Nah and Dr. Geoffrey Friesen also received promotions at the UNL College of Business Administration this academic year. All three have played significant roles in advancing the strategic goals of the College.
Aug 22 2011 8:00 AM
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Dr. Theresa M. Welbourne is the new director of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. An entrepreneur, author and professor, Welbourne is also the FirsTier Banks Distinguished Professor of Business.
Jul 20 2011 8:00 AM
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What an exciting year this has been. I’ve now been Dean for one year and the time has flown by as so much has happened in the first year. The support I’ve received from the college and from the larger alumni and business communities has been overwhelming.
Jul 20 2011 8:00 AM
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Dr. Donde Plowman, James, Jr. and Susan Stuart Endowed Dean of the College of Business Administration, celebrated her first anniversary at UNL on July 1 – the same day UNL officially became a member of the Big Ten conference. The announcement to join the Big Ten happened between the time Plowman accepted the offer to join CBA and before she started her official first day. Since then, much of Plowman’s work has involved positioning the college to take full advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity. The combined energy of a new dean and moving to the Big Ten has been noticed by faculty and students alike.
Jul 20 2011 8:00 AM
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To improve the UNL College of Business Administration’s core programs and attract the best students to Nebraska requires a creative marketing strategy that promotes the college’s strengths. Sheri Irwin-Gish was hired as CBA’s Executive Director of Communication and Marketing to do just that. Irwin-Gish’s main priority is developing and implementing a marketing plan for UNL in the Big Ten.
Jul 20 2011 8:00 AM
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When Tonn '81 and Holly (Acklie) Ostergard '80 were asked to chair the UNL College of Business Administration Campaign for Nebraska, they immediately agreed due to their “collective affection” for CBA. Tonn is an accounting graduate and though Holly received her degree in elementary education, she took many courses in CBA.
Jul 20 2011 8:00 AM
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The 2011 University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration Advisory Board Annual Awards Luncheon was held this spring. Kirk Kellner, President of the College of Business Administration Advisory Board and Regional President of Wells Fargo Bank, was the emcee for the event and Dean of the College of Business Administration, Dr. Donde Plowman, presented the awards.
Jul 20 2011 8:00 AM
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Business Learning Community students went on their annual trip in April, traveling to Milwaukee, Wisc., for three days. The group of 29 students visited the Penworthy Company, a kindergarten through fourth grade publishing company and the Harley Davidson headquarters.
Jul 20 2011 7:59 AM
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Shannon Cummins, a marketing Ph.D. student at the UNL College of Business Administration, was recently awarded a 2011-12 Presidential Graduate Fellowship by the University of Nebraska. Cummins, who has been recognized for excellence in teaching and research, plans to use the award to assist her ongoing research which examines how board member ties between companies influence those firm’s marketing strategies and performance outcomes.
Jul 20 2011 7:59 AM
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When a fellow high school student handed Colby Thomson ’04 a packet about the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, Thomson was intrigued. The program included a full scholarship, a unique combination of business and computer science with practical leadership skills, and close proximity to his girlfriend and sick grandmother who lived in Kansas City, Mo.
Jul 20 2011 7:59 AM
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Dr. Emre Unlu, assistant professor of finance at UNL, has been building a reputation for excellence in corporate and international finance research. Unlu, who came to the U.S. about 12 years ago from Turkey after completing his undergraduate studies at Middle East Technical University, was awarded both the college’s Distance MBA Teaching Award and Best Paper Award in the spring.
Jun 23 2011 9:54 AM
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The new Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Council met for the first time in late April with CBA Dean Donde Plowman. The Advisory Council’s mission is to provide strategic planning for the center and to better engage the Nebraska business community. The Council is currently working to facilitate new strategies as UNL enters the Big Ten and will work with the NEC’s new director to ensure growth in this vital component of the college.
