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Tagged: NIU College of Business

Outstanding Huskies depart NIU headed for success

Student stories highlight excellence of 2019 graduating class

  • May 17, 2019
Every commencement ceremony at NIU is filled with students who have amazing stories to tell. Stories of academic excellence, of service to the campus and community and of obstacles overcome…

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Imagine that

NIU offers immersion in U.S. education to Taiwanese high-schoolers

  • October 13, 2016
“There are many differences between Taiwanese education and American education. However, we shouldn’t just see the advantages of them and ignore the disadvantages. (Open Imagination) allows me to experience both…

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Bridging oceans

NIU joins Macedonian university in promoting peace

  • September 27, 2016
Deep and influential thinkers from around the world will convene this December in Macedonia at the State University of Tetovo’s Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication. As they share their…

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Sales skills translate across languages

NIU business students prove that they can sell in any language

  • March 24, 2016
  Every good salesman knows that to succeed in business you have to speak your customer’s language, both figuratively and literally. So earlier this month, when students enrolled in the…

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Entreamigos

Just beyond the border

NIU students discover life, leadership lessons in Mexico

  • March 9, 2016
During the fall semester of 2014, when Dennis Barsema and 10 of his microfinance students visited Mexico “to see how access to capital has made a difference in the lives…

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Sleepless in Shoppingland

Who – besides retailers – is ready for some Black Friday?

  • November 23, 2015
As the majority of the retail industry jockeys to see which will open the earliest Friday, or which will open Thanksgiving Day itself, one company is making headlines for its…

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Franz Varga

On top of the world

NIU finance major rocks the Bloomberg Aptitude Test

  • November 19, 2015
Imagine tying for best in the world on a business aptitude test offered to students from more than 3,500 participating universities. Then ask NIU finance major Franz Varga exactly how…

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Don’t fear the data

Knowledge, not fear, should be the response to the digital trail companies use to figure out who you are

  • October 22, 2015
NIU instructor Alex Eddy had to pick up his car from the shop before meeting fellow adjunct professor Brian Gillet at a Starbucks to discuss the digital trail people leave online,…

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The “Official” Response

Can the wrong official sponsors hurt a sports team’s brand?

  • October 22, 2015
In a park named after chewing gum, a crowd after seven innings rises to sing an ode to peanuts and brand-name Cracker Jacks. The official lawn care is by Scott’s,…

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Learning English in Afghanistan

English, English Everywhere

Why does the rest of the world want to speak English?

  • September 16, 2015
It’s impossible to watch a newscast this month without seeing coverage of the flood of Syrians trying to make their way to Europe. Each features at least one interview with…

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