Category: College of Business

A team of students from the College of Business Accounting Department will compete in the  2011-2012 International AIS Student Competition in Provo, Utah on April 26 – 28, 2012.   Participating from Illinois State University in the IT Risk Management Track against 6 other international teams are: Quinn Francis, Robert Kluge, and Paul Timmerman. The

The Career Center provides the following tips to assist alumni with a job search.  Use them to increase your chances of finding career opportunities.  Most career searches these days take on average between 60 and 180 days.  These steps will impact your job search by increasing your marketability and exposure to potential employers. 1)      Start

10 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012 State Farm Hall of Business Caterpillar Auditorium, Room 139   Illinois State University President Al Bowman requests the honor of your presence at the investiture ceremony for Steven Taylor, the first faculty member appointed to the Hobart and Marian Gardner Hinderliter Endowed Professorship. Refreshments will be served in the

by Brittany Martin Technology has done it again! Affinnova is revolutionizing how the world innovates. Through their patented Interactive Discovery & Design by Evolutionary Algorithms (IDDEA) technology, Affinnova is able to double launch rates and in-market success rates of forward-thinking marketers.  As such, they have been on a 5-year run of 40%+ annual growth, with

  Keynote Address: Diane Irvine ’81 –  “Find Your Passion” — Lessons for Life and Career Wednesday, March 28 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Braden Auditorium, Bone Student Center Business Week offers engaging, authentic pre-professional opportunities that enable students to interact closely with alumni, employers and industry thought leaders as they develop essential soft skills and

Amar Kamath, MBA ’97 Vice President of Marketing, BioReference Laboratories Sparta, N. J. College of Business graduate Kamath is on the executive team of BioReference Laboratories, which is the third largest, publicly held clinical laboratory in the United States. Beyond leading the marketing, Kamath is involved in business development, intellectual property management and licensing, and new

Earth’s population has tripled since 1950. In that same time period CO2 emissions from fossil fuels have increased seven-fold. Greater global interconnectedness permits both disease and financial contagions to spread rapidly through the world. Identifying the risks associated with these kinds of trends, assessing their potential for harm, and developing holistic risk management strategies to

Keynote Address: Diane Irvine ’81 Wednesday, March 28 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Braden Auditorium, Bone Student Center Business Week offers engaging, authentic pre-professional opportunities that enable students to interact closely with alumni, employers and industry thought leaders as they develop essential soft skills and understandings required for success. Leadership, corporate social responsibility, business etiquette, effective

Donna Zarcone, (College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame 09/10) the finance whiz who led Harley-Davidson’s financial arm in the 1990s and early 2000s, has been named president and CEO of the Economic Club of Chicago. Board members of the public-policy organization elected her this morning. Ms. Zarcone has served as interim president of the club

By Karina Gonzalez | kgonzalez@pantagraph.com | Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 – The Pantagraph Novice entrepreneurs across Central Illinois and beyond soon will be able to enlist the help of Coach Charles, a virtual guide that helps people launch a new business. “ Coach Charles keeps you aware of your goals with daily emails,” said Mike