Category: College of Business

The Matt Busey Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in 2008 by friends and relatives of Matt Busey, a 2005 graduate of the Marketing and Finance programs in the College of Business at Illinois State University. The Matt Busey Endowed Scholarship Fund was established for the purpose of providing support for College of Business students. It recognizes Matt

By Norris Porter, COB Director of Development As Director of Development for the College of Business it is my role to connect and engage alumni and industry partners with the College of Business as well as cultivate funding in support of the mission, vision and academic programs for the College. A theme this year for

For the third consecutive year, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been named to BusinessWeek’s annual ranking of the best companies for new college graduates to launch their careers.In naming companies to the list, BusinessWeek used three sources of data – a survey of college career-services directors, a survey of employers and a student survey conducted by Universum

 Two new scholarships for students in Illinois State University’s College of Business have been made possible through the Flessner Family Endowed Scholarship Fund. The fund was recently established by Paul Flessner, a retired senior vice president at Microsoft and a 1981 graduate of Illinois State’s business information systems program. The Flessner Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Since starting my new role as Director of Development I have been busy meeting with the Leadership Team and Center Directors to determine the most critical funding needs for the College. Here is a short list of priorities: Operating Funds/Technology & Software/Access to Research Databases Salary assistance (enhancement) for faculty recruitment/retention (summer support for research)

For the first time the College of Business is presenting its Early Career Achievement Awards (ECAA) to 15 truly outstanding young alumni who have experienced significant professional success.  In May an email about the award was sent to current and retired faculty and staff, and to all COB alumni for whom we had correct email

Illinois State’s College of Business (COB) has adopted BusinessWeek as a teaching tool in all Business 100 courses, which are required of freshmen and sophomore business students. A cover wrap featuring the COB was created for a special magazine edition featuring “Trouble at the Office? – Toxic Bosses, Work/Life Balance, Generational Tension.” It will be

Students and faculty in our International Business (IB) Program continue to demonstrate that world-class opportunities are available to those willing to reach for them. Earlier this year lead authors, Iris Varner and Peter Kaufman, secured a 2-year $165,000 (total) federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support international business education opportunities. A select

From reminders about using classroom AV systems, to tips on connecting to Exchange when traveling – all of us in the COB can use some quick tech reminders from time-to-time. Over the past few months members of our technology team have created a wiki resource base to answer just those sorts of questions for faculty

The College of Business at Illinois State has always emphasized ethical and responsible business behavior. We integrate ethics throughout the curriculum, and our Standards of Professional Behavior and Ethical Conduct serve as a model for business and academics alike. We have housed the Institute for Insurance Ethics for over ten years.Our faculty is committed to