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by Dr. Charles McGuire, Interim Dean Today’s companies require talented and responsible individuals prepared to achieve organizational goals while ensuring ethical practices related to human rights, labor rights, environmental sustainability and anti-corruption are addressed. Illinois State’s College of Business is one of the very first public universities to become a signatory to the United Nations’

The College of Business at Illinois State University has re-configured its e-communication What’s New in the COB to include exactly the types of articles our alumni, external partners, faculty and staff value. You can: read about exciting work being done by fellow graduates and share your own success stories in our Alumni Spotlight get insights

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Companies require relevant research to guide decisions. Students require real-world experiences. Faculty at Illinois State University foster these connections and provide the vital expertise that makes The Export Project a continuing success. The Export Project is now in the second year of a U.S. Department of Education grant to promote international business skill-building across disciplines.

(February 17, 2009) Today Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, Maureen Angell and Julia Stoner, all members of the Special Education faculty in Illinois State University’s College of Education, were awarded a three-year Institute of Education Sciences grant for $855,000. The trio’s research effort is titled Parent-Implemented Social-Pragmatic Communication Intervention for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities. The purpose of

Alumni and friends are invited to contribute to a memorial scholarship being formed in honor of Erin McEldowney, a 2006 Mennonite alumna who passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Jan. 2. McEldowney had been employed as a medical-surgical nurse at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. Classmates Jessica Bimm and Katie Goding are leading the effort

James V. Koch, president emeritus of Old Dominion University and a former faculty member and department chair of Economics at Illinois State University, will receive an honorary doctoral degree during Illinois State’s Founders Day Convocation on Feb. 19. A native of Springfield, Koch holds a B.A. degree from Illinois State and a Ph.D. in economics

Abraham Lincoln, children’s literature, fashion design, investment management and American presidential history will be some of the topics discussed by speakers at Illinois State University during the spring semester. All events are open to the public, and most are free of charge. Children’s author Candace Fleming will present “Meeting the Lincolns: Adventures in Nonfiction” on

Aphra Behn’s “The Rover,” a restoration comedy written in 1677 by one of the first female playwrights, will open the School of Theatre spring season this month at Illinois State University’s Center for the Performing Arts Theatre. As always, the theatre calendar will close with a University Dance Theatre concert April 30 and May 1

Alumni and friends are invited to support a new endowment honoring John Chizmar and Anthony Ostrosky, economics emeritus professors. The fund was established in the Department of Economics to establish a student scholarship and faculty support. Awards, which will include a scholarship for an undergraduate economics student and an award for an outstanding faculty member