Family Weekend at the College of Business provided an opportunity for students to show off the building to family and friends. Faculty were on hand to greet visitors and there were plenty of bagels and doughnuts to go around. Classrooms were open for viewing and a special study abroad session in the Caterpillar Auditorium profiled the many international opportunities available for business students. The weather provided a beautiful backdrop for an enjoyable weekend to honor parents and family.
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Congratulations are in order to Doug Johnson, Senior Insurance & Finance major, for winning recognition by the prestigious Lincoln Academy!
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois will honor outstanding senior college students during the annual Student Laureate Convocation at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 7 the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield.
The Lincoln Academy’s Student Laureate Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from each of the four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities in Illinois.
At the Student Laureate Convocation, each will receive a Student Laureate Medallion, along with an honorarium check and certificate of achievement. This event will mark the 35th year that students have been honored by the Academy.
“These students have exhibited a personal commitment to excel as seen by their remarkable academic accomplishments,” said John B. Simon, Chancellor of the Lincoln Academy, who added, “They serve as role models to other Illinois students. With hard-working and dedicated young leaders such as these, Illinois and the rest of the nation can look forward to a bright future.”
Honorable Richard Mills, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, will deliver the keynote address. The invocation will be delivered by Academy Trustee Rev. Ruben I. Cruz, and the benediction will be given by Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chancellor Dr. Samuel Goldman. The Sangamon Woodwind Consort will provide music, and a luncheon at the Illinois Executive Mansion will follow the Student Laureate Convocation.
The Lincoln Academy, unique among the 50 states, was established 45 years ago to honor Illinois’ most distinguished citizens with the state’s highest award, the Order of Lincoln. The 2010 Order of Lincoln Convocation will be held April 17, 2010 in Chicago.
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Dean Johnson would like to invite you and your family to join him along with department chairpersons, faculty and staff for a continental breakfast and open house on:
November 7, 2009
8:30 – 11:00 am
College of Business Building
There will be opportunities to:
We look forward to seeing you then!
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The College of Business is pleased to announce the 2009-2010 Archer Daniels Midland Scholarship recipients. Seventy-five highly-qualified students applied for a scholarship.
Nine were selected; each receiving a $3,000 award.
2009-2010 Archer Daniels Midland Scholarship Recipients:
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Scottie Venable ‘86 FIN is a member of the Illinois State University College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame. A Managing partner for The PrivateBank, and a Lieutenant Colonel for the U.S. Army Reserves.
Venable is an expert at achieving excellence. Click here to listen to his presentation “Focusing on the important tasks: Achieving extraordinary results with basic management and personal skills.”
Listen to presentation by Scottie Venable of The PrivateBank - “Focusing on the important tasks: Achieving extraordinary results with basic management and personal skills.” (mp3)
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Members of our various Advisory Councils, our corporate partners and recruiters consistently tell us that students entering the work force must have soft skills that compliment all they are mastering through coursework. They know Illinois State’s College of Business students are very well-prepared academically, but have asked that we continue helping our graduates develop skills that truly differentiate them from other candidates competing for the same positions.
The array of events that comprise Business Week 2009 are designed specifically to build these competencies and truly capture the spirit of Educating Illinois. They also provide valuable opportunities for alumni and external partners to get connected and hear the perspectives of top business leaders from across the nation. The Business Week 2009 brochure has all the details you’ll need.
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Financial Management Association (FMA) and Illinois State Alumni in Finance (ISAF) lunch and panel discussion.
You are invited to the second annual ISAF alumni network and FMA student organization luncheon and panel discussion on Friday, April 17, 2009.
Time: 11:00AM to 1:00PM - lunch and socializing
1:00PM to 3:00PM - panel discussion
Location: Old Country Buffet - 551 E. Roosevelt Road, Lombard, IL (lunch costs $7.99 + tax, price as of 2/23/09)
Please RSVP by email to Joe Trefzger - jwtrefz@ilstu.edu, ISAF steering committee secretary, Professor- FIL Department at Illinois State . Count of those attending is essential for planning. Participants will pay at the door at Old Country.
We know that in a turbulent financial environment your plans may have to change, so let us know right away if your current plan is to attend, and then let us know if a change becomes necessary later.
Our contacts list is still growing; please share news of this event with any Illinois State Alumni working in the financial world with whom you keep in touch.
The panel discussion will involve several Illinois State finance professionals Alumni speaking to the FMA students and guests on “Dealing With a Difficult Job Market.”
At the April 2008 luncheon, 14 Illinois State Alumni volunteered to form a steering committee to lay ground work for a networking organization for Illinois State alumni from all majors, who work in finance-related professions and want to network with other Illinois State Alumni in the financial world. The 14 have developed the organization through a formal meeting, extensive e-mails, and helping to host the College of Business tent at Illinois State’s 2008 Homecoming (along with a post-game social hour.) These ISAF steering committee members will be at the upcoming lunch to welcome other graduates and discuss our vision for a vibrant networking organization. We will work with the new College of Business Alumni Network, but also have our own activities with the interests of finance professionals in mind. We hope to have both Chicagoland and downstate activities as ISAF grows. Recent turmoil in the financial markets highlights the importance of networking for people in finance-related professions.
Hope to see you in April!
ISAF Steering Committee
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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:
Our goal is to provide you the news you want, how you want it. Which option do you prefer?
1. If you subscribe to What’s New in the COB by clicking on the RSS feed icon, stories will automatically drop in your RSS mailbox as they are released so you can view them at your convenience. (Click here to learn how.)
2. You can elect to receive this same news through a once-a-month email that includes links to the top stories from the previous few weeks. Go to www.cob.ilstu.edu/cobnews to subscribe for this option.
3. If receiving our once-a-year College of Business Alumni Magazine News & Views is all you need, let us know. Type “magazine only” in the subject line of an email to alhumph@ilstu.edu Be sure to include your contact information in the body of the message so we can fulfill your request.
Students in our Market Research class are currently seeking additional feedback from alumni, external partners, faculty and other stakeholders to help us further refine our interactive newsletter. So if they contact you about completing a brief survey, please do!
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In our information rich world we are constantly bombarded by messages, news, ads and more. Do you find yourself hitting “delete” because wading through it all feels overwhelming? Here’s a better plan. Take control of what types of stories and news you want to receive.
Check out this brief and clear video from YouTube. It explains how to harness the power of RSS feeds to ensure you get the information you want when you want it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU.
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Despite bleak news from Wall Street, some students in Illinois State University’s College of Business are experiencing success in managing a portfolio of financial assets valued at about $275,000 (as of Nov. 1, 2008). Like so many, the student-managed portfolio has taken a financial hit in the past few months, but has fared better than many thanks to the students’ careful market research.
The investment portfolio is the on-going project in the Finance, Insurance and Law Department’s Educational Investment Fund class. Students in the class, taught by Professor Thomas Howe, manage the investment fund, now in its 26th year. The fund was set up through the Illinois State University Foundation as an opportunity for finance majors to gain hands-on experience in market research and investment management.
“The Educational Investment Fund is a wonderful way for students to put theory and research into practice when it comes to managing an investment portfolio,” said Gary Koppenhaver, chair of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law. “Since Nov. 1, 2007, the portfolio has fallen 34.7% compared to the 37.5% decline in the Standard and Poor’s 500 stock index over the same time. The performance difference is due to the hard work of the students in stock selection and the strong mentoring provided by the alumni advisory board of investment professionals.”
Finance majors must apply and be accepted into the Educational Investment Fund class. Each semester about a dozen highly-motivated students become the stewards of the investment portfolio. The semester is spent doing market research on a number of companies in preparation for making stock buying and selling recommendations.
Throughout the semester an alumni advisory board, consisting of 15 investment professionals, mentors the class on the workings of financial markets and professional standards. The advisory board members do not make specific investment recommendations, leaving the final judgment up to the students. At the end of each semester, students make their investment decisions and pass the fund into the hands of the next class.
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