The morning of what would eventually be a triumphant day for a team of University of Northern Iowa accounting students was not going well.
The group of five accounting majors was preparing to compete in the 19th annual FanTAXtic competition held last month in Westlake, Texas, having earned their spot in the national competition by winning the regional qualifier in November.
In today’s world of business, not everything is wrapped in a pretty bow, particularly in an increasingly data-driven world. Millions of pieces of information can be collected in one spot with little to no organization. That’s why employers have increasingly been looking for business students with a deeper understanding of data and analytics.
Over the past year, UNIBusiness has taken steps to fill that need.
The past few years have been especially fun for Steve Bruere (Marketing ‘03).
The president of Peoples Co., a farmland brokerage firm, Bruere is also a partner in Diligent Investment, which focuses on real estate development. He is also the mastermind behind Iowa’s first agrihood, a development that will bring together housing and farming culture, in Cumming, a small town just beyond the southwest edge of Des Moines.
"The effects of trade policies on global supply chains"
2:00 PM
April 6, 2020
CBB 109
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Julie Hamilton / ESP International Supply Chain and Logistics Management Fellow Dan Bumblauskas will host a 75-minute panel discussion comparing the supply chain differences between operating factories in developed and emerging markets.
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Food waste is a big problem throughout the world, and the United States is one of the biggest offenders. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food waste is estimated at between 30-40% of the total United States food supply. That equals about 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food.
UNI alumnus and entrepreneur Russell Karim's newest venture seeks to boost profitability and workers' salaries in apparel companies in his home country of Bangladesh.
Laurie Watje has worked closely with UNI students and their businesses for 12 years. As the associate director of the UNI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, Watje has seen the whole gamut of business plans and ideas.
In recent years, she’s noticed a trend with Generation Z students — people born roughly after 1995 — and their passions. They don’t just want to create a business; they want to create a mission.
