A trio of Wilson College of Business students made their marks on the national stage in March, capturing second place at the Operation Stimulus Supply Chain Competition held at Colorado State University.
Students at the University of Northern Iowa gain fulfilling experiences and valuable real-world skills through their work with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at the Wilson College of Business. This program, which has been aiding taxpayers for fifty years, allows accounting students to become certified tax preparers, helping community members file their taxes under faculty supervision.
Meet Julia Slayden, Mae Franklin, and Ron TeKippe, siblings from Rickardsville, Iowa, who became first-generation college graduates and CPAs. They've created the TeKippe Accounting Scholarship at UNI to support accounting students who, like them, are working hard to pay for their education.
When Wesley Clark (Accounting and Finance, ‘24) sat down to take his Excel certification exam as part of the Introduction to Information Systems course at the Wilson College of Business, he had no idea the path it would send him down. He had prior experience with Excel in previous internships, so he was proficient, but when he received an email a few months later indictating he was chosen to compete at Certiport’s 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship in Orlando, Florida, he was shocked.
In 1994, Marc Mitchell ('95) chose to study in Denmark for a semester, not anticipating how life-changing it would be. He learned about this opportunity from a fraternity friend who had gone the previous year and decided to pursue it after some inquiries with the business school. This past summer he returned with his family to reconnect with his Danish classmate.
On-site acupuncture, yoga classes? Lunches made by chefs?! While these are some of the headline-grabbing employee benefits and perks offered out there — typically by top tech firms in Silicon Valley — a comprehensive and forward-looking benefits package does make a significant impact in recruiting and retaining top talent.
