Business News and Features
A new spin on networking: Business instructors join forces to boost student career readiness
October 9, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–For the past two years, School of Business faculty and the Center for Career Development have been organizing networking events that bring together business students and local employers. Some were buttoned-down and structured, while others were more whimsical, like last year’s “speed dating” set-up. This year, a group of four ...
Faculty Innovators: Aaron Setterdahl and Lisa Russell
September 3, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Donum Dei Brewery in New Albany seems like a strange place to hold a chemistry class. But for students of Dr. Aaron Setterdahl, associate professor of chemistry at IU Southeast, it’s the logical setting for a course in beer science. On an afternoon in the first summer session, a half-dozen ...
Patrick Lach contributes to game-changing Wall Street Journal investigation
August 6, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–How do you know that your financial planner is competent? One way is to make sure the planner has been certified by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board), which grants and upholds this designation for nearly 85,000 professionals in the U.S. Now an article in the ...
Our man on Wall Street: Patrick Lach gives advice for new homebuyers in WSJ
June 19, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Is it better to rent a home or to own one? The conventional wisdom in the United States is that it’s always better to own than to rent, because homeowners can build equity in their property through their monthly mortgage payments and ultimately have something they can then sell for ...
Duke Energy Nonprofit Academy to strengthen nonprofits serving southern Indiana
April 23, 2019
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Indiana University Southeast will host the Duke Energy Nonprofit Academy on Friday, May 17, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the University Center Hoosier Room. This free professional development conference for nonprofits is made possible by a $17,500 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation. The event will feature keynote speakers ...
Digital Marketing Conference delivers leading-edge insights
March 12, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The fourth annual Digital Marketing Conference–DigiMarCom for short–delivered leading edge insights from real world practitioners, helping a diverse audience make sense of, and keep pace with, an industry known for rapid and constant change. Speakers Cobi Stein, digital marketing director of Shoe Sensation, Inc. and IU Southeast alumnus Jonathan Salazar, ...
IU Southeast MBA students win regional CFA Research Challenge–again!
March 4, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—IU Southeast MBA students Erica Gansbauer, George Hazelbaker and Kelly Nichols have won the 2019 CFA Research Challenge regionals at the fabled Pendennis Club in Louisville, Ky. This marks the fourth time IU Southeast has won the event, which brought together teams from Bellarmine University, the University of Louisville, Western Kentucky ...
Faculty Innovator: Linda Christiansen
February 11, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—In 2001, when employees of the firm Arthur Andersen were found guilty of obstruction justice after shredding financial documents implicating them and their client, Enron, in possible federal crimes, several business students at IU Southeast reached out to Linda Christiansen. “You are clairvoyant!” they said, more or less in unison. ...
