Business News and Features
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
Linda ChristiansenProfessor of BusinessSchool of Business 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 ...
IU Southeast SHRM chapter donates to student emergency food pantry
February 11, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The IU Southeast student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management SHRM) raised $111.00 and collected donations during their November and December breakfast series to support the campus emergency food pantry. The pantry was started in 2015 to serve students in need of a helping hand. It is estimated ...
IU Southeast’s educational breakfast series continues with spring event
January 17, 2019
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Thanks to a grant from the Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County, IU Southeast’s School of Business will continue to host “Breakfast, Books & Business,” a breakfast series designed to educate small business owners, leaders and employees on the latest techniques in management, marketing, human resources and other key topics. The next ...
Business as unusual: IU Southeast students go behind the scenes at Disney and Universal
January 16, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Ever dream of going behind the scenes at Walt Disney World Resort or Universal Orlando? Over the winter break, one group of students from IU Southeast did just that. John Ross, assistant professor of management, led his elective class, Topical Explorations in Business, to Orlando, Fla. on a trip that ...
Duke Energy grant to help establish Nonprofit Academy at IU Southeast
January 15, 2019
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Indiana University Southeast’s School of Business received a $17,500 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to establish the Duke Energy Nonprofit Academy, a professional development conference at IU Southeast. The Duke Energy Nonprofit Academy will be held on May 17, 2019, at 8 a.m. and will feature speakers, breakout sessions, a ...
IU Southeast named a “Best” business school by the Princeton Review
November 29, 2018
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—IU Southeast has been named an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles the school in its 2019 annual business school rankings. “We recommend IU Southeast as one of the best to earn an MBA,” said Robert Franek, editor in chief. “We chose the 252 on-campus MBA ...
