Achievements for April 20, 2018

College of Business faculty, staff and students recognized for recent achievements include Ashley Blunk, Kyle Carlson, Ryan Kalkwarf, Hannah Krajicek, Dr. Amber Messersmith, Dr. Daniel Tannenbaum and Jenna Zeleny.

Ashley Blunk, senior supply chain management major from Papillion, Nebraska, received the Best Presenter Award at the Rutgers Big Ten Plus Supply Chain Case Challenge held in Brunswick, New Jersey. The event brings together undergraduate and graduate teams from Big Ten schools and other universities to test and demonstrate their business acumen and ability to lead teams, creatively solve business needs, and present innovative ideas to industry leaders. A panel of eight judges selected Blunk as the best presenter in the competition. Coached by Dr. Scott Swenseth, associate professor of supply chain management, the Nebraska team also included Tommie Brechbill, Allison Olmer and Sarah Shewchuk.
Kyle Carlson, Ryan Kalkwarf, Hannah Krajicek and Jenna Zeleny were recognized as the 2018 Northwestern Mutual UNL Charitable Champions for raising the most money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a nonprofit organization that works to fund treatments for childhood cancer. The four students, who are pursuing their certificate in professional selling, participated in the fundraiser in Sales Practicum (MRKT 371) led by Assistant Professor of Practice Laura McLeod. The opportunity provided students with a real-life sales project that strengthens their goal-setting, planning, selling and communication skills. Overall, the class raised $4,300 and the winning team brought in over $2,200 in donations. The class partnered with the Lincoln office of Northwestern Mutual, and the associates served as their coaches and cheerleaders.
Dr. Amber Messersmith, lecturer of management, received the university’s Spirit of Service Faculty Award from the Center for Civic Engagement. The award recognizes her self-less service for the good of others and for the betterment of the community. She partnered with the center in connecting her students in the Leading People and Projects (MGMT 411) course with local nonprofit organizations for service projects. The course provides the opportunity for students to empower organizations to make a positive difference in the Lincoln community as they gather knowledge of philanthropy through working with nonprofit organizations.
Dr. Daniel Tannenbaum, assistant professor of economics, received $114,772 in grant funding from the Russell Sage Foundation for his ongoing research, “Using Job Vacancy Ads to Study Long-Run Occupational Change.” Tannenbaum and his co-authors – Enghin Atalay of the University of Wisconsin and Sebastian Sotelo of the University of Michigan – will use a dataset of job vacancies from published ads between 1940 and 2000 to study long-run changes in the labor market. Read more at: https://www.russellsage.org/awarded-project/using-job-vacancy-ads-study-long-run-occupational-change.

This column is a bi-weekly feature of the College of Business. Faculty, staff and students can submit achievements to be considered for this column via the News Submission Form at the bottom of the http://business.unl.edu webpage. On the form, select Recognize Achievement and fill out the related questions.

Published: April 20, 2018