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Tessa Porter, ’09 & ’18, created award-winning candy by combining her culinary heritage with an enthusiasm for food science but was missing one important piece to deliver her delicacies to the marketplace. The MBA@Nebraska program provided the final ingredient for entrepreneurial success and prepared her to launch her own candy development and contract manufacturing company called Sprinkk. » Full Article

Business leaders in top management positions, commonly referred to as the C-suite, shared their experiences facing complex, dynamic challenges in the workplace and the factors influencing their decision-making process during an eight-week online MBA course offered at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Tammy Beck invited the leaders to teach through example in Introduction to Business Strategy (GRBA 808), one of the core courses in the highly-ranked, high-return-on-investment MBA@Nebraska program. » Full Article

Nearly 100 business students receive their degrees at a combined University of Nebraska–Lincoln Summer Commencement ceremony at 9 a.m., Saturday, August 12, in Pinnacle Bank Arena. Chancellor Rodney Bennett will preside over the Commencement ceremony, in which doctoral, master's, juris doctorate and bachelor's degrees will be awarded. » Full Article

Learn more about recent honors, appointments and publications at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business in this month's achievements column. The achievements of faculty, staff and students are grouped within the college’s three mission-focused goals of research + discovery, learning + transformation and connection + engagement. » Full Article

Online students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln MBA@Nebraska program flocked to campus this June as part of a special, three-week course called Adaptive Leadership: Managing Organizational Change (MNGT 996). While they represented different states, countries, industries and ages, the students shared the experience of exploring the fundamentals of adaptive leadership to tackle tough organizational challenges. » Full Article

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business named 1,217 students to its Dean’s List for the spring semester. They leveraged their strengths and dedicated themselves to academics to achieve the honor. » Full Article