Faculty, staff and students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business continue to earn national recognition through research, competitions, leadership and service. Highlights from April include major research publications, national fellowships, student competition victories and campus leadership roles.
Honors and Awards
- Haley Baehr, administrative associate, and Matt Pierson, associate director with the Nebraska Council on Economic Education, received Dean’s Coins from Dean Kathy Farrell for going above and beyond to support the Husker Business Competition and Conference, which hosted 230 FBLA students from 19 high schools.
- Jennifer Davidson and the Nebraska Council on Economic Education joined Gov. Jim Pillen as he declared April Financial Awareness Month in Nebraska, joined by elementary school students from throughout the state at the state capitol.
- Meghan Fries, senior finance major from Overland Park, Kansas, was named Student of the Month by the Nebraska Business Student Advisory Board.
- Sam Lockhart, junior finance and accounting major from Papillion, Nebraska, was named Student of the Month by the Nebraska Business Student Advisory Board.
- William Walstad, professor emeritus in economics, received the inaugural Walstad-Watts Award in Economic Education Research, named in his honor, from the National Council on Economic Education in March.
- The Nebraska Council on Economic Education, housed in the College of Business, won several awards at the National Association of Economic Educators Conference in March. They honored Matt Pierson, associate director of the NCEE, Rising Star Award; and Jennifer A. Davidson, Nebraska Council on Economic Education president, Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow and associate professor of practice in economics and, co-author for NEFE Best Financial Education Paper Award for "Establishing a National Normed Personal Finance Assessment: A Research Initiative to Validate the NEFE Assessment for K-12 Financial Literacy Evaluation".
- Five Huskers women’s basketball players who are business majors earned Academic All-Big Ten honors: Petra Bozan, finance, Split, Croatia; Callin Hake, senior management and marketing, Victoria, Minnesota; Natalie Potts, management, O’Fallon, Missouri; Britt Prince, business administration, Omaha; and Hailey Weaver, graduate student in marketing analytics, Solon, Ohio. Hake and Prince also earned Academic All-District honors.
- Two members of the Nebraska swim and dive team who are business majors also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors: Marissa Laurin, sophomore accounting major from Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada; and Beatrix Tanko, junior finance and computer science major from Budapest, Hungary.
Research and Publications
- Brett H. Neely Jr., was named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science, an international organization dedicated to advancing scientific research in psychology and sharing that knowledge to benefit society. The designation recognizes early-career researchers whose work influences their field and shows strong potential for future impact. Read the story
- Sunil K. Singh, assistant professor of marketing, published research titled “How Much Self-Referencing Is Enough?” in the Journal of Interactive Marketing. The findings offer insights into word-of-mouth communication and clarify how self-referencing influences review helpfulness and purchase intentions. Read the research.
- The Department of Economics hosted the fifth annual Nebraska Labor Summit with support from the National Science Foundation. More than 50 attendees from 18 universities gathered in Howard L. Hawks Hall to explore research on labor market policies, workforce management, education and health. Learn more about the summit.
Notable Involvement
- Ten Clifton Strengths Institute student coaches traveled more than 8,600 miles to Malaysia to lead workshops for students preparing to study in the United States, helping them apply their strengths in academic and career settings. Participants included: Charli Coil, junior management from Hastings; Kylie Eads, senior marketing and management from Elkhorn; Liam Hodges, senior economics from Gretna; Tenley Kozal, senior management from Waverly; Makayla Larntz, senior child, youth & family students major from Chandler, Arizona; Michelle Montenegro, advertising & public relations major from Omaha; Natalie Moore, junior marketing major from Omaha; Maddy Nuzum, senior marketing major from Council Bluffs, Iowa; Brooke O'Connor, junior Clifton Builders Management major from Ankeny, Iowa.
- Eight students in the Integrity in Business Leadership program traveled to Atlanta to connect with alumni and employers, including Delta Air Lines, the Atlanta Dream and The Coca-Cola Company. Participants included: Brook Lul, finance major from Lexington, Nebraska; Mason Tyerman, marketing major from Imperial, Nebraska; Kouther Al-Ghanemi, accounting and management major from Lincoln; Yara Omar, management major from Omaha; Riley Ultican, marketing major from Omaha; Taina Davis, marketing major from Columbus, Nebraska; Nishi Singh, business analytics major from Omaha, and Brianna Alvarado Munoz, accounting and finance major from Grand Island, Nebraska.
- Seven students attended the Forté Foundation’s Fast Track to Finance Conference in New York City: Brande Bode, junior finance major from Hershey, Nebraska; Jillian Weland, junior computer science and finance major from Elkhorn, Nebraska; Madeline Duveneck, junior finance major from Severance, Colorado; Elizeh Tarkian, sophomore economics and finance major from Lincoln; Rachel Vrable, freshman finance and management major from Papillion, Nebraska; Julia Perju, freshman actuarial science and finance major from Elkhorn; and Alexandria Tan, freshman finance major from Overland Park, Kansas. Read about the attendees and experience.
- The fourth sold-out Women Lead conference, a partnership between the Colleges of Business and Law, brought together leaders from business, law, government, education and nonprofit organizations to explore how collective leadership strengthens organizations and communities. Read the story.
- The Innocents Society Chancellor's senior honorary named its 122nd class, including Adam Messman, actuarial science major from Rensselaer, Indiana, and Ava Glover, economics major from Pittsburg, Kansas.
Competitions
- A University of Nebraska–Lincoln team won first place at the fourth annual Tenaska Business Challenge, hosted by the College of Business. Twenty-one teams from 15 universities competed to solve a real-world business case in 48 hours. The team of students from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management included Landen Fogle, senior computer science and finance major from Omaha; Lena Lankas, senior computer science and mathematics major from Lincoln; Nathan Ray, senior supply chain management major from Omaha; and Mia Siner, senior accounting, computer science and finance major from Leawood, Kansas. Read the story.
- The Center for Sales Excellence role-playing competition reached its largest field yet, with 56 students competing on 27 teams. Participants presented reputation management tools through three rounds representing different stages of the sales process. First place ($3,000): Charlie McCown, senior marketing and management major from Lincoln; and Kate Peterson, senior marketing major from Lincoln; Second place ($2,000): Andrew Littman, senior economics and finance major, Arlington Heights, Illinois; and Nick Zoucha, junior marketing major, Columbus; Third place ($1,000): Korinne Smith, sophomore marketing major, Mahtomedi, Minnesota; and Kenzli Turner, junior marketing major, Wichita, Kansas
- Three teams won top honors at the Global Case Competition, where they stepped into the role of consultants to apply classroom knowledge to an international health care challenge and pitch their recommendations to alumni sponsors and industry leaders. First place ($5,000): Will Blatchford, junior finance and economics major from Lincoln; Kyler Evans, junior finance major from Elkhorn, Nebraska; Christian Thomas, junior finance and accounting major from Omaha, Nebraska; and Miles Wirth, junior finance major from Lincoln. Second place ($3,000): Landen Fogle, senior computer science and finance major from Omaha; Lena Lankas, senior computer science and mathematics major from Lincoln; Nathan Ray, senior supply chain management major from Omaha; and Mia Siner, senior accounting, computer science and finance major from Leawood, Kansas. Third place ($2,000): Saylor Babcock, junior accounting major from Lincoln; Grace Bloedorn, sophomore biology major from Chanhassen, Minnesota; Adah Cumming, sophomore biology major from Kansas City, Missouri; and Brook Hennies, sophomore advertising and public relations major from Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.
- Husker Venture Fund, a student-led venture fund, held its second Cornhusker Venture Capital Competition in March. The case competition placed five teams of college students from around the Midwest in the role of a venture capital firm, where they evaluated three Nebraska-based startup companies for growth potential, performed competitive analyses and defended their final decisions to judges. Wayne State University in Detroit won first place.
In The News
- Jennifer A. Davidson, Nebraska Council on Economic Education president, Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow and associate professor of practice in economics, appeared on a Channel 10/11 segment about Spring Cleaning Your Finances. See the video.
- Business majors were among the University Honors Program students who traveled to Paris, France, to study French history and culture over spring break. A story by Nebraska Today quotes international business major Lilly Pannier and management major Emma Furlong. Read the Nebraska Today story.
- The Nebraska Business at Standing Bear business focus program was featured in a Lincoln Public Schools article. Read the story
- The new sports management and business minor, launching next fall, was featured in The Daily Nebraskan. Read the DN story.
