Learn more about recent honors, appointments and publications at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business in this month's achievements column. This column features the achievements of the college's faculty, staff and students.

Honors and Awards

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  Nearly 250 College of Business students received their master's or bachelor's degrees at the university's December commencement. Read the story.
• Jordan Westenbroek, Clifton Builders management major from Firestone, Colorado, was named a Chancellor's Scholar by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for earning an A in every undergraduate class. It is the highest academic award at the university. Read the story.
• Three College of Business students were among the seniors to graduate from the University Honors Program: McKenna Eppenbach, accounting and finance major from Lincoln; Chloe Hoover, management major from York, Pennsylvania; and Anna Warmka, agribusiness and finance major from Oakdale, Minnesota. Read the story.

Research and Publications

• The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business ranked sixth among the 18 Big Ten business schools for research productivity in the latest Financial Times' research rankings. The ranking captures the publications generated by faculty in the FT50 list of elite academic and practitioner journals identified by Financial Times over three years. It considers factors like citations, impact, influence of academic research on learning and alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Read the story.
• Alok Kumar, Steve & Jennifer David Chair in Business and professor of marketing, was reappointed associate editor for the Journal of Marketing and area editor for the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He will start his second three-year term at the prestigious journals in addition to serving as a guest associate editor and a member of the editorial review board at the Journal of Marketing Research.
• Jennifer Davidson, associate professor of practice in economics, Nebraska Council on Economic Education president and Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow, co-authored a research paper titled "Effectiveness of Live Webinars to Teach Financial Literacy: A Case Study Among Public Employees" published in the November issue of the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. In it, they found by leading six one-hour webinars in a financial wellness program for working adults, the participants not only improved their financial knowledge, but also experienced positive changes in attitude regarding their own finances. The individuals with the lowest income benefited the most from the financial wellness program, they found. Read the research abstract.
• Scott Fuess, Jr., University of Nebraska Faculty Athletics Representative, Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Business, Research Fellow Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn, Germany and Professor of Economics, shared in a Dec. 12 Business Insider article about how college football is becoming more like the NFL. He studies the economics of college sports. Read the article.

Notable Involvement

• Four students were selected to attend the annual Naval Academy Leadership Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in late January. They will hear from and interact with military and business leaders as well as discuss case studies with students from universities and military institutes from around the world. Nebraska students have attended the conference for more than 20 years. The students selected include: Amer Ali, sophomore business administration major from Lincoln, Nebraska; Emily Krupicka, junior HR management major from Grand Island, Nebraska; Christian Newcomer, sophomore supply chain management major from Walton, Nebraska; and Taylor Streich, sophomore management major from Lincoln. Read more about the conference.
• The following business majors were named New Student Enrollment orientation leaders for the university: John Jacobson, sophomore finance and data science major from Overland Park, Kansas; Megan McCormick, sophomore finance major from Lincoln, Nebraska; Harley Paprocki, junior management major from Walton, Nebraska; Jimmy Truong, sophomore supply chain management major from Hastings, Nebraska; Kylie Svoboda, sophomore marketing major from Aurora, Nebraska; and Taylor Mazour, sophomore accounting major from Grand Island, Nebraska. Read the story.
• Edward Balistreri, Duane Acklie Chair and professor of economics, presented during the Clayton Yeutter Institute for International Trade and Finance and Washington International Trade Association's webinar in a series about tariffs on December 11. They discussed legal avenues for President-elect Trump’s promise of 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports, and the possible impact on farmers, consumers and firms. Balistreri discussed how these tariffs may impact different agricultural sectors and what they may mean for farmers in Nebraska. Read the story.

Competitions

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  Supply chain management students won first place for the third consecutive year at the STAFDA annual convention and competition in Nashville, Tennessee. The top four teams all included Nebraska students. This year's teams competed in a business simulation game to make strategic decisions in the management of a manufacturing company focusing on the roles of sales, purchasing, supply chain management and finance. They competed against students from Stanford, Purdue, Texas A&M, University of Dayton, University of Nebraska at Kearney and more. They were coached by Erkut Sönmez, associate professor of supply chain management and analytics. The winning team included supply chain management majors: Dylan Kluthe, junior from Lincoln; Hannah Pham, senior from Lincoln; and Jia Xien Tee, junior from Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
• The Fall Stock Market Game, a 13-week middle and high school economic education competition coordinated in Nebraska by Lindsay Tillinghast, director of Lincoln Center for Economic Education, director of Nebraska Business at Standing Bear and lecturer of economics, concluded Dec. 6 with record participation of 620 teams (about 1,800 students) from across the state.

In The News

• Two students were named NRC Health Rising Stars Scholarship Recipients for 2024: Devyn Carmichael, senior marketing major from Omaha, and David Goldsmith, junior finance major from Omaha. The honor with a $2,000 scholarship is for juniors or seniors interested in sales, business development, marketing or entrepreneurship-focused careers. Read more about the award.
• Jennifer Davidson, associate professor of practice in economics, Nebraska Council on Economic Education president and Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow, spoke to Channel 10/11 about holiday shopping and budgeting tips. See the video.