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• Accounting banquet honors students’ academic achievement
  May 1, 2012
  Department of Accounting recognizes students’ work and inducts 12 into the Beta Alpha Psi honors society.
• PJStar reports on Bradley's secret shoppers project
  May 1, 2012
  Newspaper highlights students' consulting work with business owners in Canton, Ill.
• Accounting professor attends Deloitte’s invitation-only Trueblood Seminar
  April 27, 2012
  Seminar offers professor a crash course on the latest issues in accounting.
• Entrepreneur teaches students recipe for business success
  April 26, 2012
  Tasty Catering CEO Tom Walter lectures EHS, FCBA students on management.
• MBA's Present Sustainability Report at Student Scholarship Expo
  April 11, 2012
  Two Bradley MBA students will present a sustainability report and recommendations for Bradley University at the 2012 Student Scholarship Expo.
• Businessweek ranks Foster College
  March 30, 2012
  The business magazine placed FCBA in the top 100 undergraduate business schools in the nation.
• Supplying students with career skills
  March 30, 2012
  Collaborative student group brings together business and engineering students
• Germany’s Hesitation
  March 26, 2012
  BU professor discusses European economic crisis.
• Building better businesses with better people
  March 10, 2012
  Student accepted into Organizational Science Summer Institute.
• Bradley student takes initiative at internship
  March 6, 2012
  Combination of skills helps intern make an impact.
• Student organization helps the business community
  March 6, 2012
  SIFE members help socially responsible businesses.
• Business plan competition underway
  February 6, 2012
  The sixth annual Project Springboard Business Plan Competition is in full swing. Twenty teams submitted an executive summary for the first round of judging, and 14 teams successfully moved to round two.
• PJ Star features Dr. Jannett Highfill
  February 3, 2012
  Economics professor is newly published poet.
• CPA pass rates soar at Bradley
  December 12, 2011
  Pass rate among accounting majors is second highest in the state.
• Supply Chain Economics course added to FCBA
  December 5, 2011
  Class to explore career opportunities in modern supply chain operations.
• Students attend CEO conference in Texas
  December 2, 2011
  Dr. Gerald Hills presented Lifetime Achievement Award to founder of Chuck E. Cheese.
• FCBA wins fourth 3 Palmes Award
  November 18, 2011
  FCBA earns international recognition from Eduniversal.
• CBER research talks open to all
  November 8, 2011
  Would you like to know what your FCBA professor is researching? Find out!
• Project Springboard jumpstarts student entrepreneurs
  November 7, 2011
  Students with innovative entrepreneurial ideas are putting business proposals on paper for Project Springboard competition.
• Project Springboard jumpstarts student entrepreneurs
  November 7, 2011
  Students with innovative entrepreneurial ideas are putting business proposals on paper for Project Springboard competition.
• Bradley professor among Peoria’s “40 Leaders Under Forty”
  November 4, 2011
  Dr. Jennifer Robin recognized as local leader, mentor and steward for Peoria region.
• Accounting students unleashed at Purina headquarters
  November 1, 2011
  Day trip to St. Louis much more than a tourist excursion.
• Turner Center tools raise entrepreneur to success
  October 24, 2011
  Entrepreneur Dr. Paul Kinsinger wins second place at Innovate Illinois.
• Broaden your horizons, in Beijing and beyond
  October 13, 2011
  Learn about the 2012 China study abroad opportunity.
• FCBA assistantship jumpstarts career
  September 23, 2011
  Networking secures full-time job for MBA student Will Yeager.
• FCBA faculty joins Bradley Gallery of Excellence
  September 22, 2011
  Dr. Larry Weinzimmer, professor of strategic management, named a Caterpillar Professor.
• Planting E-seeds
  September 20, 2011
  “Entrepreneurship” magazine ranks Bradley program among nation’s top 20.
• FCBA student to hold book signing Sept. 17
  September 14, 2011
  Jesse Reynolds just released his first book, “The Truth behind a Lie: The Road to Commitment,” a self-help guide that focuses readers on the significance of family and soul.
• Bradley professor named Global Economy Journal Editor-in-Chief
  September 12, 2011
  Dr. Janett Highfill's GEJ survey on foreign direct investment is among website's "Most Popular Papers."
• First-timer a winner at national BAP competition
  September 12, 2011
  Emily Ioerger ’13 won $1,000 for Bradley’s Beta Alpha Psi chapter.
• Foley releases latest edition of international marketing textbook
  September 7, 2011
  New edition seeks to excite students about careers in international business and marketing.
• A world of experience
  September 1, 2011
  Fulbright Scholar Dr. Matthew O'Brien spent the summer teaching in Kobe, Japan.
• Fighting fire, embracing change
  August 18, 2011
  MBA student Kristen Steiner ’12 spent the summer fighting wildfires in Montana and New Mexico.
• Turner Center client named “Women in Business Champion of the Year”
  August 9, 2011
  Doris Symonds held her first “Women in Business Expo” in 1995 and has kept the event growing year after year with help from the Turner Center.
• Great Place to Work® Conference features Robin keynote
  August 5, 2011
  Robin joined presenters from zappos.com, SAS, Mercedes-Benz USA, and Build-A-Bear Workshop.
• Adding up career experience
  July 18, 2011
  Andrew Kerr ’11 is interning for a Big Four audit firm.
• From Truffles to Trust
  July 13, 2011
  Dr. Jennifer Robin’s book defines the building blocks of “The Great Workplace.”
• Hills receives Lifetime Award
  July 8, 2011
  The prestigious recognition was awarded during the 32nd Annual Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, held June 8-10 at Syracuse University.
• Blair, Meyer quoted in The Fiscal Times article
  July 7, 2011
  Assistant Professor Eden Blair and Project Springboard winner Cassie Meyer weighed in on career prospects for young entrepreneurs.
• Outstanding students and faculty recognized at 2011 FCBA honors banquet
  July 7, 2011
  See a full list of award recipients.
• Marketing alumnus to compete in PGA Championship
  July 1, 2011
  Todd Camplin '96 bested nearly 300 golf pros to compete in the major championship.
• Morningstar equity analyst Erin Lash ’01 shares expert advice
  June 16, 2011
  Lash was recently quoted in The Wall Street Transcript.
• 2011 sales graduates find workforce hungry for their skills
  June 3, 2011
  Graduates have been placed at Henry Schein, Inc., MSDSOnline, AgCo, ConAgra, Liberty Mutual, HON Company, CH Robinson, among others.
• Petravick named Illinois CPA Society Outstanding Educator
  May 12, 2011
  Petravick is one of just three recipients of the prestigious national award.
• FCBA students featured in Pekin Times
  May 10, 2011
  "Students light way for economic growth"
• Grant helps Bradley internal auditing students stay on cutting edge
  May 2, 2011
  IIA grant will support teaching of advanced technique in the use of computer audit software.
• Knotty Outdoors takes Project Springboard top prize
  April 27, 2011
  Senior Cassie Meyer receives $100,000 prize package in business plan competition.
• FCBA students honored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  April 27, 2011
  The university received the annual Outstanding Volunteer Group Award for its involvement with the Memorial Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in Peoria.
• FMA travels from fields to factories
  April 27, 2011
  Financial Management Association tours ADM Company Headquarters.
• Sales students score experience, job interviews at Atlanta competition
  April 14, 2011
  Daniel Kahne and Natalie Morton, the winners of the BU Sales Contest in December, traveled to Atlanta to contend on a national level.
• Meyer wins elevator pitch competition
  April 13, 2011
  Meyer’s company designs and sells modern, fitted hunting apparel and accessories for women.
• MBA students take 2nd in Florida case competition
  April 12, 2011
  Will Yeager, Petra Bolfikova, Sabina Hlinenska and Darin McCoy represented Bradley at the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) International Case Competition.
• Sales graduates practically guaranteed a job
  April 7, 2011
  Several recent graduates have reported as many as three job offers upon graduation.
• Lean Enterprising: Where the Engineering and Business Colleges Converge
  April 5, 2011
  Learn more about Bradley's new Lean Enterprising course.
• Sales program joins prominent organization
  March 25, 2011
  Bradley University is now a member of the University Sales Center Alliance, a national organization that promotes the study of sales.
• FCBA wins third 3 Palmes Award
  March 22, 2011
  International business program is growing in recognition for excellence.
• FCBA read “qualified” on graduate school applications
  March 4, 2011
  May graduates prepare for next step.
• Bradley, FCBA read “qualified” on graduate school applications
  March 2, 2011
  GMAT scores. Transcripts. Letters of recommendation. Personal essays.
• Through BU Sales Contest, students learn to sell themselves
  February 21, 2011
  You enter into a room. Cameras are capturing your every move, and viewers are judging you. This is no “Big Brother;” it’s the Bradley University Sales Contest.
• Professor's new book aims to improve workplace culture
  February 21, 2011
  While all authors aspire to create page-turners, a Bradley professor also hopes her latest book will be a leaf turner for readers.
• Employing the Bradley network, Kak connects with first job
  February 9, 2011
  She was qualified, educated, and employers wanted her. But when they saw she needed a work visa, they wouldn’t hire her.
• Funkhouser promotes Bradley connections with holiday party
  January 21, 2011
  One faculty member in the Foster College of Business Administration takes the concept of "Bradley Family" a step further during the holiday season. Just like family, he welcomes students to his home each year for a festive, home-cooked meal.
• Swiatkowski gets inside look at D.C. politics
  January 20, 2011
  Nick Swiatkowski left for Washington, D.C. two weeks ago with some questions about politics, and he’ll leave the nation’s capital with even more.
• Holiday giving from MBA Association
  December 15, 2010
  Imagine the face of a little boy on Christmas morning as he opens up a big present. He glows with excitement and anticipation, recklessly tears the colorful paper, and gasps upon seeing the top item on his wish list.
• Marcum is Caterpillar Faculty Achievement Award winner
  November 2, 2010
  It is the highest teaching honor an untenured faculty member could receive at Bradley.
• CBER rates local economy
  October 27, 2010
  How is the local economy really doing? Many people might say times are bad, but to truly find out the state of things, you need numbers.
• Make it Mexico, or India, for spring break 2011
  October 13, 2010
  You are 30,000 feet in the air. Endless seas of fluffy white clouds collide and swirl beneath you. Rivers below look like rippling ribbons laced across the lands. What are you doing?
• Short receives Wall Street Journal Award
  October 13, 2010
  Resident Advisor. Peer Career Advisor. President of the Society of Human Resources Management. President of the Association of Residence Halls (ARH).
• Multinational firm keeps Bradley talent stateside
  October 13, 2010
  In this economy, getting a job is tough. In the U.S., it's even tougher if you aren't an American citizen. For Martina Stavikova, a Bradley alumna from the Czech Republic, this challenge was a reality.