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• How sustainability helps the planet and boosts the bottom line
  May 1, 2013
  Environmentalist Hunter Lovins explains the global warming crisis and how Bradley and businesses can tackle it.
• MBA student receives Foster College Dean’s Award
  April 25, 2013
  Candace Esken ’13 research project examines how organizations can better anticipate situations employees may face after positive or negative news is released.
• Teaching class while traveling in China
  April 23, 2013
  Dr. Aaron Buchko, professor of management, creates a mobile classroom using videoconferencing to teach his class while traveling in Asia.
• BMA alumna finds her beat in music industry
  April 17, 2013
  Vannesia Darby ’12 turns her musical passion and skill for networking into a career at a gospel record label.
• App class keeps pace with technology
  April 8, 2013
  New BMA course teaches students how to write and develop mobile apps for local businesses.
• Insights on business in India
  April 4, 2013
  An international business course takes 10 students over spring break to India to experience the country's culture and commerce.
• Foster College undergraduate program ranked nationally by Bloomberg
  April 2, 2013
  Bloomberg Businessweek placed FCBA in the top 100 undergraduate business schools in America.
• Managing a culture change
  April 1, 2013
  Keith Williams, president and CEO of Underwriters Laboratories, speaks to students about changing a corporate culture for the better.
• Encouraging entrepreneurship in Nicaragua
  March 21, 2013
  BMA alumnus Peter Stephan ’10 talks about his work teaching business to high school students as a Peace Corp volunteer.
• MBA student group to compete for million-dollar Hult Prize
  February 28, 2013
  Students travel to San Francisco to present their business strategy fighting global food insecurity for the Hult Prize, a social entrepreneurship case challenge.
• Fueling your entrepreneurial spirit
  February 26, 2013
  Priceline.com founder and former CEO Jeff Hoffman kicks off the Turner's School's Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series.
• ‘Money Follows Excellence’
  February 12, 2013
  Bill Lamb, EMBA ’03 publishes a book on pushing the goal of excellence and creating a positive culture in the office.
• Turner School opens entrepreneurship minor to all students
  February 12, 2013
  Minor offers hands on projects and fieldwork to position students, regardless of major, as tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
• New office comes to Bradley’s Turner Center
  December 17, 2012
  The Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center will assist new and established businesses market themselves to government agencies or large business.
• Association for MBA students takes learning on the road
  December 12, 2012
  MBA students meet up with Bradley alumni during behind-the-scenes visits to two Illinois businesses.
• MBA student recognized for leadership
  December 11, 2012
  MBA student and recent alumna Alex Kareotes is featured in the Peoria Journal Star's Most Interesting Young Person contest.
• Book about failure becomes a best seller
  December 5, 2012
  ‘The Wisdom of Failure’ by Dr. Larry Weinzimmer, Caterpillar Inc. Professor of Strategic Management, extols the benefits of learning from bad decisions.
• Interning Abroad
  December 4, 2012
  Bradley students can gain global work experience with summer internships in Hong Kong or Australia.
• From Bradley student to jack of all trades
  December 4, 2012
  Rick Hicks ’91 talks about his more than 20 years of working in information technology and project management.
• Women in Business give back to campus and community
  November 16, 2012
  Growing student organization uses Homecoming week as an opportunity to reach out to the student body and help the careers of area women.
• MBA student, professor to publish article on life-work balance
  November 15, 2012
  An article by MBA student Veronika Koubova in Management Research Review looks at how high emotional intelligence can lead to a healthy balance between life and work.
• Turner School formally dedicated
  November 15, 2012
  School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the first standalone school of its type in the nation.
• Socially responsible student group looking to grow
  October 10, 2012
  The nonprofit organization, Enactus, encourages students to improve lives through the positive power of business.
• Bradley opens the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  September 17, 2012
  The University founds a first in the nation school to teach entrepreneurship to students of all academic disciplines.
• The Wisdom of Failure
  September 6, 2012
  A new book by Dr. Larry Weinzimmer, the Caterpillar Inc. Professor of Strategic Management, looks at the lessons business leaders can learn from failure.
• Phi Chi Theta wins four awards at national conference
  August 31, 2012
  Bradley's coeducational business fraternity was honored at Phi Chi Theta's national conference this summer in New York.
• Hitting the big, red bull’s-eye
  July 9, 2012
  Business management and administration major Bailey Miller '13 aims to learn the retail landscape at Target.
• FCBA faculty win best paper for Journal of Accountancy
  June 1, 2012
  Three professors given Lawler Award for paper on "Advising Financially Stressed Clients.”
• McCord Lecture Encourages People over Profits
  May 25, 2012
  Retired Allstate president George Ruebenson ’70 discusses leading companies through turmoil.
• PJStar reports on Bradley's secret shoppers project
  May 1, 2012
  Newspaper highlights students' consulting work with business owners in Canton, Ill.
• Entrepreneur teaches students recipe for business success
  April 26, 2012
  Tasty Catering CEO Tom Walter lectures EHS, FCBA students on management.
• 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
• Building better businesses with better people
  March 10, 2012
  Student accepted into Organizational Science Summer Institute.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• FCBA students featured in Pekin Times
  May 10, 2011
  "Students light way for economic growth"
• 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.
• 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.
• FCBA read “qualified” on graduate school applications
  March 4, 2011
  May graduates prepare for next step.
• BMA alum takes business experience into the Peace Corps
  February 21, 2011
  Twenty-seven months. That’s how long one Bradley graduate will spend in a land nearly 2,000 miles away.
• Bradley student takes third at CEO National E-Pitch Competition
  November 30, 2010
  One Bradley student’s elevator speech helped her rise at the CEO National E-Pitch Competition in Chicago this month.
• MIS careers on the rise
  November 11, 2010
  If you’re searching for a major that will practically guarantee you a job out of college, look no further than Management Informational Systems (MIS) at Bradley University.
• Immersion breeds self-development
  October 29, 2010
  Uncomfortable. That is how you are meant to feel. You are in a situation without a script to follow. You are out of place – in the minority. How do you react?
• e-commerce course brings internship experience to the classroom
  October 26, 2010
  Real life experience. That's why many students apply for internships or part-time jobs. At Bradley, you can get the same type of experience in the classroom.
• Bradley Contest Breeds Business
  October 7, 2010
  Project Springboard, a competition that promotes entrepreneurship at Bradley, provides the opportunity for students to launch their own business.
• MBA students' research to be published
  October 7, 2010
  Bradley MBA students Kristine Shanine and Brigette Schuenemann, are marking a milestone most researchers don’t experience until after graduation – publication.