February 9, 2011 – 12:06 pm
Eide Bailly student mentees
The Department of Accountancy recently started a mentoring program to help students develop, learn about accounting careers, and grow their network. Before the start of spring semester, 50 undergraduate accountancy students were assigned to mentors in twelve different local organizations. Students were assigned to companies based upon their interests after hearing the [...]
November 21, 2010 – 9:44 am
The College of Business and Economics (COBE) just completed two innovative new projects — a “design thinking” session and an international export program — aimed at forming a strong network among academic experts and business leaders and giving students valuable experiences.
Design thinking
The college received $70,000 in start-up funds from 2007 Fiesta Bowl proceeds for the [...]
A Boise State student will be among 12 in the country to present ideas for mitigating America’s economic woes to a gathering of the nation’s top economists in June.
Hannah Vinson, a senior economics major, is a finalist in a national essay contest organized by Pearson Higher Education. Students were invited to submit essays or video [...]
(Updated post) A team of Boise State students, under adviser and adjunct marketing professor Jay Longwell, placed third in the Region XI National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held recently in Boise. The team won the People’s Choice award for best presentation and took third place overall.
Students competed against teams from nine other universities, [...]
After a semester of working closely with eight local emerging businesses, 24 students from the College of Business and Economics (COBE) wrapped up the spring 2010 semester last week by presenting their findings and recommendations to client companies.
The student-client team projects are a large part of the Managing an Emerging Business course, one of the [...]
Jay Longwell’s Mktg 402 Advertising Campaign Management Class won the “People’s Choice” Award for Best Presentation at the recent District XI Regional Competition of National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC). The team also took third place out of ten teams, with Oregon State and Washington State University placing first and second respectively. Sponsored by the American [...]
On Saturday, April 10, a team of students from Boise State University’s Accounting Student Honorary and Professional Organization (Beta Alpha Psi) took first place in a regional competition in Spokane. Other schools participating in this Best Practices – Service Learning competition included University of Washington, Washington State University, Oregon State University, Seattle University, and Western [...]
Kent Neupert, Marcel Wermeckes, Alex Livingston, Thomas Schoeck
R2EV, Boise State University’s business plan team, finished strong in a competitive field of 20 international universities at the New Venture Championship hosted the University of Oregon’s Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship. Boise State’s R2EV team took 2nd Place overall for the “best elevator pitch” and Division Winner [...]
March 25, 2010 – 11:24 am
The Idaho SBDC has been offering no-cost energy efficiency evaluations for small businesses in southwest Idaho under a grant received from SBA. Student training began at Boise State University in the fall semester of 2009. Seventeen students were trained by a talented and committed group of volunteer trainers from Boise State, Idaho Power [...]
R2EV, a new venture started by COBE student Alex Livingston, has been selected to compete in the Semifinal Round at the 2010 New Venture Championship®. The NVC 2010 Qualifying Round attracted over 100 entries from colleges and universities across the globe. A panel of Qualifying Round Judges has selected the top 20 venture teams to compete in [...]
