Inside Nebraska Business | May 2021
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University of Nebraska College of Business Dean Kathy Farrell wraps up an unusual school year with good news and graduations.
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- [00:00:04.750]Welcome to the May edition
- [00:00:06.290]of Inside Nebraska Business.
- [00:00:08.360]It's the end of the spring semester
- [00:00:10.240]and we have much to celebrate. Nebraska Business
- [00:00:13.690]earned a five-year reaccreditation
- [00:00:15.453]in business and accounting from the
- [00:00:17.470]Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business,
- [00:00:20.557]a worldwide marker of quality in business education.
- [00:00:24.370]The designation places Nebraska
- [00:00:26.540]in the top 5% of business schools globally.
- [00:00:30.189]Fewer than 200 universities earn both accreditations.
- [00:00:34.430]It's a testament to the impact of our faculty and staff
- [00:00:37.830]and how our students are held to the highest standards.
- [00:00:41.730]Recently, BYU ranked the School of Accountancy
- [00:00:45.270]in the top 15% for faculty research productivity out
- [00:00:49.670]of more than 600 national and international institutions.
- [00:00:54.067]We were also number two in the Big 10.
- [00:00:57.610]In April, we hosted our 36th Annual Advisory Board
- [00:01:01.500]award celebration.
- [00:01:03.020]We presented four awards to those making an impact
- [00:01:06.440]in business.
- [00:01:08.311]Jack O'Holleran received the young alumni award.
- [00:01:12.090]Being a Husker prepared me to start my own business
- [00:01:16.500]in a lot of ways.
- [00:01:17.333]And there's something
- [00:01:18.390]about Nebraska football, about toughness, resilience,
- [00:01:21.470]and giving it your all that I think carried
- [00:01:23.960]over very well into being a founder of a company.
- [00:01:28.980]The corporate leadership award went to Kiewit.
- [00:01:31.750]Kiewit recruits at the College of Business
- [00:01:33.020]cause we're looking for talented folks
- [00:01:34.307]with strong business ethics
- [00:01:36.010]that will make Kiewit even stronger.
- [00:01:38.000]And at the College of Business, we find
- [00:01:39.390]that when we find people looking for distinctive experience
- [00:01:42.250]and Kiewit's going to provide that for them.
- [00:01:44.540]Mike Dunlap received the
- [00:01:45.940]Business Leadership Award.
- [00:01:48.180]Well, one of our main values at Nelnet is to give back
- [00:01:50.680]to the communities that we work in and work with.
- [00:01:52.668]I think it's key to try to keep the community vibrant
- [00:01:55.469]for our associates.
- [00:01:56.880]So they, they want to move
- [00:01:58.100]to Lincoln and want to live in Lincoln.
- [00:01:59.600]They want to stay in Lincoln.
- [00:02:01.070]It's a great community and how can,
- [00:02:02.350]how can we make it greater in the future?
- [00:02:04.480]And Allan Noddle was honored
- [00:02:05.618]with a lifetime achievement award.
- [00:02:07.830]I had some bad days, but I never had a bad job.
- [00:02:13.140]I was lucky and blessed to be successful.
- [00:02:16.870]I learned real quickly,
- [00:02:18.640]that's even more fun than getting there
- [00:02:21.470]was giving somebody else the experience that I had.
- [00:02:26.220]Congratulations to our honorees.
- [00:02:29.974]A new innovative course merges the worlds
- [00:02:33.090]of business and theater to prepare future accountants
- [00:02:36.240]for the ever-changing industry.
- [00:02:38.420]Through writing, research, and improv techniques and tools,
- [00:02:42.310]students learn to effectively communicate in the workplace
- [00:02:45.670]during even the most unpredictable situations.
- [00:02:48.760]This is just one example
- [00:02:50.131]of our transformative teaching at Nebraska Business.
- [00:02:56.340]A milestone in our graduates lives,
- [00:02:58.870]our May commencement was held
- [00:03:00.690]for the first time at Memorial Stadium.
- [00:03:03.490]It was exciting to look out over Tom Osborne Field
- [00:03:06.630]and see our Nebraska business graduates.
- [00:03:09.190]It reminded us that at Nebraska, we do big things together.
- [00:03:13.930]Go big red.
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