Business

Northern Iowa Accounting degree student participate at Deloitte case competition

Deloitte tax competition presents real-world tax scenarios

Al Faisal Yasin (Accounting ’20, Jordan) came to understand the value of compromise during his time as leader of UNIBusiness’ team for the Deloitte Regional FanTAXtic Competition. Compromise was essential because being open to new ideas and working as a unit were the keys to success. 
Northern Iowa Accounting degree student participate at Deloitte case competition

Deloitte tax competition presents real-world tax scenarios

Al Faisal Yasin (Accounting ’20, Jordan) came to understand the value of compromise during his time as leader of UNIBusiness’ team for the Deloitte Regional FanTAXtic Competition. Compromise was essential because being open to new ideas and working as a unit were the keys to success. 
Curris Business Building with Iowa Realty logo

Iowa realty helps students find their passion

The Iowa Realty Scholarship helped change the course of Allison Ries’ (Accounting, Real Estate and Finance ‘19) college path. She received the money in advance of her junior year, and because of the financial burden it eased, Ries added accounting as her third major.
Windmill with red and blue

Can we find common ground on sustainability?

Bob Inglis, a former U.S. congressman from South Carolina, has a friend in the recycling business. Whenever Inglis discusses the topic of sustainability, the environment and how to tackle these issues, he gets a simple but practical answer from his friend: “Sustainability means making a profit.” “That’s what he tells me,” Inglis said. “Fixing economics is key, and sustainability becomes sustainable because it’s profitable.”
black and white photo of men counting money

What to do with wealth

“The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.” – Andrew Carnegie Not content with income redistribution, many politicians are advocating a “wealth tax” to redistribute wealth. The top one per cent of American households own a large proportion of wealth in America.
Supply Chain Forum

2020 John Deere Supply Chain Management Forum

8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 UNI Commons Designed to give supply chain professionals and UNI faculty and students an opportunity to join together to share industry best practices. REGISTER HERE
Jacob Smith, Adrian Velasco, Hannah Hoth, and Andrew Jeffrey win first place at the annual Marketing Strategy competition

UNI AMA team takes first place in regional Marketing Strategy competition

The two weeks before Oct. 4 were a sprint for the UNIBusiness American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing Strategy team. At least, that’s how Jacob Smith (Marketing ’20, Urbandale, Iowa) described it.  
Chris and Dawn Hoins, Northern Iowa donors

Hoins' give thanks by helping future students

Scholarships didn’t really interest Chris Hoins (Accounting ‘95) when he arrived at UNIBusiness in the late 1980s. He and his Waverly high school sweetheart, Dawn, were planning to marry partially in an effort to receive more financial aid. They were self-sufficient and wanted to be treated as independents on their government applications.