Business and economics news
Northwestern College has approved new academic programs in entrepreneurship and statistics to be offered next fall. The college has also elevated the art therapy pre-professional program to a major and changed the secondary education endorsement to a major.
The scholarly work of 93 Northwestern College undergraduate and graduate students will be on display during the college’s Celebration of Research on Thursday, April 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Rowenhorst Student Center.
Northwestern College has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team for the purchase of items that will be used in the college’s revised business administration/agricultural business option.
Twenty-four Northwestern College academic programs are listed in the 2018 edition of Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges, a national guidebook that recommends specific college departments to prospective students.
Senior sport management majors Josh Hornstra and Conner Ubben had what some may consider the opportunity of a lifetime–they worked in the official NFL Shop at Super Bowl LII, held in Minneapolis on Feb. 4.
Peter Greer, president and CEO of HOPE International, will speak in Northwestern College’s Christ Chapel at 10:05 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10.
Northwestern College will serve as a livestream site for the EntreLeadership 1-Day conference featuring financial guru Dave Ramsey on Friday, Oct. 27.
Northwestern College accounting graduates taking the CPA exam for the first time in 2016 recorded the fifth best pass rate among all institutions that had at least 10 candidates.
Northwestern College welcomed seven new full-time faculty members with the start of classes this fall.
Laura Hurley of Canton, S.D., and Chris Sietstra of Boyden, Iowa, are this year's recipients of Faculty Honors for excelling in academics, Christian influence and campus involvement.
