Business and economics news

Kirk Johnson '99 has recently been appointed as the associate superintendent of the Waukee Community School District.

Curt Bomgaars '10, who started FLYJOY snack bars as a way to provide business for quinoa producers in South America, is Northwestern's nominee for the CCCU Young Alumni Award.

Natalie Te Grootenhuis, a senior at Northwestern College, is serving on the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team.

Northwestern is welcoming seven new faculty members as the fall semester begins.

Northwestern College honored a number of faculty and staff members at a banquet held on May 4.

Northwestern business professor and students presented research at the 2015 Midwest Economics Association’s annual meeting.

Beginning next fall, Northwestern College will offer business administration majors a new option in international business.

Twenty-two Northwestern College academic programs are listed in the 2015 edition of Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges.

Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, will speak on “The Morality and Theology of Capitalism” on Jan. 15.

Northwestern’s accounting program was ranked highly in a paper presented at the Christian Business Faculty Association annual conference.