ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C This spring, a student team from the Northern State University School of Business¡¯ Policy and Strategy class tied for the top ranking score worldwide in a simulated competition.

NSU students Patrick McCormack and Kue Moo, both seniors, earned a Global Top 100 ranking on the following criteria:

• Overall Game-to-Date Score: 110.0, tied for the best overall score performance of the week, worldwide.
• Earnings per Share: $37.27, the 13th best EPS performance of the week, worldwide.
• Return on Average Equity: 72.7 percent¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C A research project by a Northern State University student has been accepted into the Association of Leadership Educators Annual Conference.

Ashley Meyer¡¯s project, ¡°Training for Middle-Level Managers: A Qualitative Study,¡± was accepted for the Practice and Research Posters presentation at the conference, set for July 12-15 in Nashville.

Meyer, from Gregory, is a double major in management and marketing, with a human resource management minor.¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C Though they can¡¯t come to campus right now, incoming Northern State University Wolves can still get a full orientation experience and register for fall classes online through the new NSU Virtual HOWL Day.

The Virtual Howl Day is an extension of the traditional on-campus HOWL Freshman Registration Program. Through this online event, students will be able to participate in registration day activities remotely, including meeting with their advisor, learning academic expectations¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C Undergraduate research is strong at Northern State University, with two students presenting at a Pierre poster session earlier this year and two more student projects awarded grant funding this spring.

At the 2020 Legislative Poster Session at the Capitol building, Shayla Steinley and Madison Rutter presented their project, ¡°The Effects of CRISPR Cas-9 System on Progeny of Hereditary Parkinson¡¯s Disease in C. elegans.¡±

The research studied the effects of gene editing¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C From advising on industry trends to consulting on curriculum, advisory boards serve as crucial partners to the Northern State University School of Business.

¡°Advisory boards are our critical bridge to the business community, not just locally and regionally, but nationally and internationally as well,¡± said School of Business Dean Dr. Doug Ohmer. ¡°The boards keep us informed on trends in industry, changing and developing needs for the workforce, concerns that industry members have on almost every aspect of¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C This fall, the Northern State University School of Business will begin offering a Master of Science in Accounting Analytics.

The program, approved Wednesday by the South Dakota Board of Regents, will help fill a need in the regional workforce while providing graduates with cutting-edge competencies in the high-demand field of analytics as the business world becomes much more data-driven.

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ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C The sixth annual Lamont-Rhodes Lecture will be held in the Northern State University Johnson Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, March 31.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social, and the lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. This year¡¯s speaker is Damian Mason, a businessman, agriculturist, speaker, podcaster, writer and consultant. 

Mason speaks on the two subjects he knows best: business and agriculture. Since 1994, he has spoken to¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C New students coming to college for the first time are looking for connections ¨C for some, it can mean the difference between staying or leaving.

That¡¯s where Northern State University¡¯s First-Year Seminar Program comes in. 

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C Longtime Northern State University faculty member Dr. Doug Ohmer has been named the new dean of the NSU School of Business.

Ohmer, associate professor of management, has worked at Northern for 26 years, serving as interim School of Business dean this academic year.

¡°I¡¯m truly excited to take the leadership of the School of Business at Northern,¡± Ohmer said. ¡°I¡¯ve been a part of the School of Business since I started at NSU in 1994, and I now have the opportunity to more deeply share my experiences with the Business School staff, faculty and¡­ more

ABERDEEN, S.D. ¨C Two Northern State University School of Business students, along with a Northern faculty member, will present at an upcoming marketing conference in Chicago.

NSU students Elise Benner and Ashley Meyer will present ¡°Does Emotional Intelligence Influence Pro-Environmental Behavior?¡± at the Marketing Management Association Spring Conference, set for March 25-27.

At the same conference, the students¡¯ faculty advisor, Dr. Hannah Walters, will present ¡°To Quiz or Not to Quiz in¡­ more