Business
UNT student receives scholarship to attend Meeting Professionals International conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Allie Salgueiro of Garland, a senior hospitality and tourism management major at the University of North Texas, has received a Wyndham Worldwide WEC Scholarship that will allow her to attend the 2015 World Education Congress, the annual global conference of Meeting Professionals International. The World Education Congress will be held in San Francisco Aug. 1-4.
...TD Ameritrade awards UNT $50,000, Mascot Scrappy and faculty to help ring NYSE closing bell
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas Financial Services Program will be awarded a $50,000 grant from TD Ameritrade Institutional as part of its NextGen Financial Planning Initiative. To celebrate the honor, TD Ameritrade Institutional will fly two UNT representatives to the New York Stock Exchange to accept the award July 22 (Wednesday), where they'll be joined by UNT's mascot, Scrappy, to help ring the closing bell.
Two grants and 14...
UNT students named semifinalists for scholarships from National Retail Federation
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Four students in the University of North Texas College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism are among 25 students in the nation named semifinalists in the 2015 Ray Greenly Scholarship Competition sponsored by the National Retail Federation.
The UNT students — Maggie Brown, a senior from Flower Mound; Nichole Fallis, a senior from San Antonio; Taylar Gomez, a sophomore from Friendswood and Marcy Plefka, a senior...
UNT ranked in top 25 online MBA programs by The Princeton Review
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas College of Business' online MBA program was ranked in the Top 25 Online MBA programs by The Princeton Review for excelling in five areas of criteria: academics, selectivity, faculty, technical platforms, and career outcomes. UNT ranked...
UNT students take top prize at national logistics competition for first time
DENTON (UNT), Texas — For the first time, a group of logistics students at the University of North Texas have won first place in the Intermodal Association of North America – University of North Florida case competition. Besting competition from six top logistics programs, the UNT team pitted classroom learning against a classic, real-world problem all businesses face: how to expand in the midst of fierce competition.
UNT juniors Mary Catherine Schoals of Flower Mound, Texas; Laura Catalina Quinones Rios of Medellin, Colombia; Adam Sharpe of Allen, Texas; and Ripley Wren of Saginaw,...
UNT ranks 3rd in Supply Chain Technology Education in nationwide study
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas' Logistics and Supply Chain Management program of the College of Business was ranked third in a new study of supply chain technology education by Software Advice, an online database providing research and reviews of software applications. UNT ranked highly due to its integration of new technology into the program.
"UNT is leading the way and is an exemplar for what a truly modern Supply Chain...
2015 Northwestern Mutual Integrated Business Case Competition Winners
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Three teams of graduating seniors from the University of North Texas' College of Business won cash prizes April 25 (Saturday) for placing in the spring 2015 Northwestern Mutual Integrated Business Case Competition.
The competition began with 50 teams composed of seven or eight students on average. The teams had to solve a hypothetical business problem for IBM by conducting a business environment analysis. Then, the teams had to create two business proposals to solve the...
UNT Consumer Experience Symposium to focus on retailers placing technology in their stores
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- In recent years, shoppers have set records for retail sales via smartphones and tablets over what has been traditional shopping seasons and weekends, such as Thanksgiving weekend and Texas' tax-free holiday in August. A growing number of shoppers browse retailers' websites before they enter a store, and may not buy anything in the store, but go back online to make the final purchase, according to Shop.org, the digital retailing branch of the National Retail Federation.
During the 11th Consumer Experience Symposium at the...
Citigroup whistleblower talks ethics at UNT speaker series
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Citigroup whistleblower Richard Bowen – who is known for repeatedly warning the bank about risky behavior and the potential for losses due to fraudulent mortgage lending practices – will talk about ethical leadership in the UNT College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series.
Bowen's lecture will be at 10 a.m. March 6 (Friday) in Room 80 of the Business Leadership Building, located at...
Container Store CEO to speak at UNT for Executive + Scholar Lecture Series
What: "Conscious Capitalism" -- A presentation at the University of North Texas by Kip Tindell, chairman and chief executive officer of The Container Store. Followed by Tindell signing copies of his book, Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives. The final Executive + Scholar Lecture Series for 2014-15, sponsored by the Global Digital...