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...

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...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Three teams of University of North Texas students earned cash prizes for analyzing a technology vendor for the hospitality industry in the Fall 2014 Northwestern Mutual Integrated Business Case Competition.

Six teams of graduating seniors, selected by instructors from a representation of all College of Business departments, made presentations to a panel of judges in November. The judging panel included: Chris Gray of Accenture Consulting, Grace Warden of Northwestern Mutual Corp, Randall Jamison of Ze-Net Technologies and Scott Jamison of Ze-Net...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- For the second year in a row, a team of University of North Texas students is one of three finalist teams in the National Retail Federation Foundation Student Challenge.

Students from all universities and institutes that are NRF Foundation College and University Partners are eligible for the competition. Each team of two to four students develops and...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ashley Nudge, a sophomore merchandising and digital retailing major at the University of North Texas, is one of five college and university students in the U.S. to be chosen as a finalist for the National Retail Federation's Next Generation Scholarship. She is the daughter of Sans and Sue Ann Nudge of Grand Prairie and a 2013 graduate of South Grand Prairie High School.

Nudge is guaranteed at least a $10,000...

First students set to graduate from UNT’s new Professional Selling Program

DENTON (UNT), Texas — As he prepared for graduation, University of North Texas College of Business student Michael Paddack wanted to open as many career doors as possible. He enrolled in the university’s new educational program for undergraduate students interested in business-to-business sales careers. And now he credits the rigor of that program for helping him land a full-time position as a key account representative at ...

For some University of North Texas economics students, their latest research project is not just a way to develop business-world skills and gain experience to put on their resumes. It’s a project that will help feed the hungry.  

UNT economics students and faculty members are using their expertise to help Denton soup kitchen Our Daily Bread design a statistical model that can better forecast how many lunches the community soup kitchen will need to prepare each weekday. The model will take into consideration historical data and...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Three University of North Texas students are the winners of a nationwide virtual stock trading competition sponsored by TD Ameritrade Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD). The GoMeanGreen team outperformed teams from 96 colleges and universities, growing its portfolio by 213.04 percent and a final portfolio value of $1,565,175.83 at the end of four weeks of trading.

The team consisted of three undergraduates from UNT's Student Investment Group: sophomore Mason Hendrickson, 27, a finance major from Muskogee, Oklahoma...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Jane Gilday, managing director of Dallas-based investment firm Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney and Strauss, will discuss her career, leadership skills and industry issues in the UNT College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series.

Gilday will speak at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 (Friday) in Room 170 of the Business Leadership Building, 1307 W. Highland St. in Denton.

Admission is free.

Gilday began her career as a securities...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ten executives in the growing field of digital retailing have been named to the inaugural Think Tank for the University of North Texas' Global Digital Retailing Research Center.

Established during the 2013 spring semester and housed in UNT's College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism, the center is the first interdisciplinary center in the U.S. with a complete focus on digital retailing. Researchers in the center, some of whom are visiting faculty to UNT, address trends and issues...