Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

The following is a collection of Huntsman School news articles from 2011 to 2017. News articles from 2018 to present can be found on the Huntsman News website. Huntsman news articles often highlight how Huntsman School of Business students, employees and alumni 'Dare Mighty Things'.

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Huntsman Student Assists with First Lady’s Luncheon in D.C.

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

Huntsman student Jamie Pickett was doing an internship in Washington, D.C., when she was invited to work on organizing and hosting The First Lady's Luncheon, an annual celebration and fundraiser that has been held since 1912.The event is hosted by Washington’s Congressional Club — a club for the spouses of congressional members — and exclusively entertains more than 1,000 VIPs and special guests.
Huntsman Students, Faculty, and Staff Recognized for Contributions

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

Utah State University honored three Huntsman students and the Huntsman Scholar Program with Robins Awards this year, recognizing them for their scholarship, contributions, and trips to the end zone.
Huntsman Students Prepare Rigorously Before Going Global

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

When students return from Global Learning Experiences in the summer, they report that the word "vacation" is not one they would ever use to describe their experiences. The students also report that they work especially hard during the grueling academic weeks that precede the summer trips.
Students Win Case Study Competition By Developing Metrics For Skullcandy Training Efforts

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

In search of finding a quantifiable way to measure training efforts, Skullcandy turned to USU students for a help during the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Marketing Case Competition.
Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus to Entrepreneurship Week Events

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Allie Jeppson, and Steve Eaton

Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents’ support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to showoff how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.
Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus to Entrepreneurship Week Events

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Allie Jeppson, and Steve Eaton

Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents’ support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to show off how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.
Partners in Business Conference to Also Feature Gail Miller, Owner of Larry H. Miller Companies

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Nadiah Johari

Frank Belatti, a former CEO who helped turn around Popeyes Chicken and Church’s Chicken, will deliver a keynote speech at an upcoming Partners In Business conference at Utah State University.
Two Graduates Find Success in Unexpected Places

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Nadiah Johari

Whitney Dastrup imagined she would get a nice corporate job when she graduated. She now travels back and forth between San Francisco and India managing a small nonprofit organization that provides education to poor children. Scot Marsden, who majored in finance and economics, did not envision himself working at one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, but is now enjoying his new job at Deloitte & Touche LLP.
More Than 100 Students Travel to Six Countries on Global Learning Experiences in Spring 2013

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Vijay R. Kannan

What do the Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, Nike, the Reserve Bank of India (India’s ‘Fed’), and Toyota have in common?
The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence Becomes the Shingo Institute

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Cory Keate

Twenty-five years ago, Utah State University organized an awards program designed to promote and recognize excellent manufacturing organizations throughout the United States. Known as The Shigeo Shingo Prizes for Excellence in Manufacturing, the awards were named for Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo. The same year the awards were created, Shingo received an honorary doctorate from Utah State University for having distinguished himself as one of the world’s thought leaders in operational excellence.
Gov't Knows Best? White House Creates 'Nudge Squad' to Shape Behavior

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Maxim Lott

The federal government is hiring what it calls a "Behavioral Insights Team" that will look for ways to subtly influence people's behavior, according to a document describing the program obtained by FoxNews.com. Critics warn there could be unintended consequences to such policies, while supporters say the team could make government and society more efficient.
International Travel Requires Flexibility and Patience

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kathy McConkie

Have you ever missed a flight 15 times on the same day?
Cold Discoveries in the Mississippi Lead to Life-Changing Insights

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Robert Miller

When I graduated from Brigham Young University with an undergraduate degree in manufacturing engineering and was working on my master’s degree in computer integrated manufacturing, I had big plans. They didn’t include driving around a forklift outside in the dead of an Iowa winter,
Student Leader Inks Petition

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kevin Opsahl

The Utah State University student body president has signed a petition along with more than 100 other student presidents across the country and will travel to Washington, D.C., to urge lawmakers to avoid the looming hike in student loan interest rates.
USU Alumnus Reacts to Winning Nobel Prize in Economics

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kevin Opsahl

Editor's note: Alum Dr. Lars Peter Hansen, '74, who studied mathematics, political science, and economics, at USU was named as this year's Nobel Laureate in Economics. Now a professor at the University of Chicago, Hansen shares the award with two other eminent economists, Eugene Fama, also of Chicago, and Robert Shiller, of Yale. This Herald Journal clip is just one of many stories that ran about Dr. Hansen online and in print publications across the country.
USU Announces Nike Executive Will Speak at Commencement

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kevin Opsahl

The man in charge of all branding for Nike Inc. will be the commencement speaker for Utah State University’s 126th graduation ceremony, the university announced Tuesday.
USU Teams Win at National IT Competition

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kevin Opsahl

Two teams at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business took top places in an information technology competition that pitted them against colleges and universities from around the world.
USU Trustee Tells Students to Aspire to do What They Love

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kevin Opsahl

Now a gracious supporter of Utah State University and member of the USU Board of Trustees, Suzanne Pierce-Moore suggests students ask a question to themselves she wishes she had asked at their age: “What would I do if I couldn’t fail?”
Utah State Gets Feet Wet in New World of Free Online Courses

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Kevin Opsahl

Utah State University professor and department head Larry Walther compares his decision to teaching a new online course this coming semester to that of an explorer.
Students Create 'Flash Marketing' Business Model

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Cale Patterson

Some business students hope to succeed in their eventual careers and have little real-world experience before graduating. Three students from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business have experienced success in business long before their degrees at USU are finished.
Utah State Hopes New Center Will Help Entrepreneurs Strike it Rich

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Matthew Piper

After meetings of the school’s entrepreneurship club, Kyle Ivins would trade ideas with other student leaders on the top floor of the Utah State Business Building. Where was their starting point? Who would fund them? What was the market?
Customer Service and Innovation are Key Today

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Eric Schulz

Just about every company pays lip service to “the customer is king” philosophy, but nobody does it as well as Disney. The sign over the entrance to Disneyland Park says, “The Happiest Place on Earth,” but how does Disney make good on that promise?
Atoms for Peace: Now what?

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and William F. Shughart II

Sixty years ago this December, President Dwight D. Eisenhower turned a dangerous situation around. In an address to the U.N. General Assembly at the height of the Cold War, he made a commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. That commitment is now being threatened: by activists who oppose building a storage depository for nuclear waste and by energy policies that favor any alternative to fossil fuels except a nuclear one.
Think Ethanol is Environmentally Friendly? Think Again

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, William F. Shughart II, and J. Fish Smith

America's prairies are disappearing at the fastest rate since the 1930s' "Dust Bowl."
How a Goat-Farming Immigrant Changed Everything

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, William F. Shughart II, and J. Fish Smith

In the dozens of articles and obituaries written about George Mitchell, who died late last month at 94, the Texas oilman, entrepreneur and philanthropist was remembered mostly as the "father of the fracking boom," whose innovations led to the shale-gas revolution.