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Unibusiness: The Alumni Magazine Of The College Of Business Administration University Of Northern Iowa, 2008-2009, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Business Administration. Jan 2009

Unibusiness: The Alumni Magazine Of The College Of Business Administration University Of Northern Iowa, 2008-2009, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Business Administration.

UNIBiz

Inside This Issue:
-- Message from the Dean ••• 1
-- The Road Less Traveled ••• 2
-- A Change for the Better ••• 4
-- Broadening Students' Worldview ••• 6
-- A Great Idea is Hatched ••• 7
-- Faculty Awards ••• 8
-- Celebrating Student Excellence ••• 9
-- New Faculty ••• 10
-- Down But Not Out ••• 11
-- Message from Development ••• 13
-- Annual Report on Giving ••• 14
-- So Many Ways to Give ••• 16
-- Alumni Spotlights ••• 16
-- Focus on Alumni ••• 18
-- Alumni in Residence ••• 24


Effectively Implementing Project Based Learning In The Business Classroom, Leasha Henriksen Jan 2009

Effectively Implementing Project Based Learning In The Business Classroom, Leasha Henriksen

Graduate Research Papers

Far too many of our students are leaving high schools unprepared to routinely engage in these thought processes in order to sustain our innovative, economic edge in the economy. These concerns put the United States at risk for losing our competitive advantage in the marketplace. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are far too important to be ignored. This realization leads to an important question: How can project based learning be implemented effectively in order to increase student engagement, critical thinking, and understanding? For the purpose of this paper, research will be focused primarily on controlled studies; however, valuable insight …