Category Archives: Business and Economics

CBEI Central Wisconsin Spring 2022 Economic Report

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CBEI

Just Like Old Times by Scott Wallace, Ph.D.Director and Editor, CBEI; Professor of EconomicsUW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics Photo Album | Digital Report Recent times have been both interesting and challenging with the spread of the Delta variant interrupting a return to normalcy that we were all looking forward to. Now, the emergence […]

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Insight Spotlight: The Growing Trend to Overcome the Labor Shortage

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by Christopher Spranger,Founder and CEO of Spranger Business Solutions It was Wednesday March 11, 2020, and my wife and I were out to dinner with friends at a local sports bar. As we waited for our food, one of the TVs was showing the broadcast of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder playing against the Utah […]

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Entropy: Information Architecture for Data Disclosure

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Sentry Insurance Endowed Chair of Computational Analytics Kurt Pflughoeft recently co-authored “Information Architecture for Data Disclosure” in Entropy, an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal of entropy and information studies. Abstract Preserving confidentiality of individuals in data disclosure is a prime concern for public and private organizations. The main challenge in the data disclosure […]

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Fellowship Opportunities Enrich our Community

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Quyen Hom

Academic fellowships allow graduate students to collaborate with a non-profit or business to achieve a strategic goal for a specific project or a period of time. Fellows are professional MBA Candidates who enter the work environment to share experience and knowledge. Like interns, fellows can have a powerful impact on the growth of a business […]

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School of Business Internships Build Local Businesses

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Internship Expo Participants

UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics, a nationally recognized business school, is one of three in Wisconsin that requires internship credits for graduation. The UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics (SBE) creates career-ready graduates in the majors of accounting, business administration, business economics, data analytics, finance, management, and marketing. Internships are an essential […]

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School of Business and Economics honors students, donors at 2022 Awards Banquet

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SBE Banquet

The School of Business and Economics hosted its annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet on Friday, April 29 in the UW-Stevens Point Dreyfus University Center, sponsored by Associated Bank. The school presented 113 scholarships and awards, totaling $145,030 to students. Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to our donors for your continued support. […]

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UWSP Business students present at UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, Creative Activity

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Symposium

Three students from the UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics were a part of the 20th Annual UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, Creative Activity on Friday, April 20, 2022, at UW-Whitewater. [View Photos] Callie Wulk Avoiding Sour Grapes and Bitter Hops: How Wisconsin Laws can Nurture the Local Wineries and Breweries that […]

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Bahr on WPR: How the Federal Reserve is moving to address inflation

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

With the Fed expected to raise interest rates, Prof. Kevin Bahr, chief analyst of the UW-Stevens Point Center for Business and Economic Insight, joined host Rob Ferrett on WPR’s “Central Time” on March 16 to talk about the last time that happened, and what we can expect to see in the economy as a result. […]

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Global Oil vs. U.S. Oil Prices, and Prices at the Pump

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Global Oil vs. U.S. Oil Prices, and Prices at the Pump

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that inflation increased 0.8 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.6 percent in January. For the 12-month period ending in February, the annualized inflation rate was 7.9 percent, the largest 12-month increase since 1982. A key driver of U.S. inflation has been surging […]

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Students present about mask-wearing, alcohol laws at 2022 Research in the Rotunda

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UW-Stevens Point students Callie Wulk ’24 (business administration), Catie Gage ’24 (dietetics) and Sophia Reddan ’22 (health science – pre-athletic training) were among elite undergraduate students from around the UW System who shared their work with legislators, regents, faculty and fellow student researchers at the 18th annual Research in the Rotunda at the State Capitol […]

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