Happy August, everyone!

Although we don’t interact with students in the same way as our colleagues across the street, activity in our building will pick up when students return to campus this fall. With this in mind, be on the lookout for invitations to the BCS all-staff meeting and an end-of-summer potluck. 

Something that’s making me smile recently is UNI’s Instagram account. Plus, watch this story of UNI’s AAF crew put their classroom learning to the test to create a Gen Z-focused AT&T campaign. If you need some good vibes to hype you up for the fall semester ahead, I’d consider checking these out.

Go Cats! 🐾

Katie Kreis-Voigt
Marketing Manager
BCS & Family Business Center

• August 12 — BCS at the Iowa State Fair
• August 15 — IWRC hosts compost training in Postville, one in a series of Midwest trainings
• August 21 — FBC hosts virtual panel with the Lodge Cast Iron family
• August 21 — President Nook’s University Address at the GBPAC
• August 22 — Pappajohn Venture Competition final round
• August 23-29 — UNI Welcome Week
• August 24 — Annual Wilson College of Business Family Picnic
• August 27 — JPEC Connect welcome event

• July 31 (passed) — Iowa House Republican Caucus
• August 4 — Board of Regent Kurt Tjaden
• August 5 — Iowa Senate Republican Caucus
• August 6 — Iowa Democratic Legislators
• August 7 — Senator Grassley’s Staff
• August 11 — McLean County, IL Chamber of Commerce Delegation
• August 13 — Senator Ernst & Staff

Can you find this panther inside the Business & Community Services building? Hint: It’s in a common space within one of our centers.

If you find it, snap a selfie and send it to katie.kreis@uni.edu for bragging rights in the next BCS Brief newsletter. Please don’t move it from its hiding place. Happy seeking

• Liesl Seabert (IDM) has passed all of the exams required to become a Certified Economic Developer by the International Economic Development Council. Congrats, Liesl Seabert, CEcD!
• Stacy Mullinex (IA-CEO) contributed chapter nine to the book Retaining and Transitioning Businesses in Communities: Strategies in a New Era.
• The MCC and Foundry 4.0 Centers were featured in the most recent edition of innovationIOWA, a publication of the Business Record. Read about Iowa’s hidden hotbed of innovation now.
• Our very own Dean Leslie Wilson will speak at TEDxUniversity of Northern Iowa on October 25. Tickets are on sale now.

• August 2 — Jim Olson, Iowa Waste Reduction Center

• August 30 — Deb Giarusso, Advance Iowa

• 1997 — James Hoelscher, Institute for Decision Making

• 2015 — Jayne Kielman, Family Business Center

• 2016 — Stacy Mullinex, Advance Iowa

• 2021 — Katie Kreis-Voigt, BCS & Family Business Center

• 2021 — Todd Hutcheson, Advance Iowa

• 2023 — Janelle Bolts, Family Business Center

Submit an item for the next monthly BCS Brief newsletter by emailing katie.kreis@uni.edu.