Concordia University Chicago - College of Business

11/06/2024

We couldn't be more proud of the work our Assistant Dean and Free Enterprise Center Director Rachel Ferguson is doing in the community!

Based on the idea of a society focused on virtue, our Free Enterprise Center applies a moral perspective to how they respond to and serve the University’s neighbors. “We want to serve people who are very close to us geographically, who are in declining neighborhoods,” says center director Dr. Rachel Ferguson.

Read this Forest Park Review article about the Center’s plans to address poverty through the cultivation of meaningful relationships with business, entrepreneurship and faith leaders who are working together toward the goal of helping communities achieve economic freedom by leveraging America’s free market system.

https://www.forestparkreview.com/2024/11/05/concordias-compassionate-conservatives/

10/21/2024

Is business just a way to make money, or can the marketplace be a venue for service to others?

Dr. Scott Rae--professor of Christian ethics and philosophy department chair at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University--discusses this topic based on principles outlined in his bestselling book "Business for the Common Good."

Seats are limited, registration required. Sponsored by the College of Business and the Free Enterprise Center.

Tues, Nov 15
Networking 7 am
Breakfast & Program 7:30-9 am
Christopher Center 248

Details and Registration: https://bit.ly/4dGSNxN

09/10/2024

Students! Celebrate Constitution Day by joining other history, political science, social studies education and honors students to reenact the Constitutional Convention in a role-playing game developed by Reacting to the Past (RTTP).

Advance registration required. Learn more and reserve your spot today at https://bit.ly/3ZineXn.

07/31/2024

Entrepreneur and recent Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy welcomed our own Dr. Rachel Ferguson as a guest on his The Truth podcast. Their discussion covered a wide range of topics, from how progressive policies built on eugenics devastated minorities in America to how Republicans can reconnect with black voters.

Watch/listen via the YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6FAHxB2xMc&t=2078s

06/10/2024

Today we're celebrating the great news that a coveted Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award has been received by Dr. Beth Dellegrazie, associate professor of leadership and marketing in our College of Business. She is only the 8th faculty member to earn this distinction in Concordia-Chicago history! The award will allow her to pursue her research project, “Active Learning in Teams and the Link to Transversal Skill Development” at the University of Maribor in Slovenia from October 2024 to January 2025. Read the full story at: https://www.cuchicago.edu/news/2024/06/business-professor-awarded-fulbright-grant-to-research-in-slovenia/

05/03/2024

Dr. Beth Dellegrazie, our Asst. Dean of Faculty, Curriculum and Instruction, is one of the presenters at this timely webinar. Don't miss the opportunity to learn how to turn your own e-textbook.

Calling all (CUC and non-CUC) faculty ... the summer presents an excellent opportunity for personal pedagogy. Join us for the FREE webinar "Create Your Textbook to Fit Your Mission."

Fri, May 10 | 10am-12pm | Online

Keynote speaker Delmar Larsen, founder and executive director of LibreTexts, and CUC faculty members will teach you the ins and outs of Open Education Resources (OER) which will:
Improve grades and retention—lower DFW rate
Removes textbook financial barriers for ALL students
Become an author—customization of the curriculum that fits your mission

Register at now at https://bit.ly/3UqPHpQ.

02/01/2024

Professor Don Granholm participated in the DECA in Rosemont on Friday, January 26. Where more than 15 Chicago area high schools sent hundreds of students to compete in mock business presentations and role play situations. Deerfield HS alone sent 200 students. Granholm has already been asked to participate as a judge in the upcoming state "finals" to be held in the coming weeks.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

01/16/2024

Dr. Rachel Ferguson, Free Enterprise Center Director and Assistant Dean of the College of Business, published this article with The Dispatch yesterday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

His support for left-wing views didn’t arise in a vacuum—and it was highly controversial among black pioneers, too.

01/08/2024

Students joining Concordia-Chicago’s MBA program in the future can anticipate a revamped core curriculum designed to equip them not just for the present but for long-term success in their careers.
“Our program not only imparts a deep understanding of foundational business principles but also fosters the flexibility, adaptability and creativity needed to succeed in whatever career or industry our students choose to enter,” says Dr. Hunnicutt.
Learn more about the changes to CUC’s MBA program at

Future students who enroll in Concordia-Chicago’s MBA program will experience a reworked core curriculum aimed at preparing students

12/20/2023

Three-fourths of December’s students of the month are College of Business students!

12/13/2023

Elisabeth Dellegrazie, Ph.D leads the College of Business into the global learning community with another year of participation in the Virtual International Hackathon.
Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7140742235909668865

11/14/2023

Rachel Ferguson argues that we need to reclaim the moral high ground with the language we use to describe our economic system. Profit is not a primary motive for the work we do each day, but does help us to direct our work in a way that satisfies our customers well. The real moral force behind the market system is not a commitment to money or preference satisfaction. It’s a commitment to individual rights and equal protection of the rule of just laws.

Was a single industry – cotton – the primary driver of American economic development in the 19th century, and thus the basis of wealth today? This is the claim behind what have become known as the