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UNIBUSINESS IN ACTION, ALWAYS ONLINEUNIBusiness celebrates excellence in student competitions, program milestones, and faculty and staff accomplishmentsthroughout the year, and there is much to celebrate. The following is just a small sample from the hundreds of successstories posted online each year.UNIBusiness Has aNew Look OnlineIt’s a whole new look and new URL forUNIBusiness’ website business.uni.edu.Bookmark the new UNIBusiness websiteand make sure you visit the AlumniSuccess section for ways you can getinvolved.Connect with UNIBusinessFacebook “Like” us today!www.facebook.com/unibusinessTwitter It’s quick, concise andconvenient. Follow @UNIBusiness forinformation you can use and share!www.twitter.com/UNIBusinessLinkedIn Expand your LinkedInnetwork by joining the UNIBusinessgroup (search Groups for UNI Business).Economics Senior WinsLeadership AwardRyan Mahaffey (Economics ’11) receivedthe Alliant Energy Erroll B. Davis Jr.Achievement Award, which recognizesacademic achievement in engineering orbusiness administration, leadership incampus and community organizations,and potential for future career success.Mahaffey was an active leader at UNI inand outside the classroom. Captain of theUNI football team with several MVCawards under his belt, he also managed a3.60 and participated in the UNIBusinessUndergraduate Research Program.UNI Entrepreneurs Place 2ndin National CompetitionThe UNI Entrepreneurs team wonsecond place in the national Sam’s ClubEnvironmental Sustainability Challengeheld in Bentonville, Ark., in April 2011.For the competition, the team workedwith local Sam’s Club associate JeffMartin to help Cottonwood Canyonin downtown Waterloo, Iowa, becomemore environmentally sustainable.Adam O’Leary (Economics ’11) andTony Patterson (Economics ’11)represented the UNI Entrepreneursteam at the national competition for theSam’s Club challenge.Instructor Opens UNIBusinessLegal Advice ClinicActive attorney and Iowa State BarAssociation member Heidi Noonan-Day,also an instructor of management in theUNI College of Business Administration,now offers free initial legal consultationsto UNIBusiness students, faculty and staff.Economics Major’s BusinessNamed One of “America’sCoolest College Start-Ups”Book Hatchery, a business started byNick Cash (Economics and ComputerScience), was named one of “America’sCoolest College Start-Ups of 2011” byInc. Magazine. Cash also won the 2011Prometheus Awards Student Innovationof the Year forBook Hatchery.The honor isgiven out bythe TechnologyAssociation ofIowa andsponsored byLWBJ Financial.Book Hatchery (www.bookhatchery.com) is located in UNI’s JohnPappajohn Entrepreneurial Center’sStudent Business Incubator. It enablesauthors to self-publish their work andmake it available for purchase anddownloading on all major eReadingdevices, such as the Amazon Kindle,Apple iPad, Barnes and Noble Nook,and Sony Reader.Mitra’s ResearchAmong 10Most ImportantContributions toHR FieldUNI associateprofessor ofmanagement AtulMitra’s researchon the meaning of pay raises wasconsidered one of the 10 most importantcontributions to the field based on aWorldatWork survey. Moreover, Mitra’swork was ranked second in humanresource practitioners’ familiarity withthe findings. WorldatWork is the mostinfluential association for human resourceprofessionals.12