2002 Press Releases

Below are listed the press releases issued by the college and by the campus News Bureau in 2002. (NOTE: Press releases are in PDF format unless otherwise noted.)

CBA Press Releases
Press releases from 2005, 2004, and 2003 are also available online in PDF format.

• Faculty fellows announced (Dec 2002)
• Weisbach appointed to Golder Distinguished Chair (Dec 2002)
• Johnson appointed Director of Development (Nov 2002)
• CED sponsors discussion forum on the essence of entrepreneurship (Nov 2002)
• Jeffrey Brown named to expert panel on retirement reform (Nov 2002)
• Public invited to Wang Lecture by Jeffrey Wigand (Oct 2002)
• Finance faculty member named to national academy (July 2002)
• Accountancy alumnus receives award from Tennessee Society of CPAs (June 2002, from the TSCPA)
• CIBER funding continued for four years (May 2002)
• College announces research award recipients (April 2002)
• College announces convocation speaker (April 2002)
• Seminar on information sources for entrepreneurs offered by CED (April 2002)
• Kent Monroe honored by AMA (April 2002, from the Central Illinois chapter of the American Marketing Association)
• CCBA students in Carrot Capital Business Plan Competition (April 2002; modified April 19)
• Simon Symposium to honor economist Julian Simon (March 2002, from the University of Illinois Foundation)
• V. Dale Cozad Entrepreneurship Lecture open to the public (March 2002)
• Teaching awards announced (March 2002)
• Staff awards announced (March 2002)
• Ghosh presents seminar for entrepreneurs on asking the right questions (March 2002)
• Office for Private Equity and Entrepreneural Finance established (March 2002)
• CED hosts seminar on entrepreneurism: Mike Muhney to speak (February 2002)
• Center for Enterprise Development established (February 2002)
• Battle of the Brands 2002 (February 2002)
• Gentry honored by Midwest Finance Association (January 2002) (HTML)
• Illinois among top five universitites with business advisors in Peace Corps (December 2001) (HTML)
• Mary Miller appointed Associate Dean for the Illinois MBA Program (December 2001) (HTML)
• "Buy-ology" explained on TLC, November 2001
• Accountancy graduates make the grade, November 2001

• Marketing study reveals cook's personality key to healthy cooking (Dec 2002)
• Independent boards of directors analyzed (September 2002)
• Youth gambling increases debt and addictions (July 2002)
• Short-term tax hike recommended (June 2002)
• Change in auditing firms lead to conflicts of interest (May 2002)
• Conflicts of interests in auditing firms (April 2002)
• Flash Index dips in ten-year low (April 2002)
• Flash Index remains constant (March 2002)
• Future expectations often drive today's consumer decisions (February 2002)
• Sargent to present 2002 David Kinley Lecture in Economics (February 2002)
• Illinois shortfall evident before 9-11 (January 2002)
• Lower expectations help earnings (January 2002)
• Gambling effects make it like tobacco (December 2001)
• Political conflict threatens Argentina (December 2001)
• Flash Economic Index rose in October (November 2001)
• Giertz honored by Urbana campus for his work on the Flash Index (November 2001)
• T&M Program funded to establish master's program (November 2001)
• Casinos not benficial to host communities (October 2001)
• Increasing ticket prices to ease congestion (September 2001)
• Predicting earnings growth (August 2001)
• Men and shopping (July 2001)
• Marketplace, children, and leisure (July 2001)
• Flash Economic Index declines in May (June 2001)
• Faculty participates in European tour (June 2001)
• Flash Economic Index rebounds in April (May 2001)
• Shoppers who can't read make unwise buying decisions (April 2001)
• Company-run chain restaurants more consistent than franchises (March 2001)

Note: Most releases issued prior to November 2001 are not available online.