20 NORTHERN MAGAZINE Guided by Industry, Grounded in Purpose These community connections have been a strong part of the School of Business. Back in 1968, Dr. Henry Harry Jasinski, chairman of the Division of Business and Secretarial Science, established a businessman’s advisory board made up of 15 businessmen from Aberdeen and the surrounding area with the purpose of aiding the division in keeping business education relevant. More than 50 years later, that original businessman advisory committee set a precedent that still shapes the School of Business today, living on in the current advisory board of regional business leaders and industry experts who continue to help guide the curriculum and advise on emerging trends in the world of business. Built for What’s Next Today, the Business and Health Innovation Center gives those ideas the space they need to flourish. With flexible learning environments, collaborative workspaces and technology designed to mirror real-world professional settings, the new facility reflects a School of Business that is both confident in its foundation and ambitious about its future. And that future is about more than new walls and equipment. It’s about preparing graduates to lead, to innovate and to build — whether in banking, financial services, entrepreneurship, agribusiness, data analytics, marketing or fields yet to emerge. Just as Isaac Lincoln once helped lay the groundwork for a fledgling institution while building a life in banking and agriculture, today’s School of Business continues that legacy: rooted in the region, responsive to the world and always looking ahead. In that way, the 22-foot table in the conference room is more than a tribute. It is a meeting place between past and future — where the next chapter of Northern’s business story is already being written.
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