(April 12, 2012) - Herzing University announced today that it is offering a new Dual Credit program that will allow students to take courses that apply to both their Bachelor of Science degree and their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree concurrently, earning both degrees in less than four years.  The program allows students in their senior year to save time and money by exchanging four business or open elective courses for four MBA courses that count toward both degrees.

The students came, competed, and received their winner certificates at the 2012 Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference held on the second weekend in March. The event took place from 9am Saturday, March 10, to 4pm Sunday, March 11, at the Comfort Inn & Suites on Washington Avenue and at Herzing’s Madison location, 5218 E. Terrace Drive. Seven students took part in both online and performance competitive events and placed.

A total of eight Herzing University - Madison students were honored at the 2012 American Advertising Federations’ ADDY AWARDS on February 25, 2012 at the University of Madison Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street. Herzing University took one gold ADDY Award and seven silver ADDYs. Students, parents, and instructors attended the event.

The ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 50,000 entries every year. The mission of the ADDY competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising.

Jordan Buehler’s video game outline has been selected by Game Career Guide magazine as one of the best original entries in their existing game epilogue competition. Buehler is a Game Development student at Herzing University - Madison. Game Career Guide challenged its readers and the best entries to the competition were announced February 7, 2012.

“The experience has validated my desire to be part of the games industry,” said Buehler, 22, of Madison.

The deadline was tight, the stress was high, and the pressure was palpable at the 4th annual Global Game Jam, where students have 48-hours to problem-solve and create digital content resulting in the best video game - ever. Hosted for the first time at Herzing University - Madison, the Global Game Jam took place from 5pm Friday, January 27 to 7pm Sunday, January 29. Approximately 50 gamers from all over the state, the Twin Cities, Chicago, and more set up shop all over campus - in the computer commons, art lab… anyplace where they could set up a computer.

Madison, Wisconsin - His background is in police work and he teaches law enforcement, security and risk assessment at Herzing University - Madison. He is also the senior security manager at Covance Laboratories. Michael Ramstack, 39, has been named to this year’s “20 Under 40 List,” by Security Director News, an international news source for security professionals. Once per year, the publication recognizes “Up-and-coming” industry members.

When council member Mike Craig visited Herzing University’s Toledo campus on Monday, December 12, 2011, he was able to see first-hand how students are being prepared for the workforce.
Toledo’s campus is an official SAP University Alliance Institution, a facility that provides specific business software. Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the “market leader in enterprise application software.”

On Friday, December 2, 2011, over 40 students took part in a campus job fair training event called 911 Emergency Job Fair. According to the event organizer Business Program Chair, Angela River, “The urgency of the event was to promote student awareness of necessary interviewing skills now.”
Students who attended met with over a dozen employment service experts to critique their interviewing skill set. Various stations throughout campus offered mock-interviews, resume critiques, and online employment database registration assistance.

On Thursday, October 20, 2011, Madison and Middleton Chamber of Commerce members and other business executives joined Herzing University staff and students for the official ribbon cutting and open house, at the new Herzing University - Madison West Learning Center, at 3 Point Place in Madison.

Matthew Schneider, Learning Center Director, and several others spoke about the favorable impact the new center will have on the community.

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