"I came to the University of Minnesota Duluth because of the accreditation and the outdoors. There are many opportunities here, you just have to take advantage of them". - Clayton Keim, (Graduates in '07) Quick Fact No. 35 LSBE students are well-versed in financial strategies and the use of technology.

awards & scholarships

LSBE Awards

Award for Academic Excellence in Accounting
An honor presented annually to the academically outstanding B.Acc. graduate; the honoree is essentially the valedictorian of the accounting degree program.

Award for Academic Excellence in Business Administration
This honor, which carries with it a plaque, is presented annually to the most academically outstanding B.B.A. graduate; the honoree is essentially the valedictorian of the business administration program.

Club Member of the Year Award
Each year, one to two LSBE students are recognized for the significant contributions they have made to their respective LSBE student organizations.

Lake Superior Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
Awarded annually to accounting juniors for outstanding scholastic achievement in the B.Acc. program. Award includes a student membership in the Institute of Management Accountants.

Economics Department Award for Excellence
Presented annually by the department’s faculty to an economics major who has consistently demonstrated academic excellence. In recognition of this student’s outstanding achievement, the department purchases the student’s textbooks to be used in economics courses for one year.

FMIS Department Awards for Excellence
Presented annually by the department’s faculty to students who have consistently demonstrated academic excellence in their fields of study. One award is given to a finance major and another to a management information systems (MIS) major.

Health Care Management Award for Excellence
Presented annually by the department’s faculty to students who have consistently demonstrated academic excellence in their fields of study.

R. S. Hancock Award for Excellence in Marketing
An award to one or more outstanding marketing majors. Selection is based on grades and classroom performance in marketing courses.

Management Studies Department Award for Excellence
Presented annually by the department’s faculty to one or more management majors (organizational management or human resource management) who have consistently demonstrated academic excellence.

LSBE Book Awards
Ten to fifteen books awarded annually to recognize newly admitted LSBE degree candidates who earned exceptionally high grades in their pre-business or pre-accounting programs. Each student receives a free textbook to be used in one fall semester upper division LSBE course.

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