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Meet 1949 National School of Business Graduate Joy Bagley

“I was out of one and into another,” recalled Joy (Bagley) Swanson. In 1948, Joy had just graduated from high school in Bowman, North Dakota and over the weekend following graduation, she moved with her friend, Betty (Erickson) Brosten, to Rapid City to attend college at National School of Business. Clarence Jacobson, the founder of

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The first day I enrolled in my Bachelor’s of Management program I can still remember thinking to myself “this is going to be a long road ahead of me.” When I signed up for my first set of classes I didn’t even want to consider the option of online. I was already a little nervous

Legacy Alumni Spotlight: Evelyn Beirman

1950 National School of Business Graduate Dedicates Her Life to Family and Ranching As a senior in high school in Dupree, South Dakota, Evelyn (Anderson) Beirman enjoyed typing and clerical work. So, in 1948, when Clarence Jacobson visited her high school to share information about National School of Business (NSB) in Rapid City, about 2

Associated Careers for Business Management Majors

Spring Classes Start March 9th!

Remember that New Year’s resolution you made only one month ago? New Year = New You? Now that the holidays have passed and we’re already into February, it’s time to make your New Year’s resolution happen! The springtime can be great timing for students to start classes again. Maybe you just graduated from high school

Bellevue Campus Hosts Blood Drive

Paying it forward in the New Year! National American University’s Bellevue campus hosted the Blood Mobile Drive on Wednesday, January 4th from noon to 6 PM. Blood Drive participants were students, staff, and community members. Great job Bellevue!

NAU Legacy Alumni – Bernadette Lambert

Technology and the “Speed of Now” as the New Norm

I generally avoid watching ‘Classic MTV’, Alf, The A-Team, any of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, and Miami Vice.  Why?  I find that the memories, feelings, and associations that I have from my childhood are better left to how I remember them.  Revisiting childhood television and movies usually leaves me dismayed, critical, and disregarding

NAU Legacy Alumni Charlene Borchert

You Still Remember How to Spell the Words, Right?

“Hey son!  How was your day in school?” I inquire as my oldest son, Gaven, answers the phone during our routine five o’clock phone call.  “It’s good.  Nothing happened” he replied. If you want your patience tested (see my previous blog entry), try to get a pre-pubescent boy to talk on the phone.  It takes