University of Colorado Denver Business School strives to be a global sustainability leader. Thanks to a generous donation from Johns Manville the Business School is expanding it Student Sustainability Experiential Learning Program (SSELP). Since 2008, CU Denver Business School has enhanced its Managing for Sustainability program year over year. The donation from Johns Manville will increase students’ ability to directly apply their classroom knowledge in real world settings.  Read more

Business Career Connections (BCC) is excited to announce the Colorado Business School Career Fair on Friday, September 12 from 12PM to 7PM at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. University of Colorado Denver Business School is partnered with University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business, Colorado State University’s College of Business, and University of Denver’s Daniel’s College of Business for a statewide business school career fair.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School is pleased to announce the second round of faculty awards from the Tom and Jane Petrie Faculty Development Fund.  The selection committee, chaired by Dr. Marcelle Arak, reviewed an impressive number of proposals before choosing award recipients. The quality of proposals received by the selection committee, which also included Dr.  Read more

Graduate Career Connections is now Business Career Connections (BCC). Expanded User Base BCC serves undergraduate students and alumni in addition to graduate students. This means all of the great services previously only available to graduate students are now available to undergraduates and alumni.

• Resume writing assistance
• LinkedIn profile tips
• Strategic targeting of industries, companies, and jobs
• Professional presence and etiquette training
• Employer outreach
• Career Fairs and Employer Information Sessions
• Interview skills, tips, and tricks
• Compensation Negotiation tips

New Online Job Center Along with the name change, BCC now offers a Job Center.  Read more

Enrollment is underway for the new Master of Science in Taxation degree at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. The Business School is the only public university and one of 15 schools in the nation to offer this degree program. Previously, graduates who completed extra taxation courses received a certification in taxation. Many accounting firms concluded a certification alone was insufficient for their needs.  Read more

Gregg Keizer of Computerworld interviewed Wayne Cascio, Professor of Management at CU Denver Business School, to find out if Microsoft’s proposed 18,000 layoffs are in the best interest of the company. “It creates massive uncertainty and a big drop in productivity,” says Cascio. “People spend their work time on social networking and getting a resume up to date.  Read more

After seventy years of state ownership, the Mexican government has amended its constitution to open the energy sector to private investment. This amendment also allows for foreign participation, which would include firms from Denver. It should come as no surprise, then, the Biennial of the Americas chose the Executive Director of the Global Energy Management program, Jim Marchiori, as one of 80 delegates from Denver to attend an energy symposium in Mexico City.  Read more