CU Denver faculty has discussed efforts to encourage millennial students, who have shown to be more risk-averse, to engage in entrepreneurship. Madhavan Parthasarathy, director of the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship, discussed resources the center offers to students, such as providing mentors, networks and the fundamentals to starting a business. He also outlined the Launchpad Certificate Program, which enrolls non-degree-seeking students in five courses that give them the fundamentals to start their own business or contribute an entrepreneurial perspective to an existing organization.  Read more

JDE101 or the JD Edwards ERP Software Applications Certificate Program will be offering a complete two-week certificate course at the CU South Denver campus location at the Liniger Building in May 2016.  The JDE101 Financials and Distribution Certificate is offered through the Information Systems Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School.  Read more

As current and future business leaders, it is incumbent upon us to recognize how our worldview is different from others and expand our perspectives through new and different experiences.  The CU Denver Business School’s  11-Month MBA cohort had the opportunity, as part of our degree, to travel to Europe to do just that.   In February, about halfway through the program, we traveled for two weeks through parts of Germany, France, and Belgium.   Read more

While China is currently the most competitive manufacturing nation on the globe, a new study released on Wednesday predicts that the United States will surpass it by the end of the decade, as a global shift to more advanced methods of assembly favors advanced economies. Jian Yang, Director of Finance at the University of Colorado Denver Business School said the traditional Chinese advantage in manufacturing – cost competitiveness – has been compromised due to rising wages and soaring land prices.  Read more

The CU Denver Business School held its first NYC Finance Career Trek the week of April 4^th. Four graduate students, and ten undergraduate students attended the New York trip with Yosef Bonaparte, Assistant Professor, Finance; Stephanie Egan, Career Advisor, and Sue Wyman, Director, Business Career Connections. The group visited Bloomberg, Perella Weinberg Partners, the Federal Reserve, AlphaSights, Transactis, Morgan Stanley, J.P.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver’s Business School Global Energy Management (GEM) program is set to launch its 16th new class, which it calls “cohorts,” in July. The 18-month Master of Science program is focused 100% on the business side of the energy industry, and the program now has 300 alumni worldwide. “GEM was designed to add strong business acumen to a student’s technical expertise,” Catherine Steffek, GEM’s director of external affairs told, Oil & Gas 360®.  Read more

The Zonta Club of Denver is offering the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships, which are awarded to women undertaking business studies who have demonstrated outstanding potential in the field. One scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $1,500. In addition, Zonta International is offering scholarships of $1,500 each at the district level and 12 scholarships in the amount of $7,000 each at the international level.  Read more