Three University of Colorado Denver Business School faculty members were recently honored with the Laube Community Impact Award. The award is designed to build connections between the Business School and the greater business community by recognizing Business School faculty and staff who have engaged in activities that promote visibility and the reputation of the Business School within the business community.  Read more

Dr. Wayne Cascio, the Robert H. Reynolds Chair in Global Leadership and Professor of Management at the University of Colorado Denver Business School was recently named a Life Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).This is a prestigious appointment, as there are currently only 33 living Life Fellows of AHRI. In fact, AHRI Life Fellowship is the most distinguished award the institute bestows.  Read more

DENVER— Linda Theus-Lee, the program assistant and event coordinator for the University of Colorado Denver Business School was recently honored as a recipient of the prestigious Thomas Jefferson award for her demonstration of a strong commitment to the advancement of higher education, a deeply seated sense of individual civic responsibility and a profound commitment to the welfare and rights of the individual.  Read more

DENVER—The Surplus Lines Association of Colorado has committed $300,000 to the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program at University of Colorado Denver Business School. The gift will endow a scholarship fund and underwrite an international Risk Management and Insurance travel course that will help the program develop students who will graduate prepared to join the insurance industry workforce.  Read more

Gift will support programs at Center for Commodities DENVER – A strong knowledge base and commodities workforce is key to our nation’s future and to Colorado’s economy. But no university has offered a comprehensive academic program incorporating industries as diverse as energy, agriculture and mining. To fill this gap, the University of Colorado Denver Business School will launch a Center for Commodities in Spring 2012 to educate commodities professionals and expand knowledge in this area of study.  Read more

CU Denver Business School Professor Wayne Cascio won a $50,000 award Tuesday for pioneering research that showed corporate downsizing had little effect on profits and should be used sparingly and only as a last resort. He was presented with the Michael R. Losey Human Resources Research Award at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 62^nd Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego.  Read more

MBA student, Bridget Bell, understands marketing and knows that, in addition to knowing how to position products or services, successful marketing professionals know how to position their unique “brand.” Recently, Bell positioned herself as a bright, dedicated student and experienced marketing professional. Her personal brand campaign paid off in the form of a $1,000 scholarship from the American Marketing Association’s Colorado Chapter (CoAMA).  Read more