When Geoffrey King walks across the stage at CU Denver Spring 2018 Commencement, he’ll be thinking of his three kids – and how much he wants them to achieve his success but never have to go through what he did to get there. For the first 10 years of King’s life, he lived in a car with his family of six. His father passed away the day before his 10th birthday, and his mother passed away when he was 14, leaving him the head of the household.  Read more

The next generation of business leaders is off to make their impact on the world. Over 400 students graduated this past weekend with their bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degrees from the CU Denver Business School. Every year the Business School recognizes two graduate and two undergraduate students for going above and beyond for their contribution as students.  Read more

From graduating high school in 2006 to recently accepting a competitive internship from Xcel Energy, Kasey Sipe’s relentlessness has led him to success. Sipe, earning his BSBA in both Accounting and Finance, is enjoying every minute of his undergraduate experience this time around. A long journey to CU Denver Being an Arizona native, Sipe made the trek to Colorado to pursue a career in food service and hospitality.  Read more

With only four scholarships given in the state of Colorado each year, Hannah Perez was one of the recipients chosen and the first ever CU Denver recipient to receive the prestigious Financial Executives International (FEI) Financial Executive International Scholarship Award. Perez, earning her BSBA in Accounting and working towards an MS in Taxation, was recommended by faculty for the scholarship.  Read more

Imagine you were faced with the decision of firing your CEO who has been an advocate for equal rights and pay for women in the workplace due to a mistake he made 39 years ago. Your stock price is rapidly declining due to the public’s knowledge of this scandal, and this mistake has now drastically altered the CEO’s reputation of treating women fairly in the workplace. Do you fire him?  Read more

This semester five Business School students will document their experiences on our @CUDenBusiness Instagram. Each week we will have a different topic specific to the Business School, CU Denver, or the Denver area. Each student will post a picture highlighting that topic. They will all have their own hashtag as each one shares what it really looks like to be a #CUDenBusiness School student.  Read more

At the age of eleven Grace Heneveld decided she would one day live in Denver. What Heneveld didn’t realize is that she would spend the majority of her college career at CU Denver and secure an accounting position with her dream company before graduating. Heneveld graduated this December and earned a BSBA in Accounting from the CU Denver Business School. Heneveld grew up in Fort Collins and attended a small private university in Florida her first semester.  Read more