When Jennifer first graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, she had no idea what the world had in store for her, but felt confident that she did not want to pursue a career as an engineer. After graduation, Jennifer began working in management consulting with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Chicago. She found the work interesting, but a round of layoffs left her without a job two years later.  Read more

The University of Colorado business schools at Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs have been working together on an initiative called the CU Diverse Doctorates in Business (DDB) program. The goal of the program is to increase the diversity of business school professors by encouraging more of our underrepresented undergraduate students and alumni across the CU System to pursue a PhD in a business discipline and ultimately become business school professors.  Read more

Jack Kroll has built strong roots at the University of Colorado. From undergraduate to career professional to alumnus to MS graduate to Regent, Jack is one of those people that seems to jump at every opportunity to get involved, take action, and continually strive to improve the lives of everyone around him. Making the most of undergrad Jack, a Colorado native, decided to stay close to home at CU Denver and double-majored in Economics and English Literature in 2011.  Read more

Shouldn’t I know what I want to be when I grow up by now?

Not really. But the first step is to stop waiting for your passion to arrive. Ask anyone to help you figure out what you should do with your life and there’s a good chance they’ll ask, “Well, what’s your passion?” Turns out, most people (8/10) answer the passion question with either “I don’t know” or “Which one should I start with?”  Read more

With the end of the semester and the winter holiday season rapidly approaching, we encourage our CU Business School students to spend time giving back to the community surrounding and supporting us. There are a number of opportunities and affiliated programs you can engage in! The following are ways you can spend your time contributing to your community these upcoming months.

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This Maymester, CU Denver Business School students spent time abroad learning about leadership and entrepreneurship in a global context through the CU Denver in Ireland: Leadership and Entrepreneurship course offered by the Office of Global Education. For the course, students chronicled their ‘lessons learned’ through blogs. Students were immersed in the culture of the Republic of Ireland in Dublin with excursions to Belfast in Northern Ireland.  Read more