Each year the Risk Management Society (RIMS), a leading global nonprofit dedicated to educating, engaging, and advocating for those in the risk field, sponsors a handful of top Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) students to attend the organization’s annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, CU Denver’s RMI program will be sending two of its own students to the national event, both of whom won RIMS’s prestigious Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program sponsorships.  Read more

A well connected alma mater can wield tremendous power, offering alumni a wide range of helpful services. Arguably one of the most beneficial is a strong industry connection, which provides recent graduates with the opportunity for quick job placement. That very benefit helped Health Administration MBA graduate, Josh Perrin, secure his current position at St.  Read more

A recipient of the Esteemed Business Student Scholarship, Loren Pajares overcame a challenging upbringing to pursue her dream of a career in business. She decided to attend the University of Colorado Denver Business School despite competitive offers from other top schools around the country. Loren was born in Peru and moved to the U.S. at the age of nine. After spending the family savings to enter the U.S.,  Read more

Susan Morrice knows what it takes to succeed in the energy industry, whether you work in Denver or drill wells in Latin America. Morrice knows how to take risks and overcome doubters. She knows how to build a company – and she knows how to do it all in a male-dominated industry. Morrice, the founder and chair of Belize Natural Energy, shared her story about finding oil in the small Central American country during her keynote speech at the HERWorld Global Energy Forum.  Read more

The Business Career Connections Spring 2017 Career Fair brought in 22 top-tier firms to the business school, and along with it, the event’s largest turnout to date. Electricity was in the air as late afternoon faded into evening, and the business school lobby transformed into a networking plaza, cholk-full of eager students and representatives alike. Moments before the fair was scheduled to begin, participants perused the provided spreadsheet of employers in attendance, formulating a game plan aimed at making the difficult decision of who to visit first.  Read more

According to a 2013 Quinnipiac survey, approximately two-thirds of Americans find the federal income tax system to be too complicated, and therefore resort to outsourcing the work of filing to a third party. More often than not, those who choose this option pay hefty fees for the convenience of having their taxes prepared for them. Thanks to Beta Alpha Psi’s (BAP) new tax assistance program, however, come tax day, you won’t have to pay a dime.  Read more

It’s not every day that a wide variety of top accounting firms travel to a college campus with the goal of recruiting students for employment opportunities. But at the CU Denver Business School Beta Alpha Psi’s (BAP) recent Meet & Greet, that’s exactly what happened. As a precursor to BAP’s more formal fall career fair, the Meet & Greet serves as a great opportunity for students to brush up on their networking skills and begin building relationships with alumni and future employers.  Read more