One-of-a-kind RMI Program fills need in industry that expects 60 percent of workforce to reach retirement age within 10 years Angela Carey has a problem that is the envy of most university students: She already works in her field. In fact, by working full time, she has made the decision to spread her last three classes over two semesters. Carey (right) expects to graduate in December 2015, when she’ll ramp up even further into one of the hottest fields in the United States.  Read more

The Esteemed Business School Student Scholarship is the most prestigious scholarship offered by the CU Denver Business School. The scholarship is designed to retain Colorado’s best and brightest graduating high school seniors in the state and to bring these talented students to the Business School. Incoming Fall freshmen who graduate at the top of their high school class are encouraged to inquire about scholarships.  Read more

DENVER— The Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Program awarded more than $40,000 in scholarships in Fall 2014 to 42 students enrolled in the RMI program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Scholarships have provided a strong recruiting tool for the RMI program, as they encourage students to take RMI courses and to consider an industry with which they may otherwise be unfamiliar.  Read more

“I had no idea.” Kirill Buzinov, a recent University of Colorado Denver Business School Financial Management undergraduate, received a Business School Student Club Leaders Scholarship without ever applying for it. It was not gifted to him because he looks nice in a suit, but because he demonstrated strong leadership skills in a student organization, specifically CU Denver Finance and Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Club.  Read more

The Business School at the University of Colorado Denver has recently announced it will offer its first continuing professional education (CPE) course for tax professionals. The course is entitled “Recent Proposed Treasury Regulations Affecting the Taxation of Partnership Loss Transfers and Mandatory Basis Adjustments under Subchapter K.” The purpose of the course is to provide participants with a basic understanding of Internal Revenue Code sections 704(c)(1)(C), 743(d), and 734(d), and how to apply the regulations to affecting partners and partnerships.  Read more

DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship recently announced that it will offer scholarship awards to students registered in graduate entrepreneurship classes during the summer of 2014—including Maymester classes. This represents a great opportunity for students, both current and prospective, to learn about entrepreneurship from the phenomenal faculty at the Jake Jabs Center.  Read more

The OneBeacon Insurance Group Charitable Trust has made a scholarship gift of $10,000 to the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program at University of Colorado Denver Business School. This is the first gift from OneBeacon Insurance Group to the RMI program and it will continue the program’s goal to recruit more students into the insurance industry workforce. A large proportion of risk management and insurance employees are expected to retire in the next five years, and as Denver grows as an insurance and business hub, it will require an increasing number of new industry professionals.  Read more