Areas of Support
School of Business

Please join us in making sure our students continue to receive the skills, knowledge and hands-on experience they need to be the business leaders of tomorrow.

Areas of Support
School of Business

Please join us in making sure our students continue to receive the skills, knowledge and hands-on experience they need to be the business leaders of tomorrow.

Toward Powerful Connections

Nurturing Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

The KU School of Business is booming. A record number 931 freshmen joined us in fall 2023. Since 2017, our overall enrollment has grown by more than 45%. Better yet, at least 85% of our undergraduate students have been employed six months after graduation.

Susan Scholz
Interim Dean, School of Business
Stanley P. Porter Professor
Ready to give to the School of Business to support these initiatives?
CONTACT:
David Byrd-Stadler
Team Lead, Business Development
785-832-7308
John Breford
Business Development
785-832-7345
Jared Latta
Business Development
785-832-7476

To fuel all of this growth, we continue to hire exceptional faculty — professors like Deb Dey, whose research examines today’s technology-driven society. KU Business faculty propel our academic reputation with their publications in leading journals and awards for excellence in teaching.

Students in the School of Business gain unique educational experiences, tailored to their interests and career aspirations. Our Business Professional Development Program ensures that they develop a career plan and engage with potential employers from their first day as a Business Jayhawk. This leads to students like Garrison Green and Blake Bruno securing impressive internships and professional opportunities. Our students also get to explore and hone their potential through unique enrichment programs that offer everything from mentorship to leadership development.

PARTNERING WITH US

Now is the time to make a transformative gift to the School of Business to address the following priorities:

Expanding the quality and quantity of scholarly research

Your investment will galvanize efforts to recruit and retain top-tier researchers. It also will broaden opportunities for KU Business faculty and doctoral students to pursue their research agendas, strengthening our overall stature and impact.

Enriching the student experience

Your support propels student success, ensuring we can continue providing excellent business education. Your gifts translate to expanded career-focused programming as part of our Business Professional Development Program; enhanced access to international experiences; more learning opportunities in our certificate programs; and advanced enrichment programs, such as our Business Leadership Program, Jack Dicus Business Honors Program or Jennett Finance Scholars Program.

Strengthening communities at KU and beyond

Your gift will spark innovation and foster community, supporting spaces for students of all majors to explore business topics and ideas. True to Kansas’ rich history of entrepreneurship, the School of Business’ entrepreneurial programming help KU students transform ideas into products or services that benefit our society and economy. Your investment also sustains programming that serves students from all backgrounds so that they can excel academically, professionally and personally.

OUR STORIES

KU School of Business a top 10 program for CPA exam
The University of Kansas School of Business accounting program ranks among the top 10 in the nation according to the CPA Success Index, a metric that evaluates how well collegiate accounting programs prepare students for the CPA exam.
KU students tackle ‘wicked problems’ to improve disability employment outcomes
In spring 2024, Charlotte Tritch, lecturer and director of entrepreneurship degree programs in the Management and Entrepreneurship academic area, tasked her ENTR 490 Solving Wicked Problems class with a seemingly impossible problem to solve.
Gift creates scholarships for former Summer Venture in Business participants
A gift from University of Kansas alumna Rebecca Lyons, who worked at Johnson & Johnson for more than 30 years, will provide scholarships for School of Business students who previously participated in its Summer Venture in Business program.
KU RedTire program, community organizations help retain Russell County’s only dentistry practice
Michael Jones had been considering retiring from his career as a dentist in Russell for the past four years. He worried about the effect on the community, knowing that Russell Dental Care was the county’s only dental practice.
Entrepreneurship programs provide community, support across diverse student journeys at KU
KU fifth-year student Emma Gordon enrolled in an entrepreneurship course her junior year after realizing she wanted to experience a world beyond her psychology major.
Nerding out about professionalism in the School of Business
Stephanie Schmitz wants students in the KU School of Business to have fun while getting serious about professionalism.

ALL AREAS OF SUPPORT

Libraries
When you support KU Libraries, you support all Jayhawks. Your gift empowers the discoveries made, the stories written, the minds expanded with impacts that shine across the university, the greater community and the world.
Lied Center
A gift to the Lied Center in support of this initiative will allow the program to expand, eventually reaching all 104 counties in Kansas outside of Lawrence on an annual basis in perpetuity.
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