Lay a Solid Foundation for Your Career
Through your coursework, you'll prepare for a career by exploring concepts that shape the landscape of business. Customize your degree by pursuing your passions and collaborating with students and faculty.
Tutoring Boosts McCann's Collegiate and Professional Career
For Megan McCann, math always came naturally and working as a tutor at the College of Business gave her the skills to become a champion. Teaching others helped her develop a new perspective that led her to first place in the statistical analysis competition at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) National Leadership Online Experience. The academic success helped her launch her career as an actuarial assistant at a Fortune 500 company.
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A practice interview for a class opened the door for Maluba Mundundulu to do an internship with KPMG, an international accounting firm. That internship lead to a full-time job offer for after graduation.
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You’ve got great ideas, but can you sell them? Each year, students compete in the Quick Pitch Competition where they’ve got three minutes to pitch one idea. Those interested in entrepreneurship often take the idea and build it out into a business plan to pitch at the New Venture Competition to possibly win the $15,000 grand prize.
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Through connections Marcus Gaspar made in the college and the Certificate for Sales Excellence program, he’s done multiple internships in the sports industry. From these, he’s ready for his career with experience in sports marketing, sponsorship sales, sponsorship activation, promotions, game operations and customer service.
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With hands-on career development integrated into the curriculum, Kennedy Johnston found the Professional Enhancement Program (PrEP) courses well-timed to prepare her for the next step in her path toward her career.
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Lay a Solid Foundation for Grad School
Your academic experiences will prepare you for graduate school by sharpening your critical thinking, problem-solving and research skills. Customize your education through programs like the law and business minor, which is taught by law school faculty, or International Business Select, which offers special research opportunities.
Courses That Prepare You for Graduate School
Reid Brost believes the law and business minor facilitates his career aspirations in a variety of ways, including preparing him to pass the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
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Mayte Dingman juggled family, work and military duties while earning an accounting degree. By using her top CliftonStrength® of Responsibility, she also found her way around a few obstacles on her route to becoming a certified public accountant (CPA).
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Bailee Steinle, ’22, an accounting graduate student from Lincoln, Nebraska, was recently accepted into the Financial Accounting Foundation Postgraduate Technical Assistant program. She became the eighth graduate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to join the prestigious accounting program.
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Coursework in the Nebraska Business Honors Academy and for his pre-medicine track sharpened Trevor Lockard’s problem-solving skills. The Husker now tackles med school so he can become a doctor.
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As a two-time graduate of Nebraska, with a degree in international business and an MBA, Andrew Hanna earned his Ph.D. with the support of faculty like Dr. Sam Nelson.
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Collaborate 1-to-1 Through Research
Dive deep to examine big ideas alongside faculty. You can create a strong foundation for graduate school by choosing from a number of research-focused programs, including the university’s undergraduate research program, Bureau of Business Research scholars who do economic research, and the International Business Select program, to name a few.
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Digging through data on the gender wage gap with faculty, Kennedy Johnston gained valuable research skills that will help her in her career in public policy and law.
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The connections at the College of Business helped lead Aaron Wang to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a master's degree.
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As an International Business Select Scholar, Quincey Bernard not only went abroad to Panama to help a company create a plan to export teakwood to the U.S., he got the opportunity to research international entrepreneurship and present his findings at the International Business Summit.
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UNL on Exposure
For the third year, Husker undergraduates discussed their research and creative activity face-to-face with state senators. The April 16 poster presentations featured 47 students presenting their work on 38 research projects with direct impacts on Nebraska. Following the event, students moved their research posters to a display area in the Nebraska State Capitol.
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Connect With Your Professors
Professors at Nebraska Business don’t just give lectures – they inspire, encourage and challenge you. Most importantly, you’ll have the opportunity to connect 1-to-1 with them as you work toward your goals.
Teaching Customized Toward Students’ Strengths
What makes being a strengths-based business school a gamechanger? A professor like Jill Trucke can create a better class experience for you based on her students’ top strengths. This is possible because you take the CliftonStrengths® assessment your first year to launch your leadership development.
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Dr. Kalu Osiri went from a chemistry lab to global education. His multicultural upbringing in Benin, West Africa, laid the foundation for his current work as director of the International Business Program in the College of Business.
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Dr. Jennifer Davidson knows the determination it takes to be successful against all odds. The economics professor was the first women to join her high school’s football team.
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Getting to know Megan Whittaker in a business analytics course he taught, Özgür Araz encouraged her to apply for the prestigious WiST fellowship program. The first Nebraska student to be chosen, she spent her summer using her business analytics minor while interning at Titleist, a golf equipment company.
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To welcome students to campus, Dr. Danny Tannenbaum shared advice for students starting their journey at Nebraska.
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Apply the Skills You Learn in Class
At Nebraska, you won't have to wait until graduation to apply the skills you learn in class. Through internships, you can take what you've learned and start making advances toward your chosen career path. Not only will internships help you stretch your strengths through real-world experience, but they will also help your application stand out when applying to your first job or a graduate program.
Your Business Skills Benefit Any Endeavor
Aaryan Naik of Omaha pursued an economics major because of its wide applicability in many areas. After graduation, he plans to work in renewable energy, and his classes and involvement prepared him to make a big impact.
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Spending a summer studying and interning in Barcelona, Spain, Jessica Ha, gained insight about how culture plays a role in business decisions and influences government policies. Today, the international business alum uses the professional and life skills honed when interning abroad while working for a global digital marketing company in New York City.
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Olivia Coffey always had an interest for international trade and foreign policy. However, the opportunity to gain experience in the field proved challenging until she heard about an internship at the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance.
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When she came to the university, Chloe Higgins never would have imagined that her first full-time, “big kid” internship would take place in her hometown of Nebraska City. Working for the Nebraska Community Foundation, she spent the summer documenting community assets, conducting research by interviewing local leaders, and helping with numerous other meaningful projects - all of which have given her a new appreciation for where she comes from.
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Although all College of Business students receive strengths-based training to enlighten their careers and personal lives, some Student Strengths Coaches delve further through an Advanced Strengths for Coaches and Managers course. In the course, Connor Castleman engaged in one-on-one coaching and leading workshops with business professionals in Lincoln. The 100-hour consulting internship enabled him to further develop his interests in sales, psychology, leadership and business.
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Experiences Expanding Beyond the Classroom
You can get the most out of your academic experience by getting involved outside of the classroom in clubs and organizations.
Turn Classroom Knowledge into a Successful Startup
Economics major Reid Gahan learned the process of making a startup in one of his classes. With the help of a friend, a mentor and a faculty member, he started an ice cream delivery company Ice Cream Bro while in college.
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Andee Capell served as a mentor for the DREAMBIG Academy and First Husker – two programs that are helping first-generation and underrepresented students achieve their college goals. Her passion for helping students like herself also led her to found a campus organization for her fellow Black students in accounting.
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Members of the Husker Venture Fund (HVF), a student-led venture capital fund, awarded their debut investment of $25,000 to startup Sentinel Fertigation. HVF seeks to bridge the funding gap early-stage startups in Nebraska often experience.
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Nine Honors Academy students spent a week in Panama through a course in global engagement where they created business plans and navigated international affairs.
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Jake Bowman started a student-led Name, Image and Likeness Advisor program to guide student-athletes through the new and vast applications of NIL and help them find success.
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