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Key Accomplishments 2025–2026

Curriculum & Enrollment Initiative

  • Participation in MBA task force to optimize curriculum and drive higher enrollment levels.
  • Participation in Accepted Student Days.
  • Piloting participation in one-on-one conversations with accepted students.

Student Engagement

Executive Mentoring Program

  • 1×1 + team coaching for business school students.
  • Provide funding for programming support.
  • Developed “Mentoring Toolkit” to enhance participation and mentoring quality.

Student Clubs

  • Support LHBS sponsored student organizations with funding of over $9,000 for special projects.

Student Awards & Scholarships

  • 3 Annual Scholarships
  • 2 Endowed Scholarships
  • 5 Annual Awards across categories of Leadership, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Community Impact, and Resilience & Resourcefulness

Faculty Summer Grant Program

Supporting $22,400 in support of 12 summer research projects.

Additional Highlights

  • Business Council membership is at all-time high with 45 members actively contributing across multiple areas of LHBS. Annual budget in excess of $60,000 to support student and faculty initiatives.
  • Engagement with faculty has never been higher. There have been dozens of guest lectures in the classroom and many referrals of students to Business Council members.
  • Completed the BASIC pilot and prepared to rollout on a large scale in the fall.
  • Sponsored 2026 Giving Days “Business Council Challenge” to raise $2,225 for the Center for Entrepreneurship.