The SoBEL Advantage
Extensive opportunities to engage the real world.
Your opportunities are endless at the Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership (SoBEL). Through real-world experience and rigorous academics, you will explore and develop your dreams. Here you will find a network of people eager to help you succeed.
Your team at SoBEL, consists of faculty members and staff, professional mentors, employer advisors and partners, school alumni, and your fellow classmates. They will help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to compete in business and to impact the world.
This is how the Busse School of Business prepares you to make a difference:
Signature Co-Op Programs
Launched in Fall 2009, our newly designed Busse EPIC programs give you the opportunity to earn 2+ years of paid, for-credit work experience and graduate in 4 years. EPIC students spend 4-6 month rotations in each of the key functional areas of successful businesses while taking a reduced course load.
Internship-based Programs
The School of Business offers new programs that hone an entrepreneurial mindset through a challenging classroom-based curriculum. This program offers rigorous academics, nine months of internship experience, and opportunities to travel abroad.
Learning through service
The SoBEL experience gives you the skills to succeed in business. At SoBEL, you will learn to use your knowledge to impact the community and the world around you. As a student at SoBEL, a school rooted in the Catholic-Franciscan tradition, you will have the opportunity to work on business-related service projects. You will have the opportunity to improve the quality of life of the people you serve.
Mentorship by business executives
Learning from experienced business professionals outside the classroom is a key part of your experience at SoBEL. Your mentor will help you develop business acumen and an understanding of what it takes to succeed and lead in the business world.
Mentors support students throughout their time at SoBEL often serving as coaches on major class assignments. They assist your career exploration and planning by discussing their own professional experiences. Mentors also serve as key networking resources by making introductions to contacts in the student's areas of interests.
For-credit management of real client projects
Under the leadership of our faculty, you will engage in a number of community-based initiatives. Teams of SoBEL students partner with regional organizations through class projects to offer solutions to real-time challenges. You will develop critical decision-making, leadership, and teamwork skills while gaining career-related experience and building your professional network.
Participation in Entrepreneurship Center activities
The Entrepreneurship Center (EC) integrates a variety of resources that help turn your dreams into reality. Students participate in overseas travel experiences, business plan competitions, business boot camps, and student organizations. The Center hosts an annual CEO Forum that provides opportunities for you to learn from Northeast Indiana's most successful business entrepreneurs and leaders. The EC also provides opportunities for you to be mentored by the Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee.
The Entrepreneurship Center provides a fertile atmosphere where students can gain the skills necessary to thrive in today's economic climate.