Kent State University's College of Business Administration To Host Student Scholars Showcase

KENT, Ohio - Sept. 2, 2016 - PRLog -- Kent State University's College of Business Administration will host its fourth annual VanBenthuysen Top Student Scholars Showcase on Friday, October 7. The event will take place at the Kent State University Ballroom in the Student Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The showcase brings together top undergraduate and graduate business students with a 3.0 GPA or higher and offers organizations an opportunity to network with top students and create an interview schedule for the day.

To participate, students must complete a three-step process to prepare for the showcase: a resume review, mock interview and a professional development workshop. These requirements will prepare students for a successful showcase enabling them to network effectively with corporate recruiters.

"The VanBenthuysen Top Student Scholar Showcase is a unique event in that it provides an early look at our highest performing students, given they must complete three requirement to be able to attend," said Erin Nunn, Director in the Career Services Office. "Unlike a traditional career fair, the opportunity to pre-select students to interview one-on-one throughout the day in addition to networking makes it a worthwhile investment for recruiters."

The College's dedicated on-site Career Services Office is comprised of two staff teams who coordinate the showcase; the Career Advising Team who works to provide successful internships and career searches through customized career advising and career development workshops and the Employer Relations Team which partners with corporations for recruitment and hiring by connecting them with talented business students.

For more information about the College of Business Administration's Career Services Office, visit http://www.kent.edu/careers.

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Kent State University's College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The College has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 106 full-time faculty from 16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, and is one of only three public business colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting, M.S. in Business Analytics and M.A. in Economics are specialized master's degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to be endorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for providing Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Office and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Media Contacts:
Joni Bowen, Public Relations and Media Specialist, (330) 672-1279, jbowen1@kent.edu

Michelle Parrish Manning, Director of Marketing Communications, (330) 672-2717, mparris3@kent.edu