EKUBusiness offers many professional development opportunities for business students that will enhance their educational experience and provide a discipline-specific focus to career development goals.

• The Professional Skills Conference provides a setting in which students have the opportunity to hear professionals share their views about critical skills that new graduates need in order to succeed in the real world. Each year, students who are enrolled in College of Business and Technology 300- and 400-level courses attend the conference, which began in 1997. Graduating seniors also attend the corporate-style luncheon where they have the opportunity to meet and network with area employers and meet distinguished EKU alumni.
  
  


• The Distinguished Speaker Series brings accomplished executives to campus each fall to share their insights directly with students.
  
  
• Cooperative Education and internships allow students to work directly in their field through the largest cooperative education program in Kentucky.
  
  
• Professionally affiliated student organizations give our students the opportunity to develop leadership characteristics.


• Career days and other career development opportunities, such as resume preparation, mock interviews, and shadowing, are provided by EKU Career Services.
  
  
• Attendance at professional conferences expose students to working professionals in their field.
  
  
• Tours of business and industry sites also give students a birds eye view of how different sectors function in real time.
  
  
• Students are engaged and mentored by faculty advisors and student/faculty relationships are further developed through collaborative projects.