KU Leadership Challenge

Employer Information

The annual KU Leadership Challenge is open to students from both the Business and Engineering disciplines at the University of Kansas. This two-day event will take place on January 12-13, 2012.

The vision for the seminar is to develop leadership potential in sophomore and junior level students in the Schools of Business and Engineering. The program consists of bringing in speakers to assist students in understanding important leadership skills and tools, as well as include industry personnel to network and participate with the students.

There are tremendous opportunities for those corporate members who participate. Some of those opportunities include:

  • Networking with top students from both the Business and Engineering Schools
  • Getting your company's name and logo out in front of students (even those not attending the conference through advertising for the conference)
  • Personal development opportunity to enhance your own leadership skills by attending the seminar
  • Helping the students that you might potentially hire obtain the skills they need prior to coming to work at your company

Tier-level Sponsorship

This year's tier-level sponsorship is as follows:

Contribution Level

Contribution Amount

# of Corporate attendees @ seminar

Company acknowledgment in student binder
(Print deadline: 11/18/11)

B&W full page company flyer in student binder
(Print deadline: 11/18/11)

Logo on posters
(Print deadline: 9/30/11)

Logo on t-shirts
(Print deadline: 11/18/11)
Silver $250 Up to 1 yes no no
Gold $500 Up to 2 yes yes no
Platinum $1,000 Up to 2 yes yes yes

To initiate sponsorship please fill out your information on KU Career Connections/Symplicity. In order to maximize the range of career paths represented at each event, organizations will be confirmed based on availability and also career focus.

Thank you in advance for your interest and participation.

Questions about the program can be directed to:
Jolene Phillips, Business Career Services Center: (785) 864-4581; jphil@ku.edu
Cheryl Norwood, Business Career Services Center: (785) 864-8045; cnorwood@ku.edu
Cathy Schwabauer, Engineering Career Center: (785) 864-2926; cschwabauer@ku.edu
Patty Soucy, Engineering Career Center: (785) 864-4206; pasoucy@ku.edu

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