Endless Opportunities
It’s not enough to be trained in your field. You need real experience.
At the Lundquist College of Business, you’ll gain hands-on experience managing more than $1 million in real dollars through our UO Investment Group or by working directly with companies as a member of our student-run Oregon Consulting Group. And that’s just the beginning. From internships to class projects, study abroad, and more, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to explore career paths and build your resume.
Centers of Excellence
At the heart of the Lundquist College of Business's vision and mission are our four centers of excellence. Immersed in the college's "learning by doing" approach to business education, the centers set us apart and help advance the work of our talented research-productive faculty members.
Travel and Site Visits
At the Lundquist College of Business, we prepare our students to thrive in the world of global business. We offer several site visit and travel opportunities both locally and abroad to let students experience the culture, history, and politics of other economies.
Students tour companies and factories, participate in marketing events, attend lectures given by executives at leading firms, and network with top executives.
Join the Flock
Find out how studying business here can take you most anywhere you want to go.
Connect with an Admissions Officer
Lauren Sims
Class of 2023
“It opens doors that I never would have thought about. You’ll meet people in business. You’ll learn a lot.”
Career and Professional Development
The Lundquist College offers several programs, groups, and projects for students to strengthen their career and professional development. Manage live money across several portfolios. Choose from a collection of short courses to develop cutting-edge essential skills. Participate in a student team that provides strategic recommendations to real companies. However you decide to expand your career and professional skills, we have the opportunities.
What's it like to be a Duck?
Find out what it's like to be a student at the Lundquist College by attending an info session or talking with a current student. Learn about our centers of excellence, study abroad opportunities, professional development offerings, and more.
Connor Bussey ’19
“The UO gave us an opportunity to start groups and network in an environment where it’s easier to connect because people want to help you on your career journey.”
Student Clubs and Organizations
The college actively supports and encourages student participation in clubs as a vital component of the college experience. Not only do clubs give students an opportunity to interact and learn from peers, but they also provide the opportunity to bring together and apply lessons learned from various courses in a hands-on setting. Club activities include everything from organizing events, seminars, fundraising for local nonprofits, guest speakers, field trips, site visits, and career development workshops to networking and managing real stock portfolios.
Guest Speakers and Executives
Hundreds of business leaders come to the UO campus every year to share their insights with students in workshops and lectures, via a guest speaker series, or as part of executive-in-residence programs. Students in both our Eugene and Portland programs benefit from these experiences as well as make important connections with business leaders and industry professionals.
Upcoming Events
This is a two-part series occurring on May 3rd and May 17th from 12-4pm. Participants who attend both days of this program and fulfill all requirements are eligible to earn a Power BI Essentials microcredential from the Lundquist College of Business. Enrollment Deadline: Friday, April 26th Today and every day in the future, organizations you will work for will collect vast amounts of data - and your challenge will be to make sense of it. Excel spreadsheets have their place, but they're static, limited in their ability to visualize data, and time-consuming to build and use. In this training, you will be equipped with the skills to move beyond the confines of stagnant data and transform it into a living, breathing dashboard. After this training, you will be able to confidently use Power BI to: Transform data: Format data to extract actionable insights. Create data models: Present your data intuitively and in a visually engaging way, making it easier for your audience to understand complex information. Visualize data: Tell the story of your data in quick, responsive analytics. Share assets: The power of automation ensures that your data reaches the right people at the right time. In a data-driven world, your ability to extract meaningful insights and make informed decisions is a game-changer.
Power BI empowers you with the skills you need to drive decision-making processes, giving you a competitive edge in the job market. NACE Competency Alignment: Critical Thinking, Technology About Professional Edge: Professional Edge is an industry-informed collection of short courses designed to help students develop cutting-edge skills essential in the modern job market. Build targeted, practical skills in an interactive and engaging format and distinguish yourself in a field of other job applicants. As a participant, you'll receive guidance from instructors informed by the latest business trends and leave with tangible tools and stories you can leverage in your career search.
Enroll by the April 26th deadline to secure your spot!
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
You’ve already heard that AI is reshaping the professional landscape. In this two-hour interactive workshop, you will learn how Generative AI tools are being integrated into various industries today, and how you can leverage prompting techniques to gain a competitive edge in your career.
Overview of Generative AI in the Workplace: The workshop begins with an engaging overview of how generative AI is reshaping work. You'll gain insights into real-world applications, from automating routine tasks to driving innovation in fields like marketing, design, and data analysis. This section aims to provide you with a solid understanding of AI's current role and potential in a professional setting.
Learn Prompting Tips and Skills: The core of the workshop focuses on developing practical prompting skills. We'll explore techniques for crafting effective prompts that can aid in common workplace tasks such as report writing, data interpretation, creative brainstorming, and problem-solving. Through interactive examples and guided exercises, you will learn how to communicate with AI tools to get the best results for your specific needs.
Create and Share Work-Ready Prompts: The final segment is all about putting your new skills into action. You'll have the opportunity to create your own prompts tailored to hypothetical work scenarios. This hands-on experience is designed to build your confidence in using generative AI as a collaborative tool. At the end of the session, we'll share and discuss these prompts in small groups, providing feedback and ideas on how to refine and apply them in real work environments.
Who Should Attend? Students of all majors, alumni, and UO faculty and staff who are interested in staying ahead of the curve in the evolving job market and experimenting with generative AI tools.
NACE Competency Alignment:
Critical Thinking Communication Technology
About the instructor:
Nicolle Merrill has spent the last 6 years working at the intersection of education, AI and design. In 2019, she published the book Punch Doubt in the Face: How to Upskill, Change Careers, and Beat the Robots to help employees at all levels adapt to AI in the workplace. Prior to working in AI, Nicolle worked in coaching and executive training at Yale School of Management. She founded Boring AI to combine her love of training with her background in Ai to help people build critical AI literacy skills for a rapidly changing workplace. Nicolle has spoken at conferences in the US and internationally. She’s never met an audience she didn’t love.
This event is being co-hosted by Professional Edge and the UO Alumni Association Duck Career Network.
About Professional Edge:
Professional Edge is an industry-informed collection of short courses designed to help students develop cutting-edge skills essential in the modern job market.
Build targeted, practical skills in an interactive and engaging format and distinguish yourself in a field of other job applicants. As a participant, you'll receive guidance from instructors informed by the latest business trends and leave with tangible tools and stories you can leverage in your career search.
Learning Spaces
Students at the Lundquist College have access to two on-site innovation labs, each providing students with hands-on experience using specialized equipment to develop business ideas, and design and test prototypes. The college is also home to the Business Research Institute, the hub for developing relationships between customers, researchers, businesses, and agencies.
Eugene Campus
- Business Academic Residential Community (BizARC) Innovation Lab
- Business Research Institute (BRI)
Portland Building
- Sports Product Management (SPM) Innovation Lab
Academic Learning Experiences
At the Lundquist College of Business, we offer students a range of academic experiences to help make connections, gain skills for a diverse world of business, and build a lifelong community so they can go on to do great things in the world.