Kansas State University

Leading a student organization and finding her passion for accounting are two things Bonnie Boos has done in her first two years at Kansas State. The sophomore from Salina, Kansas, declared her accounting major in the spring semester of 2014.

She credits her sister for introducing her to the College of Business Administration. Coming from a small high school, Sacred Heart in Salina, Boos didn’t have the opportunity to take business courses until starting at K-State. With her older sister graduating from the College of Business Administration, Boos came to Manhattan for a campus visit. On her visit she saw the passion of everyone in the college and this fueled her motivation to pursue a business major.

“The feeling of home and friendliness of K-State and Manhattan are what I enjoy the most,” said Boos. “It’s a great place to come for college and there are endless opportunities to meet new people and get involved.”

With involvement in the Beginning a Promising Profession (BAPP) Club, her sorority, Professional Advantage Advocates and being President for Cats for a Cure, Boos’ calendar stays quite full. Her advice to incoming students is to get involved early and stay organized by using a planner because there are so many things you can get involved with. “Attend the K-State activities fair to see everything that’s out there and get brochures from all tables, even if you aren’t sure you are interested in joining,” Boos said.

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With the start of the Spring 2015 Semester, many recruitment and campus visit opportunities are available to your students. Seniors are starting to make their final college decision and Juniors should take this as an opportunity to jump start their college search before they enter senior year.

For Seniors graduating this spring, the Office of Admissions offers two Senior Days during the spring semester. Senior Day is a good opportunity to explore academics, student life, housing options, and financial aid and scholarships.

Juniors have the opportunity to attend a Junior Day during the spring semester. Junior Day is a great way to experience most of the things done on Senior Day, but with other high school juniors.

CBA Day is the College of Business Administration’s recruitment dates during the spring semester. The day allows students to shadow business courses, meet with current business students, faculty, and staff, and get a sense of what it’s really like to be a business student at K-State.

The College of Business Administration is also happy to host group visits for high school business classes. If you are interested in arranging a group visit, please contact us and we are happy to work with you in scheduling a group visit.

It’s hard to believe that we are in a new year, with the end of 2014 swinging into the beginning of 2015! Hopefully we all accomplished our goals from last year and are striving towards new goals during the new year.

In the College of Business Administration we are working on the following:

• Continuing construction on the new business building, scheduled to be complete before the Fall 2016 semester
• Improving our current professional development program, Professional Advantage and Executive Mentor
• Getting ready to update our CBA view book publication for future students
• Working to hire a Career Coach to lead our students in career preparation and development before they start at K-State, while at K-State, and after graduation

Hope you have a wonderful year and thanks for making a difference in student learning by teaching future leaders!