Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

The Trulaske College of Business was well-represented between two of the top three finishing teams at the 2020 Mizzou Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator finals. The two teams included an execMBA student winning first place and a BS BA management senior as a member of the third place team.

The Trulaske College of Business saw wide representation at the second Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) Student Accelerator program pitch competition. Five of the 11 entrepreneurial pitches advancing to the next round were presented by Trulaske students. These students will participate in several workshop and entrepreneurial pitch sessions before presenting again at another pitch competition in March.

Sarah B. Kent joined the Trulaske College of Business in March as the new vice director of the Financial Research Institute (FRI). As vice director, Kent oversees Trulaske’s research center that focuses on the service areas of finance. Through its public utilities division, the FRI has become a central resource for discussion among those in the public utility sector and about public utility policies. She works with the FRI advisory board, on which the members of 18 states’ public utilities commissions serve.

Ten Trulaske College of Business students and their advisor received awards at the annual state career development conference for the Collegiate DECA Missouri Association, held February 27-28, 2020, in Lake Ozark, Missouri.

The Diverse Student Association and the Trulaske College of Business hosted 120 students and 23 employers at the annual Bottom Line for Diversity Conference February 21 on the University of Missouri campus.

2020 Undergraduate Student Leadership Award Payton Carter

Seven Trulaske College of Business undergraduates received this year’s Mizzou ’39 honors. Each year, the Mizzou Alumni Associations recognizes 39 outstanding seniors for their academic performance, commitment to leadership and service to the community. Read more about this year’s seven honorees:

The business world is no stranger to buzzwords or jargon. As current and future leaders of industry, Mizzou business students, faculty and alumni appropriately throw around their fair share. However, thanks to the thoughtful generosity of one Trulaske College of Business alumna, the business community has one more key term to add to its repertoire – kindness.

During Fall 2019, the Allen Angel Capital Education Fund (AACE) evaluated around 70 companies and heard 20 of them pitch investment from the fund. AACE invests real capital into startups across the Midwest and is in the final stages of negotiations with some of the companies they heard from this fall. In October, the team took a trip to St. Louis for educational and deal sourcing purposes. There, they met with BioGenerator, Arch Grants, T-Rex, The Yield Lab, Cultivation Capital and Arch Angels.

The Trulaske College of Business hosted its third E. & J. Gallo Winery Collegiate Sales Competition on October 24-25 with seven schools represented at the marketing case competition and sales role play competition. Each school was represented two students who presented as a team in the marketing case competition and as individuals in the sales role play competition. An overall award was presented to Western Michigan University.