The College of Business Administration at Abilene Christian University has many experiential learning activities that offer opportunities to our students to increase the value of their education.  These activities will provide students with:

• A greater perspective on Christian business and life management,

• A competitive advantage in their job search,

• An enhancement of classroom learning and

• Hands-on application of practical business skills to use in the workforce.

By participating in these learning experiences, ACU College of Business Administration graduates will have a stronger foundation "to provide Christian service and leadership throughout the world" as they enter the workforce.

Experiential Learning Opportunities

• Distinguished Speaker Series 
  This lecture series was designed to bring Christian business leaders to campus to share their keys to success and how they have integrated Christian faith into their work...
  

• Leadership Summit
  The Leadership Summit is a course that takes place during Christmas break in Colorado: it offers a blend of dynamic speakers, practical application, skill building, and spiritual insight are all designed to  equip students for leadership in the family, at church and at work.  It also offers three semester hours of credit...
  

• Student Managed Investment Fund
  Student Trading and Research (STAR) is a student managed investment fund in which ACU juniors and seniors manage approximately $275,000...
  

• Senior Blessing
  To celebrate our graduates entry into the marketplace, this one-day event is based on the Biblical practice of bestowing a blessing on those that are about to embark on a journey...

• SpringBoard Ideas Challenge
  The SpringBoard Ideas Challenge is a mini-business plan competition for collegiate, university, and graduate students as well as faculty from institutes of higher learning within the city limits of Abilene, Texas...
  

• Study Abroad
  COBA offers study abroad courses in Oxford, England and Montevideo, Uruguay that are designed to give students a head start in business...

• Venture Out
  

  The first class in which a freshman business major participates will include this vital learning experience.  Venture Out is an in-class project requiring students to form teams and run their own businesses...

Academic Organizations

• Beta Gamma Sigma

  An International Honor Society dedicated to encouraging and honoring academic achievement in the study of business, fostering personal and professional excellence,  advancing the values of the Society, and serving its lifelong members...
  

• Marketing Club
  Marketing Club is a group of Marketing Major Students that focus on obtaining real-world experience, making contacts with marketing professionals and raising their level of academic performance...

• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  Students participate annually in the Texas SHRM student leadership conference, the HR Southwest Conference and field trips to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area...

• Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
  SIFE is the world's largest collegiate free enterprise organization.  SIFE provides leadership training, regional competitions and career opportunity fairs...
  

• Management Information Systems Fits (MISfits)
  The MISfits team is a group of people with a variety of backgrounds and majors brought together by a common interest in information systems...

• Poverty Link

  Poverty Link is a student organization established in 2007 dedicated to mobilizing students to restore dignity to economically broken communities through sustainable local and international efforts...