- Oracle (Cerner Corporation)
- UMB
- ESPN
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Federal Reserve Bank
- Kauffman Foundation
- Sam’s Club
- Country Financial
- EPA
- M&I Bank
- State Farm Insurance
- Waddell and Reed Financial Advisors
- Hallmark
- Commerce Bank
- Children’s Mercy Hospital
- Northwestern Mutual
- Garmin
- State Street
- Stern Brothers
- KMBZ Radio
- Board of Prisons
- Target
- City of North Kansas City
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Geico
- C.H. Robinson

Business
Business Major at William Jewell
The Department of Business and Leadership provides a mix of professional experience and in-depth examination of business concepts.

Interests & Attributes:
- Business & Leadership
- Global Leadership
- Innovative
Goals for Student Learning
Our mentoring program encourages career exploration by connecting you with professionals in your field of interest, and networking helps you connect with local business executives, entrepreneurs and alumni on campus.
With our B.S. in business major, you will master these skills:
- Analytical Thinking – Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of how to access business and to critically analyze complex material in order to evaluate evidence, construct reasoned arguments and communicate both inferences and conclusions.
- Multiple Framing – Students will be able to analyze individuals, systems, businesses and societies through multiple frames of reference.
- Reflective Exploration of Meaning – Students will have the ability to see things beyond utility and to wrestle with the self-reflective aspects of learning, to raise questions, recognize the human side of business and approach things in an ethical manner.
- Practical Reasoning – Students will learn to articulate how key theoretical principles can
be used to explain individual, organizational and system processes to inform business policy, decision-making and practical approaches to human and business issues across multiple contexts.
Follow Your Interests
You will collaborate with seasoned faculty who have strong academic backgrounds and life experience. They challenge you to follow your passions while preparing you to make an impact in the business and nonprofit sector.
Business majors must choose an area of emphasis:
- Finance
- Management
- Marketing
- Sports Management
We also offer a major in Accounting.
Beyond Jewell
Employers consider internships a key tool to identify and hire top entry-level candidates in an intensely competitive marketplace. In recent years, Jewell students have interned and started their careers at a variety of businesses and nonprofit organizations.
- George Washington University
- Harvard Business School
- London School of Economics
- Notre Dame
- Oxford
- Stanford
- University of Kansas
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Wake Forest
- Washington University (St. Louis)
- William and Mary
- Burns and McDonnell
- Commerce Bank
- ESPN
- Federal Reserve Bank
- Frito-Lay
- Garmin
- Grant Thornton US
- H&R Block
- Kansas City Chiefs
- MMGY Global
- Meara Welch Browne, P.C.
- Northrop Grumman
- Northwestern Mutual
Oracle (Cerner Corporation) - Travelers Insurance
- U.S. Marine Corps
- USDA







