Heider College of Business Dean’s Fund

Support the real-world experiences that help our students thrive.

Students and the dean talk in the Harper Center.

Enhancing the student experience

When you give to the Heider College of Business’ dean's fund, you help us develop and strengthen the many innovative programs enhancing the student experience.  

Our students excel because we reinforce our cutting-edge curriculum with real-world learning experiences and a service-focused mission. Through service trips, internships and more, we offer opportunities for our students to grow their skills and advance their careers.  

Your support provides funding for dozens of initiatives, including Bloomberg Terminals, StartUp Collaborative Internships, the Wharton Research Data System and the iJay Store, the only student-run Apple-authorized campus store in the world. 

Thank you for supporting this top-tier business education — ranked in the top 2% by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. 

Heider College of Business

A top-tier Jesuit business education that is accessible to all our excellent students.

92%

complete at least one internship

as an undergraduate student

20%

Top 20% of business schools

in the world

99%

success rate

About 99% of our graduates are employed, volunteering or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.

A world-class business education 

Business is more than a series of transactions, and a Heider College of Business education strives to be more than a degree. We are a community driven by our values and committed to service in the world of business.  

Our namesake, Creighton alumnus Charles “Charlie” Heider, BSC’49, HON’10, and his wife, Mary, valued ethical leadership — a responsibility we’ve held close since 1920. 

As our alumni know, our students receive a transformative education from a Jesuit university renowned for developing ethical and socially responsible leaders.  

Today, there are more than 10,000 Creighton business alumni making a difference in the world. And we mean to make thousands more — forming future leaders in the Jesuit tradition. 

Contact a Director of Development 

Katrina Rieff

Katrina Spiess
Senior Director of Development, Heider College of Business and School of Medicine
Kspiess@creighton.edu
402.280.5286

Jennifer Taniguchi

World-ready

“Every penny helps to educate students, but it doesn’t end there. It helps students truly prepare for internships and jobs, whether that’s here (in Omaha) or Hawaii or places on the other side of the world.”

— Jennifer Taniguchi, BSBA'18, from Hilo, Hawaii

Brisa Banuelos, Heider College of Business

So many opportunities

“I went to a smaller high school and wanted to continue to have those close relationships with my professors, where they know who I am, where I’m not just someone who’s anonymous in a classroom of more than 100 people. “At Creighton, there’s such a great sense of community. And the University has presented me with so many opportunities and great experiences.”

— Brisa Banuelos, Heider College of Business

HCOB student Kevin Zeller

DOING SOME GOOD

“Looking back to when I first started at Creighton, I see that I've grown more confident in my strengths and more certain of how best to use them. Any college matures students to an extent. But Creighton — with its Jesuit values, great resources and amazing professors — sends you into the world fully prepared and ready to do some good.”

— Kevin Zeller, Heider College of Business

Henry Boulay, Grit Scholar collage

All in for Creighton: Henry’s defining moment

Heider senior Henry Boulay’s journey to Creighton began with a surprise — a Grit Scholarship that made him “all in for Creighton.” Now starting his career in financial planning, he is grateful for the community and opportunities the scholarship made possible.

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