Watch The Hatch® LIVE on YouTube!
A glimpse inside the state-of-the-art Robert W. and Patricia A. Maurer Center
Go inside the Maurer Center, one of the most innovative and collaborative learning environments for business education in the nation.

Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m.
Watch BGSU student entrepreneurs (hatchlings) present their business ideas to alumni investors, vying for funds to launch their businesses in a format similar to the popular television show “Shark Tank.” To date, more than $600,000 has been committed to student startups through The Hatch.
Robert W. and Patricia A. Maurer Center Grand Opening and Dedication
Friday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m.
The Maurer Center is the brand new, state-of-the-art home of the Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business. Join us for a special dedication to recognize some of the supporters who made this world-class addition to BGSU possible, as well as a virtual look at some of the building’s stunning features.


Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Hall of Fame
Saturday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m.
This award recognizes BGSU graduates, honorary degree holders and members of the regional community who have achieved distinction for founding, leading or building a new business enterprise for five years or more. The honorees have demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit that has helped to shape our economies and improved our quality of life. Read about this year’s honorees
Stand Out. Go Far.
Careers Start Here.
Ranked among the top business programs by Poets&Quants, U.S. News and World Report, the Princeton Review and Bloomberg Businessweek, the AACSB accredited Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business is where careers begin. It's more than rankings: it's how, and what, our students learn. Led by faculty paving the way for business innovation through cutting-edge research, students develop real-world business skills and an understanding of the global marketplace through interactive learning programs and internships. Our graduates are sought-after and highly marketable. The proof is in the numbers.
#32
Best Public Undergraduate Business Program
- Poets&Quants
94%
of graduates have a job within 6 months
$54K
average starting salary for graduates
Degree Specializations
Your Business Plan.
Your future starts with a plan. The BGSU Schmidthorst College of Business offers a wide selection of top-ranked specializations to give students an edge among the competition. Home to innovative programs like sales and services marketing, insurance and an entrepreneurship minor, we’re dedicated to a personalized, interactive learning experience that jump-starts your path to success.

















Belong.
The Falcon Family.
When you're part of the Falcon Family, you'll get noticed. You'll be part of a Falcon network working in every state in the U.S., and in countries around the world. Our Business Career Accelerator, exclusively dedicated to the Schmidthorst College of Business, connects students with its 1,000+ employer network. And when top-employers like these are looking for talented professionals ready to make an impact in the business world, they know they can find it in the Falcon Family.

Transfer athletes find ideal hockey-academics balance at BG
BGSU's MBA program a major attraction as the players look to their post-hockey futures in the business world.

Dagmar Chapin completes exemplary path at BGSU on way to career in international business
Chapin will graduate as a triple major who had her choice of multiple job offers before completing school.

BGSU connection to one of this Halloween's hottest treats
Halloween is an exciting time for Schmidthorst College of Business alumni at the Spangler Candy Co.

BGSU researcher: Supply chain issues could cause a holiday-season headache
Dr. William Sawaya says many pandemic factors served as the first domino for supply chain disruptions.

Summer internship with Amazon leads to job offer for BGSU finance student
Giovonni Colantonio made the most out of his business classes and his internship experience to land a full-time job after he graduates.

Recent alumni blaze entrepreneurial trails during COVID
Parker Kern ’19, ’20, Joe Lisa ’18 credit BGSU for helping start ventures in the midst of the pandemic.
Contact Information
Undergraduate Programs:
Katrina Heilmeier - Assistant Director of Recruiting
110 Maurer Center
419-372-0232
katrilc@bgsu.edu
Updated: 05/06/2022 02:41PM