The Carl H. Lindner College of Business Career Services Center's 2023-24 academic year accomplishments reflect the college's steadfast commitment to co-op and experiential learning.
Notable endeavors and achievements by Lindner Career Services include:
Over the 2023-24 school year, 1,019 co-ops were completed by 821 students across fall, spring and summer semesters.
Within three months of graduating, 88% of 2023-24 undergraduate students secured employment. The placement rate for graduate students (92%) was even higher. Undergraduate students sported an average starting salary of $62,155, an increase from 2022-23. Graduate students' average starting salaries amounted to $90,922.
Lindner graduate Kendall Kelly, BBA '24 (second from left), attended the recent UC Professional and Technical Career Fair on behalf of her employer, Abbott. Kelly interned with Abbott prior to being hired full-time with the company. Photo/Suzanne Buzek.
In a display of commitment to Lindner's mission of empowering business problem solvers, nine companies hired at least 10 undergraduate students who graduated during the past academic year: Fifth Third Bank, Medpace, Deloitte, Fidelity Investments, Great American Insurance Group, Western & Southern, Ernst & Young (EY), Cintas and GE Aerospace.
Nine companies hired or were the existing employers of at least five graduate students: University of Cincinnati, Fifth Third Bank, Procter & Gamble, 84.51, Great American Insurance Group, Walmart, Koncert IT Solutions LLC, Fidelity Investments and Wolters Kluwer.
Co-op and employment figures were recently finalized through Career Services' annual survey of co-op and job placement data.
The following students were recognized by Lindner for their outstanding performance on professional assignments as part of the co-op program:
- Jack James Ernst, Accounting
- Daniel Plotkin, Business Analytics
- Geeta Phuyel, Business Economics
- Lance Entsuah, Economics
- Joshua Moore, Entrepreneurship
- Ethan Kirkpatrick, Finance
- Ejiro E. Agoba, Industrial Management
- Matthew Walters, Information Systems
- Sam Geiger, Insurance and Risk Management
- Ethan Neely, International Business
- Joseph Yerkins, Marketing
- Paola Alcantara Arias, Operations Management
- Jack Walsh, Real Estate
Left to right: Paarth Patidar, BBA, BS '26, former Lindner Career Services Assistant Director Angie Lucas and Kaitlyn Gallimore, BBA '22, at Great American Tower in downtown Cincinnati. Patidar is a strategic sourcing intern with Great American Insurance Group. Lucas and Gallimore work full-time at Great American. Gallimore was a risk management and insurance specialty human services intern with Great American before joining the company full-time. Photo/Danielle Lawrence.
Lindner's implementation of universal co-op has been introduced in stages. Here is the updated timeline:
- Fall 2022: Requirement for Lindner Business Honors.
- Fall 2023: Voluntary opt-in requirement for traditional, first-year students.
- Fall 2024: Requirement for traditional, first-year students.
- Fall 2025: Voluntary opt-in requirement for transfer and transition students.
- Fall 2026: Voluntary opt-in requirement for transfer and transition students (year two).
- Fall 2027: Requirement for transfer and transition students.
"I am thankful to our hardworking Career Services team for their commitment to our students and employer partners. I am excited about our forward strides in nationally leading co-op," said English.
Featured image at top: The Lindner Career Services team as of August 2024. Clockwise from top row: Bella Gullia, Alexis Parker, Sharon Love, Antonique Flood, Susan Bailey, Andy Wellendorf, Michael Nuttle, Jonika Moore-Diggs, Nick Fahnders, Crystal Pfander, Amanda Bock, Holly Woods, Sandra English, Weston Atchison and Gabrielle Kroger. Photo/Danielle Lawrence.
