School of Business

Wall Street Journal’s stock rises on KU campus

Beginning this semester, KU students have a wealth of business news available at their fingertips. For the first time, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is being offered as part of Student Senate’s Newspaper Readership Program, which provides free newspapers to students.

Although Student Senate is the primary decision-maker and funding vehicle, the initiative to bring the WSJ to campus was started by the Business School’s Undergraduate Business Council, which has been urging the inclusion of the paper for nearly three years.

UBC member Leo Khayet chaired the committee to broker a deal with Dow Jones, the parent company of the WSJ. Khayet, a senior in finance, said the hard work that he and others have put forth alreadyis paying off. Students are clearing the racks of the WSJ kiosks scattered across campus, and more than 400 students have signed up for an online subscription.

“We never quite expected this,” Khayet said. “We’re going to have to bump up the number of subscriptions we offer.”

The WSJ has entered into 33 academic partnerships with universities across the nation, but the KU-WSJ partnership is the first to be student funded and initiated.

Corrie Moore named new development officer for the School of Business

Corrie Moore was named the new development officer for the KU School of Business. She joined the staff at the KU Endowment Association in January to work exclusively for the School of Business with Development Director Greg Lamb.

Corrie, j’98, grew up in Olathe and received her KU degree in journalism. After graduation, she worked in Paris for four months before moving to New York City, where she worked in the editorial department for a small Internet company. After almost three years in Silicon Alley, she began her fund-raising career in the development department for Continuum Health Partners in New York. For two years, she focused on corporate and foundation fund-raising; most recently she focused on major gifts.

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