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Student Resources
Our School of Business is defined by the excellence of its students. Every moment as a student is an opportunity to learn, to discover new heights of your potential.
Below you will find a few useful tools and resources to assist your growth as a student of the world around you today. If you have any questions or ideas that you think could be useful to share with other students, please contact us.
Benefits
Our business students enjoy access to special resources, opportunities, and experiences including:
- Membership in program-aligned student organizations
- Individual and group study and meeting spaces
- Tutoring services
- TroeshTalks Speaker Series
- Supplementary academic advising support
- Innovation Lab - ideation and prototyping support
- Finance Lab - simulated and real trading
- Faculty mentoring
Scholarship Resources
The best entrepreneurs know how to identify and utilize the opportunities and resources around them. Our students are no exception when it comes to their education. The following resources have been identified by our students, alumni and friends in the community as useful resources for scholarship opportunities.
- NerdWallet Loan Search - Useful resources for finding loans and managing personal finances.
- Big Future Scholarship Search - Scholarships, financial aid, and internships from over 2,200 programs.
- Fastweb - More tips and tools for finding scholarships and financial aid opportunities.
- La Sierra University - Scholarships available from La Sierra University.
- Zapara Scholars Scholarship - $1,000 scholarships for eligible Zapara School of Business Students. Application available in Winter 2019
Career and Networking Hub
Visit Our New Career Hub - FirmsNetwork
In fall 2018, we launched a new online hub full of information, resources, and opportunities for our students, alumni, and professional business network.
Join Our Growing Linkedin Networking Group
La Sierra University students, alumni, and business contacts are enjoying access to our growing network.
Opportunities for Employers
Are you an employer interested in posting a job or internship opportunity for La Sierra University business students? Contact Lovelyn Razzouk for more information.
Meet the Firms Night
Hosted by the Tom and Vi Zapara School of Business, the annual Sam Croft Meet the Firms Night connects professionals, businesses, and local organizations with highly qualified, well-motivated students.
All La Sierra University students are welcome at this event.
Employers can register for free for a table at our upcoming event by clicking here.
We also regularly post job, internship, and networking opportunities for our students and alumni on our jobs blog.
La Sierra University Career Services Center
La Sierra University's new Career Services Center is an excellent resource in career preparation and connecting with job and internship opportunities.
Resume Builder
La Sierra's Resume Builder Tool
Join us on Linkedin
Students, Alumni, Business Contacts
Twitter Jobs Feed
The Latest Opportunities - In Real Time!
FirmsNetwork
Our blog and networking hub
Support the ZSB
Contact Us
business@lasierra.edu
Phone: (951) 785-2464
Fax: (951) 785-2700
Heather Miller
Graduate Academic Advising
HMiller@lasierra.edu
Kevin Speyer
ZSB Info Systems Coordinator
KSpeyer@lasierra.edu
Lovelyn Razzouk
Office of the Dean
LRazzouk@lasierra.edu
Schedule an Appointment
Lexie Langford
Undergraduate Advisor
llangford@lasierra.edu
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Ethan Lowe
Advising and Outreach Coordinator
elowe@lasierra.edu
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Kevin Straine
Manager of Business Development
kstraine@lasierra.edu
ZSB Office Team
zsboffice@lasierra.edu
Placement
The school’s curricula emphasize workplace spirituality, social entrepreneurship and ethics. The focused study of these themes as part of the business curriculum fosters intellectual development and expands students’ moral and spiritual horizons. Service-Learning activities simultaneously express its commitments to excellence in the school’s areas of distinctive competence and provide students with the chance to develop appropriate habits and skills.
The school recognizes the importance of business education in cultivating the development of students as whole persons. It educates students—its own majors and others—for active citizenship, assisting in their moral development, facilitating their awareness of culture, and helping them to integrate their work with the rest of their lives. It challenges them to understand work as a potential vocation, a unique responsibility they can receive as a gift from God and an opportunity for service.
Zapara School of Business alums have been hired by Fortune 500 firms and other companies including but not limited to:
| Adventist Health | IBM |
| Allstate | KPMG |
| American Express | Loma Linda University Medical Center |
| American Greetings | McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
| Ardent Health Care | Merrill Lynch |
| AT&T | Panasonic |
| Bank of America | County of Riverside |
| Chase | State Farm Insurance |
| Citigroup | Sun Micro Systems |
| City of Riverside | The Wall Street Journal |
| City National Bank | UPS |
| Deloitte & Touche | Verizon Wireless |
| Digital Impact | Walgreens |
| Enterprise Rent-a-Car | Wal-Mart |
| Ernst & Young | Wells Fargo |
| FedEx |