The University of Kentucky's One Year MBA program at the Gatton College of Business and Economics welcomes their new corporate sponsors to the built-in internship experience, called Project Connect. For 32 weeks, One Year MBA student teams are paired with companies to work on projects of importance to their corporation or organization. These projects focus on core business processes such as data analysis, marketing, research, growth strategy, supply chain management, logistics and operations. We wanted to thank the following corporate sponsors for participating in the 2017/18 Project Connect internship:

• Alltech
• Big Ass Fans
• Brown-Forman
• Bluegrass Distillers 
• Cintas
• GE Appliances, a Haier Company
• Habitat for Humanity International 
• Humana
• Lexmark
• LG&E and KU Energy LLC
• R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC
• Tempur Sealy International
• Trane
• UK HealthCare 
• Valvoline 

"We are very thankful to have another great group of companies, as well as project sponsors, participating in this year's Project Connect internship program," said Karl Gustafson, Lecturer and Project Connect Leader of the Gatton MBA programs. "For our sponsors, they receive valuable research and impactful recommendations from our MBA candidates. For our MBA candidates, they are able to hone their skills through applying what they are learning in class to real-world projects while improving their teaming and management skills along with valuable mentorship."

Participate as a sponsor in Project Connect
For companies and organizations interested in becoming a Project Connect Sponsor, please contact Karl Gustafson, UK MBA Lecturer and Project Connect Leader at karl.gustafson@uky.edu