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Bloch Launchpad offers a unique professional and leadership development opportunity and awards students with up to $10,000 in scholarship funding. If you live in Kansas or Missouri and you plan to major in business or accounting, Bloch Launchpad is the program for you.
Bloch Launchpad helps you hone your talents and build your networks, through exclusive professional development workshops and access to Kansas City’s business leaders. These include employer site visits, panel discussions, the Roo Mentor Network and Launchpad Orbits.
As a Bloch Launchpad Scholar, you will be part of a cohort of like-minded students that have common goals and interests. Launchpad offers a large array of events that allow you to get to know the other Scholars and build lifelong connections. Start your time at the Bloch School right with the Liftoff Orientation program and Launchpad peer mentorship. Launchpad also hosts social events and community service events where you’ll work alongside each other to give back to the Kansas City community
Every Launchpad Scholar is required to participate in at least one internship prior to graduation from the Bloch School. As a Launchpad Scholar, you’ll receive early access to the Bloch Career Center and professional mentors to help you find the right internship. You'll be able to schedule yearly one-on-one meetings with a Bloch Career Coach and have leadership opportunities within Launchpad to help build your resume.
(Includes a $5000 Curator’s/Academic Excellence Award and $5,000 Bloch Launchpad Scholarship)
(Includes a $3,500 Chancellor’s Award and a $2500 Launchpad Scholarship)
(Includes a $2,000 Provost’s Award and a $2,000 Launchpad Scholarship)
As a Bloch Launchpad Scholar, transfer students are eligible to receive one of the following scholarships, based on transfer credit GPA in a minimum of 40 transferrable credit hours, Launchpad application submission, and an interview with Bloch Launchpad Selection Committee.
(Includes a $2,000 Chancellor’s Transfer Award and a $4,000 Launchpad Scholarship)
(Includes a $2,000 Chancellor’s Transfer Award and a $2,500 Launchpad Scholarship)
(Includes a $2,000 Chancellor’s Transfer Award and a $1,500 Launchpad Scholarship)
Renewable each year with a 3.0 GPA, appropriate participation in Launchpad programming and progress toward completing your degree from the Bloch School of Management