Discover Your EDGE and Stand Out from the Crowd
The Walker EDGE offers students a wide range of professional development resources, programs, and mentorship opportunities designed to help them achieve their career goals. Through participation, students gain valuable real-world experience, a deeper understanding of business cultures, networking opportunities, and enhanced industry knowledge.
Mission
To bridge the gap between education and industry, fostering essential skills, industry knowledge, and meaningful connections that prepare students to excel in a dynamic professional landscape.
The Walker EDGE Resources
The Walker EDGE Career Management courses offer undergraduate students valuable professional development and career exploration resources. Through these courses, students assess their professional interest and strengths, explore various career paths, build their personal brand, and create a personalized career management plan.
Required courses include:
- WSBT 2000 Career Exploration - Focuses on identifying career options aligned with individual skills and interest.
- WSBT 2300 Personal Branding - Guides students in developing a personal brand that reflects their unique attributes.
- WSBT 2700 Career Management Strategies - Helps students establish and implement an effective career management strategy
Please review the Undergraduate Catalog for more information.
All Walker School students are encouraged to gain practical experience and build professional connections through internships. Walker EDGE and Webster University's Career Planning and Development Center partner with a wide variety of organizations to create internship opportunities tailored for Walker students. Each fall, Career Planning and Development hosts a Career and Internship Fair for all Webster University students,and each spring, The Walker School host a second fair specifically for Walker School students.
Benefits of an internship include:
- Gaining valuable professional experience, essential in today's job market
- Developing deeper understanding of corporate and business culture
- Building essential professional skills and industry knowledge
- Expanding a network of professional contacts
- Gaining a competitive EDGE in future career endeavors
Career Planning and Development Center
568 Garden Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
314-968-6982 (Toll Free: 800-981-9805)
careercn@webster.edu
Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Walker School graduate and undergraduate students may opt to earn academic credit for learning gained from an internship opportunity that is directly related to their degree. Students can apply academic knowledge to real-world situations, develop professional contacts, and gain professional experience regardless of whether it is for academic credit or not.
International students typically undertake an internship as Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Students should consult with a representative from International Recruitment and Services in order to review U.S. regulations, confirm eligibility, and receive approval prior to completing the Walker School process.
Students interested in earning academic credit for an internship should consult with their department coordinator as soon as an internship is confirmed in order to confirm eligibility. International students must consult with their department coordinator even when they are not receiving academic credit.
Business Department
Dr. Elizabeth Risik
314-246-7591
elizabethrisik37@webster.edu
Computer and Information Sciences Department
Dr. Jim Curtis
314-246-8761
jamescurtis89@webster.edu
Management Department
Dr. Dustin Smith
314-246-4259
dustinsmith64@webster.edu
Walker School students can participate in mentoring partnerships to develop a professional network and receive professional guidance. There are two ways to get involved in mentoring:
Webster Mentoring Program
Mentors provide one-on-one guidance and support to students by interacting with them, exchanging ideas, and sharing their experiences and knowledge of career paths. Mentors serve as role models and leaders as they help students reach their career goals. This program is open to all University alumni, parents, donors and friends and is open to all Webster students to benefit as a mentee.
RBC Mentor Network
Walker School undergraduate students are invited to participate in the Regional Business Council (RBC) Mentor Network. Students are individually paired with a CEO or top executive of an RBC company to receive practical, real-world knowledge and advice on post-graduate opportunities. This is a selective program with a focus on students committed to the St. Louis Region.
Partnering with the Walker School is an opportunity to tell your organization’s story year-round and attracts quality candidates for professional positions. To learn more about how your organization can participate, connect with Kerry Lee, Interim Director - 314-968-6982 or kerrylee70@webster.edu.
Delta Mu Delta
Faculty from New York University, Harvard and Yale founded Delta Mu Delta in 1913 to promote scholarship in training for business and to recognize and reward scholastic achievement. Today, Delta Mu Delta is one of the highest levels of national recognition a business student can earn. Our chapter, Lambda Kappa, is open to Business and Management program undergraduates and candidates for the baccalaureate degree who have completed at least one-half of the work required for the degree with a cumulative average grade record of 3.70 or better.
School of Business & Technology
The George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University is a leading provider of business education worldwide. With an international student body and a network of campuses throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and cyberspace, we know firsthand what it takes to succeed in the dynamic global business environment.