Community Service and Experiential Learning Converge: SJSU Accounting Students and Tax-Aid Offer Crucial Tax Return Preparation Help

Every spring, something remarkable happens at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library. While students typically flock there to attend study sessions and conduct research, at the beginning of each year a different kind of learning takes place as students from the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business set up shop, ready to help their community navigate the often-daunting world of income tax returns. Continue Reading…

AACSB’s Innovations That Inspire Initiative Recognizes SJSU’s Lucas College and Graduate School of Business

AACSB Innovations that Inspire 2025

10th annual member spotlight program highlights creative partnerships that address lifelong learner needs, technological advancements, and evolving employer demands.  

AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education alliance—announced San José State University’s Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, among 26 business schools featured in its Innovations That Inspire member spotlight program.    Continue Reading…

Where There’s a WILL There’s a Way: Salesforce’s Hydra Mendoza Motivates Conference Attendees with Career Evolution

Group Photo at WILL 2025

Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” Along that vein, two exceptional women who’ve bursted through barriers and whose accomplishments include “firsts”, met for a fireside chat at the 2025 Women in Leadership League Conference hosted by the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San José State University.  Continue Reading…

Do You Know The Way? Plug and Play Sparks New AI Partnership in San José

Dean Kannan at City Hall with Plug and Play

April 2, 2025 marked an exciting step forward for San José’s tech scene as Plug and Play announced the launch of its new AI Center of Excellence right in the heart of downtown. 

The city hall event drew in several executives and officials from the City of San José, San José State University, PG&E and Plug and Play. SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson spoke at the launch event about the natural synergy between Plug and Play and the university.  Continue Reading…