GSBC draws from the outcomes of student projects and collaborative learning to share bold insights with the industry. By elevating the perspectives of tomorrow’s leaders, we highlight the trends and ideas shaping the future of community banking today.
This year’s Level Up theme was built on the idea that everyone has a next level. It invited students to get clear about their goals during the two-week session, beginning in pre-session meetings where they identified what they wanted to strengthen.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future-looking technology discussion for banks. It is becoming an operational reality. Recent GSBC student projects reveal a consistent theme
Later this month, stablecoins will be a topic of discussion on campus during GSBC’s 75th Annual School Session. Student projects on the topic will serve as a foundation for the discussion.
A GSBC Special Interest Group Project Created by Tyler Freeburg (Oklahoma Bank & Trust Company), Jennifer Hendrickson (United Community Bank), Mary Laughlin (Core Bank), Adriana
A GSBC Special Interest Group Project Created by Rochelle Garcia, Grace Horn, Ashley Huisman, Robert Krause, Denise Martinez, Andrew McCormick, Cale Mello, Kimberly Senni, Jacob
A GSBC Special Interest Group Project Created by Simon Anderson, Eddie Barraza, Sandra Ford, Drew Kurtz, Brooke Ortmann, Scott Schlegel, Scott Tweed and Charlie Ziegenbein
A GSBC Special Interest Group Project Created by Justin Binder, Tyler Bise and Shelbie Fitch What happens when community bankers from different institutions come together
At the 75th Annual School Session, GSBC continues its focus on forward-looking leadership with sessions designed to explore the technologies and trends shaping the future of community banking.
At the 75th Annual School Session, GSBC continues its focus on forward-looking leadership with sessions designed to explore the technologies and trends shaping the future of community banking.
The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) awarded diplomas to the 164-member class of 2018 at its annual graduation celebration July 26, at University of Colorado’s Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) awarded diplomas to the 164-member class of 2018 at its annual graduation celebration July 26, at University of Colorado’s Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
GSBC’s first-year Experience & Action Journals reveal the powerful questions students take back to their CEOs—on ALCO, risk, strategy, leadership and applying classroom learning at their banks. These reflections show how GSBC’s curriculum builds leaders prepared to deliver measurable value.
At GSBC’s 2025 Annual School Session, 107 students chose to spend their Sunday completing the first-ever Affordable Housing Micro-Credential. The four-hour session explored the history and present-day realities of affordable housing and challenged students to reflect on how their banks can play a role
Launched in 2023, GSBC’s Committed to Lead Micro-Credential equips students with CEO perspectives and personal development plans to impact banks and communities.
GSBC is proud to announce the expansion of its innovative student assessment tool, the Experience & Action Journal, a model thoughtfully designed to foster reflection, real-world application and strategic thinking.
The second-year class at GSBC’s Annual School Session spends an afternoon working in small groups debating “hard questions.” The topics focused on corporate culture and people in the adoption of technology and risks and possibilities of artificial intelligence in community banking.
This is the annual analysis of topics identified by rising third-year GSBC students for their strategic projects. Through this exercise, students are tasked with working with their bank’s leadership to identify an important issue facing the bank or industry.
Rising third-year students at GSBC have the opportunity to collaborate with a group of peers on technology, demographic and social issues that may impact the future of community banks. Together, the students form a “Signals Group.” The students research and brainstorm emerging changes and innovations, creative solutions and opportunities these signals may present to community banks.
As America’s Premier Community Banking School, GSBC takes pride in creating a strong sense of community through its Peer Group program. This initiative provides new students of the Annual School Session with a unique opportunity to form meaningful connections even before arriving on campus.
At the start of the session, the students were granted access to a digital workbook, which introduced GSBC’s Experience and Action Journal. Here are notable quotes from first-year students’ Experience and Action Journals:
