Mission

Housed within the Marketing Department at the School of Business, the UConn Program for Sales Leadership (PSL) has a threefold mission:

• To develop future sales leaders by providing world-class courses in professional sales and sales leadership, based on the best practice and rigorous academic research.
• To connect these future sales leaders with best practice sales organizations for student-run events, internships and full time employment
• To work together with these organizations to develop and disseminate research on high integrity best practices in professional sales and sales leadership.

In pursuit of this mission, the PSL

• offers a Certificate in Professional Sales and a Minor in Professional Sales for UConn undergraduate students.
• supports student-run organizations that focus on professional sales and sales leadership.
• supports academic and practice research.

Sponsors

PSL works with a select group of sponsor companies, who support its mission by

• providing sales internship opportunities for students interested in professional sales and sales leadership
• participating in classroom experiences as invited guest speakers, sales experts in role plays, and panelists on ethical sales management

For more details please contact Bill Ryan at William.Ryan@business.uconn.edu