30th Anniversary Celebration
In August 2026, Lindner Business Honors will welcome its 30th class of students
Lindner Business Honors students with S. Craig Lindner (fourth from left), son of Carl H. Lindner Jr., and Asawari Deshmukh (second from right), assistant professor-educator of economics and director of Lindner Honors-PLUS.
From the very first class in September 1997, Honors students have had the opportunity to receive a premier collegiate experience that has created lasting impact on the Cincinnati business community and beyond.
Throughout 2026, Lindner Business Honors (LBH) will celebrate the legacy of the Lindner Honors-PLUS and Kolodzik Business Scholars programs with an eye towards continuing to innovate and advance opportunities for future participants in the program. We hope to celebrate with the majority of our 2,000 alumni with events throughout the country and in Cincinnati.
Events
Alumni Networking Happy Hour
Lindner Business Honors is kicking off its 30th anniversary year celebration with an alumni networking happy hour at Madtree Brewery's Oakley Taproom on January 29 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Please RSVP below and contact Anna McCuiston (mccuisaa@ucmail.uc.edu) with any questions.
Please visit this page frequently to stay updated on events near you.
Throughout 2026, LBH will host the following events:
- Alumni-student mentoring and coffee chats. More details coming in February!
- Alumni networking events inside and outside of Cincinnati.
- A 30th Anniversary Gala celebration on October 23, 2026 — the Friday of UC Homecoming Week. This is an event you won’t want to miss with your fellow alumni.
You can also stay updated by following the Lindner Business Honors LinkedIn page.
How to Support
To commemorate the 30th class of LBH, we are launching a fundraising campaign designed to fuel transformational growth, shatter long-standing barriers and redefine what’s possible.
This is an all-in investment in excellence — expanding opportunity, accelerating innovation, and attracting the best and brightest students who are ready to lead, disrupt and change the world.
This campaign isn’t about maintaining momentum; it’s about amplifying it. We’re building the future on our terms — bigger, braver and unapologetically ambitious.
Program Background
Lindner Business Honors students with LBH Director Ruth Seiple (top row, third from right), professor-educator of operations, business analytics, and information systems.
From the beginning, Lindner's Honors programs have been committed to shaping exceptional students into purposeful leaders, preparing them to drive meaningful change in Cincinnati’s business community and around the world.
During the first conversations between Norman Baker, PhD, and Carl H. Lindner, Jr., the vision was formed of what would be the first Lindner Honors-PLUS class starting in fall 1997. Since then, students have had the opportunity to complete co-ops, travel on study away (domestic) and study abroad (international) experiences, take advanced business courses taught by Lindner's world-class faculty, and interact with our business community and alumni base. Honors students continue to rise to the occasion as some of the best and most engaged leaders on campus.
None of this would be possible without many donors and supporters — notably Carl H. Lindner, Jr. and Marvin P. Kolodzik.
As the business community, Lindner and the world have evolved, and so has Honors at Lindner. Lindner Business Honors students:
An early Honors graduating class.
Represent 5% of Lindner's student population each year.
Graduate with at least three co-op experiences, setting the bar that has led to universal co-op for all bachelor's degree-seeking Lindner students.
Participate in study abroad as first-year students, and then go on to travel domestically and internationally through coursework and alumni engagement.
Have access to Honors sections for BBA core coursework, which is taught by dedicated Honors faculty.