Dean's Message

Dear Students, Alumni, and Friends of the College,

What a great time to be associated with FSUBusiness! Having arrived here three years ago, after 24 years at much larger institutions, I really did not know what to expect. My optimism, however, has been completely justified!

FSUBusiness has just received the highest external validation of excellence that a business school can achieve-- AACSB accreditation. AACSB is an organization that focuses only on accrediting excellence in business schools. Of approximately 1,600 business programs in the U.S., only about one-third are accredited. The process of obtaining accreditation involved a five-year candidacy process. FSUBusiness faculty, staff, students, our Advisory Boards and the FSU Administration all played important roles in the arduous, but rewarding, process of achieving this accreditation.

As you would expect, the college has made a large number of changes. The FSUBusiness faculty have been extraordinary relative to their willingness to address these changes. Highlights of the changes made in the past few years include:

• Developed new mission and vision statements
• Developed “applied business” focus and expanded number of “real world” student projects
• Developed new strategic plan
• Revamped the organizational structure
• Redeployed the support staff
• Added a Graduate Coordinator
• Added some office and classroom space
• Developed a set of governance bylaws
• Revised the undergraduate curriculum
• Added a course in ethics
• Added courses to enhance students’ professional development
• Added assessment and assurance of learning processes
• Added a new option in integrated business
• Upgraded the entrepreneurship/small business option
• Added core courses for all FSUBusiness majors
• Revised MBA program
• Streamlined and updated existing MBA curriculum
• Developed new MBA entrance standards
• Revised scheduling rotation for MBA courses
• Developed standards for graduate faculty membership
• Revised MBA capstone course
• Developed a Teaching Excellence Workshop Series
• Developed a Research Excellence Workshop Series
• Enhanced and enlarged the college’s Advisory Boards

The faculty are continuing to work hard to make FSUBusiness even better!

This is a great place to learn and to work!

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