Message from the Dean

Welcome home! Regardless of when you graduated and what your major was, I trust that you entered the professional world feeling confident and prepared for the challenges ahead. It is our continuing mission “to be a premier business program that provides students with the lifelong ability to acquire knowledge and translate it into responsible action in a competitive global environment.”

What does that mean for our current students and our alumni? As you know, the business community is increasingly bombarded by information in this interconnected world. In order to flourish in a complex environment, our students must be able to evaluate information critically, work effectively with others in teams, and communicate clearly to customers and co-workers all over the globe. We prepare them for future leadership through:

  • significant opportunities for study abroad, and strengthened international study requirements here on campus;
  • increased emphasis on experiential learning;
  • expanding entrepreneurship programs in several key areas;
  • growing interdisciplinary focus in business programs.

These initiatives advance us toward our goal of becoming a top 25 undergraduate business school with excellent, focused graduate programs. An enhanced undergraduate curriculum provides greater rigor and a more personalized experience for our students. And construction is underway on the Farmer School’s new building, which is scheduled for completion in 2009.

Our totally redesigned 14-month full-time MBA program matriculated its third class in May 2007; we will introduce an Executive MBA program at Miami’s planned Voice of America Center in West Chester Township in 2009.

These developments will provide increased visibility for the Farmer School and wider recognition of the excellent education we afford our students. Our continued achievements, we hope, will give you new reasons to feel proud of your alma mater. Please visit us often at this web site to learn details of our journey "from good to great" and to find out ways in which you can be involved in this effort.

We also urge you to keep in touch with us! Our “Alumni News” section is designed to accommodate personal and professional updates from you and your fellow alumni. Please take a moment to visit that site and send us your news. If you’d like to receive our electronic newsletter, please contact us at deanofbusiness@muohio.edu and give us your name and e-mail address.

Warm personal regards,

Roger L. Jenkins
Dean and Professor of Marketing

Roger L. Jenkins
Dean and Professor of Marketing

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