| With the economy still staggering along, it’s a great time to come back to school, do some personal re-tooling, and get prepared for a brighter future. Enrollment in the UHSB (Udvar Hazy School of Business) and across all of DSC is way up this year. I extend my personal welcome to all our students, staff and faculty.
We strive to provide our students with a high quality business education, hands-on learning experiences, and close student-faculty relationships in an environment that promotes the highest standards of professionalism and integrity. That’s what we do, and we are always trying to get better at doing it. Feel free to stop by, call, or send me an email if you have any suggestions, comments, or complaints.
We are proud to have the Institute for Business Integrity (IBI, established 2006) as part of our business school. The institute is chaired by Dr. Robert Huddleston, accounting professor and past president of DSC. Under his able leadership all business courses have ethics education integrated into the course. In addition, a series of ethics-related seminars is provided for students and the community. These seminars feature prominent business leaders from around the region.
Opportunities for practical learning are facilitated by our faculty who are rich in global business experience. Working with the Dixie Business Alliance (DBA) DSC business students will soon have the opportunity of observing and working with local business startups. The accounting department will also be establishing an “accounting incubator” that will provide their students with opportunities to analyze and advise local businesses.
A glimpse at the accomplishments of our students reflects well on the quality of our programs. For example, we consistently have seniors who place in the top 10 in an international strategy competition (among over 200 participating institutions from around the world). In addition, DSC students in our DEX and PBL clubs consistently rank very high in state and national business competitions.
Unlike the large research institutions, the mission of the UHSB focuses on teaching. The result is that DSC students have greater access to full-time faculty than at most major universities. All of our full-time business school faculty hold earned doctorate degrees, most have extensive business experience, and all maintain their professional competencies through ongoing research and/or pedagogical innovation.
We continue to work our way through the process of becoming AACSB accredited. Although we are already accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools, the AACSB accreditation is considered the premier business school credential. We believe we can accomplish this goal while maintaining our primary focus on students and teaching.
- Dr. William Christensen, Dean
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