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Daniel L. Petree Named Founding Dean of New Business School Daniel L. Petree, PhD, founding dean of the College’s new School of Business Administration and Economics, will work to strengthen ties with the Rochester business community.
The College at Brockport is please to welcome Daniel L. Petree, PhD, an experienced dean and program builder, to the College community. Petree has been named founding dean of the College’s new School of Business Administration and Economics, and began his duty July 1. Petree, who previously served as the inaugural dean of the College of Business at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University, will steer the transformation of Brockport’s Department of Business Administration and Economics into a robust school that accents the distinctiveness of its academic programs. Petree is looking forward to the challenge. “What makes this opportunity particularly appealing to me are the quality of the faculty, their commitment to excellence as evidenced by having earned The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
accreditation while still a department, the energy and commitment of the entire College at Brockport community to continue to enhance the reputation of the institution among its peers and stakeholders and the emphasis on improving the student learning and living experience that seems clearly to be a core value,” said Petree. The impetus for creating a standalone school of business was part of the College’s restructuring from three to five schools, a process which began in the spring of 2009. Benefits will include the development of additional business programs, the offering of a wider variety of electives, a stronger partnership with the College’s Small
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Business Development Center, and an integration of the local business community with the strategic direction of the school. “Moving to a school of business will increase the stature of our business degree programs and create more opportunities for our students and faculty to partner with local businesses,” said Anne E. Huot, PhD, provost and vice president of academic affairs for the College. “Dean Petree has proven he can launch a business school and he is exactly what we need to take our program to an even greater level of quality.”