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Letter from the Dean
It has been a record-breaking year for the ISU College of Business in countless ways. We were very excited to be notified by U.S. News and World Report that our undergraduate programs were one of only four ISU programs designated in their ‘Best Colleges of 2025’ rankings. These rankings reflected surveys from academic leaders, employers and alumni. This year is the highest U.S. News ranking in the history of the College. This is another testament to the incredible work our faculty, staff, donors, and community are doing, as well as the worldclass business education we are providing our students.
We finalized an agreement this fall for a gift that will create six new Endowed Professorships, one for each of our six program areas. This doubles our current number of Professorships. It also doubles the number of Professorships in the history of the University, as now all 12 Endowed Professorships will be in the College of Business. This is one of the most important and significant gifts in the history of our College.
We have experienced record enrollment growth in the College over the past two years, and thanks to the support of our alumni, donors and community partners, we have been able to support those increasing numbers of students with record amounts of private scholarship dollars. We also gave out over $50,000 in prizes to a record number of students who participated in our competitions across the College. Finally, through our volunteer efforts, community partnerships and events like Festival of Trees, the College of Business family provided a record amount of support to help the amazing community that we are blessed to call home.
Graduation in December was awesome, as we got to celebrate an extraordinary group of students as part of the Class of 2024. In talking with our Business graduates as I shook their hands as they walked across the stage, and in visiting with many of them during the semester, I was overwhelmed by the number of students wanting to say thank you to Professors, Advisors, Staff members and so many people in the College who made their journey towards a degree so positive and special.
2024 by any metric was the best year in the history of the College of Business, and the best part is 2025 is going to be better. Thank you all for everything you do to make this possible for our students, faculty, staff and community. I look forward to visiting in 2025.
