Welcome from Interim Dean, Yener Kandogan

DEAR FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT:

After more than a year of operating through the pandemic, this year’s Business@ UM-Flint explores the theme of business education in a digital world. While this situation may come as forced for some business schools, the School of Management has decades of experience in adopting technology-driven innovative teaching in online courses and programs focused on active student engagement, and over time, we adopted newer technologies. Check out our hyperflex classroom in fall!

However, “business education in a digital world” is more than offering courses and programs delivered in an online modality. As many of you know, a business education does not merely consist of courses in accounting, finance, marketing, and so on. It is a business school’s duty to prepare students for their careers. What we do outside the classroom is just as important. As you will read in our feature article, the School’s academic and career advisors did a phenomenal job providing their services digitally to our students. Our student organizations brought in guests from all over the world, which would not have been possible in the past. And don’t forget to check out the Research Spotlight to read about faculty research relevant to the ways business is taking place and being taught in our digital world.

Stories rounding out the magazine also include information about our transfer pathways and tips about virtual interviewing from SOM’s career counselor as well as student, new faculty and staff, donor, and alumni profiles and a list of our faculty’s recent publications and presentations.

Each and every year, our financial supporters have stepped up in greater force to assist our students with an ever-increasing list of scholarships. I cannot thank them enough for their continued support!

Finally, it was my great pleasure to have worked with Dean Scott Johnson over the past eight years. Under his leadership, the School made great progress in preparing itself for the digital world. He will continue as part of our faculty focusing on what he loves best—teaching our students. GO BLUE!

Best wishes,

Yener Kandogan, Ph.D. Interim Dean