The Destination: UAB School of Business

The School of Business is engaged this year in an intense strategic planning process----with the focused goal to become a “destination“ program for both exceptional students and employers throughout the southeast region. With monthly faculty meetings with assigned projects, led by faculty task forces, we are setting forth plans leading to recognition for excellence in both our programs of student learning and our exceptional faculty research. We have a simple initial 3-5 year “destination” goal--- when high-achieving high school students are seeking an undergraduate business education, the UAB School of Business will be top of mind. We will be top of mind for quality faculty scholars and respected programs of study and top of mind for internships and long-term employment opportunities. To these ends, we are implementing programs of support for: (1) enhanced faculty development and scholarship, including expanding research grants and (2) recruitment of eight new faculty scholars for fall 2010---three in accounting, two in marketing, two in management/quantitative methods, and one in healthcare management. These efforts are matched with major reviews/updates of academic programs and a material growth in external PR and news releases on excellence in programs and research---we will be doing a better job of telling the story of excellence in Business education and research at UAB.