We start 2010 with a new addition to the UAB School of Business team, Erik Kahill- our new Senior Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, joining our school from the Terry School of Business at The University of Georgia. In addition to Erik, we are in the final phases of recruiting two excellent Chairs—in Accounting/ Finance and in Management/Information Systems/Quantitative Methods. I am also pleased to report that we have appointed two new faculty members in Marketing and we are actively searching for two or three faculty in accounting, one in quantitative methods, and one senior position in health care management. These new faculty hires are a strategic part of our transition to becoming a destination School of Business. We are excited about the high caliber of scholar candidates who have expressed a serious interest in joining UAB. In these difficult economic times, we are blessed with being one of the few Business Schools in our region to be actively seeking new scholar teachers. The entrepreneurial environment of UAB has facilitated the financial ability to hire new faculty. We have confidence that we can hire 8-9 new faculty members, and continue to generate investable surpluses for the current academic year and again in the 2010/2011 academic year. These surpluses will be “invested” in new creative student-learning programs and in support of quality faculty research.
As we begin the new year, I would love to hear any comments or ideas that you may have regarding plans for continued growth and success of the School of Business in the coming year and over the next decade.
Have a blessed new year, David
