This has been a very exciting year for the College of Business as we held a year-long celebration of our 100th anniversary. Our year focused on six words that our faculty, students and alumni felt best represented our College: Integrity, Discovery, Innovation, Community, Opportunity and Leadership. Throughout the year we held events, welcomed speakers and did community service—all to signify these six words. I would like to offer a personal congratulations to PGM alums Joe Assell and Rod Perry who were recognized as two of the 100 in 100 years. The 100 in 100 were nominated by faculty, alumni and friends of the college.
The PGM program was a big part of the centennial celebration, hosting a golf tournament in September. We had about 20 teams participate in the scramble—all of the teams had a PGM student as part of the foursome. Those who participated really enjoyed their time with our great students.
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The centennial year culminated with a fundraising gala at The Mill featuring comedian Steve Harvey as our keynote speaker. The next day the College of Business sponsored the Alabama football game.
Last summer brought the beginning of construction of a 2000 square foot entrepreneurship center that opens in January. The center will house both the entrepreneurship program and the office of outreach and will be “home base” for our 94 student-run businesses. The build out of the center was made possible through generous gifts from our donors. The entrepreneurship center teamed up with Texas A&M in the summer to launch an accelerator program funded by a Blackstone grant.
Another big change for the college was the move of the university golf course under the college of business. This realignment of resources helps to better integrate the golf course into the curriculum.
It has indeed been a great year for the college. As always it is our alumni and friends that make MSU a great place to work. I look forward to the start of our next 100 years and the great things in store for the College of Business.
Dr. Sharon Oswald
Dean, College of Business