ajay samant , ph.d. dean
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Ajay Samant , Ph.D. Dean. Accredited by AACSB for the BBA, MBA and MACC degrees. Ranked among the best 100 business colleges by Princeton Review for the last 4 years Second largest college at UNF in terms of student enrollment (1,630 FTE in Spring 2012). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ajay Samant, Ph.D.Dean
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• Accredited by AACSB for the BBA, MBA and MACC degrees.
• Ranked among the best 100 business colleges by Princeton Review for the last 4 years
• Second largest college at UNF in terms of student enrollment (1,630 FTE in Spring 2012)
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• Flagship Program in International Business• Flagship Program in Transportation and Logistics• Outstanding programs in Financial Services
(approved for CFP certification education) and in Finance (with a trading room and the student managed Osprey Fund)
• Outstanding programs in Accounting (BBA and MACC)
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• UNF ranks among the top 25 Master’s level institutions in the country for student participation in study abroad. CCB students account for about 40 per cent of them.
• Our strategy: Focus on core courses at UNF and give students a wide selection of high cost elective courses taught by international exchange partners. Inbound international students are placed into already existing courses.
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• Global MBA (Jacksonville, Poland, Germany, China)
• Ibero-American MBA (Jacksonville, Spain, Argentina, online)
• MBA Concentration in Global Entrepreneurship
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• Twelfth Annual International Business Research Conference. Average attendance is 65 faculty from 25 countries
• Four China Business Research Conferences• International Business Summit: Co-sponsored
by UNF, UCF, USF, UF, FSU and FIU, held six times to discuss international business topics impacting the State of Florida
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• 214 students are enrolled in study abroad programs, ranging from faculty lead programs (116), four week “Coggin In” programs (33), Semester long programs (31), and Double Degree Programs (34)
• 58 International Exchange students attend UNF
• Raised over $750,000 in scholarships for study abroad
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• World Affairs Council Great Decisions Programs at Fletcher High and Ponte Vedra High and the Jacksonville Public Library
• Global JAX’s Going Global Program for High School Students
• Dr. Jeff Michelman chairs the Academy of International Business and Marketing at Ponte Vedra High School
• Dr. Ajay Samant serves on the Consortium Advisory Council for Georgia State University’s Center for International Business and Research
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• Plans to have 10 undergraduate double degree programs, the first university in Florida to do so, in France, Germany, Spain, China, Chile, UK, Australia.
• Increase size, quality, and visibility of the International Business Research Conference
• Increase external funding for scholarships• Increase the level of community and business
engagement
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• Established in May 2006. Director is Prof. Robert Frankel
• Logistics Information Technology Solutions Lab (LITSLAB) is one of only 10 in the nation. Manhattan Associates, Barloworld Supply Chain Software and Magaya Corporation have made substantial gifts
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• Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) has made a three year commitment to fund an annual Logistics and Supply Chain Management Case Competition
• UNF placed among the top 25 universities in terms of institutional thought leadership in the discipline
• UNF placed among the top 15 universities in terms of faculty scholarship in T&L
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• Logistics majors automatically receive professional certification (CTL) from the American Society of Transportation & Logistics. This makes UNF the only university in the State of Florida and among only 27 in the nation to be so recognized.
• Interactions with Professional Organizations: CSCMP, AST&L, IANA, NDTA, TCJAX, WTS
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• LITSLAB has received gifts of $ 1.4 million in software (of which $ 1.2 million were received over the past year)
• Logistics majors have received $88,000 in scholarships. In addition scholarships are supported by a $200,000 gift made in 2002
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• Work with regional T&L organizations to promote Jacksonville as the premier intermodal transportation center in the southeast
• Continue to provide the knowledge and functional skills to meet the managerial needs of the T&L industry
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