The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation has donated $50 million to Purdue University. (Purdue University photo)
Purdue University is rolling out the black-and-gold carpet to reveal its reimagined business school.
The business school has been known as the Krannert School of Business since 1962, when Herman and Elnora Krannert gave the university a generous gift of $2.7 million for graduate programs. But surprisingly, this was not the school's official name.
For the first time, Purdue's B-School will be officially named the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business, in honor of Purdue's 12th president, former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, president emeritus. ”.
The new Dean is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.Louis
“President Emeritus Mitch Daniels is considered the most innovative university president in America, and his leadership in private sector business is as great as his public service. It is truly fitting and exciting to name a growth after him,” Purdue's 13th president, Mun Chan, said in a statement on Purdue's website.
“With the creation of the Daniels School of Business, Purdue will now have a world-class business school that conducts even more top-notch research and educates many of the future leaders of our technology-driven free market economy. ”
Within the Daniels School are both the Krannert Graduate School, which honors Herman and Elnora Krannert, and the Bruce White Faculty, named in honor of the recently deceased White. He is a former member of the Purdue University Board of Trustees and a longtime benefactor of the university, and the White Family Foundation gave the university his $50 million gift.
The Daniels School also has a new dean, Jim Bullard, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, who officially took the helm this fall. “He's a great addition. He's the longest-serving sitting president of the Federal Reserve and one of the nation's most influential leaders. He's also a truly innovative and deep thinker. He is also an excellent scholar and economist,” Chiang Kai-shek said.
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Grow your community and strengthen your curriculum
The Daniels School of Business welcomes students who value creativity, want to strengthen their understanding of technology, and want to lead and inspire others with strength and determination, the school said in a news release. Says.
The Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business is committed to offering a solid core curriculum that is naturally relevant to the ever-changing business environment. The B-school's courses have a STEM focus and equip students with the relevant skills needed to analyze data and use it to effectively guide business decisions. We realize how important it is.
The B-school hopes to double its enrollment with the restart while significantly increasing its undergraduate enrollment. This is already an increase of 33% since 2019. The Daniels School will also increase faculty employment by another 50%, and plans to double the size of the facility with an addition. and renovation work.
Inside Purdue Omba
For those looking for something a little more flexible than the traditional on-campus experience, the Daniels School offers a great option: an online MBA program. Similar to in-person learning, her OMBA students at Purdue University learn analysis, strategy, and problem solving, which are important to leadership. The program is 48 credit hours with 16 hours of electives. In a year he has three start dates and sometimes takes more than two years to complete. Students can set their own pace. And even though it's an online MBA, there are plenty of opportunities to connect with peers from different fields and cultures. The program is currently accepting 45 students in spring 2023, 18 students in summer 2023, and 41 students in fall 2023.
“The online MBA class immediately delivered results in my daily life. It’s great to see what I learned in the course being applied on the job,” OMBA’s Meredith Simmons said on Purdue’s website. I am.
OMBA students also receive personal support from student success coaches and dedicated staff and faculty who host virtual sessions and office hours. Even in a virtual world, you can become part of the Purdue family and connect with a community of students, faculty, and alumni from more than 135 countries.
When it comes to specialization, there are four options that are core to Purdue's identity as a STEM-focused university. They are business analysis, innovation and technology commercialization, global supply chain management, and leadership, negotiation, and change management. His OMBA at Purdue University currently features a featured course called “Frontiers in the C-Suite,” an elective taught by top industry experts that gives students an inside look at the world of executives. Students get an inside look at what it's like to run an organization locally and globally.
