Creighton University’s College of Business shared its new vision to celebrate, enhance, and advance its success and accomplishments with current Business students, staff, and alumni last week.
Anthony Hendrickson, the dean of the College of Business, announced the college’s new campaign entitled “Ignite the Greatness” on Thursday Nov. 1 at the Hixon-Lied Auditorium in the Harper Center. Following the announcement, there was a reception in the Ahmanson Ballroom.
One of the main proponents of “Ignite the Greatness” includes relocating the College of Business to the Harper Center. This marks the biggest transformation of building space in Creighton’s history.
“Many College of Business courses will be taught at the Harper Center in the spring semester. All COBA classes will be in the Harper Center by the fall of 2013,” Hendrickson said.
Most of the Business faculty’s offices will also be moved to the Harper Center by fall of 2013. The total project, including all the transformations to several campus buildings, will take about 18 months according to Hendrickson.
The move will affect seven buildings on campus, including the buildings that hold the College of Arts & Sciences and student life, according to Fr. Timothy R. Lannon, the president of Creighton University, who made the closing remarks at the event.
Creighton’s College of Business “is among only 2% of business schools in the world accredited in both business and accounting by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International,” according to the pamphlet given out at the event explaining the campaign.
Hendrickson stated that 80% of the students in the College of Business come from outside of Nebraska, but 50% of the students begin their career in Omaha. Students that complete more than one of 3,000 internships offered to Creighton students during their collegiate career and graduate from the College of Business receive three to five job offers from employers. He was clear that these were job offers, not interviews. The demand for Creighton Business students is high.
“A College of Business diploma is not an end. It’s a means to an end. It is an education with a purpose…our graduates are making a difference,” Business senior Katherine Tuohy, a Waite Leadership Program Scholar and the opening speaker at the event, said.
To further expand this positive impact on more students, the college is excited to embrace this campaign. The campaign will expand enrollment in the college, enhance the people and programs (including the faculty) of the college, give students more scholarship assistance and a world-class learning environment, according to Hendrickson and Lannon.
“Ignite the Greatness” has 47.1 million dollars donated to its cause by multiple donors.
“The greatness is already here. It is you, our students, faculty, staff, alumni and programs. This greatness is a gift from God,” Lannon said at the end of the event.