Business dean to step down in July, take new post in August

Big blow to FSU......like FSU saw under TK, starting to see academics leave FSU.  Good ole boy club strikes again.



Business dean to step down in July, take new post in August

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Caryn Beck-Dudley, dean of the Florida State University College of Business since 2006, has been named dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University in California’s Silicon Valley.
Beck-Dudley will leave Florida State in July and start her new position at the Jesuit university August 1. Florida State will launch a national search to replace her.
“Caryn Beck-Dudley has been an outstanding dean of Florida State University’s College of Business, presiding over an increase in student achievement, a multimillion dollar capital campaign and the hiring of entrepreneurs-in-residence to better educate students about all aspects of entrepreneurship,” said Sally McRorie, interim provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “Because of Caryn’s leadership, the college is stronger than ever and the many projects and initiatives that she spearheaded will continue to move forward. We hate to see Caryn go, but we wish her the very best in her new endeavor.”
Michael Hartline, the Charles A. Bruning Professor of Business who has served as the college’s associate dean for strategic initiatives since 2011, has been named interim dean. He joined the college in 2001 as an assistant professor of marketing and served as chair of the Department of Marketing from 2006 to 2011.
Under Beck-Dudley’s leadership, the college’s national ranking climbed to No. 40 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report rankings of best colleges. The college is one of the largest business schools in the nation and includes 5,755 students and 133 full-time faculty members. It comprises seven academic departments and 11 centers and institutes.
“I have been fortunate to work with many talented and dedicated colleagues at the college and across campus toward a shared goal of ensuring the college fulfills its mission,” said Beck-Dudley. “I am proud of what we have accomplished and grateful that the experience I’ve gained at Florida State will help me in my new venture.”
During her nine years at Florida State, Beck-Dudley worked with the Florida State University Foundation, faculty and development officers to enhance a culture of giving, raising more than $66 million in gifts and pledges. She also led the fundraising effort for the college’s $112 million capital campaign, of which a third is earmarked for a new building. The building campaign, launched in October 2014, has raised nearly $9 million toward the $35 million goal.
Beck-Dudley took the lead for two major, campuswide “Big Ideas” initiatives designed to move Florida State into the nation’s top 25 public universities. Florida State’s goal of being recognized as “The Entrepreneurial University” led to the creation of the Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Program, which places successful entrepreneurs in programs across campus to mentor entrepreneurial students regardless of major. She also led the “Risk Initiative” to establish Florida State as a national leader in academic fields that involve risk. She was instrumental in securing a $5 million gift to create the Dr. William T. Hold/The National Alliance Program in Risk Management and Insurance, the college’s first named program.
By providing space and seed money, Beck-Dudley also played a role in the establishment of a college-veterans center aimed at improving the assimilation of veterans returning to school. This work helped set the groundwork for a universitywide veteran’s initiative with the intent of ensuring that Florida State would be the most veteran-friendly campus in the country. In 2013, Military Times ranked the College of Business No. 1 among public business schools and No. 3 among all business schools in “Best for Vets: Business Schools” rankings."


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FSUTribe76
3/12/2015

"Maybe in 12Noles subjective opinion. But Bloomberg has our undergraduate COB ranked 85th. That's not good (back when I was going to the FSU COB it was top 50 according to USNWR I think it was 42nd), but better than anywhere in Florida except UF (37th) and Miami (53rd). It doesn't help that the ACC has 3 out of the top 5 according to Bloomberg (ND #1, UVA #3 and BC #4) and we're ahead of only Clemson and NC State (barely they are 86). Although there is the old point of pride that we would be 5th in the SEC behind only TAMU, UF, UGA and barely behind Bama.

The only other Florida schools in the top 135 were FIU at 110 and USF at 129."