{"id":3056,"date":"2016-10-17T15:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2016-10-18T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T14:00:24","slug":"meet-the-dean-tour-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2016\/10\/17\/meet-the-dean-tour-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Dean Tour Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Brad Crisp officially began his tenure as Dean of the College of Business Administration in May and has been building an agenda since then for his new role. One of the items on that agenda has been to reach out to and connect with alumni from COBA. Thus, the idea for the \u201cMeet the Dean Tour\u201d was born and is now in full swing.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Brad Crisp, Dean of the College of Business Administration<\/p><\/div>\n

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Starting in Abilene with 56 alumni and friends, Dr. Crisp described ACU’s long standing success in business education and our recent path of progress with our School of Information Technology and Computing, Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy, Lytle Center for Faith and Leadership, and a new online MBA program.<\/p>\n

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Meeting with COBA alumni in Austin.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Along with our first event in Abilene, alumni and friends gathered in Austin and San Antonio October 11-12th for a Meet the Dean lunch in each city.\u00a0 The opportunity to network with business and technology professionals and learn about the growing opportunities with our academic programs was enjoyed by 28 attendees at each event.\u00a0 Alumni who graduated within the past 10 years joined Dr. Crisp for a \u201cBeat the Dean\u201d event at Top Golf in San Antonio as they attempted to best the new Dean. It was a fun time of networking with about 20 alums, and\u00a0Dr. Crisp was able to withstand the challenge.<\/p>\n

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COBA Alum at the Beat the Dean San Antonio event<\/p><\/div>\n

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The next stops for the tour are Dallas on October 27 and Fort Worth on October 28, followed by a tour stop in the Silicon Valley on November 2. \u00a0The tour will finish on November 7 and 8 in Houston.\u00a0 We want to give a big thank you to our tour sponsor, Steve Green and Anvil II Management. We are also very grateful for sponsorship of the following city stops:<\/p>\n

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Abilene: David Swearingen and Johnson & Johnson<\/p>\n

Austin: Bill & Jan McClellan and Gary Skidmore<\/p>\n

Dallas: Heritage Christian College and Partner Source<\/p>\n

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To our alumni and friends, your support of our work to educate business and technology professionals for Christian service and leadership throughout the world is a great encouragement to us. \u00a0We hope that you\u2019ll register to attend one of the remaining dates on the Meet the Dean tour. \u00a0For information on the dates and to register, please click this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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