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    • By vitue of its AACSB International accreditation, the VCU School of Business ranks in the top 5 % of business schools worldwide.

      VCU was the first business school in the nation to gain accreditation by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, for our undergraduate information systems program.

      VCU is the largest university in Virginia.

      More than 500 School of Business alumni are chairman, president or CEO of a company.

      Student teams from VCU won a software design competition, the Microsoft Imagine Cup, and travelled overseas to represent the USA in the international competition – two years in a row!

      The School of Business offers 80+ scholarships, above and beyond those offered by the university as a whole.

      The CEO Class brings executives into the classroom each week to meet with undergraduates.

      Our Executive MS in IS program is the only graduate IS program in the nation that includes both CIO Mentoring and Executive Leadership Coaching.

      The greatest distance travelled to attend a Center for Corporate Education program is over 8,000 miles. 32 executives from Shanghai, China, came to VCU for the China Entrepreneurial Program.

      The VCU School of Business offers full-time, part-time and weekend MBA programs.

      Snead Hall is named after two alumni, Tom and Vickie Snead.

      The Business and Engineering Career Center offers career advising and recruiting opportunities, conveniently located on the first floor of Snead Hall.

      Snead Hall has 14 breakout rooms for students to work together in groups.

      The information systems department, part of the School of Business, is co-located with the computer science department, part of the School of Engineering.

      Bleecker Street Café serves up lattes and sandwiches on the first floor of Snead Hall.

      The VCU School of Business has more than 23,000 alumni.

      Richmond businessman and philanthropist, Sam Kornblau, donated $2.5 million to establish a real estate research institute in the School of Business.

      The Virginia Family & Private Business Forum provides education and consulting services to family firms throughout the region.

      The Real Estate Trends Conference draws more than 600 professionals, faculty and students annually.

      The Controllers Executive RoundTable provides professional development and networking for controllers of major private and public companies.

      From 2004 to 2007 faculty and doctoral students from over 200 universities in 25 countries participated in CARMA events either live or via the Internet.

      The Charles G. Thalhimer Family Scholar-in-Residence Program was established in 1984 to provide VCU School of Business students and faculty access to outstanding scholars.

      VCU is home to The Southern Economic Journal, a publication of the Southern Economic Association.


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