DRIVEN Dean’s Report | 2014 2 04. Dean’s Welcome 06. Where We Rank 08. What Students Are Saying 10. Thought Leadership 14. Learning 30. Global Impact 32. Community 38. Bauer in the News 44. Year in Review 3 Greetings, A few years ago, and to describe their Bauer College experience, a student posted a sign outside their classroom. It read “Where Awesome Happens,” a fitting tribute to the quality of the learning environment that our faculty and staff create. Coming from a student, it means more than speeches and letters shared by a dean. I consider myself very fortunate to see firsthand the meaning of this phrase. Our mission at Bauer College is to create a learning support structure so our students learn, gain confidence, develop support networks, and create opportunity for themselves and for others around them. Our goal is to make a difference and change lives. Follow along these pages as we bring to you a snapshot of the numbers that tell our story and capture our aspirations. Sincerely and with warm regards,, Latha Ramchand Dean and Professor, Finance C. T. Bauer College of Business University of Houston 4 Undergraduate Undergraduate Programs Programs 1st in Texas for total minority degrees ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM #1 awarded (6th overall) Business, Management, #18 Tied 18th overall; 23 schools ranked Marketing and Related Support Services, 2013 U.S. News & World Report Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Undergraduate 45th public (101st overall); 1st in Texas for total minority #45 388 schools ranked overall degrees awarded (3rd overall) (271 public), Bloomberg BusinessWeek Accounting and Related Services, 2013 Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Undergraduate 62nd public (101st overall); 388 #62 schools ranked overall (271 public) 1st in Texas for total minority U.S. News & World Report degrees awarded (6th overall) Finance and Financial Management Services, 2013 Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Undergraduate General Accolades 1st in Texas for total minority degrees awarded (5th overall) BUSINESS SCHOOL Marketing, 2013 “5 Business Schools Just as 1:5 Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Undergraduate Great as Harvard and Wharton” PolicyMic, 2013 CYVIA AND MELVYN WOLFF CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS SCHOOL #2 Ranked No. 2 on The Princeton 6th in U.S. on “10 Most Popular Review’s list of leading undergraduate #6 Business Schools”, “The U.S. News entrepreneurship programs in the Short List,” 2013 U.S. for Entrepreneur magazine. Financial Times 3rd in Texas for total minority #3 degrees awarded (43rd overall) Business Administration, Manage- ment and Operations, 2013 Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Undergraduate 6 Graduate Graduate Programs Programs 2nd in Texas for total minority EMBA PROGRAM degrees awarded (24th overall) #7 Top 20 among public business #2 Business, Management, Marketing schools; #7 in Texas and Related Support Services, 2013 Financial Times Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Graduate PROFESSIONAL MBA PROGRAM #26 26th public (52nd overall); 78 schools 2nd in Texas for total minority ranked overall (44 public) degrees awarded (4th overall) Bloomberg BusinessWeek Accounting and Related Services, 2013 Diverse Issues in Higher PROFESSIONAL MBA PROGRAM Education/Graduate #37 Tied 37th public (tied 61st overall) 212 schools ranked overall (130 public) 4th in Texas for total minority U.S. News & World Report degrees awarded (34th overall) #4 Business Administration, FULL-TIME MBA PROGRAM Management and Operations, 2013 Diverse Issues in Higher #50 50th public (tied 92nd overall);104 schools ranked overall (56 public) Education/Graduate U.S. News & World Report 5th in Texas for total minority PROFESSIONAL MBA PROGRAM degrees awarded (31st overall) #53 53rd among public business schools #5 Finance and Financial Best Business Schools, 2016 Management Services, 2013 U.S. News & World Report Diverse Issues in Higher Education/Graduate Opportunities for Women FULL-TIME MBA PROGRAM #6 6th in list of 10 Most Popular Business BAUER MBA Schools (The Short List: Grad School, 2013) #6 6th in list of Greatest Opportunities for U.S. News & World Report Women (The Princeton Review, 2015) 7 What Students Are Saying “ AT BAUER, WE LEAD THE PRIDE HERE AT BAUER, - VIDHA DIXIT ” WE ALWAYS SHARE OUR SUCCESSES WITH OUR PEERS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND ALWAYS ENJOY FEEDBACK ON HOW WE ARE DOING. HERE ARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT BAUER FROM THE SOURCE, OUR STUDENTS. “ BAUER HAS TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS, OVER ANYTHING ELSE. THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE WCE AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ENACTUS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT EVEN IN BUSINESS NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT THE HELP “ I WANT TO AND SUPPORT OF OTHERS, AND BAUER IS HOME TO THE BEST CONQUER THE WORLD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ANYONE COULD ASK FOR. OF BUSINESS ” - JP Dowling ” 8 “ “ I WANT TO CONQUER THE WORLD BAUER TAUGHT ME OF BUSINESS ” TO REACH FOR AT BAUER, THE STARS WE LEAD THE PRIDE - SARAH LASTOVICA ” “ EXACTLY ONE YEAR AWAY FROM GRADUATION AND I HAVE GAINED MORE KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE THAN EVER BEFORE! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND FOR PUSHING ME TO BECOME GREAT! #WCE2016 #UHBAUER - ODY DE LA PAZ ” 9 10