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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Ranked #23 Online MBA Program by Princeton Review

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Online MBA Ranked #23 in the Nation by The Princeton Review

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers one of the nation's most outstanding online MBA programs, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles the College in its list, Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2022 ranking.

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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Donors of 24 Named Spaces in New Crawford Hall

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Approves 26 Named Spaces in New Crawford Hall in Recognition of $10.7 Million in Philanthropic Gifts

During its regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, Dec. 15, the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Board of Trustees approved naming resolutions for 17 spaces to be located in the future Crawford Hall based on philanthropic gifts of $100,000 or more. An additional nine named spaces were approved by ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì President Todd Diacon that were below the required Board approval threshold.

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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

The rendering shows the south facade of Crawford Hall, the new home for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University. (Rendering courtesy of The Collaborative Inc. in partnership with Perkins + Will)

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Approves 26 Named Spaces in New Crawford Hall in Recognition of $10.7 Million in Philanthropic Gifts

During its regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, Dec. 15, the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Board of Trustees approved naming resolutions for 17 spaces to be located in the future Crawford Hall based on philanthropic gifts of $100,000 or more. An additional nine named spaces were approved by ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì President Todd Diacon that were below the required Board approval threshold.

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Kent Campus

Pictured are (left to right) Ambassador Edward F. Crawford; Deborah Spake, dean of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship; Mary Crawford, Ambassador Crawford’s wife; and ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì President Todd Diacon.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Announces Largest Single Gift in History From Ambassador Edward F. Crawford to ​Name the College and Construct New College of Business ​Building

The largest single gift in ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University history, by Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new College of Business Administration building on the university’s Kent Campus. 

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Alumni and Giving

Deborah F. Spake, dean of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University's College of Business Administration

Dean of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s College of Business Administration Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., dean of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s College of Business Administration, has been named a 2021 recipient of the American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing for Higher Education Special Interest Group (Higher Ed SIG) Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Kent Campus

Grace Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care as an entrepreneurship student at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University. (Photo provided by Grace Irvin-Dillard)

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Graduate Grows Successful Business She Founded as a Student

Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student.

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Kent Campus

A student enjoys her online class.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Online MBA Ranks No. 35 in the Nation in Fortune’s Best Online MBA Programs 2021 Ranking

The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University College of Business Administration’s Online MBA ranks No. 35 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online MBA Programs 2021 ranking released this week.

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Kent Campus

Outside View of Stopher hall

Honors Student Reflects on Internship with FirstEnergy

Paige Gamin is a junior ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Honors College student from Medina, Ohio, majoring in finance, with minors in accounting and economics. Paige first began her internship search when she heard that her Fall Semester 2020 classes would be remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though she has since ada…

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Honors College

Students in a class for Guaranteed MBA Admission Program announcement

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Becomes the First University in Ohio to Offer Direct Admission to MBA Program to First-Year and Transfer Students

This fall, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s College of Business Administration will begin offering direct admission to its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program to qualifying, incoming freshmen and students transferring into business programs.

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Kent Campus

Photo of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University campus by Franklin Hall

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Online MBA – Business Analytics Program Ranks No. 25 and Online Master’s in Nursing Program Ranks in Top 100 by U.S. News in 2021 Best Online Programs Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has named four ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2021. ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online MBA – Business Analytics Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings.

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Kent Campus