Sustained excellence is only possible with strong leadership.
Over the past decade, Terry flourished under the direction of Dean Benjamin C. Ayers, growing in size and stature while achieving historic outcomes for our students and ensuring our faculty and staff have the resources needed to be successful and make an impact.
In large part because of his efforts at Terry, Dean Ayers was named UGA’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. I join the Terry community in thanking Ben for his service as dean and congratulating him on this well-deserved promotion.
As this magazine consistently highlights, Terry graduates find success with companies of all types and sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 multinationals. This issue shows they have also made a considerable mark on the restaurant industry. In the kitchen and boardroom, alumni are thriving in a famously challenging field.
Many of these graduates credit their professional achievements to their Terry education. We are proud our academic offerings continue to garner national recognition. This fall, U.S. News & World Report ranked our undergraduate program No. 9 among public business schools. Every undergraduate major was also ranked, with four listed among the top 10 public programs. Additionally, our Full-Time MBA program was ranked No. 7 among public business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Looking to the future, there is much to anticipate, beginning with the Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Terry undergraduates. As AI education is increasingly critical, we are incorporating it across our curriculum to ensure students are prepared to ethically and effectively harness new technologies in the pursuit of better business. At the graduate level, we partnered with the UGA School of Social Work to launch two degree programs centered on social innovation: an MBA-MSW and MBA-Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
And thanks to key partnerships, we created the Arch Bond Fund, allowing students in the Student Managed Investment Fund program to manage a bond portfolio, giving them early exposure to fixed-income investing and opening doors to more internship and job opportunities.
It is the support of our alumni and friends that enables us to provide these types of learning opportunities and ensure Terry remains at the forefront of business teaching and research. I am honored to serve in the role of interim dean as we continue to advance our mission of educating and inspiring future leaders.
Sincerely,
Santanu Chatterjee, Interim Dean
Dr. Harold A. Black Distinguished Professor and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics