After eight years as a faculty member at Montana State University, it is my pleasure to now serve as the dean of the College of Business. This is a special place with an exceptional faculty that is committed to both excellence in teaching and research.

We offer exciting and innovative undergraduate programs in accounting, finance, management, and marketing as well as minors in entrepreneurship and small business management, international business, and the management of information technology. We also offer a master's of professional accountancy degree, designed for students interested in a career in public accounting. Our small class size (about 30 students per class), teaching and mentoring philosophy, and distinct organizational culture enable us to create an experiential and personalized learning environment for our students.

To help enhance the student experience, the College created the Gary K. Bracken Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, funded by a very generous $3 million gift from the friends and family of College of Business graduate Gary Bracken ('61). The gift has been used to help fund scholarships, new facilities for students and recruiters, a business communications and writing clinic, and to improve coursework and programs for undergraduates.

A number of our programs have won distinguished awards for innovative curriculum, including our freshman seminar and our entrepreneurship program. The College's Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West has been honored with grants from the National Science Foundation and the Small Business Administration and our Alderson Program in Entrepreneurship has been highly ranked by Entrepreneur magazine.

Some of our graduates have launched their own successful ventures, while many others can be found working in some of the best companies in Montana, the U.S., Europe and Asia, including the Big 4 accounting firms, national and regional financial institutions, and international management consulting, marketing and advertising firms. The 70-plus companies that regularly visit campus and recruit College of Business students tell us that they return each year to due to our students' excellent training and strong work ethic.

Dr. Dan Moshavi
Dean, College of Business