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2• And, finally, many thanks to University staff whosupplied me with data, in particular, Mike Dugan, RickMassey, and Penny Pickel.I’ve now completed five years as Dean of the College of Businessand Public Administration. In some ways it seems like yesterday,yet in most ways it feels as though I’ve been here all my life.Quite a lot has happened during the past five years and, while thisreport is generally a review of the past year, in some ways todayI’ll be describing the accomplishments of the past five years.SLIDE ON GOOD TO GREAT When I first arrived, I wasinterviewed by Bill Choyke, Editor of the Business section of theVirginian Pilot. He asked me if I was going to take the schoolfrom Good to Great. I told him that while that was a niceaspiration, I felt that Good to Better was more realistic. Thecollege had been hard-hit by three years of budget cuts and facultywere concerned about their impact, our focus, and our ability toeven maintain accreditation. Today I think I can safely say thatwe have very much accomplished Good to Better. While we stilldon’t have all the faculty resources we need, we sailed through ourAACSB maintenance of accreditation (didn’t seem like sailing atthe time) and acquired at least some of the resources that willensure our future. Our strategic plan is working and has set us ona course. So today if Bill Choyke asked me if I was planning tolead us from Good to Great, my answer would be “yes.”In going through this year’s State of the College address, I willrecap the past year (and in some cases the past five years) and Iwill be talking about some of the concepts in Good to Great.