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26• Implement IT track in PhD program in Business Administration.• Add an MBA Career event and begin additional data collection ongraduates• Raise funds for additional Faculty Fellow endowments and add additionalConstant Hall Partners• Begin offering course for Student Managed Investment Fund• Work towards GREAT!SHOW LAST SLIDEIt’s been a great year and a terrific fiveyears. I look forward to working with all of you as we now strivetowards greatness. And – my apologies to anyone whoseachievement I did not recognize today. We do so much that it’simpossible to catalogue it all. A general thank you andcongratulations, though, to everyone who has worked so hard tobuild a better business school. I do believe we can be a great one.As you start your year, I think it would be helpful to approach it assuggested by Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon Professor whorecently reminded us to value every minute.“Pausch’s gift was reminding us if we put relationships, first,discover and pursue passions and appreciate the good in others,karma takes care of itself.” Per Va Pilot 072908The Adjunct faculty meetings will follow the reception. Pleasemeet your Department Chair afterwards to find out where you aremeeting. Also – you will be given a CBPA annual report as youleave today. It’s hard to put into words how much work goes intocreating that document and making sure that it’s ready for today –this is mostly due to the perseverance of Connie Merriman and weare also grateful to Victoria Burke in University Publications. Wehope you’ll enjoy it!