Fuqua School of Business
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| Duke University campus | |
| Image:FuquaMap.PNG | |
| Fuqua Keller Center | |
| Use | Business School |
| Style | |
| Erected | 1983 |
| Location | West Campus |
| Namesake | J.B. Fuqua |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Address | 251 Science Drive, Durham, NC |
| Website | Fuqua School of Business |
The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Fuqua (pronounced few-qua) is one of the youngest U.S. business schools affiliated with elite research universities, but has shown strong performance in rankings by business publications. It currently enrolls 1,340 students in degree-seeking programs. These programs include the Daytime MBA, the Global Executive, the Cross Continent, the Weekend Executive, the Duke Goethe Executive MBA program, and a Ph.D. program. Duke Executive Education and Duke Corporate Education offer non-degree business education and professional development programs which are ranked number one in the world by the Financial Times. Blair Sheppard is the Dean of Fuqua.
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[edit] History
Duke's Fuqua School of Business had humble beginnings. Formed in 1969, the graduate school enrolled its first class of 20 students in 1970. In 1974, Thomas F. Keller, a 1953 Duke graduate, became the graduate school's new dean. This served as a turning point in the school's history. Keller quickly improved the school's fortune. He embarked upon a capital campaign in 1978 with the goal of raising $20 million to erect a building, increase the number of M.B.A. students from sixty to 250, and more than doubled the number of faculty positions. In three years, the campaign raised $24 million, $10 million of which came from businessman and philanthropist J.B. Fuqua. The graduate school's name was then changed to The Fuqua School of Business.
[edit] Academic
The school's faculty is organized into ten disciplines, including Accounting, Decision Sciences, Economics, Finance, Health Sector Management, Management, Management Communication, Marketing, Operations Management, and Strategy
The Fuqua School of Business is home to eight research centers:
- Center for Decision Studies
- Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
- Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Center for International Business Education and Research
- Duke Global Capital Markets Center
- The Innovation Center at Duke University
- Center for Customer Relationship Management
- Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership and Ethics
[edit] Rankings
BusinessWeek ranked Fuqua 9th in the nation in 2006. The Wall Street Journal ranks it #13 among national business schools, and Forbes magazine ranks it #12 on a ROI basis. The Financial Times ranks it #13 in the United States, whereas the Economist magazine ranks it #16 in the United States. U.S. News and World Report ranked Fuqua 12th[[4]]. Fuqua Corporate Education is ranked number 1 (First) in the world [[5]].Financial Times ranked Fuqua 23rd in the world (and 9th in the nation) for its Executive MBA programs.[1]
Fuqua's journals are the most cited business journals in the world. [2]
[edit] Campus
The Fuqua School of Business campus is located in Durham, adjacent to the Duke Law School and the main Duke University Campus. The campus currently consists of five interconnected buildings, including Keller East (1981), Keller West (1981), R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center (1989), Magat Academic Center (1999) and the Fox Student Center (2002). Another classroom building is currently under construction that will house additional state of the art lecture rooms, two new auditoriums, a suite of team rooms, two multipurpose rooms, offices and a larger space for the Ford Library. The new building is scheduled to be completed in 2008.[3]
[edit] Interesting Facts
Fuqua is host to the World MBA Rugby Championships
Fuqua is host to the MBA Games held each spring in connection with Special Olympics North Carolina.
The Fuqua School of Business and Coach K Leadership Conference is an annual conference is a collaborative program from of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Duke Corporate Education, Duke University Athletics and The Kenan Institute for Ethics. Mike Krzyzewski, coach of the Duke basketball team and author of best-selling business books on leadership, is an Executive-in-Residence at Fuqua, teaching and writing on leadership and ethics during the off-season.[4]
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