The numbers are in. Confirming the college's longstanding commitment to giving back, our faculty and staff met--and exceeded--this year's goals for the annual Oregon Employees Charitable Fund Drive.
Five new faculty members have joined the Lundquist College of Business this fall. Some are up-and-coming talent. Others are already renowned in their fields. Their areas of expertise span many topics, including sports business, statistical analysis and mathematical optimization, disclosure policy, executive risk-taking, management, and more.
Let's break it down by numbers: 67 pledges, $37,534 donated (15 percent of UO total), $560.21 average gift. Those figures represent the contributions by Lundquist College of Business faculty and staff to the annual Oregon Charitable Fund Drive. More than half of the college's employees participated, giving part of their paychecks to charities throughout the state. Each year, the Oregon Charitable Fund Drive asks state employees to give to their choice of more than 800 local non-profits. Oh, and for the record, total UO pledges were $248,065.00-$120,000 more than OSU and PSU combined.
Cornelis "Kees" de Kluyver officially assumed leadership of the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business on September 1, but he has already been hard at work getting to know students and faculty while outlining his vision for the college. Watch this video to get to know Kees (he owns 150 suspenders and plays the Banjo), and you'll see why the college is thrilled to welcome him as our new dean.
Some are seasoned researchers. Others are rising academic stars. Altogether eight new faculty members joined the college this fall with esteemed credentials. That makes twenty-four new professors and instructors in the past three years in response to unprecedented enrollment growth and burgeoning national stature.
“Kees de Kluyver is uniquely qualified to guide the Lundquist College of Business into a future of promise and opportunity,” said UO Senior Vice President and Provost James Bean.
