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{{Short description|Business school of the University of Texas at San Antonio}}
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}}The '''Carlos Alvarez College of Business''' is the largest business school in the [[University of Texas System]] and one of the 30 largest in the United States.<ref name = "COB About">"[http://business.utsa.edu/aboutus/index.aspx About the College of Business]". UTSA. Retrieved May 17, 2013.</ref> The Carlos Alvarez College of Business, located at [[University of Texas at San Antonio|The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)]], is accredited by [[AACSB]] International, the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]]. It is nationally ranked by the Princeton Review, BusinessWeek and HispanicBusiness. The college hosts undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in many different fields of study.
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== History ==
UTSA was originally established with 5 colleges, the College of Business being one of them. Shortly after Louis J. Rodriguez, the first Dean of the College of Business, was hired in 1971. Rodriguez would later become the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculties at UTSA making way for E.D. “Doug” Hodo to be appointed as the new Dean in 1972. Hodo served as Dean until 1987. In 1981 Lila Flory-Truett became the first woman to be named Director of the Division of Economics and Finance.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://business.utsa.edu/about-us/history/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=UTSA College of Business|language=en-US}}</ref>


During the month of August in 1991, UTSA became the first university in Texas to receive [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]] grant to internationalize College of Business. One year later in July 1992, the Master of Science degree in Management of Technology was approved by [[Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board]], the first of its kind in Texas. The joint program between the College of Business and the College of Sciences and Engineering began in the 1993-94 academic year. In December 1994, the university broke ground on a new building to house the business school.<ref name=":0" />
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===Rankings & Accolades===

Four years after becoming the fourth dean Dr. Bruce Bublitz stepped down making way for Dr. Lynda Y. de la Viña to become the first female and Hispanic Dean of the UTSA College of Business.<ref name=":0" />

Wm. Gerard Sanders served as Dean from April 2013 - December 2020. Pamela Smith was named interim Dean effective January 2021 and joined UTSA in 2001.<ref name=":0" />

In 2018 UTSA announced a $90 million expansion of its downtown campus which included an expansion of the business school.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UTSA Year in Review, No. 2: UTSA advances Downtown Campus vision through $90 million funding, gift and land|url=https://www.utsa.edu/today/2018/12/story/YIR-DTC-GiftandLand.html|access-date=2021-03-24|website=www.utsa.edu|date=30 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

On March 24, 2021 Carlos Alvarez, the CEO of [[Gambrinus Company|The Gambrinus Company]], a leading craft brewer that he founded in San Antonio, Texas, which owns and operates the [[Spoetzl Brewery]] and the [[Trumer Brewery]], announced a $20 million gift to the College of Business.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alvarezes gift $20 million to advance College of Business research, programs|url=https://www.utsa.edu/today/2021/03/story/alvarezes-back-business-college.html|access-date=2021-03-24|website=www.utsa.edu|date=24 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In honor of his donation the college was renamed to the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, becoming the first business school in the University of Texas system to be named after a Latino.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=UTSA nets $20M gift from Carlos Alvarez for business college|url=https://sanantonioreport.org/utsa-nets-20m-gift-from-carlos-alvarez-to-rename-business-school-in-his-honor/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=San Antonio Report|language=en-US}}</ref>

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==Rankings and accolades==
* #1 Hispanic serving business school for undergraduates according to Bloomberg Businessweek
* #1 cyber security program in the nation according to the Ponemon Institute
* One of the Top 5 Texas business schools for undergraduates according to Bloomberg Businessweek
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* #10 graduate business school in the nation for Hispanics by Hispanic Business
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* Top 10 MBA program for minorities by the Princeton Review for the past 10 years
* Received the Brillante Award for Educational Excellence from the National Society for Hispanic MBA's (2013)
* Received the Brillante Award for Educational Excellence from the National Society for Hispanic MBA's (2013)
* 65th nationally for management faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2012-2013)
* 35th nationally for marketing faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
* 69th nationally for marketing faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2012-2013)
* 64th nationally for accounting faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
* #2 nationally for number of undergraduate business degrees awarded to Hispanics according to Hispanic Outlook (2012)
* 81st nationally for management science faculty research according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
* 10th in the South for economics faculty research according to Applied Economics Letters
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* #8 graduate business school in the nation for Hispanics by Hispanic Business (2013)

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* Top 10 MBA program for minorities by the Princeton Review for the past eight years
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 9 April 2023

Carlos Alvarez College of Business
Former names
College of Business (1969-2020)
TypePublic Business School
Established1969
Parent institution
University of Texas at San Antonio
DeanJonathon Halbesleben
Academic staff
110 full-time faculty, 103 tenured and tenure-track
Students5,193
Undergraduates4,567
Postgraduates528
98
Location
San Antonio
,
Texas
,
U.S.
CampusUrban
ColoursBlue and Orange    
Websitebusiness.utsa.edu

The Carlos Alvarez College of Business is the largest business school in the University of Texas System and one of the 30 largest in the United States.[1] The Carlos Alvarez College of Business, located at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is nationally ranked by the Princeton Review, BusinessWeek and HispanicBusiness. The college hosts undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in many different fields of study.

History

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UTSA was originally established with 5 colleges, the College of Business being one of them. Shortly after Louis J. Rodriguez, the first Dean of the College of Business, was hired in 1971. Rodriguez would later become the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculties at UTSA making way for E.D. “Doug” Hodo to be appointed as the new Dean in 1972. Hodo served as Dean until 1987. In 1981 Lila Flory-Truett became the first woman to be named Director of the Division of Economics and Finance.[2]

During the month of August in 1991, UTSA became the first university in Texas to receive U.S. Department of Education grant to internationalize College of Business. One year later in July 1992, the Master of Science degree in Management of Technology was approved by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the first of its kind in Texas. The joint program between the College of Business and the College of Sciences and Engineering began in the 1993-94 academic year. In December 1994, the university broke ground on a new building to house the business school.[2]

Four years after becoming the fourth dean Dr. Bruce Bublitz stepped down making way for Dr. Lynda Y. de la Viña to become the first female and Hispanic Dean of the UTSA College of Business.[2]

Wm. Gerard Sanders served as Dean from April 2013 - December 2020. Pamela Smith was named interim Dean effective January 2021 and joined UTSA in 2001.[2]

In 2018 UTSA announced a $90 million expansion of its downtown campus which included an expansion of the business school.[3]

On March 24, 2021 Carlos Alvarez, the CEO of The Gambrinus Company, a leading craft brewer that he founded in San Antonio, Texas, which owns and operates the Spoetzl Brewery and the Trumer Brewery, announced a $20 million gift to the College of Business.[4] In honor of his donation the college was renamed to the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, becoming the first business school in the University of Texas system to be named after a Latino.[5]

Rankings and accolades

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  • #1 Hispanic serving business school for undergraduates according to Bloomberg Businessweek
  • #1 cyber security program in the nation according to the Ponemon Institute
  • One of the Top 5 Texas business schools for undergraduates according to Bloomberg Businessweek
  • #10 graduate business school in the nation for Hispanics by Hispanic Business
  • Top 10 MBA program for minorities by the Princeton Review for the past 10 years
  • Received the Brillante Award for Educational Excellence from the National Society for Hispanic MBA's (2013)
  • 35th nationally for marketing faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
  • 64th nationally for accounting faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
  • 81st nationally for management science faculty research according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
  • 10th in the South for economics faculty research according to Applied Economics Letters

References

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  1. ^ "About the College of Business". UTSA. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "History". UTSA College of Business. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  3. ^ "UTSA Year in Review, No. 2: UTSA advances Downtown Campus vision through $90 million funding, gift and land". www.utsa.edu. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. ^ "Alvarezes gift $20 million to advance College of Business research, programs". www.utsa.edu. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  5. ^ "UTSA nets $20M gift from Carlos Alvarez for business college". San Antonio Report. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
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