From the Dean’s Desk

Dear Colleagues, Happy holidays!  While this is always a busy time, it was great to see so many of you at the Ross Holiday Party. I would like to start by extending a special thank you for supporting those in need in our local community this holiday season. Your support of our Holiday Sharing Program…

Dear Colleagues, Happy (early) Thanksgiving! I hope you are looking forward to the holiday season and the home stretch of the semester. November was a month filled with some notable “firsts.” Nov. 1 was the due date for the first offering of Early Decision for U-M undergraduates. When we look at the volume of Nov….

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are enjoying the fall semester so far. I wanted to share a few highlights from over the past month: Turning to some fun activities, we had an excellent turnout for our Fall Flannel Fest on Oct. 8, and I want to thank everyone involved in planning and hosting our annual…

Dear Colleagues, The fall season is officially here! The leaves are starting to change color, classes are in full swing, and a lot is happening around the school. I want to start by thanking everyone who attended the State of the School yesterday, where we talked about our accomplishments over the past year and our…

Dear Colleagues, I hope everyone enjoyed the summer and is excited by the buzz of the new academic year. Over the past few weeks, we have hosted many orientation sessions for our new students — from Online MBAs to Full-Time MBAs and BBAs. Our program teams and faculty did an excellent job of building positive…

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are all enjoying the summer and looking forward to the start of the new academic year. July brought many different visitors to campus, and was also a productive time to work together on some of our longer-term goals for the school, especially in light of the changes artificial intelligence is…

Dear Colleagues, I hope your summer is going well so far and that you are surviving this heat! Despite our students being off on internships, and many faculty traveling to conferences to present their work, there is still a lot going on here on campus. At the end of May, we had an open house…

Dear Colleagues, I want to start by acknowledging the change of presidential leadership at the University of Michigan. As Santa Ono moves on from his role, Dominico Grasso, PhD ’87, is now serving as our university’s interim president while the Board of Regents launches the search for the permanent replacement. President Grasso is well-respected across…

Dear Colleagues, I am very excited for this week! Our Michigan Ross Commencement is Friday, May 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Crisler Center. This year’s invited speaker is André Branch, MBA ’99, a C-suite executive with more than 25 years of experience leading and building brands in the consumer packaged goods and luxury sectors. Additionally,…

Dear Colleagues, I hope you enjoyed a little downtime at the start of this month when our students were on winter break. With that behind us, it is hard to believe commencement season is just around the corner, and we are already gearing up to celebrate launching our graduates into their next chapter. This has…