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RG 16 School of Business Administration
- Historical note: Fort Lewis College
has been granting business degrees since 1963, but the School of Business was
formed as part of the College's academic reorganization that was effective
July 1, 1970. 380 students were enrolled in the school in March of
1972. (Source: Fort Lewis College press release #229 dated March 17,
1972.) The name of the original Division of Business was changed
to the Division of Business and Economics by approval of the State Board of
Agriculture on May 12, 1964.
The
title of Director, School of Business Administration was changed to Dean,
School of Business Administration,
by action of the State Board of Agriculture on May 9, 1979.
- Click here for a list of annual awards to students.
16.1 Dean's records
and correspondence, 1957-2002, bulk 1958-87.
16.2 Accreditation reports and correspondence, 1973, 1975, 1978, 3 document cases.
16.3 Departmental records, including memos and records of the SOBA Personnel Committee and the SOBA Reorganization Team, 1983, 2002 - ongoing.
- Organizational note: rather than departments and chairs, the School of Business has five areas, each with its own coordinator. The School has nine options for courses of study by persons majoring in Business. The courses in the 9 options are drawn from various of the 5 areas.
- Historical note: established as a major in January of 1970 (as approved at the State Board of Agriculture meeting on Oct. 24, 1969).
16.3.A.1 Printed materials, 1985, 1994-95, 1997, 1 document case- 16.3.B, (includes posters, newspaper clippings, and other publicity).16.3.B Business Administration Program
16.3.A.2 Area Coordinator's records.
16.3.A.3 Faculty records, 1985, 1997-98, 2000-.
16.3.A.4 The Accounting Organization (also known as the Accounting Club) records, 1995.
16.3.A.5 Beta Alpha Psi honorary accounting fraternity records, 2002-.
16.3.A.6 Projects and grants records.
- Note: this area offers options in Agricultural Business, Business Administration, Engineering Management, Finance, Information Management, International Business, Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management).
- Note: Also contains records of the Marketing Program up through 2009, as it was an option in the Business Administration Program before becoming an independent major in 2009.
16.3.B.1 Printed materials, 1966-69, 1982, 1992, 2002-03, (includes posters, newspaper clippings, and other publicity).16.3.C Economics Program
16.3.B.2 Area Coordinator's records.
16.3.B.3 Faculty records, 1957, 1984-85, 1997-.
16.3.B.4 Projects and grants records, 1992-94, 2001.
- Historical note: established as a major in January of 1970 (as approved at the State Board of Agriculture meeting on Oct. 24, 1969).
16.3.C.1 Printed materials, 1994-97, 1 document case- 16.5.2, (includes posters, newspaper clippings, and other publicity).16.3.D Marketing Program
16.3.C.2 Area Coordinator's records.
16.3.C.3 Faculty records, 1985, 1994, 1997-98, 2000-.
16.3.C.4 Projects and grants records.
- Note: Marketing Program records pre-2009 can be found in 16.3.B, as it was an option in the Business Administration Program before becoming an independent major in 2009.
16.3.D.1 Printed materials.16.3.E Computer Science Information Systems (CSIS) Program
16.3.D.2 Area Coordinator's records.
16.3.D.3 Faculty records.
16.3.D.4 Projects and grants records.
- Note: The CSIS program was administratively transferred to the School of Business Administration in Fall 2004 when the School of Arts and Sciences was restructured. CSIS records pre-2005 can be found in Record Group 15.3.E.
16.3.E.1 Printed materials.16.4 Business Club records
16.3.E.2 Area Coordinator's records.
16.3.E.3 Faculty records.
16.3.E.4 Projects and grants records.
(see also Roteract International Club, Series 13.T.10, and Students in Free Enterprise/SIPE, Series 13.T.38)
16.5 School of Business Administration printed materials
16.5.1 Catalogs, brochures, and website screen printouts, 195_, 1960's, 1993-.16.6 Center for Professional Education16.5.2 School of Business Administration events printed materials, 1957-63, 1978, 1982-87, 1994-. 1 document case- 16.6 , (includes printed materials pertaining to the annual Southwest Business Forum, 1993-, printed materials the former Business Achievement Day, and other SOBA activities).
16.5.3 Business Bulletin newsletter, 1992-93, 1995, 1999.
16.5.4 Office of Foreign Study Programs records, 1958, 1966, 1995- (includes earlier records of program development from the 1950s).
16.6.1 Publications, 1993-95, 1999, (includes posters, newspaper clippings, and other publicity)16.7 Colorado Center for Tourism Research16.6.2 Director's records and correspondence.
16.6.3 Certificate of Professional Management Program records.
- Historical note: this program was begun in February 1995 as a model of government outsourcing; it is run on a contractual basis through the Fort Lewis College Foundation with a private firm that produces the seminars and shares with Fort Lewis College a percentage of any profits.
- Historical note: this program was begun in early 1999 as a function of the School of Business, with Professor Roy Cook as its director/ sponsor. Its purpose is to utilize business students to examine and report on issues of local tourism. The trademark for the Tourism Research Center was registered on March 4, 1999.
16.7.1 Publications (includes posters, newspaper clippings, and other publicity).
This inventory was prepared by Todd Ellison, C.A.
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