Ajay Samant, Ph.D.
Dean
• Accredited by AACSB for the BBA, MBA and
MACC degrees.
• Ranked among the best 100 business colleges
by Princeton Review for the last 4 years
• Second largest college at UNF in terms of
student enrollment (1,630 FTE in Spring 2012)
• Flagship Program in International Business
• Flagship Program in Transportation and Logistics
• Outstanding programs in Financial Services
(approved for CFP certification education) and in
Finance (with a trading room and the student
managed Osprey Fund)
• Outstanding programs in Accounting (BBA and
MACC)
• UNF ranks among the top 25 Master’s level
institutions in the country for student
participation in study abroad. CCB students
account for about 40 per cent of them.
• Our strategy: Focus on core courses at UNF
and give students a wide selection of high
cost elective courses taught by international
exchange partners. Inbound international
students are placed into already existing
courses.
• Global MBA (Jacksonville, Poland, Germany,
China)
• Ibero-American MBA (Jacksonville, Spain,
Argentina, online)
• MBA Concentration in Global
Entrepreneurship
• Twelfth Annual International Business
Research Conference. Average attendance is
65 faculty from 25 countries
• Four China Business Research Conferences
• International Business Summit: Co-sponsored
by UNF, UCF, USF, UF, FSU and FIU, held six
times to discuss international business topics
impacting the State of Florida
• 214 students are enrolled in study abroad
programs, ranging from faculty lead
programs (116), four week “Coggin In”
programs (33), Semester long programs
(31), and Double Degree Programs (34)
• 58 International Exchange students attend
UNF
• Raised over $750,000 in scholarships for
study abroad
• World Affairs Council Great Decisions Programs at
Fletcher High and Ponte Vedra High and the
Jacksonville Public Library
• Global JAX’s Going Global Program for High School
Students
• Dr. Jeff Michelman chairs the Academy of International
Business and Marketing at Ponte Vedra High School
• Dr. Ajay Samant serves on the Consortium Advisory
Council for Georgia State University’s Center for
International Business and Research
• Plans to have 10 undergraduate double
degree programs, the first university in Florida
to do so, in France, Germany, Spain, China,
Chile, UK, Australia.
• Increase size, quality, and visibility of the
International Business Research Conference
• Increase external funding for scholarships
• Increase the level of community and business
engagement
• Established in May 2006. Director is
Prof. Robert Frankel
• Logistics Information Technology Solutions Lab
(LITSLAB) is one of only 10 in the nation.
Manhattan Associates, Barloworld Supply
Chain Software and Magaya Corporation have
made substantial gifts
• Intermodal Association of North America
(IANA) has made a three year commitment to
fund an annual Logistics and Supply Chain
Management Case Competition
• UNF placed among the top 25 universities in
terms of institutional thought leadership in the
discipline
• UNF placed among the top 15 universities in
terms of faculty scholarship in T&L
• Logistics majors automatically receive
professional certification (CTL) from the
American Society of Transportation &
Logistics. This makes UNF the only university
in the State of Florida and among only 27 in
the nation to be so recognized.
• Interactions with Professional Organizations:
CSCMP, AST&L, IANA, NDTA, TCJAX, WTS
• LITSLAB has received gifts of $ 1.4 million
in software (of which $ 1.2 million were
received over the past year)
• Logistics majors have received $88,000 in
scholarships. In addition scholarships are
supported by a $200,000 gift made in 2002
• Work with regional T&L organizations to
promote Jacksonville as the premier intermodal
transportation center in the southeast
• Continue to provide the knowledge and
functional skills to meet the managerial needs
of the T&L industry