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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

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Honors College senior Morgan Bowers pitching during a Kent State women's softball game.

ºÚÁÏÍø officials and donors to the Crawford Hall project officially break ground for the new building.

ºÚÁÏÍø officially broke ground on Crawford Hall, the future home of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, on March 8 in a ceremony attended by more than 400 people, including university officials, donors, alumni, students, elected officials and special guests.

Kent State fountain at Risman Plaza

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The ºÚÁÏÍø Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Online Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) ranks No. 12 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online Master’s in Business Analytics Programs in 2022.

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Ranked #23 Online MBA Program by Princeton Review

Kent State’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers one of the nation's most outstanding online MBA programs, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles the College in its list, Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2022 ranking.

Donors of 24 Named Spaces in New Crawford Hall

During its regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, Dec. 15, the ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees approved naming resolutions for 17 spaces to be located in the future Crawford Hall based on philanthropic gifts of $100,000 or more. An additional nine named spaces were approved by Kent State President Todd Diacon that were below the required Board approval threshold.

The rendering shows the south facade of Crawford Hall, the new home for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at ºÚÁÏÍø. (Rendering courtesy of The Collaborative Inc. in partnership with Perkins + Will)

During its regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, Dec. 15, the ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees approved naming resolutions for 17 spaces to be located in the future Crawford Hall based on philanthropic gifts of $100,000 or more. An additional nine named spaces were approved by Kent State President Todd Diacon that were below the required Board approval threshold.

Pictured are (left to right) Ambassador Edward F. Crawford; Deborah Spake, dean of ºÚÁÏÍø’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship; Mary Crawford, Ambassador Crawford’s wife; and Kent State President Todd Diacon.

The largest single gift in ºÚÁÏÍø history, by Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new College of Business Administration building on the university’s Kent Campus.