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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

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. 

Deborah F. Spake, dean of ºÚÁÏÍø's College of Business Administration

Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., dean of ºÚÁÏÍø’s College of Business Administration, has been named a 2021 recipient of the American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing for Higher Education Special Interest Group (Higher Ed SIG) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Grace Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care as an entrepreneurship student at ºÚÁÏÍø. (Photo provided by Grace Irvin-Dillard)

Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from ºÚÁÏÍø in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student.

A student enjoys her online class.

The ºÚÁÏÍø College of Business Administration’s Online MBA ranks No. 35 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online MBA Programs 2021 ranking released this week.

Students in a class for Guaranteed MBA Admission Program announcement

This fall, ºÚÁÏÍø’s College of Business Administration will begin offering direct admission to its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program to qualifying, incoming freshmen and students transferring into business programs.

Photo of ºÚÁÏÍø campus by Franklin Hall

U.S. News & World Report has named four ºÚÁÏÍø programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2021. Kent State is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online MBA – Business Analytics Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings.

Photo of the arch on the Lefton Esplanade at ºÚÁÏÍø

ºÚÁÏÍø’s College of Business Administration offers one of the nation’s most outstanding online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles the college in its Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2021 ranking.

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