Welcome to the first edition of IMPACT, the biannual magazine from the College of Business and Public Administration. Our goal with this publication is to keep you up-to-date on all the truly amazing things our students, faculty and staff are doing on campus and in communities, both locally and globally. With this publication, we are reaching out to you and hope that you will engage in a conversation with us. If you are alumni, tell us what and how you are doing right now. If you are a friend of the CBPA and you’d like to learn more about our college, drop us a line or give us a call. This inaugural issue features a lead story about our successful extension of accreditation from the Association for the Advancement of Colleges and Schools of Business (AACSB). We are very proud of this exceptional distinction as fewer than 5 percent of colleges globally have earned accreditation with the AACSB.