![]() ![]() “Having our graduates placed in the best global companies is a focus of our Advisory Board, on which Dean serves, and it is good for our students, for our school, and for the university,” said Business Dean Ken Cyree. ![]() ![]() I want to help make certain they do.”ĭouglas explained that he hopes his gift will be used to support the development of software or artificial intelligence tools to drive a stronger job-placement result for School of Business Administration graduates. “I understand that there’s a 90% placement rate for our students within six months but I’m not sure that they’re getting the best jobs. “When I talked about Ole Miss to others at IBM and many other companies, I realized that University of Mississippi graduates weren’t on the top of their recruiting lists and that bothered me,” said Douglas, now retired, living in Oxford, Mississippi, and teaching a sales class within the business school. The funds will work in tandem to support an initiative designed to make the Ole Miss School of Business Administration a go-to source for companies recruiting new executives, meaning graduates will be better prepared to be hired by top companies in global business. Douglas Business Advisory Board Business Connect Program Endowment. With gifts totaling $250,000, the 1978 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration established the Dean Douglas Business Student Preparation Endowment and the Dean J. After a career spanning more than 30 years across the telecommunication and information technology industries, including leading four companies as CEO, Dean Douglas is giving back to the university he credits for his success. ![]()
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