Munir Quddus, Ph.D.
Dr. Munir Quddus has knowledgeable me of his determination to go away the dean’s position within the School of Enterprise (COB) and return to the school on the finish of the autumn 2024 semester.
Throughout his 23-year tenure as dean, the COB has skilled unprecedented progress and dynamism. From attaining “preliminary” AACSB accreditation in 2006, and since then making certain three profitable reaffirmations of accreditation visits, including two grasp’s diploma applications [i.e., MSA and the EMBA], introducing the “first” on-line MBA program in Texas, and most just lately launching the “first” doctorate (DBA) program in Houston and Texas, supplied by an AACSB accredited public establishment (2021), the PVAMU COB workforce has made excellent progress. Over time, The COB has moved deliberately with a imaginative and prescient to contribute to society’s well-being via excellence and schooling. The PVAMU COB is understood for community-oriented applications such because the Small Enterprise Improvement Middle (SBDC) supporting small enterprise homeowners; the Voluntary Revenue Tax Help Program (VITA) for low-income households in Prairie View, Waller, and close by communities, and the Houston Wellness Program. These applications are sometimes carried out in partnership with others and interact enterprise college students, employees, and college.
Underneath Dr. Quddus’ management, the COB has obtained substantial funding from foundations, corporations, and companies, a few of whom actively recruit college students from the PVAMU COB. Examples contains the latest commitments of $1.6 million from BP and Shell to help a brand new Vitality Buying and selling Program; a $750,000 reward from KPMG to help scholarships for the BBA/MS in Accounting 4+1 Program; a present of $700,000 from the Deloitte Basis to help Accounting Curriculum and Training, to extend the variety of CPAs among the many COB accounting graduates; a present of $500,000 from the Blackstone Charitable Basis to boost entrepreneurship initiatives on campus; a present of $ 1.0 million Chevron to ascertain the Chevron Management Academy to enhance the gentle expertise of scholars majoring primarily in engineering and enterprise; a $1.5 million grant from the Goldman Sachs Basis to help school analysis associated to their “One Million Black Ladies” Initiative, on which he serves as one of many Precept Investigators (co-PI) with Dr. M. Worth of the Ruth Simmons Middle for Race and Justice at PVAMU; and a Title III grant ($1.5 million) which helps the Middle for Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” with Dr. Quddus because the Precept Investigator (PI).
The School of Enterprise has grown from roughly (35) full-time school members in 2001 to greater than (50) fifty full-time school and a dozen employees members throughout Dr. Quddus’ tenure. The enrollment grew from roughly 800 to over 1,600, making the COB the second-largest School on the PVAMU campus. The COB’s societal affect is mirrored within the rising variety of “Facilities” designed to serve the native communities and residents of Larger Houston via management coaching, entrepreneurship, small companies help, healthcare, and wellness, and, after all, in making ready the subsequent era of enterprise leaders, and entrepreneurs.
Dr. Quddus believes his most important affect might lie within the dynamic workforce (i.e., school, employees, directors) he has helped assemble within the COB. He said, “None of this may have been potential with out wonderful teamwork, mutual respect, and a collective sense of mission. I stay optimistic about the way forward for this historic establishment of upper studying and the School of Enterprise. Our work has been transformative. I’m grateful for being a part of the COB workforce.”
Please be a part of me in thanking Dr. Munir Quddus for his twenty-three years of excellent educational management. We want him properly in all his future endeavors and sit up for his continued contributions to Prairie View A&M College as an endowed school member within the COB. A nationwide seek for the subsequent Dean of the School of Enterprise will start throughout the fall 2024 semester.
Michael L. McFrazier, Interim Provost and Sr. Vice President for Tutorial Affairs
