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2000s 2000 A $1 million Student Managed (investment) Fund is established; the Treibick Family Chair for CITI, the Gladstein Professor in Information Management and Innovation is established; WebCT is introduced in the School to enhance learning and facilitate online course delivery; four- year business degrees are offered in Stamford. 2001 The School prepares to open the doors to its new home on Hillside Road in Storrs; edgelab opens in Stamford; ING Center and the ING Chair in Financial Services established; Auran J. Fox Chair in E-Business is established. 2002 BusinessWeek ranks UConn among the "Best B-Schools" in the country; C.F. Sirmans is appointed interim dean. 2003 William C. (Curt) Hunter is appointed the School's sixth dean; in May, the first fully online MSA class begins; new Waterbury campus opens. 2004 The Graduate Business Learning Center and SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator open in downtown Hartford; additional $1 million is added to the Student Managed Fund; the first eight students to accomplish the coursework for a business minor were recognized. 2006 Mo Hussein appointed as interim dean; Business Writing Center was created. Business Law Professor Edwin Tucker delivers a lecture in 1978. puses, in Storrs, Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury and Torrington. We have a Hall of Fame for our accomplished alumni, who have gone on to be leaders in the business industry in their own right (See Hall of Fame, Page 24). Our students head into the world with practical and progressive career expertise, helping the economy as a whole with relevant skills and innovative mindsets. Our goal is to continue educat- ing future business leaders who make a difference. "We are…not seeing what other [universities] are doing and trying to emulate,'' said Fox. "Connecticut is high-tech and financially oriented. We need to be on the cutting-edge of what is happening and what is needed. We have really done that in terms of globalization, data analytics, digital marketing and risk management. We've been in front of the curve.'' n 10 UConn: School of Business TO BE CONSIDERED A PROFESSIONAL, YOU MUST DRESS LIKE ONE "Dress to impress'' is one of the decrees of a successful business career. Men enrolled in the School of Business during its early years, were required to wear a white dress shirt, a tie, and a jacket to their classes. That ended on March 10, 1964 when Dean Robert O. Harvey announced that a consensus of faculty opinion was that while that attire was desirable, it was no longer mandatory. While students today dress more casually for class, formal business attire is still part of their wardrobe from their early days on campus. At the beginning of each fall semester, business students network with alumni and develop a host of busi- ness acumen. "From their earliest days at UConn, we teach students how to look someone in the eye, offer a firm handshake and to present themselves as professionals,'' said Fran Graham, manager of the Office of Alumni Relations. "First impressions are very important in business and it is our goal to make our students as well-prepared for the future as we possibly can.'' Insurance School Class 1968