UNF appoints Samant business school dean
The University of North Florida has appointed Ajay Samant the new dean of the Coggin College of Business and affirmed his tenure as a professor of finance.
Samant succeeds John McAllister, who served as dean of the Coggin College for five years. He will take professional leave in the fall and will return to the university as a professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance in the spring of 2011.
Samant formerly spent five years as chair of the Department of Finance and Commercial Law at Western Michigan University and two years as associate dean. While at WMU, he established a Global Business Center, Center for Sustainable Business Practices and an Entrepreneurship Center.
Samant’s teaching and research awards include the 2002 Zang Professor of the Year by the Department of Finance and Commercial Law at WMU, and the Emerald Literati Network Highly Commended Award in 2008 .
“Dr. Samant is an experienced academic leader and a scholar of distinction,” said Mark Workman, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at UNF. “I have every confidence in his ability to advance the quality, reach and stature of the Coggin College of Business and look forward to working with him as well as the chairs, faculty and staff of the college to achieve these ends.”
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