AACSB Accredited
The College of Business (CoB) is one of 5% of business schools with accreditation by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).
1 of 5%
of business programs with
AACSB international accreditation.
- Carl Larsson, associate professor, earned second place for 2023's Teaching and Learning Publication Award.
- Professors Jason and Kristin Fink won first place for 2023's Applied or Integration/Application Publication Award.
- Weiwei Zhang and Jaideep Chowdhury of the Department of Finance and Business Law, recently had a paper, “Director optimism and CEO equity compensation,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Empirical Finance.
- The CFA student team won the 2023 state CFA Investment Research Challenge for a second year in a row.
- The JMU Banking Team won 1st place in the 2022 national Community Bank Case Study Competition, sponsored by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS).
- Professor Elias Semaan was the 2022 recipient of the Dr. Otto C. Brenner Memorial Award, chosen by students for his outstanding teaching.
- The team from JMU emerged victorious in the 2022 edition of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s "Academic Challenge."
- Professor Kristin Fink was recognized for her innovation in curriculum development and/or assessment of learning activities with the 2021 Kenneth R. Bartee Award for Teaching Innovation Award.
- The finance program is a CFA University Affiliate.