Excellence & Recognition

BusinessWeek's Top 100—Again

Ranked by BusinessWeek among the top 100 for our undergraduate business programs.

Best 296 Business Schools 2009 Edition

Noted by The Princeton Review as one of the best in the country.

ACG Cincinnati Cup Wins

Master's students took home the top prize in this M&A case competition for two years in a row.

Economics Center for Education & Research

Wins the accolades of the National Council on Economics Education.

Consumer Behavior Researcher Frank Kardes

Recognized as the most frequently published researcher in the Journal of Consumer Psychology and the Journal of Consumer Research.

Real Estate Center Leader in the Field

Recognized as 5th most infl uential real estate research institution in the U.S. by the Journal of Real Estate Economics.

Top Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine named UC a top 25 program.

[ Grilliot Award ] [ Excel – Undergraduate ] [ Excel – Graduate ] [ Phyllis Trosper Service Excellence Award ] [ Rondal J. Dornoff Fellow Of Teaching Excellence ] [ President's Quality Service Award ]

THE HAROLD J. GRILLIOT AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO UNDERGRADUATE ORGANIZATIONS

The Grilliot Award is given each year to a College of Business faculty member who has performed extraordinary service to students and student organizations and has advanced good relations between students and faculty. The award was established in the memory of Harold Grilliot, a gifted Accounting faculty member who was well known as an excellent teacher, mentor and friend to students throughout his career. He was faculty advisor of Alpha Kappa Psi and was always available and willing to help students with problems and career decisions. This award was established in his memory following the untimely death of Professor Grilliot in 1984 and serves to highlight the importance of service to our students.

  • 1991 - Tom Innis
  • 1992 - Larry Horwitz
  • 1993 - Virginia Clark
  • 1994 - Ilse Hawkins
  • 1995 - Charles Matthews
  • 1996 - Ann Welsh
  • 1997 - Jens Stephan
  • 1998 - No Nomination
  • 1999 - Caroline Boyer
  • 2000 - Dave Burns
  • 2001 - Norm Baker
  • 2002 - Larry Gales
  • 2003 - Ruth Seiple
  • 2004 - Mary Gorman
  • 2005 - Virginia Clark
  • 2006 - Norm Miller
  • 2007 - Ric Sweeney
  • 2008 - Marianne Lewis
  • 2009 - Steve Slezak
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THE MICHAEL L. DEAN EXCELLENCE IN CLASSROOM EDUCATION AND LEARNING EXCEL UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD

Dr. Michael Dean, Professor or Marketing, established the Excellence in Classroom Education and Learning, or EXCEL Award, to honor individuals for outstanding teaching of undergraduate students. The College of Business recognizes, on an annual basis, one undergraduate teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the College, University and profession through excellence in undergraduate teaching. This award recognizes a faculty member who regards teaching as a central purpose of the University, balances academic theories with current workplace applications, actively provides advice and academic counseling to students and stimulates student achievement.

  • 1992 - Carole Macklin
  • 1993 - David Anderson
  • 1994 - Tom Innis
  • 1995 - James Kellaris
  • 1996 - Jeri Ricketts
  • 1997 - Raj Metha
  • 1998 - Ginger Clark
  • 1999 - Ilse Hawkins
  • 2000 - Marianne Lewis
  • 2001 - Ruth Seiple
  • 2002 - Mary Gorman
  • 2003 - Uma Umanath
  • 2004 - Elaine Hollensbe
  • 2005 - Suzanne Masterson
  • 2006 - Dave Rogers
  • 2007 - Thomas Dalziel
  • 2008 - Ginger Clark
  • 2009 - Ric Sweeney
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THE MICHAEL L. DEAN EXCELLENCE IN CLASSROOM EDUCATION AND LEARNING EXCEL GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD

The Graduate Excellence in Classroom Education and Learning (Graduate EXCEL) award was established by Dr. Michael L. Dean to honor individuals who have made a sustained effort to provide graduate education that is consistently exceptional. This award recognizes a faculty member who challenges students to meet high standards, demonstrates a command of the discipline, delivers content in a dynamic, stimulating format, is always available for clarification and extra help, provides added value outside the classroom setting and shares expertise and knowledge that has application in the workplace.

  • 2000 - Raj Kamath
  • 2001 - Charles Matthews
  • 2002 - Chris Allen
  • 2003 - Andrea Dixon
  • 2004 - Sharon McFarland
  • 2005 - Bipin Prabhakar
  • 2006 - Robert (Bob) Dwyer
  • 2007 - Lawrence Gales
  • 2008 - Steve Slezak
  • 2009 - Michael Magazine
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DANIEL J. WESTERBECK JUNIOR FACULTY GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD

This award recognizes excellence in graduate teaching. Selection is driven by graduate students with particular emphasis placed on junior faculty. Given annually, this award commends a faculty member who has demonstrated tremendous commitment to graduate teaching and student learning.The Graduate Excellence in Classroom Education and Learning (Graduate EXCEL) award was established by Dr. Michael L. Dean to honor individuals who have made a sustained effort to provide graduate education that is consistently exceptional. This award recognizes a faculty member who challenges students to meet high standards, demonstrates a command of the discipline, delivers content in a dynamic, stimulating format, is always available for clarification and extra help, provides added value outside the classroom setting and shares expertise and knowledge that has application in the workplace.

  • 2006 - Michael Fry
  • 2007 - Bipin Prabhakar
  • 2008 - Elaine Hollensbe
  • 2009 - Inigo Arroniz
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THE PHYLLIS TROSPER SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD

The College of Business established the PHYLLIS TROSPER SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD to recognize and reward a COB staff member who demonstrates high levels of customer service and performance, creates cooperative and positive interactions with the College's constituents, and carries out his/her job duties in ways that exceed standard expectations. The award was named for Phyllis Trosper, a former employee of the College, whose performance truly reflected the essence of the award

  • 1999 - Phyllis Trosper
  • 2000 - Penny Chapman
  • 2001 - Barb Metzger
  • 2002 - Julie Menchen
  • 2003 - Donna Fisher
  • 2004 - Shannon Funk
  • 2005 - Lois Creech
  • 2006 - Dr. Susan Sadlier
  • 2007 - Tricia Burger
  • 2008 - Jacqueline Elcik
  • 2009 - Judy Magazine
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RONALD J. DORNOFF FELLOW OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE

This award was established in memory of Ronald J. Dornoff, a nationally recognized scholar in Marketing and distinguished leader in the College of Business. The Ronald J. Dornoff Fellow of Teaching Excellence encourages and rewards dedicated and effective teachers and faculty who strive to bring the very best out of their students and thoroughly prepare them for productive and satisfying careers in business.

  • 1997 - Murali Chandrashekaran
  • 1999 - Jeffrey D. Camm
  • 2001 - Jens A. Stephan
  • 2004 - Karen A. Machleit
  • 2006 - James Kellaris
  • 2008 - Andrea Dixon
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PRESIDENT'S QUALITY SERVICE AWARD

The President's Quality Service Award Program was established in June 2002 as a result of preliminary work of the Quality Service initiative. This award program honors up to six individuals and up to two teams from the University annually for outstanding quality service. All permanent employees on University payroll are eligible for nomination.

The principal criterion for this award is that the individual or team being nominated must have consistently excelled in quality service expectations and exceeded the expectations of the customer(s), accomplishing both job and organizational objectives that elicit recognition and praise from peers, supervisor and/or other members of the UC community. In doing so, the person or team will have exhibited exceptional performance aimed at increasing efficiency and streamlining processes, rendering them more effective and valuable; be creative, have innovative ideas or solutions using strategies that increase efficiency and the effective use of resources; have an unusually high level of commitment to serve students, the general public and university colleagues; have a high level of productivity and consistent quality of work; have a high degree of initiative in the performance of functions; be exceptionally dependable; have effective relationships with others: builds partnerships; exhibits the qualities of a team player; serves as a role model; have exceptional leadership qualities; and displays high integrity that enhances the University's image.

• 2002 - Steve Smith, College of Business/Facilities Management

• 2004 - Ethel Woodberry, College of Business/Facilities Management

• 2004 - College of Business Tech Team:

    • Bipin Prabhakar
    • B.J. Zirger
    • Shannon Funk
    • Kevin Kessler

• Mike Hittle
• Mike Emig
• Norm Pearson

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GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

  • 2007 Teaching - Doina Chichernea
  • 2007 Research - Joshua Knapp
  • 2008 Teaching - Denise White
  • 2008 Research - Bruce Pfeiffer
  • 2009 Teaching - Denise White
  • 2009 Research - Vijaykumar       
                                   Krishnanpalghat
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OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

  • 2006 - Anna Godby
  • 2007 - Jessica Vater
  • 2008 - Sarah Penrod
  • 2009 - Dan Cremons

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