Columbia Business School is turning 100! Yesterday marked the kickoff of a Columbia Business School centennial celebration designed to mark a century of developing leaders who impact both business and society. As part of the celebration of the century, the school has unveiled a new website that captures the achievements of the past 100 years through stories, photographs, a comprehensive timeline and more. CBS has also announced 15 months of events and programming and debuted a brand-new video series that showcases the school’s achievements while looking forward to its future impact.
“Since 1916, Columbia Business School has been shaping the landscape of the modern business world as a producer of cutting-edge research and ideas, innovator in the way education is delivered and developer of a global network of extraordinary influence,” CBS Dean Glenn Hubbard said in a statement. The school will call together that global network over this year and next to celebrate, he added. “Together, we will help usher in a new century of impact, innovation and community.”
Among the hundreds of activities on tap is a Centennial Symposium in May 2016 that will gather leading academics and practitioners to tackle the greatest challenges facing management education today. Called “A Century of Impact, A Future of Innovation,” the symposium and a culminating gala Centennial Dinner will form the centerpiece of the Columbia Business School centennial celebration.
To engage CBS alumni around the world, Dean Hubbard will lead a 14-city Global Centennial Showcase celebrating successes curated from the school’s archives while also providing a sneak preview of the century to come.
“Since its inception, Columbia Business School has always been defined by the impact that our community has made,” Hubbard said. “As new challenges arise in future economies, I’m confident that our community will continue to be at the center of solving these challenges and creating a more prosperous world for all.”
Learn more about the Columbia Business School centennial celebration.
