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Randy Kornegay.

Instructor Randy Kornegay, M.A., has been named the 2020 recipient of the UAB President's Award for Excellence in Teaching for the Collat School of Business. Kornegay was recognized for his dedication to educating students on the importance and power of effective business communication.

Jessica Chediak on a boat

Finance senior Jessica Chediak has been selected for the 2020 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a highly competitive scholarship that provides funds for students to study abroad while in school.

In today's climate, medical knowledge is only one piece of a successful healthcare practice: in order to thrive, more students are combining traditional medicine with cutting-edge business acumen. Today's top students are choosing to marry their medical background with a master's in business administration (MBA), enabling them to educate and lead teams towards business success.

Smiling woman shopping on her tablet while her child watches.

Modern retailing is a highly competitive business with a large economic footprint. A key competitive advantage for retailers is the ability to identify and use the factors that provide customer satisfaction and loyalty when it comes to buying merchandise online or in-store.

Logo: CFA Institute - University affiliate program.

The UAB Collat School of Business has been approved to participate in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute opens a new website's University Affiliation Program and will receive six annual scholarships for finance students to offset costs of the Level 1 CFA exam.

Interior stairs in the new building.

The new Collat School of Business building keeps garnering awards.

Participating students in a classroom listening to a teacher.

UAB has launched a new entrepreneurship educational experience intended to help students discover how to develop entrepreneurial solutions to real-world problems.

Rivera receiving his award.

Collat professor Julio Rivera, DBA, has been selected to receive the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching opens a new website for his exceptional accomplishments in teaching. He was honored September 10 at UAB's annual Faculty Convocation at the Hilton Birmingham.

Glasses resting on black leather portfolio; cover says UAB MBA.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham continues to expand the institution's business and medical education through the addition of a dual Doctor of Optometry and Master of Business Administration degree — the first of its kind nationwide.

Collat School of Business building at sunset.

The UAB Collat School of Business's new state-of-the-art building on University Boulevard recently took national honors from the Associated Builders and Contractors. During an banquet ceremony in Long Beach, California, the $37.5-million facility and its general contractor, Brasfield & Gorrie, were honored for excellence in construction.

A white folded paper shark pointed toward a stack of papers.

When accounting Professor Arline Savage, Ph.D., gets mad she hits the books. "My research is all over the place, because what appeals to me is usually something that made me angry," she said.

Bronze statue of UAB mascot Blaze.

Entrepreneurship is one of the most popular areas in business schools across the nation.

Stylized image of person walking through towering mainframes, a blue sky with clouds above.

U.S. News & World Report ranks UAB's graduate Management Information Systems program as one of the best online computer information technology programs in the country.

Sign at the entrance of Birmingham's "The Club."

Collat School of Business faculty, staff and students welcomed alumna Janet Herring recently to celebrate the fifth cohort of students in her namesake program. Herring and her husband, Mark, endowed the Janet Herring Accounting Student Professional Development Program in 2014 to assist female students with professional development workshops, job shadowing and mentoring.

Bronze Blaze statue designed and sculpted by Birmingham artist Branko Medenica.

Success of businessmen and -women is featured in two pieces of artwork on display at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's newest facility, the Collat School of Business. Charles Collat and Ken Jackson display their passion for student success with two prominent pieces of artwork that are centerpieces to the entrance of the 108,000-square-foot business building.

Bronze statue of UAB mascot Blaze.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham bridges collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship with the opening of the $37.5 million state-of-the-art facility that will house the Collat School of Business and Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship opens a new website.

Patrick J. Murphy.

Collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurial synergy remain top-of-mind for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Patrick J. Murphy, Ph.D., has been tapped as the inaugural Goodrich Endowed Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Collat School of Business.

Kenny Wolfe with his wife Toni and Kristen Craig.

Collat alumnus and Lighting Solutions President Kenny Wolfe has donated $30,000 to create the Lighting Solutions Kristen Craig Endowed Scholarship in Industrial Distribution (ID) to honor Collat ID advisor Kristen Craig for her mentorship and dedication to student success within the Charles and Patsy Collat ID Program.

The National Science Foundation has designated the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an Innovation Corps Site opens a new website to strengthen local innovation and foster the engagement of student, staff, faculty and researcher teams in transitioning technology concepts into the marketplace.

UAB alumnus Chad Hagwood is one of Birmingham's top commercial real estate finance professionals, so it's no surprise that he's especially over-the-moon about this aspect of the new Collat School of Business building: Location, location, location.

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