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The spent 2014 and the former half of 2015 celebrating the 50-year anniversary of being chartered, during its 1964鈥�1965 academic year, by the State of New York as a degree-granting school.

So what does every student want to know about an institution that鈥檚 been in business鈥攐fficially and literally鈥攆or half a century? That鈥檚 easy. What鈥檚 next?

The answer, fittingly, was expressed by 础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 fifth president, Arthur W. Brown (1965鈥�1967), within the pages of the 1965 edition of 础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 yearbook, Oracle.

鈥淭he truly educated man knows that we can hope to live significantly in the present only by continuously preparing for the future, but he also knows that such preparation cannot be made by denying the past,鈥� he wrote.

Adelphi has been offering business degrees since 1934, but it wasn鈥檛 until 1965 that the School of Business Administration took form and began to gain substantial momentum.

To begin, the School鈥檚 undergraduate division offered programs in accounting and management leading to the Bachelor of Business Administration, while the graduate division offered curricula leading to a Master of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration with a CPA sequence and a Master of Science in Accounting.

College status under the umbrella of the newly minted 91吃瓜网 also allowed for groundbreaking for the new Business Administration Building that would be completed in 1968 and which would retain its original name until 2003, when it was rededicated as the Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise.

It didn鈥檛 take long for the School to achieve national recognition for one of its programs, started in 1971. Adelphi-On-Wheels was the first commuting classroom. According to archived records, commuters throughout the greater New York metropolitan area could use their time on local railroads, in specially equipped cars, to take credit courses鈥攖he same as those given on campus鈥攆or the School鈥檚 MBA program.

The School was awarded $10,000 in 1979鈥攁bout $31,000 in today鈥檚 currency鈥攆rom the Academy for Educational Development for the program.

It鈥檚 reported that more than 1,000 students graduated from the program, with Joseph Marian credited as its first MBA graduate in 1972.

In June 1974, the School expanded by offering the Center of Banking and Money Management to its students, which aimed to provide a broad and basic understanding of significant banking and monetary problems.

Joining that program鈥檚 ranks the same year was another unique certificate program hot on the wheels of the commuting classroom鈥� the Certificate Program in Management for Women. This program was initiated to fulfill the societal demand for the placement of women in administrative positions.

鈥淲here are the promotable women?鈥� one recruitment brochure asked.

The 24-credit-hour graduate level certificate combined some of the basic MBA courses with a field experience option and was considered a great success. It, too, would receive a $10,000 recognition award, this time in 1980 from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business鈥攖he same organization from which the School would receive accreditation for the first time in 2007, and which it still retains today. That organization uses the same acronym, AACSB, but is now the .

Despite how things have changed, the foundation of the Willumstad School of Business still mirrors the academic goals and ambitions from 50 years ago.

A promotion flyer from 1960 describes the School鈥檚 objective as one that endeavors to provide thorough and comprehensive grounding in business fundamentals and problem analysis to allow for the intelligent and efficient direction of business firms, along with the understanding of essential fundamentals in which an appreciation for the social, economic and political environment鈥攚here business decisions must be made鈥攊s inherent.

Whether the School changed its name to the School of Business in 1999, or to the Willumstad School of Business in 2012鈥攊n honor of Mr. Willumstad鈥檚 $9.5 million contribution that same year鈥� the objective and purpose of the School has never changed, and it never will, according to current Dean Anthony Libertella, Ph.D., J.D.

“Although our goals and ambitions may not have changed, our classrooms, methods of instructions and content are constantly being improved,” Assistant Dean Brian Rothschild said.

For Ganesh Pandit, associate dean, the students of today exhibit the same sincerity and integrity as did students 50 years ago.

In 2009, the School topped 17,000 alumni, including Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Al Trautwig, Madison Square Garden broadcaster, and Carmen Ortiz, U.S. attorney for the district of Massachusetts.

The objective is ongoing, but every year it has been given the checkmark of success. So what鈥檚 next? That鈥檚 also easy. The resounding answer from all faculty and staff is the same. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 up to you.鈥�