Basking in the lauded praise of his faculty, Ibrahim Helou began his new appointment as University of La Verne School of Business and Public Management dean July 1.
The University of La Verne will be implementing budget cuts for the 2008-2009 fiscal year due to a recent decrease in enrollment and other factors affecting revenues.
The opportunity to be surrounded by dozens of successful businessmen and women, including University of La Verne alumni, corporate associates and a successful keynote speaker, was given to those who attended the University’s annual Corporate Associates business lecture and luncheon.
Gordon Badovick, the dean of the College of Business and Public Management, will bring his six-year term to an end in June as he embarks on a new mission.
The University of La Verne received its largest grant yet – $2.8 million over a period of five years, or roughly $487,000 a year, through a Federal Title V Grant program from the U.S. Department of Education.