Warrington College of Business Administration The Warrington College of Business Administration is named in honor of Alfred C. Warrington IV. A 1958 University of Florida graduate with a BSBA in accounting, Mr. Warrington is the founding chairman and for- mer Co-CEO of Sanifill, Inc. His 1996 gift will total $11 million and will aid business faculty in helping students meet the changing needs of the 21st century. The business world is changing and the Warrington College of Business Administration is changing with it to prepare students to face the demands and challenges of the 21st century. Programs are continually evaluated for their rel- evance to changing conditions in the state, the nation and the world. There is new emphasis on "people skills" -- the ability to communicate and work well with others -- and on globaliza- tion, business ethics and cultural diversity. Since the College of Business Administration was founded in 1926-27, more than 30,000 stu- dents have earned business or accounting degrees -- a national and international network providing information, advice and encourage- ment to today's students. There are now three undergraduate degree programs offered by the college: (1) a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (BSAc) from the Fisher School of Accounting; (2) a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with a traditional major in computer and information sciences, decision and information sciences, economics, finance, insurance, management, marketing or real estate; or (3) a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (BABA) with an outside area of specialization in any one of over 80 different fields. The college's educational objectives are to provide a broad formal instructional foundation for responsible participation in business, the professions and government; to stimulate inter- est in social, economic and civic responsibilities; to develop competence in making business deci- sions and in evaluating policy; to offer areas of specialization for students wishing to pursue the more traditional majors within business; and especially to encourage intellectual inquiry of all students. To meet these objectives, the college's under- graduate degree programs are based on a broad foundation of study outside of the college that includes the university's general education, communication and computation requirements. This educational foundation helps to prepare students for the college's preprofessional and business core requirements, which cover the main functional areas of business. Finally, stu- dents must then select an area of further special- ization, either through a traditional major within the college (BSAc and BSBA degrees) or an approved area of specialized study outside of the college (BABA degree). The Faculty The distinguished credentials of the faculty of the Warrington College of Business Administration and the Fisher School of Accounting are recognized both within and out- side the university, the state and the nation. When the state instituted its Eminent Scholar program for academic chairs, the Warrington College of Business Administration was the first unit in the State University System to acquire such a chair. Now, 13 of the 54 endowed Eminent Scholar Chairs at the university are in business or accounting. The faculty also includes six university- appointed graduate research professors, four distinguished service professors and 16 named professorships endowed by business. The Warrington College and the Fisher School facul- ties include past presidents of the national American Accounting Association and the Econometrics Society and two past presidents of the national Association for Consumer Research. College faculty have served as editors of major national scholarly journals in marketing, accounting, finance, business law and manage- ment, and in many associate editor or editorial board positions. National award winners among the faculty include those honored for research or teaching in real estate, marketing, management, economics, accounting and insur- ance. The Fisher School and every department of the college ranks fifteenth or higher nation- ally for their published research. In addition, the faculty from every department within the college and the Fisher School have been recog- nized by the undergraduate students, their departments and the college for their excellence in teaching, and many have even been selected for university-wide teaching awards. Faculty also head the college's fourteen research centers, including the Bureau of Economic and Business Research that provides official population estimates and projections used by the state for revenue sharing, planning and other purposes. Facilities The Warrington College of Business Administration and Fisher School of Accounting are housed in three buildings informally known as the Business Triangle the Business Building, historic Bryan Hall and Matherly Hall. The college's media center is located in Bryan Hall. The studio facilities (130 BRY) allow for the advanced taping and broadcasting of those selected preprofessional and core courses which are taught live and then subse- quently reshown by televised replay in the classroom. It is this advanced technology that allows the college to serve such a large number of students, yet to maintain adequate resources to keep junior/senior level classes at a reason- able size for a greater degree of student/faculty interaction. The media center is also responsible for operating a modern video-replay facility, where students are free to view tapes of the prior week's classes at their leisure. Students can access the university's main- frame computer at the Northeast Regional Data Center (NERDC) through the college's computer lab which is run by the university's Center for Instructional and Research Computing Activities (CIRCA). The college also maintains a separate graduate computer center for instruc- tional and research purposes. National and Regional Associations The Warrington College of Business Administration is an accredited member of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, the Southern Economic Association, the Southern Business Administrative Association and the National Retail Merchants' Association. The baccalaureate and master's programs in both business and accounting are accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Career Planning Special days and events for business and accounting students are designated at the uni- versity's annual Career Expo, which attracts sev- eral hundred corporations, government agencies and public accounting firms to campus to meet and recruit potential employees. There is also an Internship Expo for students interested in partic- ipating in internship opportunities. The Warrington College and its faculty main- tain permanent ties with companies through their executives who serve on advisory councils to the college, the Fisher School of Accounting and various research centers. These executives visit classrooms as guest speakers and their com- panies often provide financial support. Beta Gamma Sigma Election to this national honorary society is based on scholarship and character. It is the business equivalent to Phi Beta Kappa in the field of classical education. For further informa- tion, contact the Undergraduate Programs Office located in 100 Business. Organizations and Activities The college encourages students to partici- pate in extracurricular activities to enhance their educational experience, foster professional net- works and develop communication and social skills. Committee service within the organiza- tions also develops leadership skills. Students may join chapters of the American Marketing Association, the Association for Computing Machines, the Undergraduate Economics Society, the Financial Management Association, the DIS Society, the Society for Human Resource Management, Toastmaster and AIESEC (International Association of stu- dents in Economics and Business Management). The business fraternities Alpha Kappa Psi and Delta Sigma Pi offer opportunities for both busi- ness and accounting students to participate in community service and social interaction. Election to Beta Gamma Sigma, the business equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa in the liberal arts and sciences, is based on scholarship and character.