Robins School of Business

We are the Change Makers

Welcome to the Robins School of Business. Here, we invite new perspectives and fresh ideas. We look beyond ourselves and our campus to learn from the world around us.

We surround ourselves with experts from our esteemed faculty to our Executives in Residence. We provide labs and fellowships to help students dig deep, learn outside the classroom, and develop skills to make a lasting impact.

We do all of this so that we are ready for the challenges of tomorrow. Because we want to make change that lasts. Because no idea is too big for this place.

Will you join us?

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Undergraduate Business at Robins

As a highly ranked business school at a Top 20 liberal arts university, the Robins School challenges and encourages students to draw real-world connections across disciplines. Students use this holistic understanding to pursue self-driven study projects and internships that often lead to job offers upon graduation.

#18

Poets&Quants' Best Undergraduate Business Schools Ranking 2023

Top 25

best colleges for accounting by GradReports

54

international partner schools

Faculty Highlights

Richard Coughlan
Richard Coughlan Elected to Chairman of the Board

Richard Coughlan, associate professor of management, was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the board for Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia, a non-profit organization with 1300 employees and an annual budget of $81M. 

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Steve Tallman
Steve Tallman Published in Global Strategy Journal

An article by Steve Tallman, "Global Strategy Collections: Multinationality and Performance," was published electronically in Global Strategy Journal, an ABS 4 journal. Tallman is a professor of management. 

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Dale Fickett
Faculty Member Secures Grant

Dale Fickett, instructor of entrepreneurship, secured funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for his work on "Community-Engaged Research to Advance Equity and Inclusion." The grant of over $290,000 will be used in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University to advance this effort.

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Ashley Austin
Professor Awarded Tenure and Promotion

Ashley Austin was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of accounting. Dr. Austin's research specializes in fraudulent financial reporting and auditor judgment and decision-making.  

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Robins School Faculty

Our expert faculty promote innovation, creativity, and critical thinking.
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Graduate Programs

Whether you just graduated from college or have been working for a number of years, Robins helps graduate students advance in their careers with full-time, part-time, and ongoing educational opportunities at the graduate level.

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