College of Management to Open Million-Dollar
State-of-the-Art Classroom Suite

August 1, 2004--For many new college graduates, the first time they sit in a boardroom will be during an important meeting on their first job. But for those business majors who study at the C.W. Post Campus at Long Island University, a boardroom will be where classes are actually conducted.

“The new facility was designed to simulate the dynamic, high-tech work environment that one might find at any major corporation,” said Dr. Robert J. Sanator, Dean of the College of Management. “Our  students will be learning in an atmosphere that promotes real-world experience. Whatever resources are needed for a lesson are available, from use of a state-of-the-art board room to audio/visual presentation capabilities to current Wall Street market reports.”

Two of the classrooms even have a retractable wall, allowing admittance to 65 people, so the College of Management can host programs and seminars for students as well as the surrounding business community.

The College of Management at C.W. Post has been consistently committed to improving its business and accounting programs. In 2001, the College obtained the elite accreditation by AACSB International—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—something only 480 other institutions in the world have obtained. Although the M.B.A. program will have priority access to the new rooms, all other programs in the College of Management intend to use the new facility. “The addition of these facilities allows us to compete with the best-of-the-best schools and to attract more top quality students,” said Dr. Lawrence Kalbers, Associate Dean of the College of Management.

Construction of the Learning Center was made possible by philanthropic support from the College of Management’s Executive Board of Advisors, which is made up of corporate and professional leaders from across Long Island as well as alumni of the campus.

 The College of Management offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with majors in finance, international business, marketing, management and management information systems; the highly acclaimed 36-to-48 credit Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree; and an accelerated one-year International M.B.A. The College of Management is also home to the School of Professional Accountancy, which offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in accountancy and taxation, and the School of Public Service, which has degrees in criminal justice, health care administration, public administration and social work.