Global Impact Awards
¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥â€™s Global Impact Awards celebrate bold leaders and institutions creating meaningful change through business education.
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Recognizing excellence in leadership, teaching, research, societal impact, and ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ volunteer service, the new Global Impact Awards will open for submission on August 25.
Award Categories
Impactful Leadership: Dean
Strategic Innovation: This award celebrates deans who are redefining the future of business education through bold initiatives that drive institutional impact. Whether it's digital transformation, financial innovation, research culture, or student engagement, these leaders are turning strategy into action—and results.
Impactful Leadership: Alumni
Interdisciplinary Innovators: This award honors alumni applying their business acumen in unexpected places—from healthcare to the arts to education. They're proving the power of business education to drive interdisciplinary innovation and create impact across industries and communities.
Teaching and Learning Excellence
Integrating AI in Teaching and Learning: This award celebrates schools that are transforming the business education experience through creative and effective uses of artificial intelligence—enhancing learning outcomes and preparing students for the future of work.
Research Impact
Beyond Citations: This award recognizes research that creates real-world change—solving complex problems, informing policies, shaping industries, and improving lives. We honor schools’ efforts to bring academic insights into the world through non-traditional pathways.
Societal Impact
Addressing Regional or Local Challenges: This award highlights schools' efforts to address urgent regional or local issues. From economic resilience to environmental action to community engagement, these initiatives demonstrate the critical role business education plays in building a better world.
Excellence in Service: Community Leadership
This recognition honors individuals who have gone above and beyond to serve the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ community in non-accreditation volunteer roles—guiding networking groups, leading task forces, serving as subject matter experts, and more—engaging peers through their passion.
Excellence in Service: Accreditation Volunteer
These volunteers exemplify the best of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥â€™s accreditation community—through leadership, collegiality, knowledge, and impact. Nominated by their peers, they are recognized for their excellence in and dedication to improving the quality of business schools globally.
Submissions open on August 25!
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