Message from the dean

At Gies Business, our purpose is to help others hone their purpose. We shape purposeful leaders through life-changing access to education, research, and innovation. But what exactly does that mean for you?

When you’re a Gies Business learner, you gain tools and knowledge to help channel your passions and interests into a purposeful career that allows you to make an impact in an area that’s important to you.

As an alumnus, you join a global network of more than 80,000 Gies Business alumni. With our online courses, certificates, and degrees, you can continue to be a lifelong learner throughout your career.

As faculty, you teach our learners to lead with intention. And outside the classroom, you conduct innovative and impactful research. As staff, you support our faculty, learners, and alumni, laying the foundation that shapes our purposeful leaders.

The cornerstone of our purpose is life-changing access. Put simply, we want to impact more lives for the better – making quality education more affordable and flexible to meet people where they are in their journey.

We’re a community of learners, alumni, faculty, and staff. And we want every single person at Gies Business to know they are seen, heard, valued, and an important part of our learning community.

I am tremendously proud to lead Gies Business as we continue to expand access and change lives. Because around here, we’re truly more than business. We’re business on purpose.

W. Brooke Elliott
Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business and Dean