The College of Business's prestigious donor organization was named The Herbert J. Davenport Society to pay tribute to the first dean.

With a wide course offering, students may enroll in a number of classes that they find applicable.

The original Commerce Building was the north part of Swallow Hall on Francis Quadrangle.

By 1990, enrollment at the college had significantly outgrown the more than 30-year-old Middlebush Hall, and classes had to be held in several other buildings.

The state-of-the-art facility is named for Harry M. Cornell Jr., who is chairman emeritus of Leggett & Platt.

In 2010, Joan Gabel, former Florida State University Department of Risk Management/Insurance chairwoman, became the new dean for the College of Business.

Gabel replaced Bruce Walker, who served as MU's College of Business dean for 19 years.

Before joining NIU, Rajagopalan served as the director and Toudy Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was pro-vice chancellor and dean of Galgotias University in India.

The MBA program is known for its hands on application of theory through the use of cross-functional teams, case studies, real-world projects, class interaction, and collaboration with business leaders and organizations.

It is designed to help increase self- and global-awareness, develop strategic risk taking, and heighten influence.

[7] The Trulaske College of Business offers Ph.D. programs that are often tailored to student interests and generally require four-to-five years of study to complete.

[10] The Trulaske College of Business is unique in that it does not offer a stand-alone bachelor's degree in accounting.

The School of Accountancy is also ranked 9th in the nation in research productivity, as reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma honor society established its chapter at the school in 1931.