Bauer College Entrepreneurship Program Earns #2 Ranking

The C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston is celebrating another milestone this year as The Princeton Review has ranked its entrepreneurship program No. 2 among the nation’s undergraduate business schools in Entrepreneur magazine.

This marks the first time that the University of Houston has been included on the list of the Top 25 Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurs, which names Babson College as No. 1 and also cites Baylor University, the University of Arizona, Notre Dame, University of Southern California, University of Maryland and Syracuse University among others.

“We are extremely pleased with our number two ranking by two great organizations. The Princeton Review is one of the country’s premier ranking surveys for colleges, and Entrepreneur magazine is the top business title in the U.S.,” Dean Arthur D. Warga said. “This very strong ranking is a reflection of our students, faculty, college and the University of Houston System. It also accentuates the fact that Houston is a place where business on a local and global scale thrives,” he added.

Houston Mayor Bill White agreed, noting that entrepreneurship students and graduates from Bauer College greatly contribute to the city’s economy with their business ventures. “Houston, built on the brain-power and horsepower of entrepreneurship, is a great city of opportunity. The Bauer College is one of the best assets we have to harness that opportunity,” White said. To learn more, click here.

National Commercial Spotlights UH's Excellence

A new University of Houston commercial premiered last month on CSTV during the televised UH vs. Colorado State University football game. The commercial's theme was "Excellence speaks for itself."

The commercial featured three accomplished professional athletes and UH alumni — Clyde Drexler, Fred Couples and Carl Lewis. The spot also highlights Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams, visiting professor in the Graduate College of Social Work, Tony award winner and Distinguished Professor of Theater Stuart Ostrow and Paul Chu, T.L.L. Temple Foundation Chair of Science and professor of physics. View the commercial using Quick Time or Windows Media Player.

Conrad N. Hilton College Receives $1.5 Million Gift

The Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston has announced the receipt of the largest gift ever presented to the college from a source other than the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

Nick and Vicki Massad of Houston-based American Liberty Hospitality have presented the college with a $1.5 million gift that will significantly enhance the college’s Library and Hospitality Industry Archives.

Upon completion in August 2008, the 4,000-square-foot facility will be named the Massad Family Library and Hospitality Archives at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston. Ironically, it was a $1.5 million donation from Conrad N. Hilton which opened the school in 1969.

“The college changed my life,” says Nick Massad, a 1973 graduate who first learned of the college while working as a bellman at a Howard Johnson hotel in Arlington. “When I graduated,
I always said that one day I would give something back.” To learn more, click here.

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