| 1950 |
Business/Economics major first appeared in a course catalog |
| 1976 |
Undergraduate major in Business Administration established |
| 1980 |
Master of Business Administration degree approved |
| 1983 |
Undergraduate degree in accounting approved |
| 1983 |
Department moved into Putnam Hall |
| 1987 |
College of Business Administration formed with John Scheibelhut as dean |
| 1988 |
Management Information Systems (MIS) degree approved |
| 1993 |
Harriette McCaul appointed to three-year term as dean (January) |
| 1994 |
College awarded candidacy status for accreditation by AACSB |
| 1996 |
Joseph Walka named dean |
| 1999 |
Jay A. Leitch named dean |
| 2000 |
College earns AACSB accreditation (December) |
| 2000 |
College departments formed: Accounting and Management Information Systems; Management, Marketing, and Finance |
| 2002 |
Drawings of proposed new building unveiled |
| 2002 |
Beta Gamma Sigma chapter established |
| 2003 |
College's first international study trip - Cuba |
| 2005 |
Ronald D. Johnson named dean |
| 2006 |
College renamed: College of Business (CoB) |
| 2006 |
Student Management Investment Fund is founded |
| 2006 |
Western Europe spring break trip begins |
| 2007 |
President announces College to move to refurbished Pioneer Building on 10th St N; Construction on Richard H. Barry Hall begins (July) |
| 2008 |
Center for Global Initiatives established |
| 2008 |
New majors in Management, marketing, and Finance added |
| 2009 |
Students, faculty, and staff move into Richard H. Barry Hall |
| 2009 |
Departments renamed: Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems; Management and Marketing |
| 2009 |
Graduate program established: Master of Accountancy (MAcc) |
| 2009 |
First study trip to China |
| 2009 |
European Semester established in Center for Global Initiatives |
| 2010 |
Innovation Week begins in partnership with the NDSU Research & Technology Park (January) |
| 2010 |
Global Business Week begins in partnership with the ND Trade Office (March) |
| 2013 |
Center for Professional Selling and Sales Technology established |
| 2015 |
Study trip to Dubai added (spring break and winter) |
| 2015 |
Second major in Global Business added |
| 2016 |
Scott Beaulier named dean |
| 2017 |
Transportation and Logistics becomes a department; faculty move to CoB from UGPTI |
| 2018 |
Entrepreneurship minor and certificate offered |
| 2018 |
Graduate (MBA) certificates become available |
| 2018 |
Center for Enterprise Business Analytics established |
| 2018 |
Departments renamed: Accounting and Information Systems; Management and Marketing; Transportation, Logistics, and Finance |
| 2019 |
Ozbun Executive Director of Entrepreneurship named; Nice Center established |
| 2019 |
Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth established |
| 2019 |
Ronald and Kaye Olson Endowed Deanship established |
| 2023 |
Kathryn Birkeland named Ronald G. and Kaye S. Olson Dean |
