Dr. Robert Simpson, dean of professional and graduate studies at Cornerstone University, meets with students, from left, Anya Chamberlain, Christie Thompson, Kerri Boerma and Elizabeth Crowder.
The times they are a changin'
Jake Himmelspach
Published: November 17, 2008
When David Steenstra, Ph.D., management department head of Ferris State University's College of Business and head of its Master of Business Administration program, received his MBA in 1975, things were a little different. The idea of needing to know about global business was as farfetched as the idea of a phone that fit in a pocket and worked anywhere.

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