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TAMPA BAY – The 2025-2026 academic year begins on Monday with more than 8,600 business students. What’s new for the fall semester at the ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç Muma College of Business? The college added a seventh school, merged and restructured academic programs, and is opening a new center for executive education. 
 
Here are some of the highlights of what students will see this year: 

New School of Management 

The new School of Management becomes the college’s seventh school. Fueled by its growing demand for the management major, the college restructured its existing management-related programs to bring it under one academic roof. 
 
Management professor Ed Tomlinson will serve as interim director. The school will house USF’s undergraduate programs in management, global business and entrepreneurship, as well as master’s programs in management and entrepreneurship.

USF’s Nault Center for Entrepreneurship and the Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership are also part of the new school. 
 
Management faculty will specialize in areas such as strategy, organization behavior, human resources, global business and entrepreneurship.

New School of Hospitality and Sport Management 

The college merged the Vinik Sport & Entertainment Management program with the college’s hospitality and tourism programs to form the new School of Hospitality and Sport Management. 
 
The merger will prepare business students for multifaceted careers in sport, entertainment, hospitality and tourism. 
 
Lydia Hanks was named the school’s director.  The new school will also house USF’s Brewing Arts Program, an online certificate program that is based on the St. Petersburg campus. 

New faculty and leaders

Eighteen faculty members are joining the Muma College of Business, bringing expertise in risk management, real estate, design science, accountancy, marketing and more. The new faculty include: 

• The Baldwin Group School of Risk Management and Insurance: Yuan (Sabrina) Du and Dalton Crabtree
• Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy: Thomas Baugher, Inalegwu Ode-Ichakpa, Sung-Yuan (Mark) Cheng and Jan Philipp Klaus
• Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance: Randy Anderson, Wendy Liu, Bill Goede, Timothy Greer, and Parul Sharma
• School of Information Systems: New director Munir Mandivalla, Samuel Conn, Nasir Uddin and Shai Vardi
• School of Management: David Howard
• School of Marketing and Innovation: Robert D’Avanzo, Nguyen (Nick) Nguyen and Dinesh Puranam 

The college appointed Jon Kaupla as associate dean and executive director for executive and leadership education. Kaupla will lead the new Center for Executive and Leadership Education based on the St. Petersburg campus. Tim Heath was named associate dean for research, graduate programs and international affairs.

MS in Fintech and accelerator  

The college welcomes its first class of fintech master’s students, including a student from South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University through a between SKKU and USF. The 2025 FinTech|X Accelerator with Tampa Bay Wave kicked off its fourth year with 12 high-potential, early-stage fintech companies.