Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg,Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg,it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences,Freeman College of Management,and the College of Engineering. It offers 65 majors and over 70 minors in the humanities,arts,mathematics,natural science,social sciences,engineering,management,as well as programs and pre-professional advising that prepare students for study in law and medicine. Located just south of Lewisburg,the 445-acre (1.80 km2) campus rises above the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Clemson University is a public land-grant research university in Clemson,South Carolina. Founded in 1889,Clemson is the second-largest university by enrollment in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester,the university enrolled a total of 20,195 undergraduate students and 5,627 graduate students,and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1. Clemson's 1,400-acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The campus now borders Lake Hartwell,which was formed by the dam completed in 1962. The university manages the nearby 17,500-acre Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research,education,and recreation.
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business,health care,education,and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the highest formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by the President of the United States. It is administered by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program,which is based at and managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Post University is a private for-profit university in Waterbury,Connecticut. It was founded in 1890 as Post College. From 1990 to 2004 it was affiliated with Teikyo University in Tokyo,Japan and during that time it was named Teikyo Post University. The university offers over 25 undergraduate and graduate programs in day,evening,and online courses with most of its students participating exclusively online. It has satellite centers in Meriden,Danbury,and Wallingford.
Bowie State University is a public historically black university in Prince George's County,Maryland,north of Bowie. It is part of the University System of Maryland. Founded in 1865,Bowie State is Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. Bowie State is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Muskingum University is a private university in New Concord,Ohio. Chartered in 1837 as Muskingum College,the institution is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
The American Society for Quality (ASQ),formerly the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC),is a society of quality professionals,with nearly 800,000 members.
The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private,all-graduate research university in Claremont,California. Founded in 1925,CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges which includes five undergraduate and two graduate institutions of higher education.
In the United States,an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow,for example,is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. Chiefly,the term refers to scholastic honor societies,those that recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers,often within a specific academic discipline.
Rockford University is a private university in Rockford,Illinois. It was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary and changed its name to Rockford College in 1892,and to Rockford University in 2013.
Brian Christopher Mitchell is the president and managing principal of Academic Innovators. He is a nationally recognized expert on American higher education. Mitchell lectures widely and has served as a contributor for publications like The Huffington Post and Forbes. Mitchell's second book,"Leadership Matters," was also named by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Books in Higher Education.
Howard Malcolm "Mac" Baldrige Jr. was an American businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from 1981 until his death in 1987. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1988.
John C. Bravman is an American academic administrator who is currently serving as the 17th president of Bucknell University. He came to Bucknell after a 35-year career at Stanford University,where he served as the Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education,Dean of the Freshman and Sophomore College,and Bing Centennial Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He also serves as the chair of the board of directors at Geisinger Health System.
C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson,Jr. was the chairman of APQC,dean of two business schools,head of the U.S. Price Commission (1971),a farmer,newspaper reporter and FBI agent. In 1977 he founded APQC as a private sector,non-profit organization.
The Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business (MCB) is a college of the University of Northern Colorado,United States,which offers seven undergraduate business programs and one graduate program. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB),and is the sole business school to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Merle Middleton Odgers was president of Bucknell University from 1954 until his retirement in 1964,when he was named president emeritus.
John Frederick Zeller III was briefly the President of Bucknell University.
Angie Lena Turner King was an American chemist,mathematician,and educator. King was an instructor of chemistry and mathematics at West Virginia State High School,and a professor of chemistry and mathematics at West Virginia State College in Institute.
Thomas Pyzdek is an American author and management consultant. He is best known for being an advocate of operational excellence and is an author of several books,hundreds of articles and papers on those topics.
The Thailand Quality Award or TQA is the national quality award for Performance Excellence in Thailand. The TQA has a world class technical foundation and awarding process. It is closely modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) and is an award with a rigorous screening process together with a standardized assessment system employing volunteering elite assessors from the private,public,government,state enterprise,medical,and education sectors.
