2025-2026

Dean's Report

A Message from the Dean

Building a Living Laboratory for Business

Top 5 Globally in empirical supply chain research for 7 consecutive years The SCM Journal List (2026) 1,500 National and global companies in Northwest Arkansas business ecosystem #20 Graduate entrepreneurship program nationally The Princeton Review (2026)

Experiential learning

The Nation’s Most Applied Business School

Spring Career Fair Photo

What Sets Walton College Apart?

Students and faculty embed within one of the world’s most concentrated business ecosystems.

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Anheuser Busch Presentation

How Does Walton College Bring Business Disciplines Together?

Students turn an Anheuser-Busch challenge into an effective plan the company implements.

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Industry partnership

Where Education, Industry and Innovation Meet

OEI Startup Expo students presenting

What Helps Student Ideas Take Shape at Walton College?

Students build, test and launch ideas through entrepreneurial experiences that extend beyond the classroom.

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2026 Demo Day student team photo

How Does Walton College Turn Experience into Opportunity?

McMillon Innovation Studio students solve meaningful challenges, see their ideas implemented and build pathways to careers.

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Student outcomes

Developing Day-One-Ready Graduates

Toma Tomonari

Can Walton College Students Graduate Already Doing the Work?

Toma Tomonari turns hands-on experience into the confidence and skills to step directly into a product career.

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Payton Cummings

How Early Can Walton College Students Connect to the Business World?

Payton Cummings connects with industry from the start, shaping an academic and career path she never expected.

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Luke Beck

Where Do Walton College Students Find Opportunity?

Luke Beck combines AI, entrepreneurship and software to find opportunity in complex government challenges and build solutions around them.

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Faculty research

Research With Immediate Relevance

Janeth Gabaldon

When Does Walton College Research Make an Impact?

Dr. Janeth Gabaldon connects researchers and industry to turn real challenges into practical solutions.

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Daniel Villanova

How Is Walton College Researching the Changing Consumer?

Dr. Daniel Villanova studies how people respond as AI reshapes their interactions with brands.

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Erin Henry

Can Walton College Research Help Shape National Policy?

Dr. Erin Henry brings corporate tax research from the classroom to policy discussions in Washington.

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Economic impact

We Don’t Just Study It. We Build It.

AI Kickoff Challenge Event

Where Does AI Fit Into the Walton College Experience?

Students build AI fluency across disciplines while strengthening the human skills technology can't replace.

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Mandy and Bill Dillard II Hall Arhcitect Render

How Is Walton College Building on Its Commitment to Experiential Learning?

Dillard Hall creates new spaces where students can collaborate, engage industry and learn by doing.

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Global reach

From Walton to the World

Henry Wendel

Who Writes the Rules for Business in Space?

Henry Wendel brings a Walton College business perspective to shaping the emerging commercial space economy.

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Mindy West

Where Can a Walton College Foundation Lead?

Mindy West turns a finance foundation into a three-decade journey to the top of Murphy USA.

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Clete Brewer

How Do You Build a Career Around Growth?

Clete Brewer turns a passion sparked at Walton College into a career scaling businesses and investing in their potential.

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