Debra Ringold is Orchid Award Winner

I have no doubt that the faculty members here at Atkinson are world-class!
Here is an example:

Debra J. Ringold, Dean and JELD-WEN Professor of Free Enterprise, was named a 2009 Orchid Award Winner by the Portland Business Journal.

Debra J. Ringold, Dean and JELD-WEN Professor of Free Enterprise at Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management, has been named one of the most outstanding women of the year by the Portland Business Journal. The annual "Orchid Awards" will be presented during the Women in Business Expo at the Oregon Convention Center on April 23, 2009.

Having taken a class with Debra and interacted with her over my nearly two years here at Atkinson I could not agree with the Portland Business Journal's decision more. Debra has the ability to take the most complicated statistical concepts, marketing theories and business management practices, and guide understanding at a highly comprehensive level. Debra cares a great deal about the Atkinson community and is always willing to lend a hand, or a shoulder, as the case may be.

To our Dean we say Thank You and Congratulations on your award!