Ken Armstrong
Dean, School of Business
Professor of Management
Phone: 503-554-2814
Email: karmstrong@georgefox.edu
Office Location: Newberg campus, Hoover Building, #143
Office Hours: By appointment
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Ken joined George Fox in the fall of 2008 as professor of management and as dean of the School of Business. He has held similar positions at Anderson University and Olivet Nazarene University. Ken has had experience developing and growing undergraduate, master and doctoral level programs. He has also been actively involved in national business higher education organizations, having served as president and then chair of the board of directors of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), one of the premier international business accrediting agencies, and also as chair of the Christian Business Faculty Association.
He has received the Distinguished Service Award for ACBSP; the Richard Chewning Award for the Integration of Faith and Business from CBFA; and was the Austin/Cooper Endowed Professor of Global Business Studies at Anderson University, where he also served as dean. He has traveled and taught extensively abroad, including Russia, China, Mexico and most of Europe.
Ken and Audrey have two daughters, two sons-in-law, two granddaughters and one dog. He is an avid sports fan, and loves both the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Cubs.
In addition to teaching Sunday school for most of the last 25 years, Ken has also served for 30 years as part time on pastoral staffs as minister of music. “I believe that our work is a vocation, and we are called of God to prepare our best, be our best and give our best. This is how I try to interact with students and colleagues so that they will understand that the call of Christ is a call to give our best in every aspect of our lives.”
Professor Armstrong Teaches:
- Strategic Planning
- Global Business
- History and Development of Management Thought
Education
- PhD in Strategic Planning, Northwestern University
- MBA, Central Michigan University
- BS, Olivet Nazarene University
Community Service
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Served on board of directors and board chair for both the Christian Business Faculty Association, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), an international university business school accrediting association, and on the board of directors of Delta Mu Delta, an international collegiate business honorary society
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Served as chair of multiple evaluation teams for ACBSP
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Consultant and mentor to several Christian business schools and deans
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Minister of music, board member and Sunday school teacher