Andrew Artis, MBA '87

Andrew Artis of the University of South Florida Polytechnic has received one of 12 Universitywide 2007-2008 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards. The USF system includes nearly 3,000 faculty members across four campuses. An assistant professor of marketing in the Division of Business, Artis received an MBA from Boise State in 1987.

“When you win an award like this you realize that you didn’t earn it by yourself,” says Artis. “I am truly grateful to the great teachers in Boise State’s MBA program who instilled in me their passion for learning. It was that enthusiasm that propelled me to earn my Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee and on to the University of South Florida as an assistant professor.”

According to Artis, “Students in the College of Business and Economics should not take for granted the quality of instruction they receive. The professors at Boise State are among the finest and most dedicated I have ever worked with. In fact, Dr. Kirk Smith gave me my first job as a college professor and still mentors me to this very day.”

“I did not realize just how competent and capable the students at Boise State were until I left Boise,” he continued. “The world knows about the blue turf and the Fiesta Bowl victory, but it needs to know that there is just as much talent in the classroom as on the football field.”