The Southern Management Association (SMA) has awarded Dr. Christopher Shook, Dean of the Gordon Ford College of Business, the James G. Hunt SMA Sustained Outstanding Service Award (Hunt SOSA Award). The award, presented at SMA's Annual Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, is considered SMA's highest honor and most prestigious award. "I am extremely honored and humbled to receive the James G. Hunt Sustained Outstanding Service Award, SMA gave me the opportunity to develop as a scholar and leader, and prepared me to be Dean at GFCB,” said Shook.