School of Management Opening Faculty Meeting August 31, 2006

Welcome Back New Faculty: Suchandra Basu Classroom food and drink policy Doors, swipe cards, etc. Process to add/drop after add-drop period is over (no faculty to Records directly) Alpha Kappa Psi visit Alumni Day Schedules to Melissa Other clerical matters

Staffing Concerns Management faculty shortage due to leave for illness, pending retirement, pending phased retirement Marketing faculty shortage CIS faculty shortage due to sabbatical and possible retirement Unclear situation in accounting with pending retirement

Web Sites Department websites need to be upgraded and updated Individual websites need the same Pass all news to the Dean’s office for publication on the website

Enrollment Issues September 13: Our money is linked to enrollment efforts and yield. Current majors on the active list Aug 29, 2006 are: Management and Marketing 661 Accounting & CIS 402 Economics and Finance 146 Total1209

Gifts Citizens from Capital Campaign Amica

AACSB Accreditation Yes, it is true of August 29: Jim, We are pleased to have the Rhode Island College School of Management seek AACSB International business accreditation. We look forward to working with you. My colleague, Ms. Lucienne Mochel will follow up with the details on process, etc. We look forward to assisting you in any way we can. Best regards. Jerry Jerry E. Trapnell Executive Vice President and Chief Accreditation Officer AACSB International 777 S. Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 750 Tampa, Florida USA Phone: FAX:

AACSB Accreditation Needs Assessment: kick it up a notch Faculty Development money and NEFDC New programs: Current core, business law, certificates in graduate studies, sports management Business law issue Finance requirements Teaching Colloquy Do we need to reorganize for accreditation?

PeopleSoft System Break Training down the hall at 10:15 a.m.