1. Fall 2016 Academic Year Welcome & Updates
School of Business
Fall 2016
Academic Year Welcome & Updates
Welcome!

3. News & Updates Recent Retirements: Professor Ruth Sapir
Professor Paul Fogelberg
Ms. Maureen Goldstein

4. New Faculty & Staff Business Management
Dr. Heather Kirkwood (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Ebru Ulusoy (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Aida Sy (Assistant Professor)
Prof. Mary Catherine Clifford (Lecturer)
Prof. Paul Angelo (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Prof. John Masserwick (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Prof. Sudhir Sachdev (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Ms. Patricia Visgauss (Secretary)

5. New Faculty & Staff (continued)
Computer Systems
Dr. Jun Yuan (Assistant Professor)
Professor Matthew Fried (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Professor Daniel Evans (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Economics
Dr. David Vitt (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Yaojing Wang (Visiting Assistant Professor)

6. New Faculty & Staff (continued)
Sport Management
Prof. Michael Fraina (Assistant Professor)
Ms. Chantal Etrasco (Secretary 1)
Visual Communications:
Dr. Brian O’Keefe (Assistant Professor)
Prof. Kimberly Wild (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Ms. Beth Giacummo (Gallery Director)

7. Announcements School of Business Newsletter (Posted on School website)
Upcoming Events (please check website)
School of Business Colloquium
Dr. Jie Lie 10/18
Gallery Opening

8. New Resources Telemet Orion Financial Database
Can be loaded onto any computer (faculty or student)
Provide ready source for financial data for classroom use
Training available soon
Contact Ken Tax for introduction

9. Additional New Resources
Long Island Business News
200 paper subscriptions
200 digital subscriptions
Weekly paper
Delivered on Fridays
3 racks in the BUSC building

10. Multi-Media Presentation Studio (BUSC 305)
Equipped with:
Two large television displays (video, screen & audio capture)
Capture and produce video
Multimedia presentations from multiple sources
Link directly to course site in Blackboard
Please contact Ken Tax for training

11. NASAD Accreditation Update
Site visit in Spring 2016
Received external evaluator’s report
Overall positive evaluation
Department has submitted its response
Application is currently under consideration at the upcoming NASAD Annual Meeting

12. AACSB Accreditation Update
Business Management Strategic Plan completed May 2016
Eligibility application submitted August 2016
AACSB Review Committee is meeting in November

13. Other College / School Concerns
Budget planning process
Most departments have met with the Provost at this point
Department budget proposals due to Dean’s office in November
Budget items outside of current allocations
Strategic Enrollment Planning
Departments will soon begin receiving forms
Plan will be forwarded to Dean’s office
Process to be completed before the end of this semester

14. Reminder on Campus Safety / Emergencies
Sign up for RAVE alerts
In-class and other on-campus emergencies Call Campus Police
Contact students in the event that you are unable to make it to campus but classes are still in session
Calendar does have one or two reading days built into it which can be used as make-up days

15. Bylaws Change – Campus Promotion Committee
Original bylaw required school representative to be a tenured full professor
Now changed, must be a full-time faculty member of any rank holding continuing appointment
Therefore, a call for nominations and the election of a School of Business Representative will take place immediately at the close of this meeting

16. Thank you for coming. Have a great semester!