jones college faculty meeting april 24, 2015. personnel recognition retirement – kay...
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Jones College Faculty MeetingApril 24, 2015
Personnel Recognition• Retirement
– Kay Blasingame-Boike, BCEN– Ken Tillery, MGMK
• Service Award--15 Years– Martha Balachandran, BCEN– Charlie Baum, ECFN– Tim Greer, INFS– Steve Morris, INFS
• Service Award--25 years– Kim Sokoya, Dean’s Office– Earl Thomas, MGMK– Jo Zietz, ECFN
New Hires• ACTG:
– Stephen Salter, Incoming Chair (PhD—U of South Carolina)– Audrey Scarlata, Assistant Professor (PhD—U of Kentucky)
• ECFN: – Heather Rhodes, Assistant Professor (PhD—U of Alabama)
• INFS:– Rohit Valecha, Assistant Professor (ABD—U of Buffalo)
• MGMK– Ralph Williams, Assistant Professor (ABD—Kennesaw State U)
• BERC– Murat Arik, Director (PhD—U of Connecticut)
Other Personnel Updates• ACTG
– Sandy Benson, returning to regular faculty– Becky Heath, departing
• BCEN– Rachel Wilson, departing
• ECFN– Karen Mulligan, departing
• Will continue to work with Provost on replacement positions• Possible reassignment of positions depending on enrollment or
other strategic priorities
BAS Building Renovations
• Sales Lab Additional Work• Movement of Trading Room• Renovation of Previous Trading Room• Bell Street Executive Education Center• S278 Studio
University Budget
• Tuition increase—if any, it will be small• Enrollment—still uncertain• No slack in E&G (permanent) budget• Stay tuned…
Developing Students:
• Reengineered MBA• New MS in Finance• ABM in ECON, FIN, CIS• BIA Concentration in CIS• Quest for Student Success • Course Redesign• Professional Development and Career Fairs• Orientations and Exit Interviews• “Three Touch” Initiative• New CUSTOMS Format• Dual Enrollment• Dale Carnegie Initiative• Real Estate Renaissance• Non-Profit Summit and Speaker• Assurance of Learning• Business Plan Competition• Finance Competitions• BAP Deloitte Competition
Developing Faculty:• By-Laws• Reorganization• AACSB 2016 Review• Community College
Outreach• Statewide Business and
Consumer Outlook Indices• Faculty at Guangxi • 39 Journal Articles• 50 Presentations
Awards– Charlie Apigian:
• nominated for “Educator of the Year” Award by Nashville Technology Council• named “Buddy Gibb Volunteer of the Year” for Special Kids, Inc.
– Michelle Beauchamp: Best Paper at Society for Marketing Advances Conference (Marketing Education)
– Robert B. Blair: Distinguished Service Award for service as President of the National Association for Business Teacher Education 2013-2015
– Kay Blasingame-Boike: “Outstanding Postsecondary Teacher Award” from Tennessee Business Education Association
– Monica Davis: named Faculty Fellow by Learning, Teaching and Innovative Technologies Center
– Tim Graeff: Named as a Fellow for the Marketing Management Association– Virginia Hemby-Grubb: ARBE-DPE Service Award at Business Education Research
Conference held during the NBEA Convention
Awards– Don Lester:
• “Homer L. Saunders Mentor Award” at the SBI Conference• Best Paper Award at SBI Conference (Theoretical Paper)
– Bill McDowell: • Best Paper Empirical Paper Award at SBI Conference• “Homer Saunders Outstanding Paper Award” at Association for Small
Business and Entrepreneurship (ASBE) (With Don Lester and Josh Aaron)– Sherry Roberts: Distinguished Alumna Award from Central Methodist
University– Paula Thomas: 2014 MTSU Foundation Career Achievement Award– Rachel Wilson: Best Paper Award at SBI Conference (Experiential Learning)
Developing Friends:• New Development
Director• “Wink” Midgett Faculty
Awards Program• Community
Engagement• “Closing” Gifts
Emphasis
Developing the Brand:• New Magazine• Enhanced Marketing:– Print– Broadcast– Social Media
• Special Events• Visits and Speeches
Thank You!