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Volume 4, Issue 2013

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Wagner College

Department of Business Administration

Newsletter

http://www.wagner.edu/departments/business_administration/

The Department of Business Administration is releasing the fourth volume of our Newsletter! We are proud of our collective—alumni, student, staff and faculty—accomplishments and would like

to share and honor them. You are encouraged to be part of our business community by contacting us

and letting us know of your achievements. For the “Stakeholder Reference of Business Department

Assessment Measures,” please check http://wagner.edu/business-admin/academic-productivity/

Volume 4 includes news from January – June 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Curriculum News Pages: 2-8

Student, Faculty & Staff News Pages: 9-12

Contact Info Page: 13

College of Choice City of Opportunity

http://www.wagner.edu/departments/business_administration/

http://wagner.edu/business-admin/academic-productivity/


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Curriculum News

NEW MBA PROGRAM IN MEDIA MANAGEMENT

APC approved the new MBA program in Media Management. We will be offering a Special

Topic Course in Media this upcoming fall semester.

ACCOUNTING BUSINESS FIELD TRIP

From Left to Right in Picture: Nazifa Alam, Yalin Chen, Miguel Santiago, Michael Scrocco (background), Meredith Ward

(foreground), Paul Scrocco, Dylan Holderness, Fernando Medina and Adjunct Professor Frank DeCandido. Trevor Loveland

attended but was not available for the picture. Barbara Bellesi, Assistant Director Employer Relations for the Center of

Academic and Career Engagement took the picture.

On Friday, April 26th, 2013, Adjunct Professor Frank DeCandido and nine Accounting students

visited the offices of Deloitte and Touche LLP at 225 Liberty Street, 2 World Financial Center in

New York City. The students included Yalin Chen, Meredith Ward, Michael Scrocco, Miguel

Santiago, Trevor Loveland, Paul Scrocco, Nazifa Alam, Dylan Holderness, and Fernando

Medina. Barbara Bellesi, Assistant Director Employer Relations for the Center of Academic and

Career Engagement, also joined the group on its trip. The host from Deloite and Touche LLP

was Joseph Delaney, former Managing Partner. The students were given presentations by staff

accountants Meredith Mazzari and Anika Ahmed, as well as Senior Audit Manager Joseph

Delaney and Project Controller. Topics covered were internships, interview skills, CPA Exam

and career advice. Adjunct Professor DeCandido hopes that this field trip will be a yearly event

and will lead to more opportunities at the accounting firm of Deloitte and Touche, LLP for

Wagner students.


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GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STUDY TRIP

The ACCMBA group visited Iceland, Russia,

Scandinavia and the Baltic states in May. Upon

arriving in Iceland, the students toured an immense

geothermal plant and learned from the marketing

director that much of the entire country is heated in

this way. In Denmark, an extensive tour was

conducted of the shipping and naval ports.

Rostock in the former East Germany proved to be

an exciting stop as the students viewed an

astronomical clock dating back to 1610. The clock

is accurate to the year, month, day, hour and

minute. It is one of the few remaining in the world.

The walled portion of Tallinn, Estonia was a

throwback to the Middle Ages. The guide

explained that after achieving independence from Russia 16 years ago, it has been on a fast break

to catch up with the rest of the EU countries.

St. Petersburg's subway was a marvel with its mosaic tiled walls and cleanliness. The two

businesses the students visited were modern with excellent customer service. The students were

given a rare treat: the opportunity to venture through a commercial district on their own for an

hour. St. Iassac's cathedral was covered in gold and frescos. It was spectacular.

Helsinki was a mixture of modern and historic

architecture with a church carved into rock being one of

the highlights.

Stockholm's Vasa museum contained a 17th century 16

gun ship. The museum was at least two times the size of

the Wagner gym. Breaktaking!

The students expressed gratitude for being afforded the

opportunity to visit places they might never go to on their

own.


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“FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE” AUTHOR COMES TO WAGNER

On April 24th, 2013, Dr. Richard LaRocca and Dr. Mary LoRe sponsored a guest speaker, John

Vento, CPA, to talk about his new book on Financial Independence. He graciously signed and

donated a copy of his book to all attendants.

The Multiple Sclerosis Walk

Nicole Cooper, Michael Scrocco, Anthony Fiumefreddo, Jeremiah Bell, Salvatore Emilio, Yalin Chen and Nazifa Alam

The Multiple Sclerosis Walk sponsored by the Accounting Society, raised money for Dr. Jim

Michael, former Management Professor who left the college due to the ravages of the Multiple

Sclerosis disease in 2008.


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A NIGHT WITH JACK AND SUZY WELCH

On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Wagner College’s 4th

Annual Presidential Economic Summit featured

legendary executive Jack Welch, author and

commentator Suzy Welch and CNBC Wall Street

journalist Maria Bartiromo for a free-wheeling

conversation and audience Q&A session.

JACK WELCH is the author of “Winning,” an

international best-seller. In 2001, he wrote his best-

selling autobiography, “Jack: Straight from the

Gut.” He began his career with the General Electric

Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the

company’s eighth chairman and CEO. During his

20+ year tenure as CEO, the company’s market

capitalization rose from $13 billion to over $400

billion. In 2000, he was named Manager of the

Century by Fortune magazine.

SUZY WELCH is a best-selling author, popular

television commentator, and noted business

journalist. Her best-selling book, “10-10-10: A Life-

Transforming Idea,” is now published in 29

countries. Suzy has written about work-life balance

and other issues for publications ranging from O,

The Oprah Magazine to the Wall Street Journal. She

is a commentator on television programs including

Good Morning America, The View, Morning Joe,

Your World With Neil Cavuto, Power Lunch and

Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien.

MARIA BARTIROMO is anchor on CNBC’s “Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo,” and

anchor and managing editor of the nationally syndicated “On the Money with Maria Bartiromo.”

She has covered Wall Street for 20 years.


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WAGNER COLLEGE RINGS NYSE CLOSING BELL

On Tuesday, March 23, Wagner College President Richard Guarasci rang the closing bell at the

New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the raising of $50 million in the largest campaign ever

conducted in the school’s history: “Putting Wagner First.”

President Guarasci was accompanied at the Stock Exchange by several of Wagner’s key donors

and friends who helped to make this milestone in the school’s history possible.

“Putting Wagner First: The Campaign for Wagner College” was launched in October 2007 with

a gala event in the Great Hall at New York City’s Ellis Island. It has been the most ambitious —

and most successful — fundraiser in Wagner’s history.

“The future of this gem of a college is in our hands,” said President Guarasci of the campaign.

“We can take comfort in our achievements and rest on our laurels — a sure path to mediocrity —

or we can find the resources to leverage these accomplishments, endow them, and further shape

this very special college to better serve the students who choose to study here, the faculty who

come here to teach, and our alumni, who are living what they have learned here in their personal

and professional lives.”


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THE DELTA MU DELTA INDUCTION CEREMONY

The Delta Mu Delta is a national honor business society open to all business students, of which

Dr. Peg Horan is the moderator. The ceremony was hosted by DMD President Marlena

Mason. We are pleased to announce that on Sunday, April 21st, 2013 our Keynote Speaker, and

Honorary Delta Mu Delta member is Professor Janice Buddensick of the Business

Department. The induction ceremony was held in the Trophy Room in the Spiro Sport Center

2nd floor from 3:30 to 5pm. Inductees and family members were in attendance.

Inducted as new members. Congratulations to Anthony Parenti, Kohei Nakajima, Drew

Fitzgerald, Luke Ross, Alessandra Donofrio, Sierra Achin, Keith Onto, Yalin Chen, Julie

Vigliotti, Christian Rautenstrauch, Kathleen Pickel, Taylor Santoro, Chelsea Loiacono, Brianna

Mass, Katherine Jordan, Katherine Keown, Trey Nicosia, Lauren Katz, Giuseppe Badalamenti,

Trevor Loveland, Matthew Cangro, Alexandra Cooney, Tony Jones, Anthony Silvery, Monika

Khaltsev, Leah Skinner, Sidney Hoshko, Timothy Mallen, and Meredith Ward.


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SANDY RELIEF

Pictured Dr. Peg Horan, with other New York State Society of CPAs at the Brooklyn Sandy

Relief Clinic, sponsored by the Federal Reserve in partnership with non-profit relief agencies on

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 at Garguilos Restaurant in Brooklyn. Free one- on-one assistance

was offered to homeowners, residents and businesses affected by Sandy (Photo Green Sweater).


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Student, Faculty & Staff News

STUDENT HONORS/AWARDS

Undergraduate Students:

Alpha Omicron Pi Award - Sutton Bantle

Accounting Society Award - Yalin Chen

Wagner Investment Group Legacy Award - Alyssa Ahern

Business Administration Senior Award - Matthew McGuinness

Business Administration Junior Award - Ellen Huffman

Delta Mu Delta Award - Anthony Parenti

Graduate Students:

Outstanding Academic Achievement - Michael Krebs, Kohei (Steve) Nakajima, Hamza Khan

Highest Academic Achievement - Kayla Colin, Nicole McErlean

Delta Mu Delta Prize - Anthony Parenti

Accelerated MBA Highest GPA - Alessandra D’Onofrio, Brian Bugbee

Accelerated MBA Leadership Award - Alessandra D’Onofrio

Accelerated MBA Teamwork Award - Alessandra D’Onofrio

Accelerated MBA Development Award - Anthony J. DiMaio

Traditional MBA Walter Rohers Memorial Award for Highest Academic Achievement - Drew

Fitzgerald

Traditional MBA Highest Finance GPA - Keith Onto

Traditional MBA Highest Management GPA - D’Mya Clay, Danielle Parenteau

Traditional MBA Highest Health Care GPA - Liana Gonzalez

Traditional MBA Highest International Business GPA - Kathryn Younkins

Traditional MBA Highest Marketing GPA - Drew Fitzgerald

Delta Mu Delta Award winner - Anthony Parenti

FACULTY HONORS/AWARDS/PROMOTIONS

Dr. Mary Lo Re: Accepted as NYU Faculty Resource Network Ambassador, 2013-2014.

Wagner received Flagship Campus status for the project: A Network for Understanding the New

Europe

Dr. Peg Horan: Awarded Promotion to Full Professor


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PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Xiaodan Dong, Chris Hinsch, Shaoming Zou, Huifen Fu, “The effect of market orientation

dimensions on multinational companies’ strategic performance: An empirical study”, The

International Marketing Review, forthcoming.

Dr. Peg Horan, “Strategies for Reducing the Alternative Minimum Tax Liability: Considering

the AMT’s Design and the Effect of State Taxes” by Thomas Horan and Margaret Horan, The

CPA Journal, March 2013, p.36-41, www.cpaj.com.

Dr. Richard LaRocca (forthcoming, 2013). “Assessing the Political and Socio-Economic Impact

of Corruption Among Nations”, Int. Journal of Information Systems and Social Change. IGI

Global

Publications.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, “Choosing Your Leadership Style”, book chapter in: The Resource Handbook

for Academic Dean, 3rd Edition. Jossey-Bass, CA, June 2013.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Donald Crooks, “Synergistic Solution to Military Viability and Economic Equality”, EEA

Conference New York, May 2013

Dr. Peg Horan, “Teaching Module for the AMT”, presented at the Mid-Atlantic American

Accounting Association , Montclair State University, April 18-20, 2013, Sheraton Parsippany

New Jersey.

Dr. Richard LaRocca (2012). “The Causes and Consequences of Political and Socio-Economic

Determinants of Corruption Around the World”, presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of

the Academy of International Business – US Northeast Chapter, Fairfield, CT, October 11-13.

Dr. Richard LaRocca and Hussain, M.A. (2012). “The Political and Socio-Economic Factors

Surrounding Corruption for Developing Nations”, The Tehreek-e-Insaf Political Party of

Pakistan Annual Meeting, December, 2012.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, “What Has the EU Learned from the Global Economic and Financial Crisis?”

presented at the: Eastern Economic Association, NYC, May 9, 2013.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, “The Future of the EU and the EMU”, presented at the: Northeast Decision

Sciences Institute, Brooklyn, NY, March 5, 2013.

Dr. John Moran, “H1B Visas”, presented at the Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in

Business, February, 2013.

Dr. Cathyann D. Tully and Mary LoRe, “The Future of the Euro and the EMU”, EU/EMU

Working Group Panel Discussion, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, April, 2013.


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ATTENDED CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/

SYMPOSIA/WEBINARS/MEDIA ENGAGEMENT & CITATIONS

Dr. Cathyann D. Tully and Dr. Donald Crooks

Wagner College Faculty Forum: Social Security Reform, March, 2013.

Will our children and grandchildren collect Social Security in their old age? Will this benefit

become extinct? Not on our watch! The authors [Dr. Cathyann D. Tully and Dr. Donald Crooks]

presented a set of steps designed to change the administration of the system in order to restore

solvency to the ailing Social Security system and provide financial relief to future generations of

middle class wage earners.

Dr. Cathyann D. Tully and Dr. Donald Crooks, Wagner College Omicron Delta Epsilon Guest

Speakers, “Stabilizing Social Security for the Next Generation”, March 2013.

Dr. Donald Crooks, “Social Security Reform”—presentation at ODE student conference, March

2013.

Dr. Donald Crooks, Wagner College Media in Literacy Conference---“Case Study Business

Policy and Strategy Capstone Simulation”, April 2013.

Dr. Donald Crooks, Director Presidential Economic Lecture Series—“An Evening with Jack and

Suzy Welch with Moderator Maria Bartoromo”, April 2013.

Dr. Donald Crooks, “NCA&U Panelist on Collaboration of Liberal Arts and Business

Programs”, University of Scranton PA, June 2013.

Dr. John Moran, “Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business”, Presenter and

Panel Moderator.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, Discussant on paper: “Re-examining the Role of Tax Policies on Economic

Growth across OECD Countries” by: Zinnia Mukherjee, at the Eastern Economic Association,

NYC, May 10, 2013.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, Attended AACSB International Dean Conference, San Antonio, TX, January

23-25, 2013.

Dr. Peg Horan, “How IFRS can Impact US Financial Statement Preparers and Users Today”,

sponsored by KPMG IFRS Institute, January 24, 2013

Dr. Paul Martorana, “The Unexpected Link between Cadavers and Careers”, reprinted in

Forbes.com (January 13, 2013).


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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/ACTIVITIVITIES

Dr. Richard LaRocca (Advisor) (2012). Effects on the Iranian embargo [Radio series episode]. In

Noriega, R. (Producer), Up All Night. Manchester: BBC.

Dr. Richard LaRocca (Advisor) (2013). Christian Rautenstrauch, Eric Mathias and Ellen

Huffman participated in this year's Duff & Phelps YOUinversity Deal Challenge. Even though

they did not win, they were commended by Duff & Phelps for the work they had presented for

the competition.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, Editorial Reviewer for finance articles in The Journal of Business & Economic

Studies, 2003- current.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, AACSB Small Business School Selection Committee Member, 2013-current.

Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012-

current.

Dr. Peg Horan,

Reviewer for the For the International Journal of Sustainability

Moderator of Delta Mu Delta 2005 to present

Moderator of the Accounting Society September 2012 to present

Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - AICPA

Member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants - NYSSCPA

Member of the American Accounting Association - AAA.

COMMUNITY INVOVLEMENT

Dr. Mary Lo Re, Mentor, Staten Island Small Business Incubator Initiative, 2012-current.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, Treasurer & Chair of Tuition Committee, St. Francis Cabrini Academy,

Brooklyn, NY, 2012-current.

Dr. Mary Lo Re, Board Member, St. Francis Cabrini Academy, Brooklyn, NY, 2011-current.

Dr. Peg Horan , Board Member , St Patrick’s Catholic Academy, Bay Ridge, New York,

September 2012 to present.


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Contact Info

We really want to hear from you. If you have any information you would like to share with us or

want to contribute to our Newsletter, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Chairperson, Director,

MBA-Exec. & Accelerated Dr. Donald Crooks 718-420-3429

Administrative Assistant Arleen Wilk 718-390-3447

Department’s Fax 718-420-4274

Director, B.S. Business Administration Dr. Cathyann D. Tully 718-390-3439

Director, M.S. Accounting Dr. Peg Horan 718-390-3437

Director, MBA-Traditional Dr. John Moran 718-390-3255

Director,

Business Experiential Learning Prof. Frank DeSimone 718-420-4491

Full time Faculty Prof. Janice Buddensick 718-390-3438

Dr. Xiaodan Dong 718-390-3281

Dr. Mary Lo Re 718-390-4127

Dr. Richard LaRocca 718-390-3427

Dr. Paul Martorona 718-390-3447

Adjunct Faculty

Accounting Prof. Frank DeCandido Prof. Zeno Gavales

Prof. Michael Mahoney Prof. Kevin Tsay

Prof. John Vento

Business Prof. Paul Bierman Prof. Thomas Farrell

Prof. Joseph Ferrantelli Dr. Kristen Koehler

Prof. Maria Marchiano

Finance Prof. Sam Cirelli Prof. John Griffin

Prof. Daniel Macri

International Business Prof. Steve Piraino Dr. Chad Turnbull

Health Care Prof. Joseph Conte

Management Prof. Frank Calvosa Prof. George Cherubini

Prof. Ralph Gerstein Prof. Andrew Oberfeldt

Prof. Robert Pompliano Prof. Patricia Reyes

Prof. William Thiro

Marketing Prof. Lisa Nielsen Prof. Anthony Pucciarelli

Graduate Assistants Peter Rubin Zachary Spector

Anthony Parenti

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

Faculty Sponsor

Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society Dr. Peg Horan

Accounting Club Dr. Peg Horan

Investment Club Dr. Cathyann D. Tully

Marketing Club Prof. Frank DeSimone

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