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CofC School of Business Faculty & Staff Updates

Retiring or Resigning? Keep this checklist in mind

I found in my files a checklist Barbara Green made for us last year to help steward the process of retiring or resigning. There are several items that involve HR and stewardship of files. SB Resignation_Retirement instructions_2022.03 – Green 5.4.2022 It is also important to remember to return your office to a fresh state. There…

AY 2023-2024 Office Assignments

It’s that time of year – A few people are leaving, a few are retiring, a few are just starting, and requests are coming in to move offices. We anticipate utilizing every office we have and then some. It’s a bit of a puzzle to resolve, but I’ve always loved a good puzzle. We have…

Opportunity to chat with students in line for graduation!

In Fall 2022, the College started a new process to ask Graduation Marshalls to serve from each school. I tried to find someone else to serve for the honor, but did not find an enthusiastic volunteer. Since I never miss graduation, in the end I accepted the responsibility myself for this year. The best part…

REMINDER: Stick to the finals schedule

Don’t forget! There is a schedule for final exams, and a policy that requires we stick to the schedule. The policy is posted below. My exam is scheduled for 8:30 PM. I am an early bird and not a night owl. It is tempting to choose a different date or time to offer that exam….

EXPO 2023: Celebration and Thank You!

The 2023 EXPO represented a successful celebration of research, scholarship, creative inquiry, and community service. Over 250 student projects were presented. Of those, 44 requested to make an oral presentation; 14 were selected. Awards were given, and the recipient of the 3rd place award for oral presentation was delivered by Andrea Kimpson, titled An Evaluation…

Join me at the 2023 EXPO!

Colleagues – Today is the day of the 2023 EXPO. Join me, the Dean, and many of your colleagues and students in TD Arena for a celebration of research, scholarship, creative inquiry, and community service. The EXPO is active until 1PM. Join us!

Adjunct Faculty Pool

Know of a neighbor hoping to connect with students through teaching? Receive an email from someone hoping to teach a course? Host a great speaker who expresses an interest in teaching? Looking to hire someone last minute to teach a course for your department? Check out the newly developed School of Business Adjunct Faculty Pool…

Fall 2023 Registration

Today, March 30th, is the second day of student registration for fall. By the end of today, most of our seniors will be registered for classes. https://registrar.cofc.edu/calendars/entrytimes.php Please be especially kind to our Department Chairs (Chen Chou, Dave Wyman, Bob Frash, Weishen Wang, Chris Mothorpe, and Robert Hogan) and our A-team (Alicia, Chris, Ingrid, Sabrina,…

Resources to support you, supporting students

We’re in the final turn towards the end of the year. Remember to make use of resources available to support you as you support our students: The Office of the Dean of Students houses the Collegiate Recovery Program, manages the process for reporting student violations and helps connect to resources for students struggling with housing or food…

For the Classroom – Public Safety Reminders

We are on an urban, open campus, which allows Charleston residents and guests to freely enter our buildings. For the most part, those who wander into our buildings are appropriately interested in The College. This week, an individual visited several of our campus classes, disrupting lectures and unnerving faculty, staff, and students. All is well,…

Did you miss last month’s AACSB Training? Here is the video!

Colleagues, Last month, Karen Tarnoff joined our faculty for a Program Assessment Workshop. If you were unable to attend, you can catch the video here. The training came with great reviews from attendees. There’s another next month on March 23 at 3PM. Mark your calendars! A zoom link will be provided to faculty and staff…

Microsoft Online Webinar for Students (and faculty & staff)

This week, I re-connected with Victoria Thompson (Class of 2015, Elementary Education). Victoria was a member of the Teacher Leaders program in the School of Education at a time when I was director of Schottland Scholars, and I was able to get to know her a bit then. She now works for Microsoft, and offered…

Are you interested in teaching in the DBA?

The DBA Committee is ready to take a step towards curriculum development. To do so, they are hoping to get the names of faculty willing to teach content and/or methods courses in the DBA committee. The goal is to work with those faculty to crystalize the curriculum map and draft the syllabi to be used…

NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program

Thanks to a recent gift to the College in support of faculty development, the College is sponsoring one faculty member from each school and the libraries to participate in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity’s Faculty Success Program that runs from May 14-August 5, 2023. If interested, check the School of Business Teams…

School of Business Distinguished Faculty Awards

Be on the look out for an upcoming email calling for nominations for the School of Business Distinguished Faculty Awards. In addition to our traditional School of Business Distinguished Faculty Awards , we will also be making the call for nominations for the Bank Of America Teaching Professorship.

Documentation of Outside Employment

We’ve recently had a few queries regarding outside employment of faculty. Take a second to read through the policy regarding outside employment to determine if you need to complete the form. If you’re unsure, initiate a conversation with your Chair. 7.1.10 Outside Employment of Faculty (FAM V.G)

Do you remember SB Faculty Award Recipients from past years?

We are trying to get a historical list of the SB Faculty Award winners. We need a little help from our friends. Have you received SB Faculty Awards? What year? Do you remember other winners, or are there any lingering faculty development committee members who kept a record? I made a spreadsheet to gather information,…

Annual Evaluation for Adjunct Faculty

At last week’s School of Business faculty meeting, I presented on faculty annual evaluation. Afterwards I emailed documents for faculty annual evaluation to the members of the School of Business. Several adjunct faculty emailed asking if that process includes them. Formally it does not. However, if you are adjunct faculty and would like a letter…

SB Student Research Pool

Submitted on behalf of Kelley Anderson Did you know? The School of Business now has a Student Research Pool! Our SSRP (SB Student Research Pool) allows CofC SB scholars to engage students in research through surveys, interviews, experiments, and more. We are using the SONA platform, a top system selected by universities worldwide. The SSRP was piloted in…

EXPO 2023

As you prepare for the spring semester, here is a reminder that EXPO 2023 is coming soon. EXPO 2023 will be Thursday, April 13th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in TD Arena! But the abstract submission portal is open now. Colleagues, please encourage your students to submit their abstracts before the Wednesday, February 15th at 5:00 p.m….