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Spring 2023 Schedule

Last Friday, our academic departments submitted their Spring 2023 schedules for thorough review. In this collaborative effort, our Chairs and Deans are working together to create a Spring 2023 Schedule that caters to diverse student populations. This includes upperclassmen, working adults, athletes, and graduate students, all with unique scheduling needs. Additionally, we consider various other…

College of Charleston School of Business Invites Members of Business Community into Classrooms

The College of Charleston School of Business is committed to providing its students with opportunities to learn from and connect with experienced business professionals. In Spring 2023, School of Business students participated in 160 different engagements involving “speakers.” Some of the speakers participated several times. For example, Anita Zucker, CEO of the InterTech Group, visited with…

Mentoring Matters

The College of Charleston Multicultural Student Programs & Services offers Mentoring Matters. This year, 8 students with a major in the School of Business have applied to participate. We’re hoping to have each of those 8 mentored by a School of Business faculty or staff member. So far, we have 5 faculty applications to participate…

Cougar Complete & the CofC Bookstore

On Tuesday, we hosted an impromptu happy hour in the Dean Suite to chatter about the day. The chatter ended up having a theme, and that theme was “Cougar Complete”. Cougar Complete is the new textbook integration from the bookstore. There’s a guide in OAKS regarding how to use it, as well as more information…

Supervising a Bachelor’s Essay

Several colleagues have been contacted this week to discuss requests from students to supervise a Bachelor’s Essay. If you’ve never supervised a Bachelor’s Essay before, seek advice about the tasks associated with the requirement (e.g., a senior faculty member, your Chair, myself, etc.). Also review the information provided by the Honors College to students regarding…

Dr. Bob Frash honored by local professional organization

As many of you know, our colleague Dr. Bob Frash retires at the end of this month. This week, the Lowcountry Hospitality Association Board of Directors hosted a reception, where they honored Dr. Bob Frash in preparation for his retirement later this month. Dr. Frash is a Professor and is currently serving as the Chair…

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…