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Charleston School of Business Faculty & Staff Updates

How to Help a Distressed Student- Suicide Prevention Trainings

** From Caity Hill, Outreach and Programming Coordinator, Office of Student Wellness and Wellbeing ** The Office of Student Wellness and Well-being will be having How to Help a Distressed Student- Suicide Prevention Trainings for faculty and staff on 4/18 at 12:00 pm and 4/21 at 2:00 pm both trainings will be held in Stern…

GA Process

** From Seaton Brown ’09, Director of Graduate Admissions, School of Business ** School of Business Faculty, This year, the Master of Business Administration program is excited to open our Graduate Assistantship program to all roster faculty in the School of Business. We’re excited about this opportunity to pair our MBA candidates with faculty invested…

SB Student Research Pool Closing Soon

Don’t forget – SSRP (SB Student Research Pool) will close for the semester on April 19th at 11:59 pm. Please remind students to ensure they have included all their classes (participating in SSRP) on their profile. This ensures the reporting is accurate and they get credit. Thank you to everyone who is participating! There are…

SCIM 2023 Summer Research Support

The Department of Supply Chain & Information Management will be offering summer research stipends for projects related to supply chain management, global logistics, and/or transportation. The funding would be available to all School of Business faculty to promote research collaboration with our department and would provide a $5000 award for each faculty that works on…

Your Voice Matters

Have you completed the Great Colleges to Work For survey being conducted by Modern Think? If not, please do. You should have received an email with a unique link for you. The survey helps CofC make progress on Pillar 3 (Employee Success). When we know better, we can do better.

Headshot Day in the Cistern Yard

Do you need new headshot in front of a beautiful CofC background? Mike Ledford, our college photographer, is holding headshot day in the Cistern Yard on Thursday, April 6, from 4-6 p.m. Headshots are good for… updating your faculty/staff bio page on the website and LinkedIn submitting to media when you’re interviewed accompanying your bio…

REMINDER: Great Colleges to Work For Survey

The deadline to complete the Great Colleges to Work For survey is March 31. The information gathered serves as a great opportunity to assess the climate of our campus. The data we gather will help inform our progress with the Employee Experience and Success pillar of our 10-year strategic plan. Check your email! On March…

Faculty R&D Call for Proposals for Fall 2023 projects

Colleagues, The College of Charleston Faculty Research and Development Committee is now accepting proposals for Faculty Research and Development Grants for the award period for August 16th – December 31st, 2023. The deadline for submission of proposals is 5 PM on Monday, April 3rd, 2023. Updated proposal guidelines, forms, and examples of successful proposals are…

Study Abroad Proposal and Provider Workshop

** From Melissa Ochal, Director, Center for International Education ** On Wednesday, March 22nd at 4pm in RSS 206, CIE will be hosting a workshop for anyone interested in learning more about study abroad program design and approval as well as the support a study abroad provider offers to faculty program directors. We will be…

Faculty Feedback – Convocation and The College Reads

** From Christopher Korey, Associate Provost for Student Success ** Dear Colleagues, I am writing on behalf of a faculty and staff committee that is examining how we introduce students to the academic life of the College through Convocation and The College Reads! Program. All academic schools are represented on this committee. Each fall on…

Reminder-Call for Nominations: 2023 Distinguished SB Faculty Awards

Howard F. Rudd, Jr. Distinguished Faculty Award for Service Leadership This is the official call for nominations for the Howard F. Rudd, Jr. Distinguished Faculty Award for Service Leadership. Please note that this largest award given and is open only to Business school professors that received “exceeds expectations” in all categories of their most recent annual…

School of Business Student Research Pool

From Kelley Anderson, assistant professor of Marketing It’s not too late to sign up! We’d love to have your students sign-up for SSRP, and we are at the prime stage to take in studies for our students to engage in. Faculty and students’ participation is integral to making this pilot a success. Here is how…

Grant Writing 101

From Rene Mueller Grants are a great way to fund personal research and professional development. While grants do require a lot of time and effort to write and administer, grants provide independence from School and College resources. For those interested in writing grants, I will offer a short 1.5 hour Grant Writing 101 workshop on…

Faculty Panel – Accepted Students Day

From Grace Vail ’18, Admissions Representative Greetings Faculty! The Office of Admissions will be hosting an Open House for prospective students and families on Saturday, February 25th . We are expecting 1300 registered guests for this event and we hope to provide them with the best campus visit experience possible. This special day will feature…

Join The Conversation

From Ron Menchaca, Vice President of Communications I’m writing to ask for your participation in a new strategic initiative intended to highlight the academic expertise of our faculty and to increase national visibility for the College and its programs. In January 2023, the College began a one-year pilot membership with the non-profit news organization The…

Study Abroad in Egypt

From Timothy Johnson, Dean, School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs It is a pleasure to alert you to this exciting opportunity to study at the American University of Cairo. This program is supported by a generous scholarship from the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, and I strongly encourage you to consider it…

TLTCon 2023

From Victor Ruiz, SB Instructional Technologist School of Business, You’ve probably seen our new yard signs (above) around campus. We’re very excited to announce that registration for the 7th Annual Teaching, Learning, and Technology Conference (TLTCon) is now open! Like past conferences, TLTCon 2023 (May 16-17) is FREE and fully online (via Zoom). Please register…

Call for Nominations: 2023 Distinguished SB Faculty Awards

Invitation to Participate in AOL Workshops

YOU ARE INVITED! The Dean’s office has worked with our colleagues Marcia Snyder and Gia Quesada to host to workshops to help us hone (and streamline) our skills for Assurance of Learning. Whether a new instructor or a seasoned full professor, we think these workshops will help us all calibrate our expectations regarding assurance of…

Bank of America Teaching Professorship

From Bob Pitts Colleagues – the BA Teaching Professorship announcement is in the School of Business Team. Key dates February 16 – Nominations must be received. Send nominations to repitts@cofc.edu. March 16 – All material for review must be received by , 2023. May 4 – Honoree will be announced at the final School faculty meeting July 1 – Appointment Begins If nominated the materials…