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!