INSID E THIS ISS UE:
August 2, 2013
FOCUS
Table of Contents:
NC Mutual/SBE Corporate Partnership
NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
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Message from Dean Bailey
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CAHME Accreditation Update
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North Carolina Mutual/SBE Corporate Partnership
Ms. Kimberly W. Moore,
Ph.D, Director of Marketing and
Mr. William Walton, Consultant
with North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company (NCM)
recently visited the School of
Business and
Economics.
They met with
SBE representatives including
Dean Jessica Bailey, Mr. Donald
Wood, Director of the
Professional Development Center,
Mr. Nicholas Daves, Director of
the Center of Excellence for
Financial Services, and LaMonica
Sloan and Miles Winston from
Career Services.
North Carolina Mutual has
proposed an ongoing relationship
with the School of Business and
Economics in which qualified
juniors and seniors would have
the opportunity for internships,
summer employment and
permanent jobs after graduation.
NCM will also assist the SBE by
providing mentoring, workshops,
executive seminars and
participation in classroom
presentations.
WSSU students will have
opportunities for professional
development and training
provided by the largest and
oldest firm in the country with
roots in the African American
community. NC Mutual was
founded in
1898 in
Durham, North
Carolina, and
today it serves more than
200,000 individual and group
policyholders in all 50 states with
over $12 billion of insurance in
force. As of December 31, 2012,
Total Assets of the company
exceeded $148 million. North
Carolina Mutual is currently
expanding its business model to
include ventures into the group
life, dental, and short and long
term disability arenas.
Nick Daves commented on
the partnership, “This is an
excellent opportunity which will
offer our students exposure to
the financial services industry
during their time at WSSU. This
will add practical experience and
the opportunity to work with
professionals in the field, all of
which will be beneficial to our
students.”
Volume 4, Issue 30
Where in the World
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A Message from Dean Jessica Bailey
This week marks the official end of
the summer semesters. The School of
Business and Economics is now moving
full speed ahead with Fall
Semester 2013, the classes of
which begin on August 19.
We are looking to welcome
an abundance of freshmen,
transfers, and readmits—all
students who have unique
Dr. Jessica Bailey needs and aspirations, but
who can all benefit from the
nurturing environment that we offer to our
students every day.
There are some faculty office changes
to be announced for fall 2013:
Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi will be in Room 109-D.
Dr. Kincaid will be in Room 120-A.
Dr. Joseph will be in Room 108.
Dr. Smith will be in Room 110.
Dr. Cherikh will be in Room 203-B.
Dr. Jones will be in Room 206.
Mr. Daves will be in Room 111.
In addition, the building renovations are to
begin this week. Everyone is excited about
the coming of the fresh, new semester.
Jessica Bailey
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CAHME Clears MHA Program for Accreditation Candidacy
Initial program accreditation is a
laborious process requiring time,
diligence, organization, patience and a
great deal of dedicated effort by faculty,
staff, board members and volunteers.
The Commission of Accreditation of
Healthcare Management Education
(CAHME) application for the Master of
Healthcare Administration (MHA)
program was, in this sense, typical.
and its MHA program were notified that
the revised documents had been
approved by the review committee at
CAHME and that we had been accepted
for accreditation candidacy. This
acceptance is a significant
accomplishment on the road to the
accreditation of the MHA program.
mission, vision and values statements and
reviewed and improved the strategic plan;
the MHA Committee served on
subcommittees, analyzed application
content and the strategic plan development
and offered recommendations for course
sequence and scheduling adjustments.
Lastly, she wanted to offer thanks to her
colleagues, Drs. Stephen Aragon, Susita
Asree, Monica Cain, Moula Cherikh, George
Heilman, Melissa Mann, Sathasivam
Mathiyalakan, Kal Namit, and Mr. Doug
Atkinson, Mr. Brad Daniel, Ms. Frances
Randall, Ms. Sophia Bamby and the staff of
the Dean’s office for their support.
The MHA program has truly been in
excellent hands since its inception. Dr.
The submission of the application to Suresh Gopalan, the current Associate
CAHME began in the spring 2012 when
Dean of the SBE served as the Program
the School of Business and Economics
Coordinator of the MHA programs
met the first requirement for submission: through the planning stages and
the completion of studies and graduation inception of the program in 2008. During
of its first two Master of Healthcare
that period, he also served as the
The earliest date for completion of the
Administration (MHA) classes. The
Coordinator of the MBA program. Since
accreditation will be in 2016.
application is a complex submission
September of 2010, Professor Stephanie
which begins with information on the
Joseph has been the MHA Program
MHA guiding mission, vision, and values. Coordinator. In September, Dr. Zagros
Other requirements included the tender
Madjd-Sadjadi will be assuming the role
of a strategic plan, the evaluation and
of Program Coordinator and leading the
listing of course competencies, a listing of application through the self-study and
syllabi for all courses, the mapping of
site visit years. The organizational
courses to competencies and the
strengths of these individuals allowed for
assignment of levels of competency (i.e.
a very smooth transition as they worked
beginning, intermediate, or advanced), a their way through the CAHME application
review of faculty Curriculum Vitae, a
process. Dr. Gopalan initiated the
description of physical facilities including submission process, worked with SBE
classrooms, computer labs and faculty
faculty and volunteers on the
offices, policies and, finally, a listing of
development of the mission and vision
procedures relating to the hiring of
and worked on the initial competency
faculty and staff. In addition to the
chart. He also served, and continues to
aforementioned information on the
serve, on numerous committees,
program and the School of Business and
authored sections of the application and
2012-2013 RAMS Asset Management (RAMS)
Economics, required information on the was a contributor to all application
(formerly Student Investment Fund)
mission, vision and values for Winstonelements. Professor Joseph followed his
Left to right: Dominic Nwanji – WSSU Summer Student,
Salem State University, the graduate
tenure and brought strength and
Bryant Bell – Wharton Gladden and WSSU CFO Office
policies and procedures, and the library
dedication to the application helm.
Intern, Bryant Clinton (’13) – Wells Fargo, Charlotte,
Dianna McCollum (’13) – Travelers Insurance Group,
were added.
During her tenure, the majority of the
Charlotte, NC, Taylor Curry (’13) – Krispy Kreme
application, to date, was completed. She
In September of 2012, the MHA
Doughnuts, Winston-Salem, NC, Antwon Freeman – Intern,
also
served
as
Chair
of
numerous
program received notification from
Lincoln Financial Group, Greensboro, Linwood Woodley
committees.
CAHME that they had reviewed the
(’13) - Vanguard Investment Group, Charlotte, NC
application and requested edits and the
Professor Joseph asked that we
submission of additional clarification on
extend her appreciation to a number of
Attention SBE Graduates:
some of the elements. Professor
individuals who were essential to the
We welcome the opportunity to provide
information about all of our students and alumni in
Stephanie Joseph, the MHA Coordinator,
success of the application: Dean Jessica
the Focus Newsletter’s “Where in the World”
gathered advisory boards, faculty and
Bailey and Dr. Suresh Gopalan provided
section. This allows alumni, students and faculty to
be aware of the location and corporate affiliation of
staff together and a detailed review and
wise guidance in reviewing, writing and
friends and colleagues. Please send updates,
completion of responses to this request
approving the application; the MHA
including your name, title, company name, year of
were submitted to CAHME on April 1,
Advisory Board worked on the
graduation and current city, and state/country to
greenebp@wssu.edu.
2013. Following this submission, the SBE competency template, developed the