INSID E THIS ISS UE:
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News from the School of Business and Economics
Volume 4, Issue 15
April 22, 2013
A Message from Dean Bailey
This week, we are looking forward to
several special events. Monday, April 22
marks the last Chomp-and-Chat of this
academic year. All are invited to join me
for pizza and soft drinks in RJR 107 at
noon. This is time devoted to socializing
together and discussing any topics that
you desire. Since it is the last session
until next fall, I hope that many students
will elect to attend.
The 3rd Annual MHA Executive Panel
Discussion entitled "From the Classroom
to the Boardroom" will be held April 22nd
from 5:30 to 7:30pm
in Room 136. All are
invited to attend.
Healthcare
professionals from the
Triad region will
discuss the state of
the local healthcare
industry and the
implications of the
Affordable Care Act
Dr. Jessica Bailey
on local healthcare
careers.
Thursday, April 25, from 9:00 until
12:00 noon, the Office of the Provost is
presenting a workshop to be attended by
SBE administration. It is entitled
“Defining and Leading Diversity as an
HBCU” and will be facilitated by Dr.
Jamie Washington. It will be a unique
opportunity to focus on self-awareness
relevant to cultural identity and others;
leading the mission of WSSU as an HBCU,
and facilitating diversity relationships in
support of our mission.
It will be an exhilarating week!
Jessica Bailey
SBE students at the OFC Challenge
1 CAHME Accreditation Update
2
A Message from Dean Bailey
1 Don’t Lecture Me: A look at classroom design
2
Student Profile—LaKea Tate
2 New AACSB Standards
3
SBE Graduate Students Participate in OFC Challenge in Atlanta
Students from the School of Business
and Economics (SBE) joined other HBCU business
school competitors in Atlanta, Georgia for the
Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) Business
Plan Competition which is held in conjunction
with the National Policy Forum on Innovation
and Entrepreneurship. This year’s event was
held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel and
featured a presentation by one of the co-winners
of the SBE Business Plan Competition held in
February at The Enterprise Center. This team
includes students from the MBA and MHA
programs including Veaceslav Driglov, Kendra
Heard, Chinita Lassiter, David Showers and
Nicholas VerHague. Members of the team were
accompanied by SBE faculty advisor, Dr. Notis
Pagiavlas.
The competition plan featured a new
entrepreneurial company, Jupiter Snacks and the
Nick, Chinita, Kendra, Slava and David
relax in the hotel lobby
OFC Challenge Competition members (left to
right): Nicholas VerHague, Kendra Heard,
Chinita Lassiter, Veaceslav Driglov, and David
Showers with faculty advisor Dr. Notis Pagiavlas
introduction of a new product to the U.S. snack
food market, Fillcrescents. The product, a fresh
tasting filled crescent, will be imported from
France where it has already been successfully
introduced into the European market. In their
plan and presentation, the WSSU team had to
explore challenges relating to the importation
and distribution of food product into the United
States, market research, pricing, legal and
regulatory issues and other elements of a
business plan.
Dr. Pagiavlas, speaking on the quality
of the WSSU team said “Our team
represented WSSU with class,
professionalism, and a high quality
presentation. It takes enormous effort over
a period of months to craft and present a
solid business plan. Their energy has to be
divided among work obligations, graduate
night school, and family. The sheer
determination and dedication required to
prepare and defend one's work in front of
demanding judges, is the main reason many
of our students receive job offers from
major recruiters literally on the spot. The
overall experience and confidence gained
by ‘being there,’ are invaluable tools that
you simply cannot acquire in a class
setting."
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Student Profile—LaKea Tate
(Written by Jontraye Davis, MBA Student and
Graduate Assistant)
Ms. LaKea Tate is a current Master of
Healthcare Administration (MHA) student
here at the School of Business and
Economics. Ms. Tate possesses a Bachelor’s
of Science in Human Sciences with a
concentration in Food and
Nutrition; she obtained
her undergraduate degree
from North Carolina
Central University. Tate
gives back to the
community by working at
the Forsyth County
Department of Public
Health as a Women, Infant, and Children
(WIC) Nutritionist. There, Ms. Tate has the
opportunity to implement nutrition education
classes, counsel parents and pregnant women
regarding proper nutrition.
During the interview Ms. Tate stated “I
knew that I needed to obtain a Master’s
degree once I discovered that there was no
room for advancement in my current
position. I wanted to remain in the
healthcare field, and realized WSSU offered
the Master of Healthcare Administration
program. The program is designed for the full
-time worker, which was great! I needed to
maintain my 8am-5pm work schedule and
could attend classes after work.” Tate
recommends the program to other
prospective students encouraging them to
apply and enroll, stating, “Healthcare is a
great field and is growing at a rapid rate.
Current or future healthcare employees who
are interested in advancing their career
should consider the MHA program at WSSU.”
On April 1, the Master of
Healthcare Administration program
submitted additional information to the
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Management Education’s (CAHME) as part of
its accreditation process. Professor
Stephanie Joseph, MHA Program
Coordinator, members of the MHA Advisory
Board, and Dean Jessica Bailey and Associate
Dean Suresh Gopalan crafted a submission to
the review panel in response to their
recommendations in advance of the
program’s self-study year. In this round, the
SBE provided additional information on the
vision and mission statements, enrollment
targets for 2013 and beyond, and a more
robust discussion of mapping the “curriculum
to competency” matrix.
With this submission, CAHME will
review the document, consider the
application in its entirety and advise the
program of any additional requests in
advance of its determination of the
program’s self-study year. The program
remains on schedule and may be eligible for
CAHME accreditation as early as 2016.
It should be noted that the MHA
program has successfully graduated three
cohorts in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Graduates have been placed in a variety of
healthcare positions including, the Veteran’s
Administration, the Meharry Medical College,
and the OIC Family Medical Center in Rocky
Mount, NC. In addition, many work at in
healthcare in the Triad and one is pursuing a
Ph.D. at North Carolina A&T.
LaKea Tate is featured on the front
cover of the MHA brochure. Tate says, “I was
surprised when asked if my picture could be
used for the MHA pamphlet. I’m honored to
represent this outstanding program. I feel as
if I was chosen due to being a double
minority, African-American, and a woman.
The MHA program encourages and assists
with the improvement of diversity in
healthcare administration.”
Ms. Tate will be traveling to East
Africa; Kenya and Tanzania this coming May.
“I’m going with the WSSU International Study
Abroad Program. I encourage everyone to
step outside of the U.S. if the opportunity
presents itself. The world is so much bigger
than the United States.”
Don’t Lecture Me:
CAHME Accreditation Update
Submitted by MHA program
The PDC hosted an information session on
April 9 featuring entrepreneur, Algenon
Cash, Managing Director of Wharton
Gladden. Cash presented a summer
internship opportunity to students
interested in learning real estate
investment. Wharton Gladden is a boutique
investment firm in Winston-Salem founded
by Cash.
The SBE looks at a new classroom paradigm
“No learning space is more in need of
fresh design thinking than the classroom.
Given its pivotal role in education, architects,
designers and educators are reviewing a new
classroom paradigm where technology and the
physical space are integrated to support
pedagogy and create a more active and
engaging experience for both students and
instructors. For example, the allure of
technology has overwhelmed pedagogy and
space in many computer lab classrooms: rows
of computers on fixed work-surfaces force
each student to face a computer screen. It’s a
modern-day version of the traditional lecturestyle classroom and offers little support for
collaboration, teamwork and interactive
learning.1”
Dr. Jessica Bailey, SBE Dean and Ms.
Joyce Jenkins, Business Officer met recently
with representatives of Steelcase who
demonstrated new classroom design models
which focus on “developing instructional
design protocols for truly engaging learners
and every seat can, and should be the best
seat in the room.” At the meeting, the
Steelcase representatives suggested that
“pedagogy, technology and space, carefully
considered and integrated, define the new
classroom.” One new development, the
“LearnLab sets a new standard for learning
environments. Classrooms today must support
frequent collaboration and communication,
the easy transfer of information between
individuals and groups, the effective display of
content and the need for teams to constantly
reconfigure and switch between different
ways of working and learning.”
Watch as the SBE explores new learning
environments to improve education.
1
From a new classroom paradigm. Published
by steelcase.com.
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The new AACSB Standards:
Innovation, Impact, and Engagement
The Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB) recently completed
revisions to the Business
Accreditation Standards used to
evaluate the quality business
schools throughout the world.
AACSB is known as the longest
standing, most highly regarded form
of specialized/professional
accreditation an institution and its
business programs can earn. In fact,
less than 5% of the
world’s 13,000
business programs
have earned AACSB
Accreditation. The
WSSU School of
Business and Economics is proud to
be regarded as one of “The Best
Business Schools in the World,” as
evidenced by our AACSB
Accreditation. We strive to
maintain rigorous self-evaluation
and peer-review elements
to maintain this continued
accreditation. To accomplish this
goal, the SBE enters the
maintenance of accreditation
process every five years. Our next
accreditation maintenance review is
scheduled to occur in 2015.
On April 8, after 10 years
under the current set of
accreditation standards, the
membership at the AACSB
International Conference and
Annual Meeting in Chicago approved
a new set for the world’s leading
business schools. These new
standards are designed to meet
societal demand for more from the
business schools and to respond to
new challenges and opportunities in
higher education. While preparing
the new standards, the Blue Ribbon
Committee on Accreditation Quality
(BRC) examined market needs,
reconsidered definitions of excellence
and the role of accreditation and
focused on new standards that drive
innovation, impact, and
engagement. Innovation will create
and sustain value for students,
employers, and the community.
Business schools have an impact
through both scholarly education and
the creation of new
knowledge. Significant
engagement among faculty, students,
and business professionals is required,
fostering meaningful interactions to
create and share scholarly and
relevant knowledge.
There are only 15 new
standards, which correspond
to current trends in management
education including increased
globalization, technological
development, operating budget
reductions and an increased
expectation of accountability. They
also maintain the mission-based focus,
the peer-review process and the
ability to tailor accreditation to
individual schools. As an example, the
old standards did not have a
substantial emphasis on the teaching
process, rather favoring research. The
new standards take a look at
students, their preparation for jobs,
graduation rates, employment and
other factors. Each of these suggest a
need for a greater involvement with
our constituencies who are considered
in the new standards.
In the next column, each of the
newly adopted standards is listed for
your review:
The SBE thanks AACSB for providing the new
standards information for this article.