09/17/2014 03:30pm – FNSBSLW Department Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
3:30 pm
FNBSLW Department meeting minutes
Attendance
Steve Fan
X Arjan Premti
X Gene Toboyek
Rashiqa Kamal
X Linda Reid
Curt Weber
Pascal Létourneau
X Jonathan Saffold
X Linda Yu
Hamid Moini
Le Amy Verbos
X Yuan Yuan
Scott Opsal
X Joel Schleusner
Jianzhou Zhu
Peggy Kuchan
X Scott Morris
X James Harris
(X : Present, P: over phone, La : Late arrival, Le : Leave before the end)
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Meeting starting at 3:30
1. Introduction of new faculty and staff members: Amy Verbos, Scott Morris, and Arjan Premti.
2. Amanda Howell presented changes to some of the library sources (Business Source Complete,
LexisNexis Academic, PrivCo, Value Line Investment Survey, WestlawNext)
a. Some useful resources were presented as well. They can be found in the following links:
i. http://goo.gl/sV1Z23
ii. http://libguides.uww.edu/facultyresearch
iii. http://libguides.uww.edu/googlescholar
iv. http://libguides.uww.edu/finance
v. http://libguides.uww.edu/businesslaw
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3. Hamid Moini requested a 50% teaching load reduction and a vote was requested.
a. Faculty members requested more time to consult the Faculty Handbook before reaching
a decision.
b. Rashiqa Kamal suggested to meet again on Wednesday, 09/24/2014 at 3:30PM to reach
a decision. This meeting time was approved by faculty members present.
4. Committee representatives
i. Pascal Letourneau volunteered to serve as the alternate member of the
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
5. Announcements from Scott Opsal
i. The search for the Dean of College of Business is under way. Please contact
Scott Opsal with any suggestions about this search.
ii. Faculty members were encouraged to make class announcements in regards to
the CFA Research Challenge. Any students who are interested can contact Scott
Opsal for more details.
iii. Nick is available on Mondays (3:00-6:00PM) and Tuesdays (4:00-6:00PM) in
room HH2202 to help students with Excel and Bloomberg terminal questions.
6. Kaltura
a. Peggy Kuchan informed faculty members that Kaltura is available in D2L. It is a software
that allows students to record short presentations. Currently it is not available to Mac
users.
7. Senior Exit Survey-Department Questions
a. Suggestions about department questions to the Senior Exit Survey can be sent to Pascal
Letourneau.
8. Department goals
a. Approaches to increase the diversity of the finance students were discussed
i. Amy Verbos suggested Gender Equality Working Group as a resource.
ii. Faculty members were encouraged to talk to students about career
opportunities in finance.
iii. Faculty member were encouraged to participate in the Learning Continuity
program.
iv. Faculty members were encouraged to keep track of any efforts made towards
achieving the department goals.
9. Search and Screen Committee
a. The search for two faculty positions (one in Finance and one in Real Estate) in under
way.
b. The five finalist candidates should give consent for their names to be disclosed, if
requested.
c. Kim Marino will set the schedule for the faculty members to meet the visiting
candidates
d. Screening criteria for the candidates was discussed. Any additional suggestions can be
addressed to Rashiqa Kamal.
e. A generic e-mail address will be created to facilitate future searches.
i. Candidates will be encouraged to send electronic documents
ii. Documents will be stored in a folder in the T: drive and the Search Committee
will have access to this folder.
Meeting is adjourned at 5:12 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Arjan Premti