2020 vIRTUAL Conference agenda
october 5, 2020
9:00 - 9:05am |
Welcome MAACBA President & Chair, Jayati Ghosh |
9:05 - 10:10am |
Pivots, Innovations, and Lessons Learned: How Business Schools are Adapting to Uncertainty Discussions among our next three MAACBA host Deans! Dean Joyce Russell at Villanova University (2021) Dean Mark Frascatore at Niagara University (2022) Dean Alphonso Ogbuehi at Stockton University (2023) Sponsored by Eduvantis |
10:10 - 10:15am |
Break |
10:15 - 11:20am |
Keynote Session Erica Dhawan is the Founder & CEO of Cotential and an expert on collaboration and connectional intelligence. Topic: Lead Digitally - The New Rules of Trust and Collaboration Sponsored by The PhD Project |
11:20 - 11:30am |
Break |
11:30 - 12:35pm |
AACSB Updates Join AACSB senior leadership to gain more insights on the recently affirmed 2020 Guiding Principles and Standards for Business Accreditation. The new standards emphasize a principles-based and outcomes-focused approach, relevance for business schools, and the changing landscape of student demographics. Topics of discussion will include how schools might want to prepare for transitioning towards being reviewed under the new standards, key differences between 2020 and 2013 standards, and what AACSB may be looking for in terms of documenting, addressing, articulating gaps and/or negative impact stemming from Covid-19 (e.g., assessment of learning outcomes, hiring faculty, budgets). Speakers: Stephanie Bryant, Executive Vice President and Chief Accreditation Officer of AACSB Michael Wiemer, Senior Vice President and Chief Officer of the Americas Sponsored by ETS |
12:35 - 1:00pm |
Break |
1:00 - 1:35pm |
Innovation in Teaching Award Presentation The MAACBA Innovation in Teaching Award Review Committee is pleased to announce Dr. Donald Townsend of Saint Joseph’s University has been selected as this year’s awardee. Dr. Townsend’s innovation entitled “The Perfect Pitch – 6 Steps in Today’s Selling Environment” engaged students in a real-world sales and marketing campaign that included having the students directly cold-calling potential customers. The model pioneered by Dr. Townsend has now been adopted for implementation by other institutions. Congratulations to Dr. Townsend and Saint Joseph’s University! Richard Vogel, MAACBA Member-At-Large and Dean, Farmingdale State College School of Business and Vana Zervanos, MAACBA Undergraduate Representative, 2017 Conference Host, and Associate Dean at Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University will be presenting the Innovation in Teaching Award to Dr. Townsend. Dr. Townsend will give a short presentation on this new teaching model. PowerPoint Presentation Sponsored by The Wall Street Journal |
1:35 - 1:45pm |
Break |
1:45 - 2:50pm |
MBA Directors Panel Did COVID Kill Testing for MBA Admissions? PowerPoint Presentation During quarantine in spring 2020, many business schools either waived, postponed or registered students as non-matriculate in preparation for the 2020 – 2021 academic year. This session will discuss how and if we plan to utilize testing in MBA admissions for fall 2021. How does testing affect International students? How does testing affect the rankings? Hear the future plans for testing from ETS, GMAC and leadership from Business Schools directly. Panelists: Eric Chambers, Market Development Director, Americas, GMAC Kathy Henderson, ETS Strategic Advisor, Business Development, Global Education Randy Frye, Founding Dean and Professor of Business Administration, Shields School of Business, Saint Francis University Sharon Lydon, Associate Dean, Rutgers Business School Erin O’Brien, Assistant Dean, Chief Enrollment and Marketing Officer, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY) Sponsored by Liaison |
2:50 - 3:00pm |
Break |
3:00 - 4:00pm |
MAACBA Business Meeting 1. Kickoff 2. Last Year’s Meeting Minutes approval 3. Beta Gamma Sigma 4. Treasurer’s Report 5. New Member Schools 6. Vote on proposed 2020 Board members 7. Hospitality Resolution 8. Introduce new President/new President remarks 9. New/Old Business 10. Collective celebration of first MAACBA webinar 11. Wrap Up and Final Farewell |
special thanks to our 2020 sponsors
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