Dear Students and Colleagues,
The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has a lot to be proud of this June—with 100 undergraduate and 117 graduate students earning their degrees, and the many notable accomplishments below. Our students, faculty and staff have worked hard through an unprecedented year. I hope you enjoy reading our year-end news.
Thank you for your continued support—through good times and bad!
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MaryAnne Hyland, PhD
Interim Dean
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
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Virtual Graduation Celebration
On May 25, students, faculty and staff gathered for an informal graduation celebration for the Class of 2021. Jacqueline Zito, BBA Accounting ’21, and Francis Faustino, MD, Accelerated MBA ’21, provided remarks on behalf of the graduating students. Richard Salute ’71, chair of the Dean’s Advisory Board, Alan Cooper, MBA ’03, PhD, associate dean of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, and several faculty members and students shared words of congratulations and thanks as well.
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Willumstad Leadership Scholars Present Their Projects
The Willumstad Leadership Scholars, all members of the Class of 2021, presented their project reports to President Christine M. Riordan, Adelphi University Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Robert B. Willumstad ’05 (Hon.), Provost and Executive Vice President Steve Everett, DMA, and others at the University and the School. This was the first year that there were two teams, comprising students with different majors. One team developed a proposal for a data analytics lab for the Garden City campus. The Leadership Scholars on this team were:
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Sean Dugan, Management
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Simrandeep Kaur, Marketing
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Monica Mattei, Accounting
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Steven Rowan, Finance
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Christopher Sokol, Marketing
The second team analyzed the feasibility of Adelphi creating a health clinic. The Leadership Scholars on this team were:
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Emily Bisram, Marketing
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Shira Maimon, Management
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Eric Meirs, Management
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Catherine Murphy, Accounting
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Jason Rosen, Economics
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Justin Sigismonti, Finance
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Cem Karatas, DBA, clinical assistant professor of finance, and Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo, PhD, associate professor and chair of the College of Nursing and Public Health, served as the faculty guides for the team projects.
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Spring Job Shadowing a Success!
The job shadowing program, in its sixth semester, wrapped up a fully virtual spring semester. This program provides business students with insights into the world of work. Over the spring semester, students participated in 20 job shadows across a variety of industries. Participating companies were: Andersen Tax, Condé Nast, ING Bank, Kforce, L'Oréal, Quotient Technology, Robinhood, UBS and Veeco.
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Coaching Program
Alumnus Nick Iadevaio, MBA ’00, vice president of corporate human resources, L'Oréal USA, connected the business school with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) –Long Island Charter Chapter, a professional coaching organization. As part of their community outreach program, ICF personally connected four undergraduate students with professional coaches based on their interests, programs of study and hopes for the coaching relationship. Each student received three free coaching sessions through this initiative.
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Finance Students Manage Real Money
Students in the Student Investment Fund course, taught by Clinical Associate Professor Robert Goldberg, spent the spring semester analyzing market trends and making recommendations regarding the fund to James Perrino, Adelphi’s executive vice president of finance and operations. Students manage over $475,000 in real money to invest in stocks, bonds and commodities.
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Marketing Students Support the United Way of Long Island
Students in Associate Professor Zachary Johnson, PhD’s Advertising Management course completed an integrated marketing communications (IMC) plan for the United Way of Long Island. The students worked hard to create IMC plans that can support the United Way of Long Island’s Mission United program, which provides job training, emergency aid and employment assistance for veterans. Devera Lynn, vice president of marketing and communications at United Way of Long Island, was “extremely impressed by the professionalism that went into the presentations, as well as the fresh ideas and thoughtfulness inserted into each group's marketing strategies.”
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A journal article by Darko Skorin-Kapov, PhD, professor of decision sciences and marketing, entitled “Network Connectivity Game,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Computing and Information Technology.
A paper co-authored by James Hazy, EdD, professor of management, and Murat Erogul, PhD, associate professor of management, entitled “A Social Complexity Organization Theory of Collective Leadership,” was accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting on August 3, 2021.
A paper by James Hazy, EdD, professor of management, titled “Pardon Me for Being Human: Reimagining Leadership When Mixed-Reality in Human Interactions Overwhelms Traditional Organizing,” was accepted for the 31st annual conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences from July 22 to July 24, 2021.
A co-authored textbook about containers (logistics) by Juan Jaramillo, PhD, associate professor, entitled “El Contenedor: una caja que revoluciono’ el transporte de mercancía” has been published by Sello Editorial Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
David Machlis, PhD, professor and economist, who is globally renowned for his work to combat hatred, intolerance and antisemitism, was the executive producer of a program that appeared on Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) TV on April 21, 2021. Dr. Machlis is the co-founder and vice chairman of the March of the Living and the Rutgers University Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience.
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Maria Giovanna Jumper ’21, a student in the Honors College, successfully completed her thesis, “Environmental Economics and Policy and Global Water Insecurity,” with Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair, finance and economics, serving as her thesis adviser.
Monica Mattei ’21 successfully completed her honors thesis, “The Remote Work Experiment: An Analysis of the Rise and Impact of the New Working Normal,” with Winston Spencer Waters, MBA ’15, associate professor of accounting and law, serving as her thesis adviser and Pamela Buckle, PhD, MA ’13, professor of management, as one of her readers.
Donato Moneta ’20, MS ’21, an accounting major, has been selected by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) for the Superior Scholars Award. The NYSSCPA presents the Superior Scholars Award every year to graduating students to recognize their outstanding achievements in accounting studies.
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Polina (Sorokina) Benoit ’17 started as a senior technical client services manager at Integral Ad Science.
Danielle Cutuli ’16, MBA ’18, has been promoted to senior consultant at IBM.
Anshu Gupta, MBA ’20, is now a compensation analyst at Willis Towers Watson.
Stephen Scelfo ’15, MBA ’16, has been promoted to audit manager at KPMG accounting firm.
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Gregory Canell, MBA '69, senior adjunct faculty member, recently passed away. Greg began teaching at Adelphi in 1969 in both the Willumstad School of Business and the College of Professional and Continuing Studies, where he remained through 2018. We offer our sincere condolences to his family, friends, colleagues and students.
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The fall faculty retreat is scheduled for Friday, September 10, 2021.
The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business's Welcome Social is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 15, 2021, from 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m. Mark your calendars for an opportunity to have some ice cream and network with students, faculty and staff of the business school. Location to be determined.
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Connect with us @AdelphiWSB
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Produced by the Office of the Dean, this monthly e-newsletter is designed to keep our faculty and staff informed about peer accomplishments and events happening within the School. Stories intended for future inclusion in this monthly edition should be sent to Judy Greiner at greiner@adelphi.edu.
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