News From Adelphi’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business |
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Business@Adelphi, a new way to keep you up to date on all the exciting news happening here at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.
After the departure of Rajib Sanyal, PhD, who served as dean for six years, it was my honor to be appointed interim dean of our business school. In my time as interim dean, I have personally witnessed how well our faculty, staff and students adapted to a virtual work and learning environment due to COVID-19, and I am confident that, together, we will continue our good work in the School during this time of transition.
In this newsletter, you'll learn about our new programs, our latest innovations and our spring semester highlights. We have been named a Princeton Review Best Business School two years in a row; please read on and see why.
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MaryAnne Hyland, PhD
Interim Dean
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
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Adelphi Launches Three-Year Business Degree
Our new fast-track option launches in the fall, letting highly motivated students save a year of time and tuition. It's a person-centered approach that will help make an Adelphi business education more affordable for students and families.
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Job Shadowing at Top Companies
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 LLC, Condé Nast, ING Bank, Kforce Inc., L'Oréal, Quotient Technology Inc., Robinhood, UBS and Veeco Instruments Inc.
What's job shadowing at Adelphi?
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Business Faculty and Students Learn Data Science and Design Thinking With IBM Skills Academy
Adelphi’s Innovation Center has partnered with the IBM Skills Academy to provide digital skills that are in demand in today’s business world. Alan Cooper, PhD ’95, MBA ’03, associate dean; Zahra Sedighi Maman, PhD, assistant professor; and Gita Surie, PhD, professor, participated in faculty training on data science and design thinking and will be fully certified IBM instructors for this course in the fall. Several graduate business students also participated in summer training and received digital badges from both IBM and Adelphi.
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New Partnership, New Programs
Three new graduate certificate programs will be offered this fall, and a new pact with Farmingdale State College eases the path to graduate school at Adelphi.
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Upcoming Willumstad Events
The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Annual Welcome Social
Wednesday, September 15, 12:00 noon–2:30 p.m.
An opportunity to have ice cream and network with Willumstad School students, faculty and staff outside Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise on the Flagpole Lawn. There will be a meet-and-greet with the Dean’s Advisory Board at 1:30 p.m. Adelphi swag will be raffled off throughout the event. Register here.
Managing Cybersecurity to Enable Digital Trust
Wednesday, September 29, 2:30 p.m.
This virtual event is sponsored by the Elizabeth and Allen Don Center for Innovative Technology and Decision Sciences and will address business concerns related to cybersecurity. Register now.
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Alumni News
We congratulate our alumni on these exciting new developments in their careers.
Bharat Bhise, MBA ’78, is president and CEO of Bravia Capital, an independent private equity firm and family office that is focused on transportation, logistics and related growth industries.
Jason Golbin, MBA ’16, DO, is now system chief medical officer and executive vice president at Catholic Health Services of Long Island.
Kevin O'Connor ’84, CEO of Dime Community Bank, was ranked 60th on the 2020 Long Island Power 100 list of leaders by City & State New York.
Patrick M. O'Shaughnessy, DO, MBA ’13, is now president and CEO of Catholic Health Services of Long Island.
Susanne Pheffer ’84, MBA ’89, has joined The First National Bank of Long Island as executive vice president and chief information officer.
Jean M. Desravines ’05 is now the chief people and equity officer at Educational Alliance.
Maryellen Gancena ’03, MBA ’06, is now a senior solution specialist in Oracle HRT at Deloitte Consulting.
Isiah Hall ’06, MBA ’08, has been promoted to the position of director of compliance and programmatic oversight at the National Urban League in New York.
If you have alumni news you would like to share, please let us know. We share your pride in your accomplishments.
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Faculty Updates
We congratulate faculty who have received prestigious awards or promotions—and say goodbye to beloved retiring professors.
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Giving
Your gift to the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business before Tuesday, August 31, will provide critical support to our students before the close of our fiscal year. Help transform the lives of current Panthers, so they can go on to change the world—because building tomorrow starts today. Thank you!
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You’ve heard from us—now we’d love to hear from you. Feel free to email us.
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Connect with us @AdelphiWSB
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