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April 2021
News from Adelphi University's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Dear Students and Colleagues,

I am honored to take on the role of interim dean of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. After personally witnessing how well our faculty and staff adapted to a virtual work and learning environment due to COVID-19 a little over a year ago, I am confident that together we will continue our good work in the School during this time of transition.

Regards,
MaryAnne Hyland, PhD
Interim Dean
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
SCHOOL NEWS
Advanced Graduate Certificate Programs

We are delighted to introduce three new advanced graduate certificate programs—in Business Analytics, Digital Marketing and Marketing Analytics.
Supply Chain Guest Speaker

APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) AU, Adelphi's Supply Chain Management club, hosted a speaker event titled "Let's Talk About Sourcing Strategies!" The speaker was Andrew Gluck '18, MBA '19, a strategic sourcing analyst at JetBlue Airways. He shared his experience at JetBlue and offered advice on how to lead to succeed at Adelphi. The discussion was facilitated by Danelya Zholdasbekova, president of APICS AU, and Eunji Lim, PhD, APICS AU faculty adviser.
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Associate Professor Rakesh Gupta was quoted in "How to Pay Off Debt in Collections," published in MoneyGeek.com.
 
Assistant Professor HyunJun (Jason) Na, PhD's paper, titled “Innovation on the Choice of Debt Financing Source: Evidence from Innovative Firms,” has been accepted for publication in Studies in Economics and Finance.
  
A paper by Robert Goldberg, clinical associate professor, and Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, "Explaining Stagnant Living Standards in a Generalized Asset Growth Context," has been published in the Journal of Economic Issues.
 
Professor and chair of management Monica Yang, PhD's co-authored paper “The post-acquisition performance of cross-border mergers and acquisitions conducted by Chinese firms in the high-tech industries: Profitable or innovative?” has been published in the Thunderbird International Business Review.
STUDENT NEWS
Undergraduate business students Maialen Herreros Viana and Eleonora D'Angelo and graduate psychology student Tori Ditroia '20 competed in the annual New York State Council SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) case study competition, which took place virtually on March 5. The students appreciated the opportunity to study a real business case and get feedback from human resources professionals.
ALUMNI NEWS
Eric Benoit '17 has been promoted to strategy and insight analyst at Quotient Technology Inc.

Jean M. Desravines '05  is now the chief people and equity officer at Educational Alliance.
UPCOMING EVENTS
All the following programs are free and open to Adelphi students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends. Registration is required to attend.
Thursday, April 22, 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Virtual Honors and Awards Ceremony
Keynote speaker: Hatice Dalton ’94, MBA ’96, U.S. Consumer Internal Audit (IA) leader and U.S. Services Sector Leader, Risk and Financial Advisory managing director, Deloitte & Touche LLP, based in Dallas,Texas

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


Friday, April 23, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon (virtual)
"Innovation: The Roadmap Ahead"
Join four chief technology/information officers in industries ranging from manufacturing and banking to healthcare, to understand how technological advances will shape the innovation landscape for firms and industries in the years ahead.
Sponsors: AQUABLUE and the Elizabeth and Allen Don Center for Innovative Technologies and Decision Sciences
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


Tuesday, April 27, 9:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (virtual)
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.