| Thursday, June 3, 2021 | | | | | 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Welcome | | | Van Sapp, Saint Augustine’s University, Dean – Business, Management & Technology Dr. Fikru Boghossian, Morgan State University, Dean – Graves School of Business | | | | | 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. | Sponsors will share information about their organizations and latest innovations with Deans. During this meeting, find out how to contact sponsor representatives directly to set up one-on-one meetings. | | | | | 4:15 – 5:50 p.m. | Dr. Millicent Lownes-Jackson, Tennessee State University, Dean – College of Business Dr. William Pickard, GAA Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, Chairman and Executive Founder Deans and Sponsors are invited to an evening of fun, games, prizes, and networking in The Deans Lounge! Enjoy live wine-tasting with Ms. Rochelle Smith Trotter, Culinary Expert & Sommelier and a live presentation from Dr. William Pickard, Author & Entrepreneur, about the history of Black Wallstreet. | | | | | Friday, June 4, 2021 | | | | | 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Opening message and agenda overview | | | Van Sapp, Saint Augustine’s University, Dean – Business, Management & Technology
Dr. Fikru Boghossian, Morgan State University, Dean – Graves School of Business | | | | | 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. | Concurrent sessions | | | Moderator: Dr. Fikru Boghossian, Morgan State University, Dean – Graves School of Business Panelist: Dr. Ali Emdad, Morgan State University, Associate Dean – Graves School of Business and Management Universities around the world are beginning to examine fintech preparedness, and some are attempting to create coursework to fill the skills gap. There are some exemplars within higher education and beyond, with a few first movers beginning to address the need for fintech training and career development. These models can help HBCUs find innovative ways to adapt educational programs to better prepare business, economics, and IT students for careers in fintech — or existing financial enterprises redefined by new technology.
In this session we will discuss the FinTech evolution and various approaches and models some universities have adopted in introducing FinTech in their curricula. | | | | | | Moderator: Dr. JoAnn Rolle, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Dean of Business Panelists: - Raquel M. Bennett, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Administrative Executive Associate
- Dr. Iris Billy, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Adjunct Management Faculty and Entrepreneur
- Sambhavi Lakshminarayanan, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Ph.D. Management Faculty
- Roxanne L. Towler, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Assistant Dean
Medgar Evers College, City University of New York (CUNY) is located in Brooklyn, New York. The sudden onset of the pandemic in Spring 2020 thrust the college into a situation where all learning had to be rapidly converted from face-to-face to 100% online. We, at the School of Business, present our experience of navigating this unprecedented situation and share perspectives of diverse stakeholders. In light of similar future scenarios, we review our response and present it as a valuable learning opportunity. Our presentation will include the voices of several stakeholders – (continuing) students, alumni, faculty, staff and the Dean. It became clear around mid-March of 2020 that the education model would need a drastic and immediate re-set. All stakeholders were hard pressed to employ all resources possible in this effort. The sense of community has always been a critical and salient aspect to Medgar Evers College as an institution; maintaining those bonds was a top priority. Even as the community was confronting multiple challenges of personal and professional security, most students signaled their intent of continued pursuit of their educational goals. Faculty and staff responded, even as they battled their own concerns and uncertainties. Many of the changes that occurred during the onset of the pandemic were to counter immediate challenges. The environment was devolving so rapidly that responses were almost instinctive, and drawing on personal experiences. The expectation was that things would return to “normal” at some point in time. However, the return process to normal has been significantly slower than originally anticipated. Indeed, the New York State Department of Education has now permitted institutions in the state to continue online offerings through academic year 2021-2022. Rather than only online programs, CUNY has approved plans to re-engage face-to-face offerings to at least at 25% of fall 2021 classes. Despite this, it is becoming increasingly likely that a mix of on-line, hybrid, and face-to-face course offerings will be the model for the immediate and possibly distant future. In light of such a mix, and because the past serves as an important lesson for the future, we view our responses through two useful frameworks. These are: risk management and crisis management. The onset of the pandemic in spring 2020 was a crisis that included multiple and complex risks. Paul Hopkins, who is attributed many contributions in risk management is quoted, Paul Hopkins states, “Risk Management offers a practical and structured approach while avoiding jargon, theory and many of the complex issues that preoccupy risk management practitioners but have little relevance for non-specialists” Hopkins (2013). Furthermore, Bundy et al. (2017) state that a crisis is an event that is unexpected and potentially disruptive, and which can threaten goals and affect stakeholder relationships. We will use a multi-media approach in our presentation: a combination of pre-recorded videos, written reports, and a live panel discussion. The voices will be those of the stakeholders listed previously. | | | | | 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Concurrent sessions | | | Moderator: Dr. Anthony Nelson, North Carolina Central University, Dean – School of Business Panelists: - Kevin James, CPA, Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University, Dean – Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics
- Ebony Thomas, Bank of America, Executive, Racial Equality & Economic Opportunity
- Anthony Wilbon, Howard University, Dean – School of Business
Corporations have significantly increased their contributions to HBCUs. This panel session will focus on how HBCU Business Schools can position themselves to obtain funding directly from corporations and/or from their universities that have received funds. | | | | | | Moderator: Dr. JoAnn Rolle, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Dean of Business Panelists: - Raquel M. Bennett, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Administrative Executive Associate
- Dr. Iris Billy, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Adjunct Management Faculty and Entrepreneur
- Troy Prince, Wall Street Bound, Founder & CEO
- Roxanne L. Towler, Medgar Evers College – CUNY, Assistant Dean
The City University of New York suspended its face-to-face classes on March 12, 2020 and on March 19, 2020 face-to-face administration was suspended and telecommuting began for all administrative staff not deemed essential. That suspension meant a pivot for the duties of Dean’s Office. The Who, What, When, How and Why needed to be addressed with a new strategic plan designed to meet the needs of faculty and students in this new virtual reality.
The Who was the faculty and students. The What was designing distance education and communication protocols that addressed how to function during an international pandemic. The When turned out to be online and as needed. The How were the tools provided by CUNY—WebEx and Zoom. While Why was simple. The need to maintain a level of academic and professional continuity for our students that addressed the academic and social and emotional needs, to some extent, for faculty and staff, and retain students in what quickly became a new normal. We quickly recognized that our faculty, staff and students were suffering from increased stress and anxiety due to COVID-19 and that we needed to create a solid communication foundation. (Changwon Son, Sudeep Hegde, Alec Smith, Xiaomei Wang, Farzan Sasangohar, 2020).
Therefore, we will explore some of the best practices adopted by the School the Business Dean’s Office used to manage the pivot from face-to-face to virtual learning and administration from Spring of 2020 to Spring 2021. We present from the voice of the faculty, administrators, partners, and students. Our industry partner, Wall Street Bound, previously piloted face-to-face bootcamps which were converted to a virtual platform. Students were allowed to substitute face-to-face internships for the Wall Street Bound bootcamps. The founder and CEO of Wall Street Bound will share his, as well as the student’s experiential learning during the first pilot of the virtual internships. We will also share the faculty role in the conversion from face-to-face to virtual class delivery. Finally we will share our professional development strategy of Remote Learning, Financial Industry, and International Research Conferences to support our internal and external stakeholders.
In addition, we will look at the steps designed to reduce the stifling feelings surrounded from working and learning from home and in isolation. We will highlight attempts made to stay connected to School Community and those used to help students feel connected to the School of Business and the College in its entirety—meetings, workshops, professional development, guest speakers, conferences, and special student programming, and more.
This session offers an interesting real time opportunity to ascertain how the institution responds to a totally unexpected challenge in real time. The results of this study can inform improved response strategies for future unexpected challenges.
| | | | | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Break | | | | | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Presenting sponsor keynote | | | Joe Ucuzoglu, Deloitte US, CEO
Betty Fleurimond, Deloitte, Managing Director This session will engage participants in thought and discussion regarding the Future of Education and Higher Education Excellence as it relates to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. | | | | | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Break | | | | | 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. | Accreditation concurrent sessions AACSB Caryn Beck-Dudley, AACSB, President and CEO Moderator: Dr. Fikru Boghossian, Morgan State University, Dean – Graves School of Business ACBSP Jeffery Alderman, ACBSP, President and CEO Deborah M. Gaspard, ACBSP, Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Bruce Stetar, Western Governors University, Associate Dean/Academic Program Director College of Business Moderator: Derrick K. Collins, Chicago State University, Dean – College of Business, | | | | | 3:00 – 3:50 p.m. | HBCU business Deans roundtable annual business meeting Van Sapp, Saint Augustine’s University, Dean – Business, Management & Technology | | | | | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Awards ceremony Master of Ceremony: Dr. Anthony Nelson, North Carolina Central University, Dean – School of Business Milton Wilson award
The Milton Wilson Award is presented to a past or present business school dean in recognition of leadership, service, and commitment to the academic profession. This award is given in honor of Dr. Milton Wilson, who was among the nation’s first 100 African-American CPAs, and the first African American CPA in the state of Texas. Dr. Wilson was also one of the first seven African Americans to earn a doctoral degree in accounting. Dr. Wilson’s vision and commitment to excellence in higher education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) resulted in his leading two HBCUs to earn accreditation for the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the only dean to accomplish this feat. Dr. Wilson was also instrumental in the creation of the African American Accounting Doctoral Students Association (AAASA) which led to the PHD Project Doctoral Students Association. At the time of his passing in 2003, Dr. Wilson was dean emeritus at Howard University. Sponsor awards Special recognition awards | | | | | 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Networking | |
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