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COLLEGE AND ALUMNI NEWS |
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A Fond Farewell To Dean Varkey Titus |
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On Thursday, June 19, 2008, the College of Business & Management held a reception in cooperation with the Provost to say goodbye to Dean Varkey K. Titus. Dr. Titus has served as the Dean the College for the past six years. He has laid a foundation for the accreditation of the College with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), including successful encouragement of the increase in research by COBM faculty, upgrade of facilities currently under construction, hiring of additional qualified faculty, establishing a database for collection of accreditation data that is used in analysis, increasing community involvement with the college and its funding, and general preparation of staff and faculty to be ready to submit our application for Accreditation by the end of 2008 year. Dean Titus leaves us to join Macon State University in Georgia as the Dean of a new College of Business. |
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Transitions: Changes in the Dean's Office: |
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Dr. Amy Hietapelto will become Acting Dean on July 1, 2008. Dr. D.S. Sundaram will assist her in the management of the College as Acting Associate Dean. Susan Shestakov in now the Administrative Assistant for Dean's Office.
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College of Business & Management Faculty: |
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Three new faculty members will be seen in the College beginning Fall Semester. They are : , Assistant Professor of Finance PhD in Finance, University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business, 2004; MS in Finance, Boston College, Carroll Graduate School of Management, 1996; MS in International Management, Thunderbird University,1991; Bachelor of Business and Administration, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1989. Dr. Dhiensiri comes to Northeastern from having taught at the University of Texas at Brownsville in the areas of corporate finance and commercial banking. He has also taught finance courses at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, New Hampshire and Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand, as well as teaching while working on his doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to his teaching experience, Dr. Dhiensiri is a Certified Financial Analyst and worked as a bank officer at Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited in Thailand. Research:
Kirill Yurov , Instructor for MIS and ManagementPh.D. candidate, in Business Administration -M.I.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; M.S. in Computer Information Systems, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2002; BA in History, Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, 1992 Mr. Yurov taught a capstone course in Competitive Strategy, Advanced Business Programming Using Visual Basic, Operations Management, and introductory MIS classes at UIC. He has worked as a Program Officer and Branch Director for the International Research and Exchange Board and as a Financial Analyst and Investment Project Manager for Tiger Securities, Ltd; and was Chief Executive Officer and founder of Vladincenter, an e-commerce business distributing trade leads from the network of World Trade Centers. Research:
Yurov, Kirill, Chou, D.; "Development of Security in Web Service Environment", with , Computer Standards & Interfaces, 2005 Stijepko Tokic , Assistant Professor of Business LawL.L.M. in Trade Regulation, New York University School fo Law, New York, New York, 2008; J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, 2007; BA in Communications and Media, Charleston Southern University, Charleston, SC, 2003 Dr. Tokic comes to NEIU with experience as a teaching assistant for Contracts and Property Law classes at Thurgood Marshall School of Law. He also has worked as a law clerk and legal assistant. Research:
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Faculty leaves For 2008-9 Academic Year |
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Hong Gee (Andy) Chen, Professor of Marketing, Sabbatical Leave |
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Retirements |
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We bid good-by this summer to |
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Promotions and Tenure Awards |
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University President Sharon Hahs and Provost Lawrence Frank have announced: Hamid Akabari has been promoted to Professor, Management and Marketing. Tenure has been awarded to: Charletta Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Accounting, Business, and Finance and Dr. D.S. Sundaram, Associate Professor, Marketing and Management |
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Online Registration |
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| These schedules include our most recent changes. If there are differences from what you find online in the registration system (Banner) and these linked schedules, changes (noted in red) are in process and will happen. This is all subject to change based on program needs | |
| Message to Undergraduate College of Business and Management students about registration | |
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ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL MBA AND MSA STUDENTS: MBA PROGRAM Dr. Allen Shub a-shub@neiu.edu 773-442-6106 MSA PROGRAM Dr. C.T. Chen c-chen3@neiu.edu 773-442-6150
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Faculty employment opportunities in the College of Business & Management: (click here) |
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Past News (click here) |
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