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Volume 9, Issue 2016

Wagner College

Department of Business Administration

Newsletter

2nd Floor Campus Hall, 1 Campus Road, Staten Island, NY 10301

http://www.wagner.edu/departments/business_administration/

Notice:

1. Looking for Corporations. Banks, Hospitals, etc. where the Chair can go and present proposals for

our EMBA program.

2. Looking for mid to upper level internships for our AccMBA students---we will send you our best students.

The Department of Business Administration is releasing the ninth volume of its Newsletter!

We are proud of our collective alumni, student, staff and faculty accomplishments and would like

to share and honor these endeavors. You are encouraged to be part of our stakeholders. Contact

Dr. Donald Crooks at dcrooks@wagner.edu to let us know of your achievements. For the

“Stakeholder Reference of Business Department Assessment Measures,” please check the

following website: http://wagner.edu/business-admin/academic-productivity/

Volume 9 includes news from July 1st– December 31st, 2015.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Message from the Office of the Chair Pages: 2

Curriculum News Pages: 3-9

Student, Faculty& Staff News Pages: 10-12

Alumni News Pages: 13

Contact Info Page: 14

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Message from the Office of the Chair

This past semester has been a very busy and productive one for

your Business Administration Department with several

generational changes put forward and approved by the College

that can be found on Page----

We welcome two new faculty members Dr. Shani Carter and

Professor Ian Wise. Full biographies on both faculty members

will be included in our next Newsletter. We will be beginning a

new high end mentoring program in partnership with our

esteemed Trustees and Wagner Alum Ms Mary Caracappa.

Interviews of candidates for the Wagner Select program, from

our top 10% in all grades, will be commencing after the spring

break with our Career Development Office, with finalists

forwarded for approval by your Business Department. The

Selects will be teamed with inside as well as outside mentors

with the goal to attain higher level internships and probable

exceptional employment opportunities as well as automatic

entry into our Graduate programs. Stay tuned from further news about this exciting new venture.

We are looking at opportunities to present our EMBA program to employers so if you have some

time or know of corporations that would welcome a presentation I would be happy to go and visit

their site.

Our AccMBA program has been graduating exceptional candidates for almost 10 years now and we

are constantly looking for challenging internship opportunities. Our finely crafted students are as

good and better than any Ivy League graduates, with better skill sets, so please help us place them in

positions where they may truly make a difference within your company. See our highlight story

about Vicky Sun AccMBA, 2015, now with Google, and realize the value added our graduates can

be to your organization.

Respectfully,

Dr. Donald L. Crooks

Chair

Director of B.S. Business Administration Cathyann D. Tully

Director of M.S. Accounting Peg Horan

Director of MBA-Traditional Michael Mahoney

Director of Business Experiential Learning Frank DeSimone

Director of Assessment Richard LaRocca

Director of Marketing Xiaodan Dong

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Curriculum News

Accounting Students with Michele Mark Levine

On October 6th, the M.S.

Accounting Program hosted an

event in the Spiro Sports Center

VIP room with guest speaker

Michele Mark Levine, Chief

Accountant and Deputy

Comptroller for Accountancy of

New York City. As Deputy

Comptroller, Michelle oversees

all aspects of New York City’s

accounting and financial

reporting, including the

preparation and publication of

NYC’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and tracking a $70 billion

operating budget. The graduate students assembled in the Spiro Sports Center VIP room for

Michele’s insightful presentation on governmental accounting and job opportunities within

government.

Pictured above (from left to right): Prof. Ian Wise, Danielle Bruscella, Anthony DiPadova,

Salvatore Emilio, Jarrod Molzon, Daniel Cavanaugh, Nazifa Alam, Ryan Wytanis, Michele

Mark Levine, Daniel Burghardt, Dr. Peg Horan, Samuel Mailloux, Steven DiVuolo, Michael

Scrocco, Leonard Pesce, Beth Lewis, Tyler Pee, and Professor Michael Mahoney,

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Night Out With the Accounting Students

On November 5, 2015, The

Accounting Society attended its

annual dinner at The Staaten in

conjunction with the New York

State Society of CPAs. Also in

attendance were St. John's and

College of Staten Island. A fun night

was had by all, which included an

Accounting Jeopardy Game in

which Wagner College placed

second! Also our Michael Scrocco

won the Becker CPA Review

Course raffle!

from Left to Right: Kelly Horan, Stephanie Opalinski, Daniel Cavanagh, Frank DiCandido (Faculty), Michael Scrocco,

Steven DiVuolo, Salvatore Emilio, Nazifa Alam, Danielle Bruscella, Jarrod Molzon, Kimmy Tumolo, Victoria

McGrath, Jessica Mouradian, Victoria Roda, Amanda Rey, Maddie McNichol, Beth Lewis, Daniel Burghardt, Dr. Peg

Horan (Faculty), Paul Scrocco, David Burgos, Denise Green, Ryan Wytanis, Corrine Rondina, Samantha Lavrich,

Leonard Pesce, Florina Jajaga, Emily Riddle, and Michael Mahoney (Faculty)

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Marketing Club Community Service

Marketing Club students participated in “Operation Christmas Child”. Club members collected donated health products

and toys to children in need

Marketing Club students made cards to cheer up hospitalized children

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Wagner Graduate Business Simulation Team Achieves 97% in the “Top Decile

Ranking” out of 1029 Internationally Competing Teams!

Congratulations to Capsim® Capstone graduate business simulation team Andrews who earned 97%

in the “Top Decile” ranking out of 1029 competing international teams. Team Andrews members

in BU669 “Strategic Leadership,” were Alexandra Filipovski, Christopher Furner, Emunael

Mpanduki, Daniel Reno, and Kelly Ann Gibbons.

The rankings were based on a cumulative score of eight years (rounds) of balanced score card

points earned by growing and strategically managing a $100M manufacturing company.

Research shows people learn best by doing. Our students experienced the inevitable compromises

and trade-offs inherent in the decisions that real-world managers make every day in finance,

operations, marketing and other areas. Our students built a product portfolio, managed costs,

analyzed the market, and developed forecasts, all with an eye on cash flow and balance sheet

management.

Businesses and the markets in which they operate constantly evolve. But in the “Strategic

Leadership” graduate course, whether you manufacture the latest wearable electronics or sell tickets

to upcoming events, the essential building blocks of business – marketing, finance, and operations

management remain the same. Through this interactive business simulation, Wagner students have

an opportunity to develop a holistic understanding of basic business principles from the very

beginning in an engaging and challenging learning experience. Each business discipline has its

broad body of knowledge which can be mastered in theory, but experiencing how business works in

practice can be the ideal foundation for deep and ongoing learning.

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Accounting Students Breast Cancer Walk

The Accounting Society took part in the Making Strides of Staten Island Breast Cancer Walk

sponsored by the American Cancer Society on Sunday, October 19th at Clove Lake Park.

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Guest Speakers

Ann Tardy CPA, J.D., represented entrepreneurs in Silicon

Valley. There she closed over $2 billion of venture-backed financings

at two of California’s largest law firms, ran the legal department of a

public company, and founded her own law firm representing

entrepreneurs.

She has spoken at Kaiser Permanente, Macy’s, and Duke

Energy and has been honored by the American Business Women’s

Association and is the recipient of the McGraw-Hill Vanguard Award

for her work.

Ann Tardy is the author of the Life Moxie series and spoke to

students about “Driving off the Career Path: Let’s blow up the concept

of a career path!” as well as her venture capital experiences and deals.

Ann gave away her book LifeMoxie! Ambition on a Mission:

9 Strategies for Taking Life by the Horns to each student who

attended.

Zandir Santos, a Brooklyn-based artist who writes scripts and creates films in New York, Europe,

and Cape Verde, Africa spoke to the students in MG 313 Entrepreneurship.

Kunal Mehta, author of DISRUPTORS (http://www.disruptorsbook.com/), former investment

banker, and former finance and strategy associate at charity: water spoke to the students in MG 614

Organizational Behavior and the students in MG 313 Entrepreneurship.

CEO of Staten island Mental Health Society – Fern Zagor

Executive Director of the Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness – Adrian Abbate

Vice President of Strategic Planning Staten Island University – Robert Blake

Trips

The New York Academy of Medicine for a lecture on Pediatric Obesity by the President of HHC

Curriculum Development

This is an exciting time for our business program. We are continually making our program stronger

as we prepare for AACSB accreditation.

Significant changes to BU 397(Internship) course prerequisites now allow our students to enroll in a

one unit internship as early as sophomore year, giving students multiple opportunities to gain

practical workplace exposure prior to completion of their degree. Our alumni have been supportive

of this endeavor, hosting our students as interns in the workplace.

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Each spring all students have the opportunity to learn about the financial industry greed, ethics,

fraud and power of big business and money if they enroll in BU 286 Follow the Money. Dr. Crooks

teaches this course with passion and personal experience.

The management concentration now includes a class in supply chain management. Dr. Shani Carter

was instrumental in this endeavor to make our management curriculum more rigorous.

Dr. Dani Dong offered her course in digital marketing for the first time last fall. Students were

exposed to a strategic view of the digital marketing world.

Excel for Business is the required technology course for all business students. In concert with

Computer Science Department we will offer this class as a computer science class (CS 260, rather

than BU 260). This change to the course designation allows students to take an additional business

unit previously occupied by BU 260.

The department restructured the curriculum for minors in Accounting, Finance, Marketing and

Management. We aim to assure that non-business students who choose to minor in a business

concentration have a robust classroom experience which complements their major.

This year each professor in our department committed to include various excel assignments into

their respective discipline. We believe in working the technology skills throughout our program,

building on the skills students acquire in CS 260 Excel for Business.

The department submitted a program change form requesting breaking Tier 1 into Tier 1a and Tier

1b to allow more flexibility in the TMBA program.

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Student, Faculty & Staff News

Faculty Honors/Awards/Promotions

Donald Crooks, Scholarship Award

Cathyann Tully, Wagner College Graduate Program Exceptional Teaching Award

Cathyann Tully, Delta Mu Delta Honor Society in Business, Inductee

Published Work in Referred Journals/Proceedings

Mahoney, M., Crooks, D. & Tully, C. (2015). The Ramifications of Reinstating the Repealed

Sections of the Glass-Steagall Act and the Moral Hazards that Caused the Recent Banking Crisis.

International Journal of Business and Applied Sciences, Volume 4, No. 2, pp. 58-66.

Tully, Cathyann D. (2016) Improving Undergraduate Business Communication Skills through

Paired Coursework: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Scholastic Inquiry: Business.

Mahoney, M. Crooks, D., Tully, C. and Strafaci, E. (2016) Obviating the Moral Hazards that

Caused the Recent Banking Crisis and Future Dislocations with the Imposition of Regulations,

Reserve Requirements, Revenue/Risk Adjusted Payouts, Review of Business & Finance Studies.

Xiaodan Dong, Zelin Zhang, Chris Hinsch and Shaoming Zou (2016). Reconceptualizing the

elements of market orientation: A process-based view. In press at Industrial Marketing Management

Refereed Presentations

John Moran. Presented paper "The Trans Pacific Partnership Act's Effect on U.S. Employment Law"

at the International Interdisciplinary Business Advancement Conference, November 2015.

Tully, Cathyann D., “Verbal Communication: Analysis of Undergraduate Business Student

Skills,” Center for Scholastic Inquiry International Academic Research Conference, Charleston,

South Carolina. October 2015

Tully, Cathyann D., “PIIGS Propel German Export Juggernaut,” Business and Applied Sciences Academy of North America Conference, New York, New York. Panel presentation with Donald Crooks and Ian Wise. August, 2015

Tully, Cathyann D., with Crooks, Donald and Dong, Xiaondan, “The Marketing of P.O.W.E.R.: An

innovative Approach to Student Recruitment and Performance Enhancement,” Business and

Applied Sciences Academy of North America Conference, New York, New York. August, 2015. Received Best Paper Award

Carter, Shani D. (2016). Increased Workforce Diversity by Race, Gender, and Age and Equal

Employment Opportunity Laws: Implications for Human Resource Development. In Handbook of

Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality. (Julie Prescott, ed.J.Prescott@bolton.ac.uk)

Hershey, PA: IGI Global. IGI Global. ISBN13: 9781522500476. http://www.igi-

global.com/book/handbook-research-race-gender-fight/141951.

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Kim, Jongsung & Carter, Shani D. (forthcoming, 2016). Gender Inequality in the U.S. Labor

Market: Evidence from the American Community Survey. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the

Workplace: Emerging Issues and Enduring Challenges. In (Margaret F. Karsten,

ed.,karsten@uwplatt.edu). Santa Barbara : California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN-13: 978-1440833694. http://www.pegasusbookstore.com/book/9781440833694.

Attended Conferences/Seminars/

Media Engagement & Citations

John Moran, attended the Online Learning Consortium Conference

Donald Crooks, Session Chair Bassana Conference. Session Chair August 20, 2015 - Present.

Donald Crooks, Outside Director BAASANA International. Provide advise and consulting input

August 1, 2014 - Present.

Professional Services/Activities

Frank Decandido Presenter, NYSSCPA Education Night, Tax and Investment Fraud.

Presenter with Dan Macri at the Jewish Community Center (JCC), Tax and Investment Fraud

Xiaodan Dong

Reviewer, International Marketing Review

Reviewer, American Marketing Association Conference

Donald Crooks

Session Chair Bassana Conference. Session Chair August 20, 2015 - Present.

Outside Director BAASANA International. Provide advise and consulting input August 1, 2014 -

Present.

Peer Reviewer. Double Blind Peer Reveiw for IGI Global---"Study Abroad and Service Learning in

a Catholic Social Teaching Context: The Implications for Teaching Evaluation and Social Justice

Shani D. Carter

Member, NEASC Accreditation Site Visit Team, University of Maine, Fort Kent, October, 2015.

Peer Reviewer for three organizations: Academy of Management Annual Conference; American

Educational Research Association Annual Conference; Personality and Individual Differences

(journal).

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Community Involvement

Peg Horan

Board of Trustee Member for St. Patrick’s Catholic Academy.

Chair of the St. Patrick’s Catholic Academy Development Committee.

Board Member of The St. Patrick’s Trust Fund.

Member of the Bay Ridge Striders running group

Xiaodan Dong, financial supporter of Kiva.org

Frank DeCandido

Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants

President, Sports Council, Current Bowling Director-St. Joseph/St. Thomas

Church

Finance Committee Chairman – Parish of St. Joseph/St. Thomas Church

Finance Committee Chairman – Lifestyles for the Disabled, Inc.

Board of Directors – Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Staten Island

Former Board of Directors and Treasurer – Lifestyles for the Disabled, Inc.

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Alumni News

“Coming from an academic background of arts and humanities, I naively underestimated what an Accelerated MBA experience would entail. However, surviving three semesters of intensive courses and projects has equipped me with more quantifiable business acumen than I ever imagined possessing. I was repeatedly forced to fine-tune my resume, cover letter, interview skills, and LinkedIn profile all while juggling my coursework and my internship. Somewhere along the way, I also learned how to handle stress, how to promote myself, and how to be proactive. Without these tools, I never would have been offered the position of French Market Research Consultant at Google, and I cannot thank Wagner College enough for all that I have learned throughout my undergrad and graduate years.” -Vicky Sun (B.S. International

Politics & French, AccMBA) Brian Ghering (BU ’16) recently completed a 2015 summer internship at BNY Mellon within the

“Asset Servicing” Division. Also, Brian was again accepted into a 24 month program at BNY

Mellon’s advanced internship 2016 training program that will allow continue his opportunity as a

long term prospect and future staff member with BNY Mellon.

Salome Mkervalidze (M’15)- Was accepted at BNY Mellon in a temporary role and capacity as a

Client Service Manager within the Private Wealth area. She will be considered for a permanent

position after completing 8-12 months of service.

Young Alumni Panel

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Contact Info

We really want to hear from you. If you have any information you would like to share with us or want to contribute to our Newsletter, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Chairperson, Director,

MBA-Exec. & Accelerated Donald Crooks 718-390-3429

Administrative Assistant Arleen Wilk 718-390-3447

Department’s Fax 718-420-4274

Director, B.S. Business Administration Cathyann D. Tully 718-390-3439

Director, M.S. Accounting Peg Horan 718-390-3437

Director, MBA-Traditional John Moran 718-390-3255

Director, Business Experiential Learning Frank DeSimone 718-420-4491

Full time Faculty

Xiaodan Dong 718-390-3182

Mary Lo Re 718-420-4127

Richard LaRocca 718-390-3427

Michael Mahoney 718-390-3434

Ian Wise 718-390-3438

Shani Carter 718-390-3462

Adjunct Faculty

Accounting Frank DeCandido Leo Parmegiani

Business Anne Marie Menna Prentis Nolan

Joseph Ferrantelli Jerrier Atassi

Alexandra Formica

Nic Alonso

Robert Pompliano

Mary LoRe

Zohreh Shahvar

Finance Daniel Macri Michael Cohen

International Business Edward Strafaci

Health Care Joseph Conte Duncan Huie

Management Stephen Piraino George Cherubini

William Dubovsky Paula Landry

Stephen Greenwald Donna Powers

Sean Scott

Marketing Frank Calvosa William Thiro

Ken Ellis

Graduate Assistants Daniel Reno Beth Lewis

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

Faculty Sponsor

Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society Peg Horan

Accounting Club Peg Horan

Finance Club Richard LaRocca

Marketing Club Xiaodan Dong

Management Club Shani Carter