The Pulse | Charleston School of Business Faculty & Staff Updates

Happy 4th!

Today, Independence Day, we honor those who have fought for our country. I am also thankful for you our faculty and staff, for your service and dedication. May your Fourth of July be a time of reflection, celebration, and pride. YOU make a difference! Ponder this with me …

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

This week, I am taking a few days away with Christine. There’s always something significant happening in our School, and even when away, I stay updated and participate in activities that drive us forward. During these moments, it was clear what a great team we have. They are not skipping a beat or waiting on…

Saunders Family Gift Supports College of Charleston Business Students

A family with a storied history in community banking has established a new scholarship for business students at the College of Charleston in memory of their father, Frederick “Freddie” Saunders Sr. Brothers Rick, Paul and Mark Saunders together with their family and community have created the Freddie Saunders & Family Endowed Scholarship to support School…

Center for Public Choice and Market Process 23-24 Annual Report

From Peter T. Calcagno, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Director, Center for Public Choice & Market Process: Please find attached the Center for Public Choice & Market Process 2023-2024 Annual Report. We hope you enjoy reading about the achievements of this academic year, as well as the programs and events that reached students, academics, and community…

James Malm selected for a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

James Malm, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program. As a Diaspora Fellow, Malm will collaborate with Host Fellow Joshua Ofori-Amanfo, Ph.D., at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) to develop the curriculum for the newly launched graduate program in business analytics. Malm…

Build Your Professional Brand with Erin Halford

Charleston School of Business is excited to partner with Charleston Young Professionals (the arm of the Charleston Metro Chamber designed to attract, retain and develop young professionals in the region) for a professional brand building workshop. During this workshop, attendees will sort through the noise of resumes, roles and responsibilities and uncover their unique skillsets…

Critical Path Sheets

Our 2024-2025 critical path sheets are live! Critical path sheets provide a visualization of the requirements for each of our majors, and they are an important advising and degree planning tool. To view them, visit the Student Success Center page in the Hub here: https://cofc.sharepoint.com/sites/hub-sb-student-success-center/SitePages/Majors-and-Minors(1).aspx

Six join the Alumni Association Board of Directors

Congratulations to our business school alumni who recently began their board service on the Alumni Association Board of Directors! ALEXIS HEIFNER CARRICO ’03, Board Member, Mount Pleasant, SC JUSTIN HERP ’15, MSA ’16, Board Member, Charleston, SC JACK HOEL ’22, Board Member, Atlanta, GA RYAN MORRIS ’08, MBA ’21, Board Member, Mount Pleasant, SC TRIPP…

Beatty Center Carpet Cleaning 6/27-6/28

Budd Group will be cleaning the carpets in all offices, hallways, conference rooms and classrooms in the Beatty Center on June 27 and 28. Both days will start at 8:00am. If there is anything on the floor of your office, please try to pick it up. They will move chairs around but not heavy furniture….

Belonging in Business

Last week, I was honored to join the MBA14 cohort (pictured above) on their end-of-year celebration cruise. What a great group. You could tell they knew each other well after spending an intense year together. They laughed, they cried, and they talked about their future aspirations. After the planned activities were completed, everyone mingled, and…

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

The 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog is now available! You can access via the drop down on the top of the Catalog Home page: https://catalog.cofc.edu/index.php Please share with others in your departments. Please let Tom Buchheit, senior associate registrar, know if you have any questions or edits. An announcement on the Graduate Catalog is forthcoming.

Stretch, Don’t Drag

Last week was quite a “global” week in Beatty. We met with the President of Nordakademie, the Associate Dean of International Relations of EM Strasbourg, and the President of Dublin City University. Talk about opportunities! I spent quite a bit of time with Dáire from DCU. He was visiting his students interning at the Hotel…

Ingrid Schneider Graduates from Charleston Chamber’s Minority Board of Directors Training

A big congratulations to Ingrid Schneider, program coordinator for the departments of Economics and Finance, on completing the Spring 2024 Minority Board of Directors Training hosted by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce! Minority Board of Directors Training focuses on developing a greater understanding of what it means to be a minority board member, the…

Teach abroad in Austria

This is a friendly reminder about the upcoming application deadline for the Fulbright MCI | The Entrepreneurial School Visiting Professorship for the 2025-2026 academic year. Applications are due by September 16, 2024. The Fulbright MCI Visiting Professorship is open to faculty members at U.S. universities with distinguished scholarly accomplishments and interdisciplinary interests. The fields of…

Clarity By Subtraction

I finished my Annual Review document on Monday and submitted it to Suzanne. Before submitting it, I asked Carrie and Stacey to take a quick look. They both commented that we’ve done a lot in the last year, but Stacey added another thought: I’ll paraphrase, “There’s a lot on your agenda next year; can some…

Welcoming Erin Blevins

This week, we welcomed Erin Blevins ’94 to our School of Business as our new budget director and assistant to the dean. Erin has been working at the College of Charleston since 2005. She started in the Department of Political Science as an administrative coordinator, where she enjoyed connecting students to internships and getting to…

Buono Family Gives $2 Million to the College

The College of Charleston School of Business and School of Education will have enhanced faculty and student experiences thanks to a $2 million gift by Mark Buono ’81 and Judy Buono ’22 (M.Ed.). The Buono Endowed Professorship in Commercial Real Estate will be an endowed faculty position in the School of Business that will elevate the distinction of the real estate discipline…

College of Charleston Introduces New Executive MBA Program

The College of Charleston is introducing an accelerated Executive MBA (EMBA) program tailored specifically for working professionals seeking to elevate their business careers. Now accepting applications for January 2025, the College of Charleston’s EMBA program is the only one of its kind offered in South Carolina. The program is designed to empower individuals with the skills and…

Thank you, Stacey!

The A-Team (SB administrative staff) got together this week for lunch to celebrate Stacey’s new chapter at the College! Over her six years at the School of Business, she has enthusiastically encouraged business students to study abroad and promoted the GBRC as our former global studies education coordinator. Most recently, as our budget director and…

Coursera Summer Professional Learning Community

Are you interested in adding microcredentials and certifications to your programs or courses that will provide students with industry credentials that augment your course content? Lancie Affonso (senior instructor in Computer Science/Management and Marketing), the CETL Coursera Project Director, will offer a summer professional learning community (PLC) for faculty interested in learning more about Coursera…