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02 dean’S MeSSaGe
03 the Path tO WaLL Street
05 neW PrOGraMS
06 neW FacULty
07 eXPLOrer PrOFiLeS
10 FacULty achieveMentS
(From left) Jason Rogers, MBA ’04, Reginald Browne, ’93, and Dino Dedic, ’06, at the “The Path to Wall Street” panel discussion. See full story on Page 3.
M e s s a g e f r o M t h e d e a n
02 B U S I N E S S E X P L O R E R
Paul R. Brazina, MBA, CPA
As the University contin-
ues to celebrate its 150th
anniversary, the School
of Business is celebrating
the success of the Chris-
tian Brothers, teachers, staff, students, and
alumni. The University’s Archives reveal
that La Salle has been active in business
education since its founding. In addition to
a solid foundation in arts and sciences, busi-
ness skills were introduced to ensure that
graduates could develop productive careers
in industry, government, and social service
agencies. That tradition of a practical educa-
tion carries forward to our focus today and
our plans for the future.
In recent years, we have launched the
La Salle Center for Entrepreneurship, a
customized undergraduate major in busi-
ness administration, the hybrid format MBA
program, the on-site MBA at Independence
Blue Cross, a new major in business systems
and analytics, and an expanded program in
leadership with a new major in management
and leadership designed by our organiza-
tional behavior faculty. For the near future,
we are designing a nationally accredited
sales center and an entrepreneurship minor.
The Accounting Department has continued
to lead the market with a growing Four-Year
BS/MBA program. The sophistication of the
accounting track in the One-Year MBA pro-
gram includes courses titled Accounting for
Derivative Transactions and International Tax
Implications for Decision Making. Special-
ized Master of Science programs are under
consideration to enhance the accounting
dominance of our school.
The Business Scholars Co-op Program is ap-
proaching 100 students with a 100 percent
co-op placement rate as well as a near-100
percent permanent job placement rate.
Corporate partnerships developed by this
program have opened doors to expand co-
op (full-time employment) and internship
(part-time employment) opportunities for
all of our students. Each department has an
experiential
learning
coordinator,
and we en-
courage all
students to
gain work
experience
before
graduation.
With
technology
integrated into all courses, La Salle combines
cutting-edge tools, strong communication
skills, and an emphasis on ethical behavior
in a small class environment. For 2012, the
average undergraduate class size was 25
students and the average MBA class size was
16 students. After 150 years, the Christian
Brothers’ concept of a “learning commu-
nity” is thriving at La Salle University.
Paul Brazina, MBa, cPaDean215.951.1623, [email protected]
MarySheila Mcdonald, esq.Associate Dean215.951.1059, [email protected]
Susan Mudrick, MBaAssistant Dean215.951.1104, [email protected]
elizabeth Scofield, MBaDirector, International and Full-time MBA Programs215.951.1913, [email protected]
denise Saurennann, M.a. Director, Part-time MBA Program215.951.1057, [email protected]
nicole Blair, MBaAssistant Director, Part-time MBA Program610.834.1053, [email protected]
Penelope Grob, B.a.Director, Business Scholars Co-op Program215.951.5113, [email protected]
Maria Stout, B.aManager, Events and Public Relations215.951.1486, [email protected]
Stephanie camp, B.a.Administrative Assistant215.951.1058, [email protected]
Joanne Jones, B.a.Administrative Assistant 215.951.1040
Kathleen Weaver, B.a., a.S.Administrative Assistant, MBA Program215.951.1057, [email protected]
dePartMent chairS
Jan ambrose, Ph.d.Finance Chair215.951.1332, [email protected]
Gregory Bruce, MBa, MS.ed.Dean Emeritus, Business Administration Chair215.951.1920, [email protected]
david Jones, Ph.d.Marketing Chair215.951.1035, [email protected]
James Smither, Ph.d.Management and Leadership Chair215.951.1797, [email protected]
Kathryn Szabat, Ph.d.Business Systems and Analytics Chair215.951.1128, [email protected]
Mary Jeanne Welsh, Ph.d. Accounting Chair215.951.1883, [email protected]
PrOGraM cOOrdinatOrS
Kathleen Mcnichol, MBa, cPcU, arMRisk Management and Insurance Program Coordinator215.951.1824, [email protected]
Steven Melick, B.S.Executive Director, La Salle Center for Entrepreneurship215.951.1040, [email protected]
Laura Otten, Ph.d.Executive Director, The Nonprofit Center215.951.1118, [email protected]
James talaga, Ph.d.International Business Program Coordinator215.951.1030, [email protected]
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By amy Gardner cranston, M.a. ’09
When people think of
Wall Street, many
think of Michael
Douglas’s famous Gor-
don Gekko Wall Street
character, who famously said “The point is,
ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of
a better word, is good.” Recently, three La
Salle business alumni, Reginald Browne, ’93,
Jason Rogers, MBA ’04, and Dino Dedic, ’06,
collaborated on a panel discussion to give
insight on these stereotypes, what it is really
like to work on Wall Street, and how to get
there.
Browne, the Managing Director of the
Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) Team for Knight
Equity Markets in Jersey City, N.J., has been
involved with La Salle’s Career and Em-
ployment Services, mentoring students on
careers in finance. When the idea of a panel
discussion came up, Browne was eager for
the opportunity to reach as many students
as possible and to assist them in their career
aspirations.
“As an alumnus, I have a degree of re-
sponsibility to offer my gifts and talents
to the school,” Browne said. “I am a direct
beneficiary of the education and experience
I received at La Salle. I hope hearing my
experience on my path to my career in finan-
cial services will inspire students to pursue a
path in the field.”
Joining Browne on “The
Path to Wall Street” panel
discussion were Rogers and
Dedic, who work at two of
the top investment banks
on Wall Street. Moderated
by Paul Brazina, Dean of La
Salle’s School of Business,
the panel of three alums
offered advice to more than
100 students on how to
land the job they want.
“My opportunities have
come through hard work
first and foremost, but also
having an eye toward meeting new people
and helping others find opportunities,” Rog-
ers said.
Although Dedic was an Honors business stu-
dent at La Salle, he reminded students that
Wall Street is not just for business majors;
firms recruit and hire from all disciplines.
Regardless of major, he offered students
insight on setting oneself apart in the job
market.
“It becomes much more important to differ-
entiate yourself from other others on your
résumé as well as in your demeanor. Dedic
said. “I can tell you that when I first started
my job, I can guarantee you that I was just
as educated, and I would argue even better
than a lot of my peers who went to ‘tier-
one’ universities. You are just as smart and
just as motivated. The difference that will
help get you the job is your commitment
and hard work.”
The Path to Wall Street: La Salle Alums Give Students Insider Perspective
(From left) Reginald Browne, ’93, Jason Rogers, MBA ’04, and Dino Dedic, ’06.
‘Leadership and the Business of Sports’The La Salle Center for Entrepreneurship and La Salle Athletics co-hosted a panel discus-
sion on Nov. 28, 2012, titled “Leadership and the Business of Sports.” Philadelphia Phillies
President David Montgomery served as moderator for the event, and Cheryl Reeve, ’88, MBA
’90, Head Coach of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx, Eric Mobley, ’93, Head Coach of Temple
University’s track and field team, and Pat McLoone, ’81, Managing Editor of the Philadelphia
Daily News were among the panelists.
The panelists were La Salle alumni, each with a different insight into the business of sports.
(Back row, from left) Steve Melick, Executive Director of La Salle’s Center for Entrepreneurship; Eric Mobley, ’93, Head Coach of Temple University’s track and field team; Pat McLoone, ’81, managing editor of the Philadelphia Daily News; and Tom Brennan, Ed.D., La Salle’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation. (Front row, from left) David Montgomery; Cheryl Reeve, ’88, MBA ’90, Head Coach of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx; and Peter D’Orazio, ’81, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the Williamson Free School.
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Zarilli Named CEO of Safeguard Scientifics La Salle University alumnus and Trustee Stephen T. Zarrilli, ’83, has
succeeded Peter J. Boni as President and CEO of Safeguard Scientif-
ics Inc., a Wayne, Pa.-based holding company that builds value in
growth-stage life sciences and technology companies. Since 2008,
Zarrilli has served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer.
Over the course of 30 years, Zarrilli has built a career serving in a va-
riety of executive strategic, financial, and operational roles, and has
served as CEO and CFO of both publically traded and privately held
technology companies. Earlier this year, he was named CFO of the
Year for small companies by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
“Ever since he graduated from La Salle, Steve Zarrilli’s career as an
entrepreneur and corporate leader has touched lives throughout
our region,” said Paul Brazina, Dean of La Salle’s School of Business.
“Using his vast knowledge and expertise, Steve was directly involved
in launching La Salle’s Center for Entrepreneurship in 2010, which
teaches students about developing new businesses and engaging
the surrounding community. The creativity he brought to his project
is indicative of the energy and vision he has shown in the business
community.”
—Amy Gardner Cranston, M.A. ’09
Four alumni were honored during the 46th Annual Accounting Awards Dinner. Kelly (Demyan) Flecksteiner, ’05, MBA ’09 (far left), a senior financial analyst with McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson Company, received the Jack Reardon Young Alumni Award, named for Jack Reardon, ’59, professor of accounting and former Chair of the Accounting Department. Pamela (Doody) Cyr, ’89 (second from left), President and CEO of St. Edmond’s Federal Savings Bank; Brian P. Pressler, ’97, Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer of ARAMARK Education; and Elizabeth A. Kane, ’95, partner at KPMG LLP, received the Michael A. DeAngelis Award for their outstanding professional achievements.
Accounting Alumni Honored
BGS Inducts Two Alums
Two alumni, Maureen Cumpstone, MBA ’10, and Robert Fabiszewski, ’82, were inducted as honorary members into La Salle’s chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society.
Cumpstone has owned and operated the Sorella Rose Restaurant in Flourtown, Pa., for 16 years. She serves as President of the Flourtown Erdenheim Enhancement Association, and she is a founding member of the Flourtown Business Association.
Fabiszewski has 29 years of commercial real estate experience in debt and equity invest-ments. He is an adjunct professor at La Salle, teaching a course in commercial real estate investment, and he is Director of the Work/Study Program for Christo Rey Philadelphia High School.
(From left) Paul Brazina, Dean of La Salle’s School of Business; MarySheila McDonald, Associate Dean of the School of Business; and Stephen T. Zarrilli, ’83, La Salle Trustee and CEO of Safeguard Scientifics Inc.
Business Alumni Listed Among Region’s Top ExecutivesP h i L a d e L P h i a B U S i n e S S J O U r n a L c F O S O F t h e y e a r :
Small Business Category—Stephen T. Zarrilli, ’83, recently named CEO of Safeguard Scientifics Inc.
Nonprofit Category—Michael Magnavita, ’81, Executive Vice Presi-dent and CFO of Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union
P h i L a d e L P h i a B U S i n e S S J O U r n a L 2 0 1 2 W O M e n O F d i S t i n c t i O n a W a r d :
Donna Massanova, CPA, ’00, partner at ParenteBeard, practice leader of the employee benefit plan group
P h i L a d e L P h i a B U S i n e S S J O U r n a L L i F e S c i e n c e S c e O S O F t h e y e a r :
Bronze Award—Jeffrey O’Donnell, ’82, former Chair, CEO, and co-founder of Embrella Cardiovascular
P h i L a d e L P h i a B U S i n e S S J O U r n a L 4 0 U n d e r 4 0 :
AmyLynn Flood, ’95, partner at PwC; Secretary of the La Salle Alumni Association Board of Directors
Lazaros Kalemis, ’97, Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Card Services
Brian McVeigh, ’95, Vice President of Worldwide Business Develop-ment at GlaxoSmithKline
P e n n S y Lva n i a i n S t i t U t e O F c e r t i F i e d P U B L i c a c c O U n ta n t S 4 0 U n d e r 4 0 M e M B e r S t O W at c h :
Heather Boudwin, CPA, ’07, supervisor of Business Operations for Comcast
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New Programs AddedB U S i n e S S S y S t e M S a n d a n a Ly t i c S
La Salle’s new program in Business Systems and Analytics pre-
pares students to solve problems, make informed decisions, and
manage technology and data. It prepares them for careers as
business intelligence analysts, business applications consultants,
data warehousing specialists, and sports analytics managers,
among others.
“Our students will benefit from the program’s emphasis on
technical, analytical, and managerial skills, mentorship, and
experiential learning, and they will leave here ready to launch
fascinating careers,” said Kathy Szabat, Ph.D., Department Chair.
M B a P r O G r a M at i B c
La Salle and Independence Blue Cross (IBC) in Philadelphia have
established a partnership to offer an on-site MBA program for
IBC employees. The first classes began in spring 2012, attracting
29 students from IBC’s Finance, Information Services, Operations,
and Sales and Marketing departments.
Through the partnership, which was developed through the ef-
forts of Joseph Ugras, Ph.D., Dean of La Salle’s College of Profes-
sional and Continuing Studies, La Salle faculty teach courses at
IBC two evenings a week.
“This is an exciting opportunity for the University,” said Denise
Saurennann, M.A. ‘10, Director of La Salle’s Part-time MBA
program. “We look forward to our continued work with Inde-
pendence Blue Cross as we provide a dynamic on-site learning
environment to promote personal and professional develop-
ment for students.”
BGS Chapter Named One of Best
La Salle University’s business honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS),
has been named the 2012 Silver Chapter Award in its Outstanding
Chapter program—the second-highest recognition a collegiate chap-
ter can earn.
“Over the past nine years, our La Salle chapter has been chosen
eight times as one of the top five chapters in the world,” said Susan
Borkowski, Ph.D., professor of accounting and BGS faculty adviser. “To
consistently be named as one of the best from more than 500 chapters
worldwide year after year, not only speaks to the quality of our busi-
ness program, but of our students as well.”
Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society serving business programs
accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busi-
ness (AACSB)—a distinction held by fewer than 5 percent of business
schools worldwide.
Student Makes Alumni Internship ConnectionMatt Manista, ’14, an internation-
al business and marketing major,
had an internship with Kings
Food Markets in Parsippany, N.J.,
during summer 2012. He worked
alongside top-level employees
and department chairs, including
Judy Spires, ’74, MBA ’09, CEO
of Kings/Balducci’s Brands and
a member of La Salle’s Board of
Trustees. During his internship,
Manista had hands-on experience
in creating solutions to increase
campaign awareness and company
effectiveness.
New Business Fraternity Established
La Salle’s chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi business frater-
nity has been approved.
Cara Palumbo, ‘14, led the effort to bring Delta
Sigma Pi back to La Salle, along with Associate Dean
MarySheila McDonald, Esq., and the group spent
one year as a “colony” before being granted chapter
status. During that year, students hosted professional
events, including presentations by successful alumni,
roundtable discussions, and company visits, as well as
community service activities, including participating in
an autism awareness walk, volunteering at Building
Blocks Child Development Center, and getting involved
in the Lasallian Day of Service.
“Watching the students lead the process of becoming
a Delta Sigma Pi chapter gives me faith in our next
generation of business leaders,” said Paul Brazina,
Dean of the School of Business.
Beta Gamma Sigma President Bob Reid (left) and School of Business Dean Paul Brazina.
Judy Spires, ’75, MBA ’09, and Matt Manista, ’14.
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Four New Faculty Join School of Business
Celebrating Entrepreneurship
The School of Business welcomed four new tenure-track faculty this
fall. The Accounting Department welcomed back an alumnus, Andy
Lafond, DBA, ’86. The newly created Business Systems and Analytics
Department hired S. Karti Puranam, Ph.D., and the Management and
Leadership Department added professors Carolyn Plump and Karen
Reardon in the area of business law.
Lafond most recently taught at The College of New Jersey, where the
senior business students honored him with the Outstanding Faculty
award. LaFond has a successful publishing record and remains an ac-
tive CPA with a small accounting practice.
Puranam comes to La Salle from a recent teaching position at Ithaca
College. He has taught courses in operations and supply chain
management, sustainable operations management, statistics, and
management information systems.
Both Lafond and Puranam are involved with a unique, cross-disciplin-
ary faculty cohort this year. A group of business and liberal arts fac-
ulty are designing assignments and projects related to the paradigm
set forth in a book by La Salle alumnus and former faculty member
William Sullivan, Ph.D., ’68, Rethinking Undergraduate Business Edu-
cation: Liberal Learning and the Profession.
Plump is an attorney who has practiced in the area of employment
and labor litigation. Plump also worked in the Office of Chief Counsel
for Employment in the U.S. Senate and was a law clerk for the U.S.
District Court for the Central District in California. She teaches both
undergraduate
and graduate-
level business
law courses.
Reardon spent
much of her pro-
fessional career
practicing law
in the area of
dispute resolu-
tion, litigation,
and nonprofits
in Chicago. She
is teaching busi-
ness law courses
on both the
undergraduate
and graduate
levels.
At its Hall of Fame event, the La Salle Center for Entrepreneurship
recognized student achievement in entrepreneurial ventures and
honored John Glaser, ’62, President of Stutz Candies. Founded in
1938 and acquired by Glaser in 1965, Stutz has become a regional
favorite for consumers who appreciate fine chocolates.
Nonprofit Center Launches New Programs
The Nonprofit Center at La Salle Uni-
versity’s School of Business continued to
provide resources, education, and opportu-
nities to nonprofits and their leaders and
staff throughout 2012.
The center conducted its first board “speed
dating” event, successfully matching non-
profit organizations with potential board
members who had completed the center’s board service preparation
program, and a new partnership with US Airways brought about a
presentation, “Fundraising Today: New Models for a New Economy,”
for 150 nonprofits struggling with difficult economic circumstances.
To connect job-seekers and prospective board members and volunteers
with opportunities at nonprofits around the Philadelphia region, the
center has also launched www.findnonprofitjobs.org. The new site
expands the center’s previous collaborative job search site to enable
nonprofit organizations to solicit board members and volunteers as
well as allow individuals to present their credentials for employment.
“The primary goal of findnonprofitjobs.org will continue to be provid-
ing a place where nonprofit organizations can post their current job
openings,” Otten said. “In the 30 years that we’ve been in existence,
we’ve always provided a venue for that kind of matching and we’ll
continue to be the region’s key online resource for nonprofit jobs.”
S. Karti Puranam, Ph.D.
Karen Reardon
Andy Lafond, DBA., ’86
Carolyn Plump
(From left) Edward Fierko, ’63, La Salle Trustee; Steve Melick, Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship; John Glaser, ’62, President of Stutz Candies; and Paul Brazina, Dean of the School of Business.
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Student Profile: Nicole Hockenberry, ’13 With a job at KPMG already
lined up for after her gradu-
ation in May, Nicole Hocken-
berry, ’13, could be coasting
through her senior year.
Instead, she has a part-time job
and is active in Alpha Theta Al-
pha sorority, the Beta Gamma
Sigma and Alpha Epsilon honor
societies, A/ASIA, and the
Center for Entrepreneurship,
all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA
as an accounting and finance
double major.
“It takes a while to learn to balance everything, but in the end you
find the time,” said Hockenberry, who transferred to La Salle from the
University of Hawaii as a sophomore.
Hockenberry will begin her job as an audit associate at KPMG in the
fall. She previously held an auditing internship at the accounting
firm and completed a two-week rotation in the forensic accounting
practice.
“I love the culture of the firm and all the volunteer work they do,”
Hockenberry said. “I felt like I was actually part of the team and that
working there was the right fit for me.”
New Graduate Update: Katelyn Haney, ’12 Several months into her first
post-graduation job at Square
2 Marketing in Warrington,
Pa., Katelyn Haney, ’12, has
found that she uses her
La Salle education every day.
“I’ve learned at La Salle to
adapt quickly and think
quickly on my feet,” Haney
said. “When I see a problem,
I utilize my leadership and
professionalism to express my
concerns.”
Haney also credited her internship in the promotions department at
6abc Action News in Philadelphia with preparing her for her role as
a marketing coordinator managing 20 client accounts at Square 2.
“6abc was a very fast-paced environment, which prepared me to
work under stressful deadlines every day,” she said. “Between my
internship and my coursework, I feel prepared for real-world situa-
tions, which gives me a competitive edge.”
Back in the Day … La Salle’s first MBA Grads
On April 2, 1976, the Pennsylvania Department of Education approved La Salle’s application to offer the MBA degree. The teaching of the MBA began in September 1976, and by the third year of the program, enrollment had climbed to more than 700 students. The first class, numbering 11, graduated in 1978. Photo by Lewis Tanner.
Elizabeth Cooper, Ph.D., assistant professor of finance, took a sabbatical during the fall 2012 semester to work on a project with members of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The study looked at how bank CEO pay structure differed between firms that securitized more during the years leading up to the financial crisis and banks that securitized less or did not securitize at all. Cooper worked within the Supervision Department at the Federal Reserve for four years prior to joining the faculty at La Salle University in 2008. She continues to work with her former colleagues on research in order to keep up to date on the banking industry and to convey important topics to students in her finance classes.
Madjid Tavana, Ph.D., MBA ’81, professor of business systems and analytics and the Lindback Distinguished Chair of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, is the editor-in-chief of four international journals, Decision Analytics, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, and International Journal of Applied Deci-sion Sciences. He is also working on three books, and he has been a Distinguished NASA Research Fellow in Aeronautics and Space Research at the Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center (Mission Control Center), Office of Naval Research at the Stennis Space Center, and Air Force Research Laboratory for 20 years.
“Linkages Between Manage-ment Accounting and Finance: Assessing Student Perceptions,” a manuscript written by Bruce Leauby, Ph.D., and Kristin Wentzel, Ph.D., ’90, associate professors of accounting, and published in the Winter 2012 is-sue of Management Accounting Quarterly, was selected as one of the best articles of the year by the Lybrand Awards Commit-tee. They will received a Lybrand Certificate of Merit, presented at the Institute of Management Accountants Annual Reception and Dinner.
Faculty Research in the Spotlight
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The Best in Business
On February 19, 2013 the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma celebrates its 100th year of recognizing business excellence.
Please join the Society in celebrating this momentous occasion.
For information about upcoming centennial events, go to: betagammasigma.org/centennial
La Salle University Recognizing the “Best in Business” since 1996.
Class of 2012 BGS Inductees
Class of 2013 BGS Inductees
MBA BGS Inductees
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By Katie hummel, ‘14, editor of the Collegian
La Salle has partnered with the newly formed Cristo Rey Philadelphia
High School (CRPHS) as a resource for service-learning courses. This
school, with an inaugural class of 124 freshmen, is the 25th school
in the Cristo Rey network nationwide and the first in Philadelphia,
located at Broad and Duncannon streets.
Mary Sheila McDonald, Associate Dean of the School of Business,
has incorporated a service-learning component with CRPHS into her
course on legal and ethical issues in the business world.
The Cristo Rey model has students attending school in regular classes
four days a week, while on the fifth day students work in some type
of business or organization in Philadelphia. Similar to a work-study
position, the students, who are typically from low-income families,
are paid entry-level wages for their work, which then goes directly
toward their school tuition. Robert Fabiszewski, ’82, has been
instrumental in implementing this model as Director of the Work
Study Program at Cristo Rey Philadelphia. “The model is dependent
on good corporate neighbors,” McDonald noted, and cited Comcast,
the Philadelphia Mayor’s office, Independence Blue Cross, and local
hospitals and banks as common worksites for CRPHS students.
McDonald’s students were required to complete a minimum of 10
hours of service at CRPHS as part of their grade for the course and
were encouraged to visit the school during the fitness, lunch, and
study hall periods to serve as tutors and mentors.
Last summer, McDonald also partnered with Margaret McGuinness,
La Salle’s Executive Director of Mission Integration, to sponsor a sup-
ply drive for CRPHS. The drive collected cleaning and school supplies,
gym equipment, and books from La Salle faculty and staff.
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University partners with new Cristo Rey School
Student AchievementscLaSS OF 2012 tOP UnderGradUateS
Accounting: Matthew B. Holden
Accounting (Evening): Gina A. Sacco
Finance: Francesco J. Zorzi
International Business: Yuki Kihara
Management: Kourtney M. Clark
Management Information Systems: James J. Leitner III
Marketing: Katelyn R. Haney
StUdent SchOLarShiPS
David Shuler: Tax Executive Institute Scholarship, December 2011,
and PICPA Multi-year Scholarship, June 2012
Michael A. DeAngelis Scholarship, September 2011: Justin Baggaley,
Ka’lah Johnson, and Patricia Oswald
Jack Keen Scholarship, September 2011: Marcelina Hollender and
Michael Lee
Clinton Smith: John T. Zook Memorial Scholarship, September 2011
Perpetua Faia: PICPA Senior Excellence Award, April 2012
Gina Sacco: Becker CPA Review Scholarship for Success, May 2012
Gregory Smith: Becker CPA Review Scholarship, May 2012
Shane Coulter: Philadelphia CPA Review Scholarship, May 2012
Michele Pannella: Kaplan CPA Review Scholarship, May 2012
Jonathan Sanders Liu: CPAexcel Review Scholarship, May 2012
Amy Layefesky: Danielle Leonard Memorial Scholarship May 2012
Ed and Darlene Fierko BS/MBA Scholarships, May 2012: Sahajanand
Dave, David Derr, Tiffany Diaz, Sean High, Charlene Grant-Goodson,
Kevin Juchniewicz, and Alexis Montelone
Accounting Faculty Awards, May 2012: Nichole Hockenberry, Marce-
lina Hollender, Michael Lee, Audrey Metzger Bailey, William Smith,
Kenneth Cooper, Alexis Montelone, and Patricia Oswald
StUdent activitieS
Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) National Collegiate Risk and Insurance
Fraternity
• ChaptermembersandofficersattendedGIS’sPresident’sCon-
ference, Annual Management Conference, and Winter Classic.
• Studentsworkedcooperativelywithstudentmembersofthe
American Marketing Association in a toy and donation collec-
tion for Ronald McDonald House.
• IndividualstudentsandteamscompetedintheDelawareValley
Chapter of RIMS’ essay/presentation contest, the Royal Roads
case competition, the Johnson & Johnson case competition,
the SIFE case competition, and the Philadelphia Association of
Financial Professionals essay contest.
StUdent caSe cOMPetitiOnS
• AteamofaccountingmajorscompetedinthePwCxACT
(xTREME Accounting) case competition, which provides
students with unique insight into the dilemmas surrounding
accounting policy and planning issues.
• Ateamofaccounting,marketing,finance,mathematics,and
economics majors competed in the Johnson & Johnson business
case competition, which provides students with real-world
experience with corporate finance decision making and the
opportunity to develop communication, presentation, and
financial modeling skills.
• Ateamofmarketing,finance,andaccountingmajorsentered
the Royal Roads University International Undergraduate Case
Competition (RRUIUCC) in Vancouver, Canada, a round-robin
tournament consisting of three business cases, including one
“live” case taken from a local company.
Paul R. Brazina, M.B.A., C.P.A.
B U S I N E S S E X P L O R E R10
Faculty Research, Publications, and Presentations
accOUntinG
Susan Borkowski was awarded an Institute
of Management Accountants (IMA) Founda-
tion for Applied Research grant; co-authored
“Advance pricing agreement activity then
and now: The effects of FIN48 on transna-
tional corporation transfer pricing strategy”
with Mary Anne Gaffney of Temple Univer-
sity, and published “FIN 48, Uncertainty and
Transfer Pricing: (Im)Perfect Together?” in
the Journal of International Accounting, Au-
diting and Taxation; “Johnson: A case study
using content analysis” in the International
Journal of Business Insights and Transforma-
tion; “Linking Teams and Technology: Expe-
riential Learning in an Introductory Business
Course” in Proceedings: Annual Meeting of
the Eastern Academy of Management; and
“Sustainability reporting and third party as-
surance” in PICPA Journal.
Bruce Leauby published “Eye-Popping
Opportunities in the Online World: CPAs
Be Aware” and “PCAOB: Insights from the
Inspection Process” in The Pennsylvania
CPA Journal; “Going Green with Propane
School Bus Offers Great Tax Advantages”
in CPA Journal; and “Concept Mapping: An
Empirical Study in Introductory Financial
Accounting” in Accounting Education: an
International Journal.
Mary Jeanne Welsh
received a research
grant from the Price-
waterhouseCoopers
Charitable Founda-
tion for her research,
“Retention and promotion of women
working in public accounting”; published
“Sustainability Reporting at Johnson & John-
son: A Case Study Using Content Analysis” in
the International Journal of Business Insights
and Transformation; “Sustainability Report-
ing Assurance: Your Next Growth Area?,” in
the PICPA Journal, “Watching the Watchers:
A Close look at the PCAOB after Five Years”
in the PICPA Journal, “Gen Y Anatomy Les-
son: They’re not Alien, Just Different,” in
the PICPA Journal, “Johnson & Johnson: A
Model for Sustainability Reporting” in Stra-
tegic Finance; and presented “It Takes One
to Convince One: A Case Study of Johnson &
Johnson’s History of Sustainability Report-
ing,” at Principles for Responsible Manage-
ment Education Conference at the William
G. Rohrer College of Business at Rowan
University and at the American Accounting
Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting,
“It Takes One to Convince One: A Case Study
of Johnson & Johnson’s History of Sustain-
ability Reporting using Content Analysis,”
at the American Accounting Association
Annual Meeting, and “Johnson & Johnson: A
Case Study on Sustainability Reporting,” at
the Management Accounting Research and
Case Conference.
John Zook published “Going Green with
Propane School Bus Offers Great Tax Advan-
tages” in the CPA Journal and “Tax Benefits
for Education” in Tax Adviser.
BUSineSS SySteMS and anaLyticS
Madjid tavana published two books, Deci-
sion Making Theories and Practices from
Analysis to Strategy (IGI Global, 2012) and
Enterprise Information Systems and Advanc-
ing Business Solutions: Emerging Models (IGI
Global, 2012), and 10
articles: “Supplier Se-
lection Using Chance-
Constrained Data
Envelopment Analysis
with Nondiscretionary
Factors and Stochastic
Data” in the Inter-
national Journal of
Industrial and Systems
Engineering; “Effi-
ciency Measurement in
Fuzzy Additive Data Envelopment Analysis”
in the International Journal of Industrial
land Systems Engineering; “An Efficient
Hybrid Hueristic Method for Prioritizing
Large Transportation Projects with Interde-
pendent Activities” in the International Jour-
nal of Logistics Systems and Management;
“A Fuzzy Group Multi-Criteria Enterprise
Architecture Framework Selection Model”
in Expert Systems with Applications; “A
Hybrid Delphi-SWOT Paradigm for Oil and
Gas Pipeline Strategic Planning in Caspian
Sea Basin” in Energy Policy; “Applying Fuzzy
Bi-Dimensional Scenario-Based Model to the
assessment of Mars Mission Architecture Sce-
narios” in Advances in Space Research; “A
Common Set of Weight Approach Using an
Ideal Decision Making Unit in Data Envelop-
ment Analysis” in Journal of Industrial and
Management Optimization; “A Methodol-
ogy for Selecting Portfolios of Projects with
Interactions and Under Uncertainty” in the
International Journal of Project Manage-
ment; “A Two-fold Linear Programming
Model with Fuzzy Data” in the International
Journal of Fuzzy System Applications; and
“A Fuzzy E-negotiation Support System for
Inter-Firm Collaborative Project Develop-
ment” in the International Journal of Com-
puter Integrated Manufacturing.
Finance
Jan ambrose and Joshua Buch published
“The Greek and Irish Near Sovereign
Defaults: Similarities and Differences” and
“Irish Bubble Trouble and Housing Price Phe-
nomenon in Europe” in Real Estate Review.
Lester Barenbaum published “Ethics and
Sovereign Wealth Fund Investing” in the
Journal of Leadership Accountability and
Ethics and “The Sovereign Wealth Fund Con-
troversy: The Issues and Suggestions” in the
Journal of Applied Business and Economics.
Joshua Buch published “The Integration of
European Mortgage Credit Markets: Prog-
ress and Challenge” in Real Estate Review.
Joshua Buch and elizabeth cooper partici-
pated in “Collaboration On-line Plus,” the
College of Professional and Continuing Stud-
ies course on using collaboration to facilitate
effective online learning.
Achievements
Use your desk and your vehicle to display your School of Busi-ness pride! For a $10 donation to the School of Business, receive a bobblehead in the likeness of beloved accounting professor Brother Gerry Fitzgerald, F.S.C., ’70, MBA ’82. For a $5 donation, receive a School of Business car magnet. For more information, contact MarySheila McDonald at [email protected].
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elizabeth cooper published “Determinants of Off-Balance Sheet
Usage in Private Banks” in Studies in Economics and Finance and pre-
sented four papers, “Is Bank Risk Difficult to Detect?” at the Eastern
Finance Association, “Is Bank Risk Difficult to Detect?” at the South-
western Finance Association, “Directors with a Full Plate: The Impact
of Busy Directors on Bank Risk,” Global Conference on Business and
Finance, and “Does Management Quality Impact Bank Merger Out-
come?” at the Financial Management Association’s Annual Meeting.
Walter Schubert presented a paper, “Sovereign Wealth Funds and
Dedicated Infrastructure Investments,” at the National Business and
Economic Society; and he published “The Sovereign Wealth Fund
Controversy: The Issues and Suggestions” in the Journal of Applied
Business and Economics and “Ethics and Sovereign Wealth Fund In-
vesting” in the Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics.
ManaGeMent and LeaderShiP
Steven Meisel published “Finding More Than One Way to Solve a
Conflict: A Conciliation Skills Training Design,” a working paper, in
the Journal of Legal Studies Education; “Developing the Compe-
tencies of Interactional Justice” in the Organization Management
Journal; “The Mock Trial: A Dynamic Platform for Thinking Critically
About Management Leaders, Theories, and Practices” in the Journal
of Management Education, and “Judging Appreciative Inquiry in a
Moot Court Simulation” in Proceedings, 37th Annual Organizational
Behavior Teaching Conference; and he presented three papers,
“Experiences for the Digital Age: Take out Your Cell Phones,” at
the Mid-Atlantic Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference,
“Judging Appreciative Inquiry in a Moot Court Simulation,” at the
Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, and “Juran Quality: A
Globally Competitive Mindset, Then, Now, and Next? Implications for
Management Educators,” at the Eastern Academy of Management
annual conference, where he also earned the Outstanding Reviewer
Designation.
Lynn Miller published “Perceptual Bias Theater” in the Journal of
Organizational Behavior Education, “Setting Goals in Different Roles:
Applying Key Results From the Goal Setting Literature,” Proceed-
ings, Eastern Academy of Management, “Revisiting Black Medical
School Extinctions in the Flexner Era” in the Journal of the History
of Medicine, and “Education: Class, Status, and Party Influences on
Occupational Closure, 1902–1919” in Sociological Quarterly; and she
presented two papers, “Technical Rationality and Zhi: The Conver-
gence of Weberian and Confucian Management Thought,” at Wise
Management in Organizational Complexity and “The decline of black
medical education: New light on Flexner’s role,” at the Southern As-
sociation for the History of Medicine and Science.
Joseph Seltzer published “Judging Appreciative Inquiry in a Moot
Court Simulation” in Proceedings: 37th Annual Organizational Behav-
ior Teaching Conference.
James Smither published “Performance Management,” a chapter in
Oxford Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and
“Can psychotherapy research
serve as a guide for research
about executive coaching? An
agenda for the next decade”
in the Journal of Business and
Psychology; and he presented
two papers, “The effects of
religiosity on ethical judg-
ments,” at the Meeting of
the Academy of Manage-
ment, and “The relationship
between core self-evaluations
and religiosity,” at the 23rd
Annual Convention of the
Association for Psychological
Science.
MarKetinG
Swee-Lim chia presented two papers, “Travel Study as an Interna-
tional Marketing Course Option,” at the Business Professor Teaching
Summit, and “Increasing Strategic Effectiveness by Deconstructing
Relationship and Retention Strategies,” at the International Academy
of Business and Economics Summer Conference.
rita dynan presented a paper, “Demand for Personal Chef Services in
American Households,” at the Eastern Economic Association Annual
Conference, and published “Personal Chef Services: A Luxury for
American Households” in Proceedings: Northeastern Association of
Business, Economics, and Technology.
Pingjung Jiang earned a Best Paper award at the Academy of Busi-
ness Research fall 2011 conference and published “Country-Of-Man-
ufacture Labeling Effect on Product Quality Evaluations: A Model In-
corporating Consumers’ Attention” in Research in Consumer Behavior
and “Consumer Knowledge and External Pre-purchase Information
Search: A Meta-Analysis of the Evidence” in Proceedings, American
Marketing Association Summer Educators’ Conference.
david Jones presented a paper, “‘Do This Now’ Versus ‘Here’s What
You Did Wrong’—Enhancing Sales Roleplays With Proactive Real Time
Behavioral Prompts,” at the Academy of Business Disciplines.
Steven Meisel, Ph.D. (left), and Joseph Seltzer, Ph.D., of the Management and Leadership Depart-ment, were instrumental in organizing the 26th annual Mid-Atlantic Organizational Behavior Teach-ing Conference, held at La Salle’s Bucks County Center in Newtown, Pa., in March. The theme of the conference was “Creating Teachable Moments: Experiential Learning By Design,” and the keynote speaker was Larry K. Michaelsen of the University of Central Missouri, a renowned teaching scholar who spoke on the topic of team learning.
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The 2012 Friends of Brother Gerry Fitzgerald Golf Outing, sponsored by the School of Business and held at the North Hills Country Club, raised money for student scholarships and activities and honored John E. Glaser, ’62, President of Stutz Candies and a longtime La Salle supporter. (Above, left) Brother Gerry Fitzgerald, F.S.C., ’70, MBA ’81 (left), and La Salle men’s basketball coach John Giannini, Ed.D. (Above, right) Mike Vanho, ’91, on the green.
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