EDGEWOOD COLLEGE

B-SCHOOL

Advisory Board

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD INFORMATION

 

Each board member is expected to serve on one of the four subcommittees listed below. If you’re new and haven’t joined a committee or if you would like to switch committees please let Sheena Smith shsmith@edgewood.edu 663-3457 know prior to the board meeting.

 

Sub-committees

 

Undergraduate -responsible for helping create a dynamic undergraduate experience in business

 

Graduate Committee—responsible for helping create a premium graduate program

 

Fundraising-responsible for creating and growing a donor base for the B-school

 

Internship & Outreach-responsible for helping find new internship sites for our students and creating new partnerships with the business community.

 

Sub-committees are chaired by faculty members who are present at the Advisory Board meetings and provide staff support. Their names and contact information are listed below. Please contact Sheena if you’re having difficulty reaching a Chair. Sub-committees meet once or twice a semester.

 

Committee Goals for 2009-10

These are the goals the dean would like each committee to work on this 2009-10 academic year. The chair of the committee may have 1 or 2 additional goals and advisory board members may introduce additional goals as well. The goal for the July 24 meeting is to discuss all of the goals, prioritize them, decide on which to pursue in ’09-10 and then set timelines and tasks to complete them.

 

A. UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE GOALS  (Chair: Amie Dragoo ADragoo@edgewood.edu 663-2323.)

· Recommend ways to increase our RAAD enrollment in the BBA

· Discuss if an online option should be offered to RAAD students and when.

· Recommend ways to improve the Undergraduate experience for students

 

B. GRADUATE COMMITTEE GOALS  (Chair: Ayla Annac AAnnac@edgewood.edu 663-2898)

· Recommend ways to grow the graduate program (MBA, MS Accountancy & URED)

· Recommend ways to improve our retention rates (i.e. Advisory board serve as mentors, etc.)

· Identify any barriers to entry (esp. our 500-level foundation courses) and recommend ways to remove barriers

C. FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE GOALS (Co-Chairs: Chuck Taylor ctaylor@edgewood.edu & John     Uselman juselman@edgewood.edu.)

· Support the fundraising priorities of the B-school

· Support the annual $100,000 matching scholarship campaign and recommend how funds can be used to diversify our student body

· Identify a fundraising activity that would be the B-school’s annual event

 

D. INTERNSHIP/OUTREACH COMMITTEE GOALS  (Chair: Scott Braucht Braucht@charter.net )

· Identify new internship sites for our students

· Recommend ways that the faculty and Advisory Board members can engage in outreach efforts to promote the B-school

 

The Dean would also like each committee to weigh in on these initiatives:

Should we have a guest speaker address the advisory board each meeting for 15 to 20 minutes on a timely topic during the general session? This speaker could be a board member or outside guest speaker and members could select the topic.

How can we increase networking opportunities for advisory board members?

We’ll set aside at least 5-minutes in every general session for board members to make any announcements they would like the group to know about.

 

BOARD EXPECTATIONS

Members are expected to attend at least 2 out of 3 board meetings annually

Attend sub-committee meetings and be active participants in discussions

Assist with fundraising initiatives

 

FUTURE MEETING DATES

July 24, 2009; November 20, 2009 and March 12, 2010

The Advisory Board meets 3 times a year. All meetings are held at our Deming Way campus 1255 Deming Way from 8:00-11:00am. Breakfast is served and there are networking opportunities.