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Dean's Report from the Villanoav School of Business for the 2012-13 academic year.
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VILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DEAN’S REPORT 2012-2013
3DEAN’S REPORTVILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
CONTENTS04 INTRODUCTION
06 CURRICULAR INNOVATIONS
08 HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS
10 WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
12 NATIONAL RANKINGS
13 EXCEPTIONAL CAREER RESULTS
14 VSB OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
15 STAYING IN TOUCH
5DEAN’S REPORTVILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
the Villanova School of Business (VSB) was
rife with good news and success stories.
I am continually proud of and impressed
by the high caliber of students, faculty, staff,
alumni and friends that comprise this thriving
community. From achievements in rankings
and career placement to programmatic
enhancements and the addition of top
scholars, VSB continues to flourish as a highly
competitive and premier institution. In this
Report I share with you some highlights of
our recent accomplishments, helping to keep
you apprised of the triumphs happening every
day at VSB.
With best regards,
Patrick G. Maggitti, PhDThe Helen and William O’Toole Dean
Villanova School of Business
IN THE PAST YEAR
PART-TIME MBA
RANKED #12 BY BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK RANKED VILLANOVA’S
UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM AT
EXECUTIVE MBA
RANKED #17 BY FINANCIAL TIMES IN “THREE-YEAR AVERAGE” OF US-BASED PROGRAMS
38 STATES & 31 COUNTRIES ATTRACT INCOMING VSB STUDENTS
VSB APPEARED IN THE MEDIA NEARLY
200 TIMES, RESULTING IN 500 MILLION MEDIA
IMPRESSIONS
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2012 CHOSE TO PURSUE SERVICE AFTER GRADUATION46
OF THE CLASS OF 2012 PARTICIPATED
IN AT LEAST ONE INTERNSHIP OR CoOp NEARLY 95%
5,000+ JOB OPPORTUNITIES WERE POSTED FOR VILLANOVA STUDENTS IN 2012
#15IN THE NATION
7DEAN’S REPORTVILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
In a world marked by fast-paced change, VSB has engaged
in curricular innovations designed to meet the needs of our
students and the business community. We continue to build
on our distinctive programs and Centers of Excellence to
strengthen our programs, making enhancements that led to
our #2 ranking in academic quality among undergraduate
programs by Bloomberg Businessweek.
THIS YEAR’S INNOVATIONS INCLUDE:
• Business Analytics — An undergraduate required course
designed to make certain our students understand the
increased importance businesses place on gathering and
interpreting data in decision-making.
• New undergraduate and graduate courses sponsored
by the Center for Marketing and Public Policy
Research, including: Managing Disruptive Change
(MBA); Consumer Psychology for Optimal Business
Solutions (MBA); Public Policy Formulation (MBA);
and Understanding the Government Ecosystem
(Undergraduate).
• “Backpack to Briefcase” — Now closely integrated into
the undergraduate curriculum, this program emphasizes
career and professional development concepts to prepare
undergraduate students for success and leadership
in business. Each year, students are presented with
opportunities to learn and develop professionally as they
prepare themselves for graduation and entrance into the
business world.
• The Center for Church Management and Business
Ethics offered twelve new webinars covering a variety of
management topics such as Stewardship Best Practices,
Civil Law and Church Security and Loss Prevention.
These webinars are vital for people who are responsible
for overseeing the financial operations of churches and
dioceses.
• The Center for Church Management and Business Ethics
began to offer church management courses on-site at the
seminaries of St. Charles in Philadelphia and St. Mary’s
in Baltimore.
• New undergraduate classes that integrate learning across
disciplines. This is reflected in team-taught courses by
faculty from different colleges, such as the International
Technology and Sustainability course. Students from VSB,
Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences collaborated
on a project aimed at helping a rural region of Panama
design a second water reservoir for the area, determine the
best place to put it to meet the needs of the local people
and future growth, and create a business plan for utility
management and billing that doesn’t currently exist in the
region. Students spent their spring break in Panama to
collect field data and gain a better understanding of local
stakeholders within the project area.
• New international study and internship opportunities are
now available in Urbino, Italy and Singapore. Over 50%
of the class of 2013 studied abroad at some point during
their time at Villanova.
• MBA students were given the choice of travelling to the
Czech Republic, South Africa, Turkey, Chile or Argentina
to meet with business leaders in those countries.
• Revamped EMBA curriculum better addresses the
increasing complex and dynamic demands of a new global
economy, while also allowing students to maintain a
work/life balance.
CURRICULAR INNOVATIONS
9DEAN’S REPORTVILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
1250-1400
3.65-4.07
Mid-range SAT
CLASS OF 2016
Mid-range GPA
2013 Enrollment 2013 Applicants
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMThe high demand for a place in the School of Business is reflected by the fact that there is a greater than ten to one ratio of
applicants to enrollment spots in VSB. We continue to attract the highest caliber students with very high SAT and GPA scores.
VSB is also expanding efforts to increase the diversity of its undergraduate students. While the number of minority students
in VSB increased in recent years, our retention rate was not at the level we wanted. As a result, we launched a summer
program aimed at helping incoming students from diverse backgrounds transition to college. Three corporate sponsors have
provided funding for 15 students for the summer of 2013. In addition, we assigned a faculty member the responsibility of a
tutoring and mentoring program for students who come from educational backgrounds that place them “at risk.”
HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS
FLEX MBA
FAST MBA
MAC
MSF
EMBA
50 100 150 200 250
153 236
70 122
34 96
28 132
30 4634.5%APPLICANTS: 4,132 ENROLLMENT: 404
Acceptance rate
VSB continues to be a desired destination for
exceptional students.
GRADUATE PROGRAMSWe also continue to see high demand for admission into
our graduate business programs. The numbers below
reflect strong growth in the number of professionals who
seek to continue their education at VSB.
11DEAN’S REPORTVILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Alumnus Benjamin
Scheick, PhD, returned
to VSB as assistant professor
of finance. As a student, Dr.
Scheick received a BS in business
administration (finance) and a
BS in economics, and was awarded the Bartley Medallion
in Economics. After spending three years in consulting,
Dr. Scheick went on to earn a PhD from the University of
Florida. Dr. Scheick’s areas of expertise include behavioral
finance, corporate finance and real estate finance. He has
twice received competitive research grants from the Real Estate
Research Institute. Dr. Scheick has presented at numerous
conferences and served as a referee for the Journal of Real Estate
Finance and Economics and Real Estate Economics. At VSB, Dr.
Scheick teaches fixed income markets and valuation.
John Sedunov, PhD, joined VSB’s faculty as assistant
professor of finance. Dr. Sedunov
received a BS in business
administration from Carnegie
Mellon University and an MBA
and PhD in finance from The Ohio State University,
Fisher College of Business. Dr. Sedunov won an American
Finance Association PhD student travel grant in 2011, and
he has also presented at, or participated as a discussant in,
a number of finance conferences and association meetings.
At VSB, Dr. Sedunov teaches the financial institutions
course and conducts research in risk management, banking,
corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.
Danielle Lombardi, PhD, became assistant professor of
accountancy after earning her
PhD from Rutgers, The State
University. Dr. Lombardi holds
a BS in accounting from the
College of New Jersey, and is a member of several sections of
the American Accounting Association (AAA), including the
Auditing, Information Systems and Strategic and Emerging
Technologies sections. In 2011, she won the Executive
Women of New Jersey Graduate Merit Award, and was a
finalist for the George Krull/AICPA Teaching Innovation
Award. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Dr. Lombardi spent
six years in industry as an auditor. She specializes in audit
research and teaches intermediate accounting at VSB.
Stephen Mahar, PhD, is associate professor in the
Management and Operations
Department at VSB. Previously
Dr. Mahar taught at the Cameron
School of Business, University of
North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). He earned a BA in
mathematics from State University of New York at Geneseo,
a BS in mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of
Technology, and an MBA and PhD from the Kelley School
of Business, Indiana University. Dr. Mahar received several
teaching distinctions at Cameron, including the Discere
Aude Award for excellence in teaching at UNCW in 2010
and the first-ever CSB/ISOM Department Teaching Award
in 2011. At VSB, Dr. Mahar teaches business analytics and
advises the Business Analytics Society Club.
VSB CONTINUES TO ATTRACT OUTSTANDING FACULTY. MEET OUR FOUR NEW PROFESSORS.
VSB works hard to retain the best scholars. We expanded research support and continued our
Emerging Scholars Program to provide support to junior faculty members. The School of Business
continues to recognize the importance of quality teaching by annually providing outstanding
teaching awards to the faculty. In May, Stephen Liedtka, PhD, received the award for undergraduate
teaching, and Michael Pagano, PhD, received the award for teaching at the graduate level. Also,
Mary Kelly, PhD, from the Economics Department, was awarded the University’s Lindback Award for
her outstanding teaching performance.
WORLD CLASS FACULTY
13DEAN’S REPORTVILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
VSB’s academic programs once again received national
recognition for excellence. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked
Villanova’s undergraduate business program at #15 in the nation.
The annual ranking is determined by academic quality,
professional development, business relevance and student
satisfaction. VSB performed exceptionally well in a number
of categories. Of particular note:
A+ IN TEACHING QUALITYA+ IN JOB PLACEMENT
As part of the ranking, Bloomberg Businessweek also provides
specialty rankings. These rankings are based on the responses
to an online survey completed by undergraduate business
students from the graduating class of 2013.
Highlights of VSB’s performance in the specialty rankings
include:
#3 IN INTERNSHIPS
#10 IN MACROECONOMICS
#11 IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
#12 IN FINANCE
#15 IN MICROECONOMICS
One-hundred-twenty-three undergraduate business schools
were ranked in 14 specialty areas. VSB placed in the
top 15 in five of these areas. Nearly 95% of VSB’s 2013
graduating students who completed the survey reported
having participated in at least one internship or CoOp
experience, which led to the top three ranking placement
in this category. Our high internship ranking is especially
noteworthy, since we do not require our students to
participate in an internship as part of the curriculum.
Bloomberg Businessweek placed Villanova’s MBA program
at #12 among part-time MBA Programs, and the Financial
Times placed our EMBA Program at #25 of all EMBA
programs in the country (#17 for “Three-year Average”).
99%$54,628 average starting salary
of job-seeking students secured full-time employment
The Villanova University Career Center released the Class
of 2012 Placement Report. The report reflects career place-
ment statistics six months after graduation.
VSB students continue to fare extremely well. Within
six months of graduation, 99 percent of our job-seeking
students secured full-time employment at an average
starting salary of $54,628. Our students are beginning
their professional careers at companies like Barclays
Capital, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson,
Goldman Sachs, KPMG, GE, PricewaterhouseCoopers
and the Vanguard Group.
As previously mentioned, according to the annual
Bloomberg Businessweek student survey, nearly 95 percent
of graduating VSB seniors reported having participated
in at least one internship experience.
#15IN THE NATION
NATIONAL RANKINGS
EXCEPTIONAL CAREER RESULTS#2 FOR ACADEMIC
QUALITY
15VILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DEAN’S REPORT
VSB continues to be respected and
sought out for the scholarship and
expertise of our faculty, our Centers of
Excellence and the value we bring to the
business community. Highlights from the
past year include:
MEDIA ATTENTION VSB was mentioned or quoted in approximately 200
unique media hits across a variety of media. This included
prestigious outlets like Bloomberg Businessweek, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, Businessweek, CNN Money,
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY BUSINESS LEADERS FORUMVSB held its third annual Business Leaders Forum,
which focused on “Economic and Political Transitions.”
It brought together more than 200 high-level executives
who are members of the School’s eight advisory councils
as well as other key contributors. The keynote speaker was
noted columnist and radio host, Michael Smerconish, who
discussed the impact of political transition on the economy.
MAD MONEYOn April 25 CNBC’s highly-acclaimed Mad Money filmed
an episode from the Pavilion. The episode showcased the
spirit, enthusiasm and talents of VSB students through their
participation in the filming. Many of our students were
featured on television asking questions and pitching stocks
to host Jim Cramer. The Equity Society was also highlighted
during the broadcast by Cramer. Over 800 students,
faculty, staff and alumni attended the filming on campus
and NBC10, Philly.com, WMMR’s Preston and Steve and
CNBC’s Squawk on the Street featured interviews with
Cramer from Villanova’s campus.
VSB OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
GIVING BACKVSB embodies the Augustinian value of service to others. We held our second annual day of service for faculty and staff,
during which members of the VSB community and their family spent time making and delivering meals to St. John’s Hospice.
In addition, the team also collected items across campus for recycling. VSB faculty members are also involved in Habitat for
Humanity trips that involve our students. Faculty and staff have also participated in food drives for organizations that serve
those who face difficult financial circumstances.
STAYING IN TOUCHVSB’s presence on the web and in social media continues to grow. VSB launched LinkedIn pages designed to promote all of
our programs, as well as streamlined and added various groups. This year we also redesigned our web pages and enhanced our
Facebook and Twitter presence with consistent branding and design. We launched an online newsletter, The Bartley Business
Journal, that is distributed every other month in addition to our Villanova Business magazine. On Twitter, you can follow Dean
Maggitti @VSB_Dean and VSB @VU_Business. We invite you to follow us to stay up-to-date on our faculty, alumni and all
the many happenings on campus.
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