Division of Business 2003-04
Robert Bracken
Attended:
Southeast Region meeting, American Accounting Association, Lexington, Kentucky
Attended more than ten hours of professional and educational sessions related to accounting, thus updating or increasing my knowledge in the areas of financial accounting and reporting, management accounting, forensic accounting, and accounting history
Fraud Seminar, Certified Fraud Examiners, Mobile, Alabama
Topics included health insurance fraud, handwriting analysis, public safety issues, and business ethics (8 hours of CPE credit)
Institute of Management Accountants session: "Improving Your Learning Skills," by Dr. Paul Petri
SHC workshop: "Using ERes Effectively and Legally"
SHC session on identity theft presented by local FBI agent
SHC Faculty Friday: "Hope and opportunity for low-income public housing residents or fantasy," Larry Hall
SHC Faculty Friday: "Uncertainty in mathematics: What my teachers never told me about Godel's incompleteness theorem," Charles Cheney
SHC Faculty Friday: "The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation," George Gilmore and Michael Johnson
Member:
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
American Accounting Association (AAA)
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (associate member)
Provided a major textbook publisher with feedback on an outline for a proposed briefer cost accounting text
Remained current in field by reading four academic journals and weekly online updates received from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants
Revised ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I, ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting, ACC 331 Management Cost Analysis, and BUS 503 Accounting Foundation: new textbook editions, new syllabi, new assignments
Increased use of active learning techniques, particularly in ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I and ACC 331 Management Cost Analysis
Incorporated ethical issues in all courses where appropriate
Continued to use ERes to post information such as syllabi, assignments, and notifications in all courses
Nancy Gautier
Attended:
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee
Presented paper: "Alternative Learning Methods to the Traditional Lecture Approach in the Computer and Information Sciences Disciplines"
ACBSP (Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs) Region III Fall Conference, "Quest for Excellence," Gulf Shores, Alabama
Attended Thomson Learning's "Academic Software" session which provided information on online instruction materials that I shared with coworkers
Attended "Benchmarking and Assessment: Tools for Strong Program Evaluation" session
SHC Faculty Friday: "Formative Evaluations: News from the Western Front," by Dr. Shawn Allin
SHC Faculty Friday: "Innovations in Pedagogy: Keys to Effective Assessments," by Dr. Leona Rowan and Dr. Ann Adams
Member:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
Stay current with research and latest innovations in technology by subscribing to and reading:
Technology Review: shared relevant information from this journal with students in CIS 484 Systems Analysis and Design
Computer, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society's journal
Revised CIS 115 Applications in Computer Information Systems: Updated hardware concepts material to reflect current hardware components, capacities, speeds, etc.; adapted software material to the current text; learned Microsoft FrontPage
Updated CIS 223 Problem Solving I - Programs and Algorithms Laboratory to be taught in a wireless lab; also had to adjust to teaching a one-hour-credit course that met for three hours
Updated CIS 381 Information Systems (had not taught this course since Fall 2000): Used collaborative learning techniques including group discussions; provided real-life scenarios as examples of applications of information systems; incorporated video clips corresponding to each chapter
Used ERes in all classes
Andre Honoree
No report submitted
Lectures/workshops/presentations given:
Interviewed by Mobile Register reporter Adam Weber for article on the impact of the summer 2003 tax rebates on economic recovery
Spoke to Azalea City Kiwanis Club about Spring Hill College, its Division of Business, and its business programs
Represented Spring Hill College at Career Day at Fairhope High School
Attended:
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) national convention, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Breakfast meeting, Board of the Principals' Academy
SHC faculty development workshop: "Library Literacy"
SHC faculty development workshop: "Talking about Teaching"
SHC workshop on use of multi-media equipment in Quinlan Hall
SHC Faculty Friday presentations
Member:
Industrial Relations Research Association
Society of Human Resource Management
Staff-Parish Relations Committee, Christ United Methodist Church
Selected as Chairman of the Board of the Principals' Academy: this group, supported by the Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust, provides training and leadership opportunities for principals and vice principals in the Mobile area and surrounding counties
Completed revision of the SHC-prepared exit examination that is given to undergraduate students who fail to achieve the 25th percentile on the ETS (Educational Testing Service ) national examination: added new sections on computer information systems and international business, checked and updated all existing sections
Extensive revision of MGT 301 Management Principles (had not taught course in five years): emphasized issues of "justice and the common good"; used oral presentations and team case analysis
Significant revision of MGT 351 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management: Used new text and new simulation called CAPSIM (Capstone Foundation Business Simulation); new simulation required extensive work preparing for its use, teaching students the procedures, and administering the simulation; emphasized issues of "justice and the common good"
Revision of BUS 599 Business Strategy and Policy: Utilized new cases; incorporated a significant amount of information concerning "justice and the common good"
Used ERes in all classes: posted student information, PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, study and review questions, and other information
Worked with Dr. Carol Harrison and Dr. Ralph Sandler on the development of a concept for a new Master of Science degree in Health Care Leadership
Prepared the annual report to the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), the accrediting body for SHC's business programs
Works in progress:
Working with colleagues (Bill Holley and Roger Wolters) at Auburn University on some supporting materials (PowerPoint slides, test bank, negotiation simulation, etc.) for their textbook, The Labor Relations Process (still in very early stages of development)
Based on contacts made with Educational Testing Service (ETS) personnel at the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) national convention last summer, I am hoping to develop some research proving or disproving that students from "teaching" institutions score higher than students from "research" universities
Awarded:
tenure and promotion to associate professor
named Teacher of the Year
Published:
"A Human Capital Approach to American Indian Earnings: The Effect of Place of Residence and Migration," Social Science Journal, 41 (2004) 209-224
Attended:
Southern Economic Association annual conference, San Antonio, Texas
Attended five sessions
Member:
Southern Economic Association
Updated ECO 101 Principles of Macroeconomics and ECO 102 Principles of Microeconomics: Developed new notes from the text, added "current topics" paper that required students to track an economic topic as it appeared in various forms of print media, assigned book entitled The Economics of Public issues and required students to evaluate readings from this book on topics like the economics of illegal drugs, the slave trade in the Sudan, property rights and forests, and free trade and protectionism
Modified FIN 401 Advanced Financial Analysis to better prepare students for the BUS 499 Business Strategy and Policy simulation
Works in progress:
Paper on American Indians for submission to refereed journal
Glenda Partridge
Attended:
Accounting and Auditing Update: FASB and SAS Review
2004 Tax Update
Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs annual meeting
Member:
Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs: Scholarship competition contact person for Spring Hill College, University of South Alabama and University of Mobile
Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Accounting Association
Delta Mu Delta Business Honorary Society
Completed five courses in the Doctor of Business Administration program at Anderson University
State of Alabama "Accounting Day" contact for Spring Hill College: Organized accounting interviews at the University of Montevallo for five SHC students and helped them prepare for the interviews
Incorporated consideration of ethical issues into most classes
Ralph Sandler
Publications:
Paper, "Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management," coauthored with Dr. Andy Sharp and presented at the Financial Education Association Conference will be included in the conference's on-line proceeding
Awarded:
Teagle Summer Curriculum Development Grant to attend a faculty seminar on international finance at the University of South Carolina
Scholarship from the University of South Carolina that reduced the cost of the seminar
Attended:
Financial Education Association Conference, Mystic, Connecticut
Presented paper coauthored with Dr. Andy Sharp: "Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management"
Faculty seminar on international finance, University of South Carolina
SHC workshops
Member:
National Association of Forensic Economics
Reviewed:
Article submitted to the Journal of Financial Education on a finance project for a capital markets course (with Dr. Cort Schlichting)
Several chapters of a book on business valuation and damage estimation, Business Economics, Using Matlab
Improved BUS 560 Management of Financial Resources: gave students the opportunity to reflect on some of the ethical and corporate cultural issues within the financial services industry after reading Liar's Poker and watching the film Boiler Room, expanded several projects, and added coverage of a financial forecasting chapter
Added new material to BUS 550 Managerial Economics and FIN 435 International Finance
Wrote proposal to significantly change the international business concentration and also proposed a new minor in finance
Chaired a committee to review and strengthen BUS 210 Business Communication; revised class to include more oral communications, practice job interviews, and ethical and corporate cultural issues
Worked with Dr. Carol Harrison and Dr. Stu Langdon to evaluate the feasibility of offering a graduate degree in health leadership; although a graduate program in health leadership has not yet been approved, a graduate certificate in Human Resource Management did result from the process
Volunteered for:
WHIL radio station fund-raising drive
Leukemia Society (Alabama Chapter) fund-raising activities
Spring Hill Avenue Temple's Christmas morning "pinch hitter" program and "Feed the Needy Dinner"
Works in progress:
Revising "Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management" to submit for publication
Revising ECO 101 Principles of Macroeconomics: adding new textbook and restructuring course
Publications:
Paper, "Certification Training and the Academy," (coauthored with a professor at Southeastern Louisiana University) has been submitted to:
Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges -- currently under review
Rocky Mountain Region Conference of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges for presentation and publication
Attended:
Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Regional Conference
Council of Independent Colleges Workshop for Division Chairs
Reviewed:
Several conference papers for the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Member:
Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
Consulting work:
TEC Engineering: Continued development of database to track company activities
Hagan Fence: maintenance work and trouble shooting
Mobile Memorial Gardens: primarily database work
JBL Properties: conversion of old database applications to ACCESS
Awarded the 2004 Mitchell Research Grant
Publications:
"Investigating the Impact of Property Taxation on the Architecture of Antebellum Homes in Natchez, Vicksburg, and Mobile," Gulf South Historical Review, Fall 2003 (refereed)
"Views from the Top of the Hill: East and West," Spring Hill Alumni Magazine, Summer/Fall 2003 (edited)
"Short-Term Rentals: Tax Loopholes for Homeowners," National Public Accountant, July 2003 (refereed)
"Tax Accounting for Illegal Activities," National Public Accountant, December 2003 /January 2004 (refereed)
"Lessons from Enron," Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, September 2003 (refereed)
"Living Large: Fuel Guzzler Tax Deductions," Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, June 2003 (refereed)
Lectures/presentations given:
Accepted for presentation: "An Econometric Analysis of the 1862 Mobile and Ohio Railroad Payroll Records," World Congress of Accounting Historians meeting, Oxford, Mississippi, August 2004 (double-blind reviewed)
SHC Faculty to Faculty presentation: "Investigating the Impact of Property Taxation on the Architecture of Antebellum Homes in Natchez, Vicksburg, and Mobile"
Attended:
Southwest American Accounting Association regional meeting, Austin, Texas
Presenter: "Accounting for Personal Property on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad" (double blind reviewed)
Southeast American Accounting Association regional meeting, Lexington, Kentucky
Co-author: "Accounting for Personal Property on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad" (double blind reviewed)
Financial Education Association Conference, Mystic, Connecticut
Co-author: "Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management"
American Accounting Association Ohio Regional Meeting, Akron, Ohio
Co-author: "An Analysis of the 1862 Mobile and Ohio Railroad and other Antebellum Payroll Records" (double-blind reviewed)
Accounting and Auditing Update: FASB and SAS Review, Alabama Society of CPAs
2003 Tax Seminar, Alabama Society of CPAs
SHC "Talking about Teaching" Roundtables
SHC ERes workshop
Member:
American Accounting Association
Institute of Management Accountants
American Institute of CPAs
Alabama Society of CPAs
Academy of Accounting Historians
Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs
North Carolina Association of CPAs
Friends of SHC Library
Reviewer for Regulation in Accounting Research
Incorporated findings from research efforts, conferences, and seminars into classes to enrich classes and to unite scholarship and teaching with students in mind
Incorporated having students read and discuss current journal articles, write and present papers, prepare research cases, work on group projects, and prepare comprehensive tax returns into classes
Arranged for SHC reference librarian Richard Weaver to present in-class research sessions on tax research and international accounting research
Arranged for guest speakers in classes:
Tom Hendrich from Raymond James Financial on tax planning
Trey Mayhall from Crow, Shields, & Bailey on ProSystems computerized tax return preparation
Used ERes in all classes
Served as faculty representative on Grounds and Building Committee, SHC Board of Trustees
Judge for Lebanese-American Club scholarship competition
Volunteer for Mobile Botanical Gardens at various events
Served as St. Ignatius Church usher and lector
Works in progress:
Working with Gary Previts of Case Western Reserve University, Dale Flesher of the University of Mississippi, and Bill Samson of the University of Alabama on accounting history archival research regarding the railroads of the Civil War period
Several other works and submitted papers