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August 2022 Dear colleagues, Welcome back! I hope you had a nice summer. I am looking forward to an exciting academic year ahead. Though COVID threw us curve balls, I am proud to say that our team adapted well and furthered our vision to be one of the most relevant, responsible, and respected business schools in the world. My gratitude extends to every member of the John Molson community for their valuable contributions. |
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SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ACADEMIC CALENDARNote that there will be exceptional days in October where no classes will be held:
Thank you for adjusting your course outlines accordingly. |
AACSB RE-ACCREDITATIONOver the summer, the John Molson School of Business has successfully earned another five-year accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The peer review team was very impressed by the deployment of our strategic plan, the major curriculum revisions that we have realized and by the quality and quantity of our research outcomes. I would like to thank the team of staff and faculty who worked on the detailed continuous improvement report to AACSB, and to each of you who contributed in your own way through your work, teaching and research to this renewal. Learn more about what made John Molson stand out. |
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| On August 25, faculty and staff celebrated the accomplishments of our 2019-20 and 2020-21 graduates. |
CELEBRATING 2019-20 and 2020-21 GRADUATESOn August 25, we finally got our chance to celebrate the accomplishments of our 2020 and 2021 graduates at an exceptional convocation ceremony held at Place des Arts in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. I appreciate the time and effort given by everyone in the planning and execution of this notable event, and for giving our graduates the send-off they earned. The students as well as their family and friends were ecstatic and both ceremonies were joyous events. Save the date! Ceremonies for our fall 2022 graduates are planned for October 24 at 8 p.m. It’s always a pleasure to see so many of you participating in these events, and the students appreciate the presence of their favourite faculty and staff members. |
THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BBQ IS BACK!I am so pleased to finally be able to host our traditional Back-to-School BBQ in celebration of the start of a new school year. The event is on Wednesday, September 14 at 12 until 2 p.m. at the Grey Nuns Garden (1200 Guy St.). Please RSVP by September 7 to jmsb.communications@concordia.ca. |
LET’S SHUFFLE!On Friday, September 23, join the JMSB Shufflers Team for the first in-person Shuffle since 2019! This year, our team will raise money for an award in memory of our dear colleague, Fassil Nebebe, professor of statistics in SCBTM who passed away on August 23. |
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NEW FACULTY MEMBERSThe arrival of a new faculty member is always an important milestone for the individual in particular but also for their department members and the school. We are so pleased to welcome the following new faculty members who start at John Molson this fall: Tenure-track:
Extended-term appointment:
Limited-term appointments:
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSJoining the Associate Dean Jooseop Lim, Undergraduate Programs is Meral Büyükkurt as Administrator, Academic Code of Conduct. She is also an accomplished professor in the department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management. Denis Schweizer is the incoming Director of the Desjardins Centre for Innovation in Business Finance. My thanks go out to Rucsandra Moldovan for her leadership and great work as Centre director. NEW STAFF MEMBERSPlease welcome Rebekah Thompson who joined John Molson as an Advisor, Research Development within Kathleen Boies’ team last March. She comes to us from Mitacs, replacing Arlene Segal, who retired this year. I’d like to thank Arlene for her tireless work in broadening the footprint of John Molson research and wish her wonderful retirement. My congratulations go to Cavan Riordan for accepting the role of Graduate Student Recruitment Officer at John Molson, replacing Beth McKenna who was on leave. He moves into this position after serving as Beth's interim replacement and John Molson's Undergraduate Student Recruitment Officer. The Undergraduate Program Office recently welcomed Manal Tarhini (Academic Advisor) and Valerie Martin (Student Exchange Coordinator). Kiyanna Faustin is the new Administrative Assistant, JMSB Co-op Programs. Salvatore Colavita who has been an Advisor in the Undergraduate Program Office for more than four years is now an Advisor for the CPA Program, replacing Patrice Ah-Kam who retired in July 2022. Pota Menegakis is the new Department Assistant, Management as of August 22, 2022. She replaces Catherine Sarrazin who moved to the position of Department Assistant, Accountancy in May 2022. As of August 29, we are welcoming back Jacklin Lu who is joining our Graduate Admissions Office in the position of Graduate Admissions Advisor, replacing Elena Marsillo will be retiring on August 31 after 35 years of dedicated service at Concordia University. Thank you, Elena for everything you have done; your rigor in processing students files was noteworthy, among many other things that you have done for us over the years. Cara Stuckey will also start as Advisor, Faculty Relations. This new position will report to Lynn Kinelski, Manager, Faculty Relations, who looks forward to welcoming this much needed role to the team. To all our new faculty and staff members, I wish you every success in your new role. DEPARTURESAfter more than 13 years, Joseph (Joe) Capano will leave his role as principal director of development at our school to join University Advancement as principal director, Corporate Relations and Special Initiatives on September 1. Joe was critical in the implementation of several research centers, the most recent ones being the Jonathan Wener Center for Real Estate, the L. Jacques Ménard–BMO Centre for Capital Markets, and the Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership. Thank you for all of your efforts, Joe! With a very heavy heart we saw Keum-Yeo Brochet (Manager, Recruitment and Marketing) and Katie Malazdrewicz (Communications Advisor) leave their positions for other opportunities in the corporate world. Each of them impacted the life and reputation of our school in an admirable way. I am grateful for their wholesome contributions in their roles at John Molson and wish them success in their new chapters. Lastly, Mai-Gee Hum, who has served John Molson as Director, Career Management Services will be leaving her role to also pursue a new challenge in the corporate world. Her tenure at John Molson, and steadfast leadership, made a mark on the experience of our students and industry partners. My sincere thanks go to Louise Côté who has accepted to be interim director at CMS following Mai’s departure as of September 16. There has been a lot a movement on the human resources side over the last few months. I want to thank everyone involved in each hiring and exiting process, which is so important for the future and culture of our school. Special thanks go to Javier Lee for the hiring of staff and Lynn Kinelski for faculty. |
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CLOSING REMARKSThis was an unusually lengthy newsletter but so many great things have happened over the summer. I hope I haven’t missed anyone or major events. If so, please let me know and we’ll add it to the next newsletter. I wish you all an excellent return to class and on campus. Our students are excited to be back in person and so are we. I am looking forward to seeing you around. Warmest regards, Anne-Marie Croteau, PhD, CDir |
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