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Hershel Alpert joins Charlton College of Business

Former President/CEO of Alperts Furniture in Seekonk has been appointed the Charlton Executive-in-Residence for this academic year.
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Charlton Faculty Write Op Ed Pieces for New Bedford Standard Times

Starting on February 14, 2007, the New Bedford Standard Times began running a weekly series of opinion pieces, written by Charlton faculty, under the banner of “Business View”.
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MBA Program on Cape Cod

Effective College Fall 2007, the Charlton College of Business MBA will be offered at Cape Cod Community College in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Classes at the Cape Cod campus will begin on October 29, 2007. For more information, please contact Nancy Flinn Ludwin, MBA Program Coordinator Charlton College of Business Room: 102 Phone: 508-999-8543.

2007/2008 CTE Teaching Partners Grants

Four CCB faculty have been chosen to participate in the 2007/2008 CTE Teaching Partners Program. Jia Wu and Adam Sulkowski will be working together on cross-course innovations, as will Evelyn Thrasher and Kellyann Kowalski.

2007 CTE Innovation in Teaching Grant

Dr. Shouhong Wang has received an Innovation in Teaching Grant ($3000) from the University Center for Teaching Excellence. His research topic for this grant is "Ontology of Learning Objects Repository for Educational Knowledge Sharing." The research project will apply semantic Web techniques to develop an ontology of learning objects repository. It will contribute to pedagogical development for the UMassD community.

2007/2008 CCB Scholarship Winners

Three students have been awarded CCB scholarships for the 2007/2008 academic year:

Nicholas J. Prizio, William C. Wild Scholarship.
Fouad A. Jeryes, Chung Gong Wong Scholarship.
Andrew Ventura, Roger Deveau Award