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SU filed its fourth quarter lobbying report for the 2014 calendar year. The university spent $60,000 in lobbying that quarter, down from the third quarter in 2014. Page 3
Check out Pulp’s picks of the four hills on and around the Syracuse University campus that are perfect for sledding during the snowy winter. Page 9
S • On his wings
Michael Gbinije led Syracuse over Boston College with 17 points. Four others scored in double figures as the Orange clung to a large second-half lead down the stretch. Page 16
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The Martin J. Whitman School of Management recently completed a review of its curriculum for the first time in 10 years, and the proposed curriculum must now be approved by a campus review board. The entire review process took about one year. chase gaewski staff photographer
Whitman reviews curriculum for first time in 10 years, plans changes By Brett Samuels news editor
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he last time Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management completed a total curriculum review, it was preparing to open a new, state-of-the-art building on the corner of Marshall Street and University Avenue. Now, 10 years later, the school has a plan in place to make several “high level changes” to its curriculum that will affect which classes business students take and when they take them. The review involved making changes that many faculty members saw as necessary and beneficial for the school’s reputation. “Business certainly isn’t the same as it was 10 years ago, so in my view you have to keep updating
and continually improving,” said Susan Smith, a marketing professor in Whitman. “I don’t know many companies doing the same thing 10 years ago as they are now.” The main changes include making the curriculum more structured, which will open up the opportunity to take a minor or a foreign language, and increasing the number of specialized classes needed to get a degree in a certain major from four to five. The changes are now awaiting approval from a campus review board after taking only a year to be reviewed and voted on within Whitman. The changes were set in motion when Ken Kavajecz arrived on campus as the new Whitman dean in the fall of 2013. “Whenever you take a new position, you want to take a look at everything,” Kavajecz said. “When
I got here, I realized the curriculum had not been reviewed or changed in 10 years and I thought it needed to be reviewed at a minimum.”
Business certainly isn’t the same as it was 10 years ago, so in my view you have to keep updating and continually improving. Susan Smith marketing professor
The review of the curriculum began shortly after Kavajecz arrived, and Whitman faculty voted to approve the changes in
the spring of 2014, he said. The changes were moved to the campus review board in November, and the school is awaiting approval so the new curriculum can be implemented starting with the next freshman class. For the most part, faculty members were overwhelmingly supportive of the changes, said Alexander McKelvie, chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises. There were town hall type forums and formal committees that worked on the changes, he said. In order to get any of the changes passed, the school’s undergraduate board, which consists of representatives from every department, must approve the changes. One of the best things about the new proposed curriculum is the structure it provides students, McKelvie said. see whitman page 6
College continues relocation By Rachel Sandler staff writer
Once scattered all around the Syracuse University campus, the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is in the process of moving to one centralized location. The school is relocating into White and MacNaughton Halls, the former College of Law. The College of Law is now in Dineen Hall, which opened this fall. Falk Dean Diane Lyden Murphy sent a memo to Falk students in December outlining the changes and what they should expect as a result of the move. The first phase of the move, which has been in the works for several months, was completed just before classes started this semester. As
MOVING FORWARD Offices that have already moved to the Falk Complex:
• Office of the Dean • Admissions • Advancement • Falk IT • Departments of Child and Family Studies and Public Health • School of Social Work of Jan. 12, the Offices of the Dean, Admissions, Advancement, Falk IT, Departments of Child and Family Studies, Public Health and the School of Social Work are in the new Falk Complex, said Michele Barrett, director of communications for Falk. Since the move is still ongoing and in between phases, not everything is in one location and the centralized location is still incomplete. The Nutrition Science and Dietetics program is also temporarily relocated to Sims Hall. It will be moved into the new Falk Complex during the summer and fall of this year. The Office of Student Services is scheduled to move into the Falk see falk page 8