INTERNATIONALIZATION EFFORTS

Collaboration With University Of Mitrovica

Conference Presentations And Professional Service

Profs. Kathleen Barnes, Zlatinka Blaber, Fernando Colina, Hongtao Guo, Anne-Marie Hakstian, Xu Hartling, Jean-Paul James, John McArdle, Ken Mullane, Youqin Pan, Chaerin Yun and Guorong Zhu attended various national and/or international conferences.

Profs. Norbert Tschakert, Kathleen Barnes, Anne-Marie Hakstian, Mindy Jeon, Leah Ritchie, Linda Coleman, Youqin Pan, and Zaiyong Tang continued to serve on the editorial boards of various journals.

In May 2023 Professor John McArdle returned to the University of Mitrovica in Kosovo to follow up on his Fall semester Fulbright grant. In addition to guest lecturing on a variety of topics and presenting his research that he collaborated with Prof. Norbert Tschakert on, he also held an information session for students interested in pursuing graduate study at Salem State. This partnership is expected to result in increased enrollment in our graduate programs and more scholarly collaboration among faculty of the two institutions.

Jeon, M. (2023). CSR and employee attachment in tourism firms: Perceived ethical leadership, responsible management, and the mediating role of community engagement. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, 22(1)

Jeon, M., Colina, F., Coleman, L. J. (2023). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Risk Perception and Behaviors of Small Life-Cycle Event Attendees. Event Management (formerly Festival Management & Event Tourism).

Mullane, K. (2023). Organizational Behavior: Groupthink. SAGE Business Foundations. SAGE Publications, Inc.

COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL)

Faculty members from all three departments including Prof. Zlatinka Blaber, Prof. Cissy Hartling, Prof. Mindy Jeon, Prof. John McArdle and Prof. Guorong Zhu have exposed, or plan to expose their students virtually to international students via Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Last year, these students worked collaboratively on projects with students at various universities around the world including Kansai University, Japan; University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Saga University, Japan; Poltava State Agrarian University, Ukraine; Panyapiwat Institute of Management, Thailand. Prof. Blaber will continue to serve as the COIL coordinator for our school till December 2023, and more participation by faculty is expected in Fall 2023.

1-2-1 PROGRAM WITH NANFANG UNIVERSITY

We signed an agreement for an international cohort program in accounting as part of the AASCU-CCIEE cooperation in Higher Education and Professional Development. Under this program, a cohort of students from Nanfang University will come in Fall 2023 to pursue a degree in Business with a concentration in Accounting at the Bertolon School of Business.

Mou With University Of Johannesburg

Dean Luther invited and we hosted Prof. Tankiso Moloi, a visiting scholar from University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Prof. Moloi serves as the Academic Director at the Johannesburg Business School and is a Full Professor in Finance and Research Chair in 4IR. Prof. Moloi interacted with students and faculty during his time here and we explored various collaboration opportunities. As a result, we have signed a MoU with the University of Johannesburg for an exchange of academic employees, student exchange and joint research programs.

Internships

More than 60 students completed internships during Summer 2022, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 at various organizations in the region and beyond including Accurate Logistics, Big Sister, Boston Marriott, Finer Wealth Management, Groom Construction, Kernwood Country Club, Leap for Education, MIT Lincoln Lab, North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Santander Bank, Teradyne, Triumvirate Environmental, UBS and Walt Disney.

Community Engagement

Salem State University was selected as Big Sister Boston’s inaugural recipient of the Mia Roberts Community Partner of the Year Award. Mia, VP of Community Partnerships, retired from Big Sister Boston in March 2023 after 21years of service to Greater Boston’s girls!

In conveying the award, Annissa Essaibi George, Big Sister CEO and president said, “Salem State has been a steadfast partner of Big Sister Boston since 2016. Over the last seven years, the University, the business school, and its students have worked to support and enhance our outreach efforts across the communities we serve through both class projects and student internships.”

Vita

The VITA Program completed its mission successfully in Tax Year 2023. A total of 240 tax returns were completed, serving over 120 taxpayers. 40 international students were assisted with filing form 8843. During the 2023 tax season, there were two sites located at the Harrington Campus in CC-115 and at 71 Loring Ave, Salem MA. There was a total of 15 volunteers which included five from the North Shore Community Development Coalition and two local residents.

Student Awards

The twenty-ninth annual Awards Night ceremony took place on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Dean Luther stated “This event provides us an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of our hardworking, caring, engaged and dedicated students and faculty.

Our students persevere, manage their course load, and serve in their communities while tackling their financial and personal responsibilities, and our faculty are ready and willing to meet needs of the moment, support students, and each other while continuing their own professional development and scholarly activities. All those being honored tonight represent the best of our BSB family. They have shown incredible engagement, endurance, and commitment to achieving great things, and their drive and passion inspire all of us to be our best.

On behalf of Salem State University and Bertolon School of Business family, I convey my sincerest congratulations to all being honored tonight!”

The following awards were presented:

Dean’s Award

Alexander Tilkens MBA

Neal Hansen MSA

Victor DeLeon Accounting & Finance Department

Rich Esteban Management Department

Jeremy Jacobs Marketing & Decision Sciences Department

David F. Barry Book Award

Abigail Foglietta Human Resource Management

Departmental Book Awards

Accounting and Finance

Nhi Tran Accounting

Hue Le Corporate Finance & Accounting

Kyle Waldusky Finance Management

Seraphin Mafouana Hospitality Management

Abigail Foglietta Human Resource Management

Rich Esteban International Business

Ambra Doku Management

Elise Firth-Gonzalez Entrepreneurship

Marketing and Decision Sciences

McKayla Wenger Analytics and Management Science

Hannah Jensen Marketing

Michael Pizzi Information and Management Science

Joseph T. Flibbert Award

Graduate business student Chloe Brown’s paper was awarded second prize in the 2023 Joseph T. Flibbert Graduate Student Paper Award contest.

Beta Gamma Sigma

Induction

The Second Annual Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Induction Ceremony took place on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in the Recital Hall. BGS is the international business honor society for AACSB-accredited schools, so only students from 5% of the world’s business schools get an opportunity to be inducted into BGS. The society’s goals are to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, to cultivate and celebrate leadership and professional excellence, and to advance the values of the society (i.e., honor, wisdom, and earnestness).

As part of the BSB Awards Night, over 100 attendees comprised of 17 BGS inductees along with their family and friends, President Keenan, Provost Silva, BSB Dean Luther, and BSB faculty (including BGS Faculty Advisors Doug Chene and Ken Mullane), enjoyed a wonderful evening recognizing the hard work and accomplishments of Bertolon’s brightest students. Congratulations to our newest BGS inductees!

Spring 2023 Speaker Series

Brian Kelly, President of Kelly Automotive Group presented for Bertolon School of Business Spring Speaker Series. Joining him on the panel was Brian Heney, Chief Executive Officer of Kelly Automotive Group and Lisa Avola, General Manager of Kelly Infiniti. Kelly shared the success and challenges of growing his business, provided insights on the evolving automotive industry, and offered advice to students preparing to launch business careers. Over 80 students were in attendance.