Faculty Activities & Achievements

Professor Jorge Arevalo and Maria Rothenberg, Technical Services Librarian, presented a paper on how the top 100 business schools worldwide are addressing the financial and economic crisis in their curricula at The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) Conference in Barcelona, Spain on September 23, 2009.

Professor Ron Heimler presented a paper titled College Graduate, Faculty and Human Resources Manager Attitudes on the Importance of Skills Acquired in College and Needed for Job Performance and Career Advancement Potential in the Retail Sector at the Hawaii International Conference on Education in January 2010.

As brand director for Eleven, tennis champ Venus Williams’s fashion line, Professor Jasmine Bellamy coordinates all activities to bring Williams's vision to life, including directing design, graphic design, technical design, and production. The company created an eco-friendly t-shirt that was sold as part of this year’s official U.S. Open merchandise and a portion of the profits from the sale of the shirt went to the non-profit Unisphere Inc. organization, which maintains and preserves Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Professor Bellamy also served as brand director for the dresses Williams wore on court at the 2009 U.S. Open.