Fairfield University Dolan School of Business
The Charles F. Dolan School of Business is a graduate and undergraduate business school and one of the professional schools of Fairfield University located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school offers fully accredited graduate and undergraduate programs, according to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and is ranked among "Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Business" according to the Fiske Guide to Colleges. The Accounting Program is ranked one of the top 15 accounting programs in the country according to Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools"[1]
The Dolan School of Business is known for its innovative teaching methods, its aggressive placement of students into internship programs in New York City and surrounding Fairfield County, Connecticut, and its high faculty to student ratio. The school is named after Charles F. Dolan H'04, founder of HBO, Chairman of Cablevision and Fairfield University trustee, in recognition of his landmark $25 million donation in 2000.[2] The Dolan School of Business is committed to the Jesuit tradition of educating the "whole" person to be a socially responsible professional, who is prepared to serve others.[3]
History
- 1947: The Department of Business Administration established within the College of Arts and Science.
- 1978: The School of Business established as separate and distinct school from the College of Arts and Sciences.
- 1981: The School of Business introduced the Master of Science in Financial Management Program. This Program is now known as the Master of Science in Finance Program (MSF).
- 1984: The Certificate for Advanced Study in Finance was introduced.
- 1994: The School of Business introduced the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program which now has concentrations in Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems & Operations Management, International Business, Marketing, and Taxation.[4]
- 1999: The School of Business introduced the Master of Business Administration in Public Accounting Program. This Program is designed to provide students with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with an opportunity to complete a Master of Business Administration degree within a 12- to 15-month period - as well as fulfill the 150-hour criterion to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination, as passed in the State of Connecticut as well as most other jurisdictions. Concentrations available to students in this program are Accounting and Taxation, Finance, and Information Systems & Operations Management.[4]
- 2000: The School was named the Charles F. Dolan School of Business in response to a very generous gift of $25 million from Charles F. Dolan, founder and chairman of Cablevision Systems Corporation and long-time friend and trustee of the University.[4]
- 2005: The Dolan School of Business introduced the Master of Science in Taxation Program (MST). This program is geared toward industry managers and executives, financial services and public accounting professionals, and others seeking a specialized education in taxation.[5]
- 2005: The Dolan School of Business initiated the Dolan Advisory Council led by John O'Neill '71 (Partner and America's Director of Private Equity at Ernst & Young) and consisting of seventeen top business executives charged with advising and assisting the Dean in the advancement of the Dolan School of Business.[6]
- 2006: The Dolan School of Business introduced a Master of Science in Accounting Program (MSA). This full-time one-year cohort program is designed to prepare individuals for a career in accounting. The MSA degree fulfills the 150-credit hour requirement in most states to take the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination.[7]
Academic programs
Undergraduate Programs
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Graduate programs
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Academic Distinctions
Academic achievement
- Alexander Dean '05, MSF'07 won the 2006 Global Forex Trading Competition.[8]
- A team of DSB students placed third in the national finals of the 2007 Chevrolet College Marketing Challenge.[9]
- A team of DSB students won the 2008 Global Forex Trading Competition.[10]
- Finance department ranked in top 20 percent of 923 institutions nationwide for amount of published research.[11]
McGowan Scholars
- Fifteen Dolan School of Business students selected McGowan Scholars in recognition of their academic achievement in the study of business.
Rankings and Ratings
- Distinguished among "Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Business" by The Fiske Guide to Colleges
- Ranked one of the top 15 accounting programs in the country by Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools"[1]
- Ranked among the "Best 237 Business Schools" by The Princeton Review[12]
Experiential Learning
BEST Classroom
The Business Education Simulation & Trading (BEST) classroom provides Dolan School of Business undergraduate and graduate business students the opportunity of working on a financial markets trading floor. The 2,300-square-foot (210 m2) high-tech BEST classroom provides students with the experience of dealing with real-world financial market trading situations ranging from case studies and contact with other companies to discussion of current economic and business events. The BEST classroom is equipped with a stock ticker and a data wall displaying real time quotes and 34 workstations loaded with financial software including: RITC (Rotman Interactive Trader) for market trading simulations; Bloomberg Professional with up to the minute business and economic news and data; Research Insight including Compustat and Global Vantage containing financial information on every publicly trading company in the world; and CRSP with stock returns for all U.S. companies.[13]
Business Plan Competition
The Business Plan Competition provides all Fairfield undergraduate students the opportunity to work in groups from across campus to develop and submit a proposal for a business venture, which are judged by an expert panel of entrepreneurs and business executives in the spring of each year. After submitting their proposals, each team of students is assigned a faculty advisor and an outside entrepreneur who advise and mentor the team through the process. The winners of the competition receive prize money totaling $12,000 which is divided among the winners.[14]
Fairfield Investment Group
The Fairfield Investment Group, a Fairfield University club, provides an experiential learning opportunity in the world of finance. The Group received a generous investment of $100,000 from an anonymous private investor in 2010. With about 40 students researching stocks and making investment decision, the group is an opportunity for them to strengthen trading and analysis skills, prepare for future jobs, and connect with students and alumni. The club is run by students—most from the Dolan School of Business—and has a management team that includes a chief executive officer, a position held by a senior finance major. The student club assigns members to research companies using Bloomberg terminals, which provide business and economic news and data. Students then work in teams deciding which stocks to invest in or divest from. They submit reports and recommendations to fellow student members serving as portfolio managers and executive leaders, who vote on whether they should buy, sell, or hold.[15]
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides Dolan School of Business undergraduate and graduate accounting students hands-on experience by working for the Bridgeport Campaign of the Internal Revenue Service's National Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Students typically assist clients in obtaining federal and state income tax benefits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC), tax benefits many working families don't claim.[16]
Center for Microfinance
The Center for Microfinance works to help develop self-sustaining business operations in developing countries. In keeping with the Jesuit mission of Fairfield University, Dr. Winston Tellis and Dr. Michael Tucker co-founded the Center in 2001 where they have helped develop self-sustaining businesses in poor rural areas of Haiti and Nicaragua. The Center was honored for its work for Haiti's poor by FONKOZE USA (F/USA) which supports Fonkoze (Fondasyon Kole Zepol), Haiti's only alternative bank for the poor. F/USA is one of only five non-profit organizations approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to solicit U.S. investments for foreign organizations.[17]
Universidad Centroamericana Partnership
CMAC is participating in a signed partnership between Fairfield University and the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), in Managua, Nicaragua. UCA sponsors the largest microfinance institution in Nicaragua, Fondo de Desarrollo Local (FDL). Through that organization Dolan School of Business students spent part of the 2005 winter break working at the FDL's León branch office.[18]
Charles F. Dolan Lecture Series
The Charles F. Dolan Lecture Series features highly accomplished, visionary and internationally recognized business leaders. Former guest speakers include:
People
Endowed Faculty
- Dr. Arjun Chaudhuri (Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., Professor of Marketing)[28]
- Dr. Lucy Katz, J.D. (Robert C. Wright Professor of Business Law, Ethics, and Dispute Resolution)[29][30]
- Dr. Gregory Koutmos (Gerald M. Levin Professor of Finance)[31]
- Dr. Winston Tellis (Stephen and Camille Schramm Professor of Business)[29]
Notable Dolan Alumni
The Dolan School of Business boasts a long list of notable business alumni in current and former executive leadership positions.
Dolan graduates with an Accounting degree include:
Dolan graduates with a Finance degree include:
- David H. Chafey, Jr. — former president of Popular, Inc. named to Caribbean Business Hall of Fame
- Robert Cascella — president & CEO, Hologic[38]
- Joseph DiMenna — co-founder & head portfolio manager of Zweig-DiMenna Associates named a 2008 Top Moneymaker by Alpha
- John Flannery — president & CEO of GE India and former president & CEO of GE Capital, Asia and GE Commercial Finance[39]
- Shawn Matthews — CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald[40]
- Robert W. MacDonald — Managing Partner, Craton Equity Partners; former President, William E. Simon & Sons Private Equity[41]
- John Mullin '82 — Venture Partner, Greenhill SAVP; former President, Datek Online, acquired by TD Ameritrade[42]
- Christopher Quick — former CEO of Banc of America Specialist; Vice Chairman, Global Wealth & Investment Management at Bank of America[43]
- Thomas Quick — former president & CEO of Quick & Reilly/Fleet Securities, the leading national stock brokerage firm from 1985 to 1996[44]
- Larry Rafferty — founder & CEO of Rafferty Capital Markets
Dolan graduates with an International business degree include:
- Jorge Figueredo — executive vice president of McKesson Corporation and former president of Liz Claiborne International named a 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business.
Dolan graduates with a Marketing degree include:
Dolan graduates with a Management degree include:
- See also: Fairfield University Dolan School of Business alumni
Father John Conlisk Irish Scholarship
The Father John Conlisk Irish Scholarship, instituted in 1990, awards free tuition, room and board, and medical insurance every year to a Dolan School of Business MBA or MS in Finance candidate from the Republic of Ireland. The scholarship is dedicated to perpetuating the Irish culture and strengthening educational and cultural relationships. Kevin Conlisk '66, one of the principal owners of the Alinabal Co. of Milford, Connecticut, is part of a group that instituted the scholarship named for Conlisk's late brother, a 1954 Fairfield Prep graduate who served the Diocese of Bridgeport.
Honor Societies
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Membership is the highest national recognition a student in business can receive at a school accredited by AACSB. The mission of ΒΓΣ is to encourage and honor academic achievement and personal excellence in the study and practice of business. Invitations to join Fairfield University's chapter are extended to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduating master's students, and faculty on the basis of academic excellence and integrity.
Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Alpha Psi or BAΨ is an honorary organization for accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. The National Honorary and Professional Fraternity for Financial Information Professionals, is an honorary and professional fraternity with chapters at eligible universities accredited by AACSB-International. The fraternity recognizes academic excellence as well as active participation in professional activities. In addition, Beta Alpha Psi fosters lifelong learning, service, and ethical conduct. The national fraternity was founded in 1919. Fairfield's chapter, Iota Psi, was chartered on April 9, 2000. Invitations to join Iota Psi are extended to undergraduate and graduate accounting majors and minors.
Affiliations
JesuitMBA School
The Dolan School of Business is a JesuitMBA member school. Formed in 1996, JesuitMBA is a consortium of 28 Jesuit and Jesuit-friendly schools promoting the many benefits of a Jesuit business education. As a JesuitMBA school students are offered the collective resources of these schools including opportunities for portability of credits, international travel options, Beijing study exchange, powerful alumni connections, career support, and curricula steeped in business ethics and social responsibility.[51]
National School of Banking
Fairfield University is home to the America's Community Bankers National School of Banking ("NSB"). Founded in 1960, NSB is a graduate level program designed to provide an in-depth study of today’s community banking industry and to prepare department or division managers for senior management positions.[52] Dr. Philip J. Lane, Associate Professor of Economics at Fairfield University, is the NSB Academic Director.
References
- ^ a b Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools"
- ^ [1], "Fairfield University's business school a valuable resource," Fairfield County Business Journal, January 2003.
- ^ Charles F. Dolan School of Business Mission Statement
- ^ a b c d [2], About the Dolan School of Business
- ^ http://www.fairfield.edu/x8596.html
- ^ Fairfield University :: Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan School of Business launches Dolan Advisory Council with top business leaders
- ^ Fairfield University :: Fairfield University's Dolan School of Business to offer new Master of Science degree in Accounting
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School student takes top honors in global currency trading competition
- ^ Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business students place third in national competition to market Chevy’s fuel-efficient cars to Generation Y
- ^ Fairfield University business students decisively win global currency trading competition involving 16 schools from three nations
- ^ Fairfield University :: Fairfield University Finance department ranks in top 20 percent of 923 institutions nationwide for amount of published research
- ^ http://www.fairfield.edu/x18802.html
- ^ Fairfield University Dolan School of Business: BEST classroom
- ^ Fairfield Business Plan Competition, accessed November 4, 2011.
- ^ With $100,000 in real money from a private investor, the Fairfield Investment Group is helping Fairfield University students learn about finance firsthand
- ^ Fairfield University Dolan School of Business students help community
- ^ http://www.fairfield.edu/x6860.html
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: Center for Microfinance Advice and Consulting (CMAC)
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: Jack Welch
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: Alan C. Greenberg
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: Karen Katen, Pfizer
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: Anne Mulcahy, Xerox
- ^ Fairfield University :: Dolan School of Business :: Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric
- ^ Renowned equity money manager Peter Lynch to deliver Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan Lecture
- ^ Abby Joseph Cohen, one of Wall Street’s most influential investment strategists, to deliver the annual Charles F. Dolan Lecture at Fairfield University
- ^ Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan School of Business present Sanford I. Weill and daughter Jessica M. Bibliowicz in talk about leadership, markets and globalization
- ^ Fairfield University :: Fairfield University's Dolan School of Business to install Arjun Chaudhuri as first person to hold the new Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., Chair in Marketing
- ^ a b Fairfield University :: Fairfield University's Dolan School of Business appoints two professors to endowed chairs
- ^ Fairfield University :: NBC Universal CEO Bob Wright to speak at installation of first Robert C. Wright Chair in Business Law, Ethics and Dispute Resolution at Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan School of Business
- ^ Fairfield University :: Gerald M. Levin Chair in Finance announced at Fairfield's Charles F. Dolan School of Business
- ^ Board of Trustees gains six new members, Fairfield Mirror, October 10, 2001.
- ^ The Vitamin Shoppe: Michael G. Archbold, accessed August 27, 2011.
- ^ Fairfield University Dolan School of Business: Christopher Cardell
- ^ AICPA: Susan Coffey Bio
- ^ Fairfield University Dolan School of Business: Gavin O'Connor
- ^ 3i: Robert Stefanowski
- ^ Hologic Executive Officers: Robert Cascella
- ^ John Flannery Named President and CEO Of GE India
- ^ Cantor.com - Shawn Matthews
- ^ Craton Equity Partners: Robert W. MacDonald
- ^ Greenhill SAVP: John Mullin
- ^ Knight Capital: Christopher Quick
- ^ Dana-Farber Cancer Insitute-Palm Beach Event Chair: Thomas C. Quick
- ^ Madison Avenue Sports & Entertainment: Ed Horne
- ^ BusinessWeek Executive Profile: Peter J. McDonald, accessed August 25, 2011.
- ^ American Combat Association: Granimal
- ^ NNDB: Frank J. Fanzilli Jr.
- ^ BusinessWeek Best Global Brands: Jim Garrity
- ^ Folica, Inc. appoints Carl Gish as Chief Executive Officer, accessed July 30, 2011.
- ^ JesuitMBA
- ^ National School of Banking Mission
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