2020 Schwartz Annual Report WEB

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DEAN’SMESSAGEThe 2019-2020 academic year at the Gerald Schwartz School of Business was marked by transformationand change. The school enthusiastically undertook a number of timely initiatives to enhance the educationalexperience of our students and further grow the school’s established academic reputation.One of the changes that will impact the future of education at the Gerald Schwartz School of Businesswas our signing on to the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)initiative. Being a signatory provides access to a global learning community to collaborate on initiativesfocused on corporate sustainability and responsibility. PRME also provides a global network of businessschools committed to socially responsible management education in support of the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals.The year 2019-2020 also saw the launch of our first post-baccalaureate diploma. The Post-BaccalaureateDiploma in Enterprise IT Management is tailored to meet the increasing need for graduates with the latestknowledge, skills, and best practices related to data analytics, business intelligence, and enterprise systems.To help all of our students further develop their professional toolkit, Success @ Schwartz, a student-tailoredacademic support and development initiative, was also launched.And while the Gerald Schwartz School of Business is constantly innovating in anticipation of the needsand challenges of ever-evolving educational and business landscapes, there are some things that have notchanged. The school continues to produce outstanding students whose work impress at the universityand beyond: Taylor Kennah and Mairi McKinnon each received the Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellencein Business Studies; our business students represented our school well by placing at regional and nationalcase competitions; and our alumni are carving a place for themselves in competitive arenas of business,sport, media, and elsewhere. Schwartz faculty are managing innovating research and outreach projects,acquiring funding from national granting agencies, and publishing in leading outlets, while delivering a highquality and engaging learning experience for our students.Change took another form in March when the university quickly pivoted to remote instruction as a resultof the spread of COVID-19. Classes continued online and our graduating students were able to receive theirdegrees. It was not how anyone envisioned the academic year wrapping up, but I am heartened by how ourfaculty, staff, and students gracefully adjusted to these unexpected and challenging circumstances.We look forward to welcoming our new and returning students through on campus, online, and blendedlearning models in the fall.Todd A. Boyle, Ph.D.Acting Dean of Business1
Dr. Brad Long, John T. Sears Chair in Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Gerald Schwartz School of Business Signson to UN Global Compact’s PRME InitiativeIt’s been a big year for the Gerald Schwartz School of Business. The school has taken an additional stepin its transformational journey toward providing a more sustainable and responsible business educationby signing on to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative.In becoming a PRME signatory, the Gerald Schwartz School of Business joins a worldwide network ofbusiness schools (including 19 in Canada) that have declared a commitment to responsible managementeducation in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Organizations that join PRME are expressing their conviction that higher education institutions that“PRME implementation boilsdown to embedding the valuesof corporate sustainability andresponsibility into the dailyactivities of the Gerald SchwartzSchool of Business.”Dr. Brad Longintegrate universal values into curriculum and research can be contributorsto a more sustainable and inclusive global economy and can help build moreprosperous societies. Working through six principles, the United NationsPRME initiative is a framework to promote this sense of responsibility,urgency, and ethic in future business leaders – our students.“Ultimately, PRME implementation boils down to embedding the valuesof corporate sustainability and responsibility into the daily activities ofthe Gerald Schwartz School of Business through a wide range of potentialprojects, actions, policies, and structural changes,” said Dr. Brad Long,John T. Sears Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility who introducedthe initiative to StFX. “PRME is a way of holding us accountable fordeveloping the responsible business leaders of tomorrow.”Additionally, as PRME signatories, faculty and staff have access to dynamic local and global learningcommunities that collaborate on projects and events addressing the complex challenges facing businessand society in the 21 st century.PRME speaks to the core of the school’s identity: a business school grounded in the values of serviceand social responsibility, within a university for which social justice, community engagement, activecitizenship, and a global sense of responsibility are hallmarks of our history and the very foundationalprinciples that guide our mission.2
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