Four decades of recognized scholarship, teaching excellence, and professional contribution
Awards & Recognition
Teaching & Leadership Recognition
Gerald and Helen Swatsworth Teaching Excellence Award, 1998 — Selected by a vote of the Saint Francis University Faculty.
Saint Francis University Student Government Association Educator of the Year, 2001 — Selected by a vote of all Saint Francis University students, recognizing the best educator on campus.
Saint Francis University National Alumni Association Distinguished Educator Award, 2003 — Selected by Alumni as the equivalent of the Faculty Hall of Fame.
Dr. John Green Excellence in Business Education Award, 2013 — One of the field’s highest honors for excellence in business education.
Saint Francis University Silver Anniversary Plaque Award, 2009 — Recognizing 25 years of dedicated service to the institution.
Pennsylvania Business Central “Top 100 Business Leaders in Central Pennsylvania” — Named in 2010 and again in 2012.
Sam Walton Fellow, 1998 – Present — For sustained work with the Enactus Chapter (formerly Students in Free Enterprise), including seven regional championships and one second-runner-up national qualifier.
Distinguished Faculty Award Finalist — Recognized in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2002.
Faculty Advisor of the Year – Second Place, Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO).
Publications & Presentations
Scholarship & Professional Contributions
Co-Presented a training session for accreditation site reviewers at the Annual IACBE Conference, Kansas City, MO, April 2012. Invited as a return Faculty member at the Annual IACBE University Training Institute for New Business School Deans, Associate Deans, and Chairs, presenting on Leadership and Administration, Fund Raising, and Accreditation Visit Site Reviewer Training (with Dr. Margareta Knopik, Senior VP of IACBE Operations).
Presented a conference paper at the Annual IACBE Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 2011: How to Create a Written Strategic Marketing Plan to Achieve Student Recruitment and Enrollment Goals While Enhancing Program Vibrancy.
Invited Faculty, inaugural IACBE University Training Institute for New Business School Deans, Associate Deans, and Chairs, June 2011. Presented on Creating a Dynamic Co-Curricular Program in a Business School.
Plenary speaker at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College’s Fall Faculty & Staff Development Workshop, August 2010. Topic: Developing and implementing a customer service program on a college campus.
Pennsylvania Business Central — “More than a Century Old, the MBA is Still the Degree of Choice for Business Professionals and Many Others,” 2009. Also featured in the Johnstown Business Weekly.
Johnstown Business Weekly — “A Career in Accounting Adds Up to Success: Hottest Bachelor’s Degree in America,” 2009.
Johnstown Business Weekly — “A Career in HR is Promising if You Like Rewards and Challenges,” 2009.
Frye, Randy (Editor) (2000). Marketing Management (Strategic Marketing). NY: McGraw-Hill Companies (Primis). ISBN 0-390-19734-3. A book of primary readings and strategic marketing case studies used in multiple graduate and undergraduate courses.
Completed a Book Review for two chapters of Marketing: Principles and Perspectives, 3/e by Bearden, Ingram, and LaForge (McGraw-Hill), April 2002.
Conference presentation, “Business Accreditation: Pros and Cons,” Annual Pennsylvania Association of Graduate Schools (PAGS) Conference, Scranton, PA, May 2001.
Presented “Academic Program Reviews: How Do They Lead to Continuous Improvement in Collegiate Business Schools?” at the 1st Annual IACBE Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 1999 — to 70 business school deans, chairpersons, and faculty.
Dissertation: How Do Academic Program Reviews Lead to Continuous Improvement in the Business School? Completed April 6, 1997.
“How to Conduct Serious Curriculum Reform in the Business School,” Society for Advancement of Management’s 1996 International Conference, Corpus Christi, TX. Published in official conference proceedings.
Marketing Management Case Studies (Edited Collection), New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996 (ISBN 0-390-66514-2) and 1994 (ISBN 0-390-12370-6).
Presenter and Panelist, “The Impact of the 150-Hour Educational Requirement in Accounting: A Small College’s Perspective,” IUP/McGraw-Hill Accounting Conference, February 1990.
Book Review: Polimeni, Fabozzi, and Adelberg, Cost Accounting: Concepts and Applications, McGraw-Hill, 1989.
Total Quality Management in Higher Education: Cure or Complication?, 1993. Presented to doctoral students at the University of Pittsburgh.
Pre-Conference Workshop Presenter, Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (PARF) State Convention, “Managing Human Resources in a Social Services Organization,” Seven Springs Resort, October 1989.
“Marketing Head Start Programs in the 21st Century” — Conference presentations in Charleston, WV (August 2000, 100+ attendees) and Philadelphia (March 2001).
Nine Work Force Trends for the Nineties, 1989 — Master of Arts thesis in Human Resource Management. All nine trends manifested as predicted through the 1990s.
Consulted by print and television media as an expert on consumer demographics, labor trends, HR management, regional economic activity, macroeconomic forces, and educational trends.
Experience That Delivers Results
Four decades of scholarship and real-world consulting expertise, applied directly to your organization’s challenges.