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Dear Dean of the Coggin College of Business Search Committee,

In response to your recent posting for the Dean of the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida, I have enclosed the following materials:

 Curriculum Vitae

 Selected Skills and Accomplishments

My curriculum vitae and selected skills and accomplishments establish that I have the expertise and experience that will allow me to be successful as the Dean of the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida. I have a number of years of administrative experience, including my recent role as Dean of the Stetson School of Business Administration and Director of the Executive MBA Program. Additionally my experience includes development and fundraising activities, managing in a collegial environment, and motivating faculty through the development of a new curriculum and a revised strategic plan. I am known as a Dean who successfully works across campus with our other Colleges and Schools, as well as having the ability to develop a positive relationship with our Business Advisory Board, our community, and our alumni. I have significant experience with AACSB and SACs accreditation and my fourteen years at Stetson reflect my strong commitment to the mission of quality education and financial stability.

Throughout my three year appointment as Dean at Stetson, I strive to maintain academic excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, along with excellence in our faculty. Under my leadership, we redesigned our curriculum, in order to maintain the highest quality in our academic programs. We also grew our study abroad programs¸ launched our mentoring program, and utilized the outcomes from our assessment process to improve our academic programs. One reason I was named dean was to ensure, through my leadership, that we achieved AACSB accreditation and our curriculum revision was

successful. Our efforts were rewarded with reaccreditation through 2016. Redesigning our curriculum and successful reaccreditation remain two of the accomplishments under my leadership that I believe are most valuable. Equally important is promoting and supporting faculty excellence. The school of business did so through our research grants, conference travel support, speaker series, faculty development activities, promoting interdisciplinary scholarship, and technology support.

I also just completed a five-year term as Director of our Executive MBA program. During my tenure as director, we revised and strengthened the curriculum, increased enrollment, and enhanced the academic standards of the program. Through my work as Dean and as Director of our Executive MBA program I facilitated increased outreach with the business community which allowed our School of

Business Administration to successfully increase collaboration with our business partners. Additionally, during my first year as Dean, I appointed a new Director of Graduate Studies with the explicit mission of increasing graduate enrollment while simultaneously increasing our admission standards and program quality. Our business graduate programs are offered on three campuses (DeLand, Celebration, and St. Petersburg), along with two online MBA programs. Under my leadership we have been successful in increasing enrollment while maintaining academic quality in our graduate programs.

My collegial, inclusive, leadership style contributed to success in the activities mentioned above, as well as the accomplishments described on the next page.A successful leader cannot attain these

accomplishments on his/her own. A necessary condition of success is the ability to motivate faculty and staff to work toward our shared vision. Using our mission, vision, and strategic plan as a guide, I give credit to our faculty and staff for our accomplishments,facilitated by my motivational leadership style. In our ten page strategic plan, I highlighted three emphasis areasfor this past academic year: excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, faculty development, and internationalization of our

curriculum. This past year, these priorities guided our decision-making-process. As I’ve worked with my Business Advisory Board, alumni, donors, and the business community, I have also used our strategic priorities as an outline for discussions and fundraising activities. With a clear vision, we achieve the support of our donors and stakeholders.

My curriculum vitae details my administrative and service experience, along with my significant scholarship and research accomplishments. With a PhD in Finance, my education and experience has provided the background necessary to successfully manage the $8 million School of Business

Administration budget to ensure financial stability and growth of the School. Note that my research stream has continued, even while serving in university administrative roles.Additionally I have served as editor of the academic journal, Financial Services Review, for the past six years.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Stuart Michelson, Roland & Sarah George Professor of Finance

Stuart E. Michelson

School of Business Administration

Fundraising – Raised over $400,000 for the School of Business during AY 2009-2010, approximately

$3M during AY 2010-2011. Five new endowed scholarships ($25,000 minimum, two completed and three in progress)

Development - Close working relationship with our alumni, the Business Advisory Board, and the

University Board of Trustees. My development responsibilities include advancing naming opportunities, endowed chairs, endowed scholarships, and grants.

Outreach – Developed relationship with the University Board of Trustees, School of Business Advisory

Board, attend alumni and recruiting events, work with Central Florida community groups (Chamber of Commerce and Central Florida Financial Executives International, Estate Planning Council, and development visits with alumni and business prospects.

Strategic Planning – Directed the revision and implementation of a new strategic plan, mission, and

vision for the School of Business Administration.

Curriculum – Led the design and implementation of a fully revised undergraduate curriculum. Internationalization of the curriculum – tripled the number of undergraduate and graduate study

abroads (Austria, China, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Dubai, South Africa, Malaysia, Cuba, New

Zealand, Istanbul, Budapest, Australia, and Korea) and implemented a new international sophomore level course. Visited China and South Africa to develop academic partnerships with Chinese and South African universities (faculty exchanges, student exchanges, internships, and new student development). Visited three South African and four Chinese universities to develop partnership opportunities for the university.

Faculty Development – Reinstituted faculty summer research grants, instituted faculty research

workshop, and increased funding for faculty research support.

School of Business Advisory Board – Redeployed and re-energized SOBA Advisory Board. Board

giving increased to 100% participation for the past two years.

AACSB Accreditation – Managed and reenergized the process for maintenance of AACSB

accreditation, including assessment and assurance of learning (reaffirmation in April 2011).I am currently on the AACSB reaffirmation committee, with 2015-2016 as our self-study year. My participation on this committee involves ensuring that we respond to the new standards and address the new priority on impact.

Assessment – Structured and implemented a new process for assessment for the School of Business

and each department, for both accreditation and feedback to faculty for continuous improvement.

Scholarship – Implemented process for monitoring and ensuring acceptable levels of scholarship for all

faculty (2 publications and 3 “other” over 5-year period).

Budgeting – Successfully implemented first year of zero-based budgeting process for School of Business

Administration along with the University. Developed and managed budget of $8 million to ensure growth and ongoing financial stability of the School of Business Administration.

Program Revision - Worked with Arts & Sciences to move the BA in Sport Management program to the

School of Business as a BBA. Redesigned the Sport Management curriculum to align with the business programs requirement.

Outside Programs - Maintained profitability and quality in School of Business outside programs,

including: MBA, Executive MBA, JD/MBA, online MBA/MS, online MAcc, Executive Passport Degree Completion program. Profitability in outside programs maintained at 40%-60%. As Executive MBA Director, I maintained 40% profitability in the program on $2M in revenue.

Hosted fourth Family Business Transitions Conference in conjunction with Family Business Magazine

during November 2011. Expanded to San Francisco during November 2011 and the fourth conference in Orlando during April 2012. Also in conjunction with Family Business Magazine, webinars are being developed for a Spring 2013 start.

Staffing – Successfully hired five new tenure-track faculty (Accounting, Finance, Marketing

Management/International Business). Appointed new Director of Graduate Programs, new Director of Undergraduate Programs, new Director of Degree Completion Program, new Director of online MBA Program, new Director of online MAcc Program, and new Associate Dean. Named four new endowed chairs.

Mentoring – Successfully implemented mentoring program for business undergraduates during

2010/2011 and program is being expanded during 2011/2012.

AACSB – Trained/Certified AACSB accreditation team member and accreditation mentor.

Recent administrative experience:

 Dean, Stetson School of Business Administration  Director of Executive MBA Program

 Chair of University Finance Committee  Chair of University Calendar Committee

 Chair of the SOBA Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

 Chair of SOBA Graduate Committee

 Chair of SOBA Policy Review Committee  Chair of SOBA Curriculum Redesign Committee  Faculty Senate Secretary/Treasurer

 Faculty Senate, Faculty Welfare Committee Chair

 Faculty Representative to Stetson Board of Trustees Finance & Investments Committee  President Financial Services International, Central Florida

 President Academy of Financial Services  President Academy of Business Education  Editor of Financial Services Review

Current Committee Membership

 Chair of the SOBA Undergraduate Curriculum Committee  Chair of SOBA Curriculum Redesign Committee

 Member of SOBA Promotion & Tenure Committee

 Member of SOBA Strategic Initiatives Steering Committee

 Member of Stetson University Council on Curriculum and Academic Policy  Member of Stetson University Task Force on General Education Revision  Member of Stetson University Task Force on Curriculum Management Revision

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Grady Ballenger – Former Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences (386) 747-5022; gballeng@stetson.edu

Michael Bitter, - Chair, Department of Accounting (386) 822-7422 –mbitter@stetson.edu

Paul Dascher – Former Dean and Emeritus Professor (386) 738-9530; pdascher@stetson.edu

Michelle DeMoss – Chair, Department of Marketing (386) 490-6804; mdemoss@stetson.edu

Jud Stryker – Professor and former Accounting Department Chair and Associate Dean (386) 624-8997; jstryker@stetson.edu

Carolyn Nicholson – Professor and former Associate Dean (386) 822-7499; cynichol@stetson.edu

Steven Alexander – Managing Director of PFM Asset Management; Member of Business Advisory Board (407) 648-2208; alexanders@pfm.com