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MBU trustees approve new academic offerings, pass budget |
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Missouri Baptist University’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the offering of multiple academic programs and an expansive operating budget at their regularly-scheduled meeting Feb. 25.
The University's trustees also acknowledged Dr. Lacey for 15 years of service at MBU.
Beginning next year, MBU will begin offering a new major in Worship Arts Technology. The program is designed to equip students with the knowledge needed to be at the forefront of multi-media worship experiences.
MBU will begin offering a new major in health science, an associate of science degree in pre-nursing and a minor in exercise science. The University also received approval to enter into a Plus Two agreement with Lewis and Clark Community College to offer the bachelor of science in health sciences.
In addition, MBU trustees approved a motion to allow the University to begin offering an online undergraduate degree completion program for the bachelor of professional studies in sport management.
The University also approved its 2010-2011 operating budget. The budget represents a 6.7 percent increase from this year—ensuring that key strategic initiatives will be completed. The budget includes less than a five percent increase in undergraduate, main-campus tuition and housing, which is below the national average.
In other business:
• Trustees approved the promotions of the following faculty members--Dr. David Bailey to associate professor of psychology; Dr Andrew Chambers to professor of Bible; Dr. Emily Christensen to associate professor of natural sciences; Dr. Mark Engelhardt to professor of education; Dr. Amber Henry to associate professor of education; Dr. Karen Kannenberg to associate professor of accounting and business administration; Mr. Mark Kimzey to assistant professor of health and sport sciences; Dr. Doug Morris to professor of education; Dr. Thomas Smith to associate professor of health and sport sciences and education and Ms. Linda Vines to assistant professor of human services and psychology.
• Trustees approved the appointment of Dr. Judith Scott as associate professor of education.
• Trustees approved a resolution expressing grateful appreciation to Gary and Cheryl Keesling and University donors who have donated $1,000 or more this year. |
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Wharton School Professor to Speak at MBU |
On Wednesday night (2/24) at 7 p.m., the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club of St. Louis, in conjunction with SIFE@MBU (Students in Free Enterprise), will host Penn's Wharton School of Business lecturer and author, Professor Scott Rosner** in Pillsbury Chapel. The topic of Prof. Rosner's presentation will be the Wharton Sports Business Initiative and will be heavily tilted toward business and sports management ethics.
This event is free of charge and may be of particular interest to athletes, coaches, sports management professionals and students, and business professionals, teachers and students.
All members of the University are invited to attend, and the event is open to the public. SIFE@MBU students are helping to coordinate the event and will make a short presentation before Professor Rosner speaks. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
For questions about the event, please contact Stephanie Kontrim-Baumann, kontrse@mobap.edu, or Professor Brenda Bradford, Chair of the Business Division (314) 392-2339 bradfbd@mobap.edu.
**Prof. Rosner is an Associate Director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative and a full-time Lecturer in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He teaches courses in The Sports Industry and Sports Law to undergraduate students and Sports Business Management to MBA students. Professor Rosner also serves as the Faculty Mentor to the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s basketball team. His research interests include the use of digital media in sports, the impact of globalization in the sports industry, the financial aspects of Title IX and college athletics, valuation of professional sports franchises, contraction in professional sports, hazing in interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional sports, sport and urban revitalization, and racial and gender issues in sport. Professor Rosner received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an M.S. in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan. |
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Holocaust survivor moves MBU student body |
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MBU students heard a moving story of survival and redemption Jan. 28 when a holocaust survivor recounted her experiences.
Maria Szapszewics was born in Poland. Her brothers and father died during the Holocaust. Szapszewics told the MBU student body during its weekly convocation how she survived despite liing in two ghettos during World War II. She was forced to work in an ammunition factory before being sent to a concentration camp.
Weighing a mere 55 pounds and near death, Szapszewics was liberated from the camp on April 15, 1945.
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