The Farmer School of Business (FSB), in search of a new dean, conducted two open forums for dean finalists last week. Students and faculty welcomed Mark Dawkins and Matt Myers, both currently serving as deans at other universities, for Q&A sessions to get students involved in the selection process and signal to the candidates that students will be a critical part of their constituency once they start the job, according to Director of Business Student Organizations and Diversity Michelle Thomas.
Miami had originally planned to host a third open forum session, but the third candidate, Jorge Haddock, sent a letter to the executive search committee to withdraw his name, according to President of the Business Advisory Council Melanie Smith.
Dawkins, Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the Terry College of Business in the University of Georgia, attended the session on the Nov. 4 for Dawkins.
There, he discussed his reasons for pursuing the dean position at Miami, and stressed his belief that if business students take advantage of resources from alumni, corporate partners, donors and parents, they can succeed at the university and in the business world. He also accentuated the importance of a diversity in a good education.
Myers, the Associate Dean of Executive Education at the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, joined the session on Nov. 6.
According to junior Graham Bowling, Myers impressed on students that life is about more than just a successful business career and that the business school should be about more than just climbing in the rankings. He promised to work on "protecting the core" and building relationships with alumni and corporations.
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