On Friday, October 9, 2009, at the Region 1 meeting of the ACBSP in Albany, Dr. Emmanuel Egbe was elected the next President of the Eastern Regional Council of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP) (www.acbsp.org)
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On Friday, October 9, 2009, at the Region 1 meeting of the ACBSP in Albany, Dr. Emmanuel Egbe was elected the next President of the Eastern Regional Council of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP) (www.acbsp.org), where he will concurrently sit on the Council of Regional Presidents. He succeeds the current President, Charles Finn, from the College of St. Rose, in the Summer of 2010.
The ACBSP is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) to accredit business schools and programs in the U.S. The other major accrediting agency for business education in the U.S. is AACSB. The School of Business at Medgar Evers College is one of only two AACSB-accredited schools in CUNY; the College’s accreditation was the result of an initiative initially spearheaded by Dr. Egbe, while he was the Dean of the School of Business, and brought to fruition under the leadership of his successor, former School of Business Dean, Dr. John Flateau, in 2003.
Currently, Dr. Egbe is a member of the ACBSP Regional Executive Council representing the Region 1 on the Baccalaureate and Graduate Commission, and a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of ACBSP. He is the Chair of the Medgar Evers College Master Plan Committee, and the Secretary of the Medgar Evers College General Education Core Committee. Currently, he is spearheading the School of Business’ Business Core and ACBSP Re-accreditation ad hoc committees. He also conducts accreditation site visits on behalf of ACBSP.
Dr. Egbe is a professor in the Department of Economics & Finance and holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a M.A. in Economic Theory from the University of Washington, as well as a M.B.A. in Quantitative Methods and B.S. in Accounting and Marketing from the University at Tulsa. Dr. Egbe has been at MEC since 1989 and has taught at various colleges and university throughout the nation.
About Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Medgar Evers College was founded in 1969 through the efforts from educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn. The College is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, a Mississippi-born black civil rights activist who was assassinated on June 12, 1963. The College is divided into four schools: The School of Business; The School of Professional and Community Development; The School of Liberal Arts and Education; and The School of Science, Health, and Technology. Through these Schools, the College offers 29 associate and baccalaureate degree programs, as well as certificate programs in fields such as English, Nursing, and Accounting. Medgar Evers College also operates several co-curricular and external programs and associated centers such as the Male Development and Empowerment Center, the Center for Women’s Development, the Center for Black Literature, and The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy.
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