2008 Woodie Awards
QU School of Business interim dean appointed
Brendan Rimetz
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: Campus News
Professor Matthew O'Connor has recently been named the Interim Dean for the School of Business. He will be replacing Dean Mark Thompson, who has accepted a position as the Vice President for Student and Academic Affairs here at Quinnipiac.
O'Connor will begin his new position over the summer and will serve as interim dean for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Professor O'Connor, who has taught at Quinnipiac for nine years, is a finance professor in the School of Business and is currently the chairman of the Department of Finance. He brings a wealth of knowledge about finance with him through experiences both in the job place and in the class room.
Professor O'Connor originally started out developing financial software for MassMutual after college. After a few years he got his MBA and went back to work in the corporate world. Again after a few years in the business world he decided he once again wanted to learn more about financing. He decided to pursue a PhD in financing at Syracuse University and after graduating, took a position as a professor at the University of New Haven. Professor O'Connor came here after two years of teaching at New Haven.
Even though he will only hold the interim dean position for one academic year, O'Connor still has plans for the School of Business. He has stated that there are two important areas that he will focus on as the interim dean, one of which has to do with the School of Business' accreditation.
"We are taking a major step in terms of the AACSB [Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]," said O'Connor. "It is a 'self study' in preparation for the AACSB re-accreditation visit in 2009-2010."
O'Connor also stated that another area of interest during his tenure as the interim dean will be to enhance the MBA programs offered by the School of Business.
"These are two big things for us to focus on as an entire school," O'Connor said. "I'm looking forward to working with the faculty on this."
O'Connor will begin his new position over the summer and will serve as interim dean for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Professor O'Connor, who has taught at Quinnipiac for nine years, is a finance professor in the School of Business and is currently the chairman of the Department of Finance. He brings a wealth of knowledge about finance with him through experiences both in the job place and in the class room.
Professor O'Connor originally started out developing financial software for MassMutual after college. After a few years he got his MBA and went back to work in the corporate world. Again after a few years in the business world he decided he once again wanted to learn more about financing. He decided to pursue a PhD in financing at Syracuse University and after graduating, took a position as a professor at the University of New Haven. Professor O'Connor came here after two years of teaching at New Haven.
Even though he will only hold the interim dean position for one academic year, O'Connor still has plans for the School of Business. He has stated that there are two important areas that he will focus on as the interim dean, one of which has to do with the School of Business' accreditation.
"We are taking a major step in terms of the AACSB [Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]," said O'Connor. "It is a 'self study' in preparation for the AACSB re-accreditation visit in 2009-2010."
O'Connor also stated that another area of interest during his tenure as the interim dean will be to enhance the MBA programs offered by the School of Business.
"These are two big things for us to focus on as an entire school," O'Connor said. "I'm looking forward to working with the faculty on this."
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