SWU Snapshot
"Professors shared their real-life experiences and related them to our course material. They’ve lived these things."
Nick Shorter
’07 AGS graduate
Sumter, SC
Economy, Gender Equity focus of business professors' presentations
John Frazier, right, associate professor of business, presented a paper, “Existence of Economies of Scale Within Athletic Departments at Private, Four Year Colleges and Universities” at the 2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport (College Sport Research Institute) sponsored by the University of North Carolina. The conference was April 21 – 23. He also coauthored a paper titled “Gender Equality in Private College Athletics: Is Title IX Having an Impact?" with Dr. Royce Caines, left, dean of the School of Business, at the 2009 annual meeting of the Southeastern Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, last October at Myrtle Beach.
School of Business News
| SWU business majors are tops in international competition
(6-12-2009) Three Southern Wesleyan University business majors took top honors in an international business strategy competition. Read More | |
| Me and my shadow
(2-27-2009) Four Daniel High School ninth-graders visited Southern Wesleyan University Feb. 23 and shadowed Southern Wesleyan’s Aramark food service providers and employees in Southern Wesleyan’s athletics department. Read More | |
| Southern Wesleyan names Caines as business dean
(1-9-2009) Southern Wesleyan University has named Dr. Royce Caines as dean of the School of Business. Read More | |
| SWU School of Business honors students, faculty
(4-25-2008) The Southern Wesleyan University School of Business recognized students, staff and faculty members for their achievements during their divisional chapel April 22 at Folger Fine Arts Auditorium at the university’s campus in Central. Read More | |
| Complacency, chaos or congruence? What is your organization’s state of affairs?
(4-16-2008) Today’s organizations can be categorized into three different states of affairs. The overwhelming majority of them fall into a complacency or chaotic state of affairs. Very few organizations can boast of being congruent, where their efforts and energies are effective as well as efficient. Read More | |
| SWU forms Human Resources Club
(4-1-2008) Southern Wesleyan University has a new student organization, the Human Resources Club. Read More | |
| America cries out for visionary leaders
(12-2-2007) Vision and visionary leadership seem to have been around for as long as history records. Read More | |
| Caterpillar Tour
(5-23-2007) Southern Wesleyan University students toured the Greenville facility of Caterpillar, a company that manufactures internal combustion engines. Read More | |
| SWU Commissions Business Students, Starts HR Club
(5-4-2007) Students, professors and supporters of Southern Wesleyan’s School of Business gathered May 24 to congratulate seniors as they approach graduation and to award honors. Read More | |
| Investing in education
(11-30-2006) Southern Wesleyan University business majors are learning about the world of high finance by investing in companies through a university-sponsored investment club called Timely Investments Creating Keen Equitable Returns (TICKER). Richard Rogers, criminal justice coordinator at the university, says the program will produce graduates who will be able to use their skills in challenging criminal justice careers. Read More | |
| School of Business focus of ceremony
(9-29-2006) What does God have to do with business? “Everything,” according to Southern Wesleyan University President David Spittal. Read More | |
| SWU to commission School of Business
(9-12-2006) Excellence and character in the workplace are the focus of Southern Wesleyan University’s School of Business, according to Dean Jeff Moore. Read More | |
| SIFE team competes at regionals in N.C.
(4-12-2006) The Southern Wesleyan University Students In Free Enterprise (Team returned to Central after participating in the Charlotte, N.C., SIFE USA Regional Competition on April 3. Read More |