Academics - Business

Alvernia Means Business!

Mission:
The Alvernia College Business department is committed to providing quality opportunities for students to obtain the necessary knowledge, skills, and advisement to become productive members of the business community.

Goals:
To provide quality instruction through the use of various teaching techniques designed to actively engage students in the learning process.

To provide quality advisement services to students so they can achieve their academic goals in a timely fashion.

To offer mentor-mentee relationships to students by demonstrating a genuine interest in them as people.

To provide community awareness of the excellent programs offered by the department through presentations and conversations.

To assist the Dean of Enrollment Management in obtaining an adequate number of business students to maintain existing programs.

To offer new curricular ideas to improve and strengthen the business department programs including cooperative efforts with other departments such as CIS, English, and Education.

Objectives:
To gain an understanding of differing instructional delivery systems available to professors and when they can be utilized.

To utilize technology in the classrooms when it is available and appropriate.

To maintain currency through study via continuing education, individual study, and research.

To develop non-curricular programs for business students, allowing them to develop a bond with the program.

To assist in the recruiting process by contacting students, attending open houses, and prospecting in K-12 schools thereby assisting the enrollment management department.

To offer programs and support for community organizations and businesses which provide topical information and ultimately will help to recruit students.

To gain approval of the Advisory Board from administration to strengthen ties with community leaders.