Presentations and Awards

Franklin a “Best Buy”
Franklin’s distance Business Administration and Management Majors were awarded a 2006 Top 25 “Best Buy” designation by GetEducated.com. The biennial survey of 89 regionally accredited distance bachelor degrees in business and management recognizes institutions that make quality education more accessible through innovative delivery methods coupled with fiscally responsible practices.
Franklin earned the “Best Buy” designation by offering high-quality distance degrees to a nationwide audience at tuition rates well below the national average.
Established in 1989, GetEducated.com was the nation’s first online counseling center for adult learners seeking accredited online degrees. You may view Franklin’s ranking at www.geteducated.com/rankings/best_bachelorsbm.asp.

Faculty in the Community
Franklin prides itself on the excellent qualifications of its faculty members, who are leaders in their respective fields and dedicated to education. Accordingly, several members of Franklin’s faculty have recently made presentations, published articles, or made notable contributions to the community, including:

Dr. Terry A. Boyd (Graduate Studies Division Chair) was re-elected as President of the Columbus City School Board in November 2007.

Michelle Buchberger (General Education Lead Faculty) presented her paper “John Fowles: The French Lieutenant’s Woman & Reinterpreting Realism” at the North East Modern Languages Association (NEMLA) annual conference in Baltimore and the Midwest Modern Languages Associate Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.

Phyllis Duryee (Global Cultures Lead Faculty) and Pat McCann (Statistics and Computer Competency Lead Faculty) delivered their presentation “Adjunct Faculty Development in the Online Environment” at the Sloan-C International Conference in Online Learning in Orlando, Fla.

Dr. Ray Forbes (MBA Faculty) – published an article titled “Whole-Brain Coaching and the Merlin Effect: Lessons from Advancing Neuroscience” in the International Journal of Coaching in Organizations.

Dr. Ronald L. Hartung (Computer& Information Sciences Division Chair and Master of Science in Computer Science Program Chair) presented two papers at the Knowledge Engineering Systems International Conference in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. He collaborated with Dr. Anne Håkansson of Uppsala University (Sweden) on “Reengineering for Knowledge in a Knowledge-Based System” and was lead author for “Knowledge Representation in a Knowledge-Based Leadership System.” In 2006, Hartung also spoke at the Second European Conference on Information Security Management, Leadership, and Governance in Paris, France.

Dr. Garry McDaniel (MBA Faculty) made a presentation titled “Leadership and Ethics” at the 2007 Global Business Ethics International Symposium and Teaching Workshop in Madrid, Spain. He also served as a guest lecturer at the Non-Profit Leadership Management Institute in Austin, Texas, speaking with non-profit executive directors on the topic of Leadership Transformational Change.

Dr. Michael Posey (Organizational Communication Program Chair) made his presentation “The Dos and Don’ts of Implementing a Technology-Based Course Manager System” to the League for Innovation at the Community College Conference on Information Technology in Nashville, Tenn.

Dr. Douglas Ross (Master of Science in Marketing & Communication Program Chair) was awarded the 2006 AIM Award by the central Ohio chapter of the American Marketing Association for his “Out of the Box” entry, Faces of Franklin. Ross created a dynamic marketing art exhibit to raise awareness among central Ohio students about how record enrollment growth – particularly online growth – has changed the face of Franklin University.

Dr. Gary Stroud (Undergraduate Business Studies Division Chair) made a presentation titled “Bilking But Being Ethical” at the Second International Conference of the International Center for Corporate Accountability in New York City.

Dr. Yi Yang (Instructional Design) presented her paper “Using Quality Benchmarks to Measure Students’ Perceptions of Online Course Quality” at ED-MEDIA, the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications, in Vancouver, Canada.

Success Path: Dynamic Strategies for Mapping Educational Outcomes
In response to a challenge from Franklin’s Chief Academic Officer Dr. Christopher Washington, Michelle Buchberger and Dr. Yi Yang developed Success Path, a visual, color-coded interface that facilitates the creation of a visual “pathway” for each major at the University. The Success Path presentation shows how a simple approach to data management can result in a useful tool. Buchberger and Yang presented Success Path at the Campus Technology 2007 Winter Conference for Technology Leadership in Practice in San Francisco.

For a complete list, please visit the Faculty Profile page.