New Dean for Silberman College
Bill Schwartz joined the University as dean of the Silberman College of Business on January 1.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Bill Schwartz to FDU,” said President J. Michael Adams. “Bill brings to the University an outstanding combination of educational excellence, in-depth scholarly expertise and outstanding administrative leadership. We are confident our business college will continue its legacy of excellence and reach new heights under his direction.”
Prior to his appointment at Fairleigh Dickinson, Schwartz served as dean of the School of Business and Economics at Indiana University South Bend; chair of the department of accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.; and program director of PhD in business administration at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. He worked for three years as a CPA with Ernst & Young.
Schwartz said, “I am excited about joining the faculty and administrators at FDU. The people in the Silberman College of Business are terrific, bright, articulate and very committed to providing excellent learning experiences for their students. We hope to enhance the college’s programs and to work closely with regional businesses to help them solve some of their problems and to offer their employees enhanced educational opportunities.”
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Schwartz earned a PhD in management with a concentration in accounting from University of California, Los Angeles; a master of arts in political science from the University of Illinois-Chicago; and a BBA in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He is co-editor for Advances in Accounting Education, a research annual; previously he was an editor for Research on Accounting Ethics and Advances in Accounting. Schwartz has published more than 50 articles in prestigious academic and professional journals such as Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; Accounting Horizons; Journal of Accountancy; and The CPA Journal. He has made numerous presentations at international, national and regional meetings.
An active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Accounting Association, he is past chair of the American Accounting Association’s Teaching and Curriculum Section. In 1996, the Virginia Society of CPAs named him “Accounting Educator of the Year.”
Schwartz’s teaching interests are in financial reporting and ethics. He remains active as a scholar and conducts research in the areas of ethics, teaching pedagogy and curriculum issues. He is married and has two grown daughters, one of whom lives in New York City.
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February 2006
| · | New Dean for Silberman College |
| · | Alumnus, Trustee Weinstein Supports Holocaust Symposium and Fund for FDU |
| · | Middle States Update |
| · | Graduate Center for Professional Psychology Planned in Israel |
| · | President’s Book Explores Globalization, World Citizenship and Global Education |
| · | Bahraini Ambassador and Wife Visit |
| · | Artis Joins Board of Trustees |
| · | United Nations Events Scheduled |
| · | Get Facts Online |
| · | Black History Month Celebrated |
| · | Global Challenge Offered to High School Students |
| · | Faculty/Staff — Update, In Memoriam, Announcing, Welcome |
| · | College Happenings |
| · | Spotlight — Brooks, Eisen, Morris, Sawyer |
| · | This & That |
| · | Photo Stories — FDU in Space, Dos Mundos Unidos. |
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