The Association of Business Schools and Programs proudly announces that Tim Scales, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana, has received the 2010 Teaching Excellence Award for ACBSP Region 4. [Editor's Note: Scales is a 1998 Anderson University MBA graduate.] The award is supported in all regions this year by a financial contribution from the University of Indianapolis – Athens Campus, in Athens, Greece. As a regional recipient, Scales will now be considered for the 2010 ACBSP International Teaching Excellence Award, to be announced in June.
The Association of Business Schools and Programs recognizes individuals each year who exemplify teaching excellence in the classroom. The University of Indianapolis – Athens Campus is the financial sponsor for the 2010 award.
Scales will be honored, along with other regional recipients, at the 2010 ACBSP Annual Conference, June 25-28 in Los Angeles, www.acbsp.org. He will receive a medallion and a $100 check. Two International Teaching Excellence Award recipients will be announced at a special Salute to Regions luncheon, one from a baccalaureate/graduate degree-granting institution and one from an associate degree-granting institution. As a regional recipient, Scales is now a candidate for the international award.
“Tim has worked hard to develop innovative teaching methods that will both interest students and also relay valuable business concepts. His students often comment about how he is one of their favorite professors. In my estimation, this is because Tim works to connect learning objectives to the real world and to the lives of his students. He makes liberal use of guest speakers from the community who are able to relate academic concepts to practical issues,” said Dr. David W. Frantz, Dean, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University East.
The Associate Degree Commission of ACBSP established the International Teaching Excellence Award in 1995 to recognize outstanding classroom teachers. In 2002, the Baccalaureate Degree Commission created a similar award to recognize excellence in teaching at the baccalaureate degree level. ACBSP is the only specialized accrediting body for business schools that presents an award recognizing excellence in teaching.
“It is more important than ever for business programs to produce graduates who are ready to enter the global marketplace,” said Douglas Viehland, ACBSP executive director. “ACBSP has a mission to develop, promote and recognize best practices that contribute to continuous improvement of business education. Recognition of teaching excellence is one way we achieve this goal,” he stated.
ACBSP currently has more than 729 members in 32 countries and nine regions. Owens Community College is located in Region 4, representing colleges and universities in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Province of Ontario.
Anderson University is a private Christian university of 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students in central Indiana. Anderson continues to be recognized as a top Christian college: in 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked Anderson University among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest for the sixth consecutive year. Established in 1917 by the Church of God, Anderson University offers more than 65 undergraduate majors and graduate programs in business, education, music, nursing and theology. Falls School of Business is one of Anderson University’s largest academic departments offering eight undergraduate majors as well as MBA and DBA programs. The school is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and is a member of the Christian Business Faculty Association (CBFA).
