Dean’s Corner

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, June 5 edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. Every April, we are reminded that Augusta is golf town. However, because of two recent events, I was further reminded of...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, May 22 edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. During the week of May 9, I had the good fortune of celebrating two university commencements. On May 11, my younger...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, May 8, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. Regular readers of this column would likely not be surprised to learn that one of my satellite radio presets is the MLB...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, April 24, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. I recently celebrated my 16th anniversary as a leader/manager in academia. I was asked to take on my first leadership...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, April 10, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. I started my position as the dean of the James M. Hull College of Business at Augusta University in February 2017...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Tuesday, March 29, online edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. The coronavirus pandemic has had some significant impacts on business in general, but in particular on the...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, March 13, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. This coming October, the Hull College of Business at Augusta University will undergo an important review. Our...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, February 27, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. As regular readers of this column know, the one social media site I frequent is LinkedIn. While doing one of my...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, February 13, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. Most of us watch sports as a means of entertainment and often as a distraction from the realities of the rest of...

Dean Richard Franza’s column appeared in the Sunday, December 5, edition of the Augusta Chronicle. The post can be viewed here. As regular readers of this column know, I am very much into sports and in particular college football. Such readers...