MICHAEL D. WIESE

PROFESSOR OF MARKETING

ANDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

1303 East Fifth Street

Anderson, IN  46012

765-641-4365 fax: 765-641-4356

mdwiese@anderson.edu

 

 

CURRENT SERVICE:

 

            1996-current:                 Professor of Marketing, Anderson University

 

Teach courses in marketing, research, marketing communications and

marketing strategy.  Faculty at undergraduate level plus teach in the Doctorate in Business Administration program and the Master of Business Administration program.

 

Selected by faculty for the John A. Morrison Award for service to Anderson University (2002).

 

Selected by students for the Robert A Nicholson Award for excellence in teaching (1997).

 

2003-current                  Associate, Advancement Associates, Inc.

 

 

Marketing Consultant  (recent marketing professional experiences)

 

Completed a situation analysis and market research plan to guide research for the consideration of a campus expansion program for Point Loma Nazarene University to the community of Temecula, CA.  2005-2006.

 

Designed instrument and conducted analysis of data for the “”Let Your Call Speak” project for Pastors’ Institute.  2006

 

Completed feasibility study for The Flagship Enterprise Center with the purpose of testing demand for educational programming in a new building.  2005.

 

Developed the integrated marketing/communication plan for Anderson University, 2005.

 

Internal consultant to the Department of Admissions, Anderson University, 1995-ongoing

 

Market Research and consulting for Advancement Associates, Inc. 2005-06

 

            Scattergood Friends School

            Freeman Academy

            Mennonite Church USA-National study of members on giving patterns in support of the denomination

 

Serve as program evaluator for the INvision AU program at Anderson University.  This Lilly Endowment, Inc. funded project is designed to create internship and employment opportunities for students to increase the probability that graduates will establish careers in the state of Indiana.  2004-ongoing.

 

Serve as the program evaluator for the Church of God “Sustaining Pastoral Leadership” program funded by a Lilly Endowment grant. 2002-ongoing.

 

Designed and led the strategic planning process at the Park Place Church of God, Anderson, Indiana.  October 2003-March 2004

 

Conducted market research study for Adriel Schools as part of a team from Advancement Associates, Inc.  The research is designed to guide the corporate strategic planning process.  Adriel is an Ohio based childcare network. 2003-2004.

 

Provide corporate marketing training for AmeriCare Communities, a large group of assisted living complexes in Indiana,

Ohio, Michigan and Florida.  2003.

 

Completed a feasibility study testing a curriculum concept for Philhaven Behavioral Center, Pennsylvania.  Worked in on team of researchers and marketing planners from Advancement Associates Inc.  Concept has been sent for program development and possible implementation.  2003

 

Program evaluator for the Mennonite Brethren Church Seminary in support of “The Calling Project,” a Lilly Endowment supported program designed to encourage consideration of ministry among young people in the Church.  2002.

 

Completed feasibility study for the Anderson School of Theology testing the idea of a partnership to deliver graduate theological education with Warner Southern College in Lake Wales, Florida.  2002.

 

Conducted research on vocational planning and pastoral development in the Mennonite Church.  The report is entitled the Samuel Project.  Served in the process of strategy development. Two phases of research were conducted. 1999-2002.

 

Conducted a national study of Sunday School curriculum needs for Concordia Publishing House, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.  Findings are being used to develop curriculum for the Lutheran Church, 2000-2001

 

Marketing Bridge Consultant to the Protestant Church-owned Publishing Association.  Evaluated research of congregational resource needs to assist publishers with marketing efforts. 1998-1999.   Wrote the marketing bridge report and advised specific denominational publishers on marketing strategy.

 

Researcher and strategy consultant for the Mennonite Secondary Education Council.  Conducted two major studies in support of the secondary high schools of the Church and coordinate the development of a marketing plan. 1998-2000.

 

Researcher and consultant to the Mennonite Board of Education. Conducted two major studies in support of higher education and serve on the Gideon Educational Projects Committee (group responsible for the implementation of strategies to build “church related colleges and college related churches.) 1995-2002.

 

Conducted market analysis leading to the development of an Integrated Marketing Communication Plan for the ADVANCE Program at Anderson University, Fall, 2000.

 

 

 

                                                           

PRIOR SERVICE:

 

            1992-September 1997:   Director, Anderson University Master of Business Administration Program

 

*Built the program from 21 students at one site to over 150 students located at three sites in Central Indiana. 

*Founded the Corporate Partners MBA program in Indianapolis. Corporate partners are Delta

 Faucet, Indianapolis Life, American United Life, Citizens Gas, Indianapolis Power and Light,

 Union Federal Saving Bank and Defense Finance Organization.

*Led Anderson University to national accreditation of the MBA program with the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs

 

            1990-1996:                    Associate Professor of Marketing, Anderson University

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Ph. D.               Higher Education with emphasis in marketing, minors in strategic planning and group dynamics, Loyola University of Chicago, 1989.

 

            M. B. A.            Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1984.

                                    Master of Business Administration

                                   

            B. S.                 Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois, 1981.

                                    Major in Management and Marketing

 

 

EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO ANDERSON UNIVERSITY:

 

1984-1990         Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois - Positions included:  Associate Professor of Business and Economics; Director of Field Placement; Graduate Faculty Member

 

            1993-1994         Assistant Store Manager, McCartney’s Food, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

            1977-1982         Department Manager, Jewel Food Store, Kankakee, Illinois.

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

 

            “Distinctiveness in the Christian Business Department:  Salt and Light Paradigm Revisited, Accepted for publication in the Christian Business Academy             Review, 2006

 

            “Discovering Distinctiveness through Institutional Retention Research,” Submitted for consideration in Journal of Marketing in Higher Education 2005.

 

“The Impact of Encouragement in the Development of Professionals for the Non-Profit Service Sector.”  Services Marketing Quarterly.  Volume 25, Number 3, 2004.

 

“Working Together:  Research driven cooperative strategy for sister colleges,” College and University.  Co-authored with Mr. Richard Gerig.  Volume 76, Number 4, Spring 2001.

 

“Cultural Orientation as a Predisposing Force in College Choice:  A Replication,” Review of Higher Education, Volume 24, Number 4.  Summer 2001.

 

“College Choice in the Denominational College:  Cultural Orientation and Student Decisions,  Research on Christian Higher Education, Volume 7, Fall, 2000.

 

Deciphering Institutional Distinctiveness, with Barbara Townsend and Jack Newell, ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education/Association for the Study of Higher Education, Fall 1993.