Events Calendar

3-Session - Faculty Financial Boot Camp  (for CCOM Faculty)

A three session series meant to hep you understand institutional, collegiate and department finances.  Please register via email to Denise Jurca at denise-jurca@uiowa.edu.  Sponsored by the CCOM Office of Faculty Affairs and Development.

March 15: The Basics

Tom Reitz, PhD, Professor of Finance, Tippie College of Business

• Net Present Value of Money
• Return on Investment (ROI)
• Excel Basics

Note: This session will be best explained if you bring a laptop. 

March 29: Applying Session 1 Principles

This session will show the application of principles learned in Session 1 to real world examples at the Executive level.

Jason Haddy, MBA, Assistant Vice President for Finance

John Stark, MBA, Interim Chief Operating Officer, University of Iowa Physicians

April 12: Proposals, Daily Operations & more

This session will explore what department heads and administrators look for in a proposal, daily operations, etc.

Janet Fairley, MD, Chair and DEO , Department of Dermatology

Cynthia Wong, MD, Chair and DEO, Department of Anesthesia

Chris Laubenthal, MBA, Clinical Department Administrator, Department of Internal Medicine

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: 

• Understand foundational principles of finance that are key elements in business decisions:
  • The time value of money
  • How to consider risk in evaluating investments
  • Basic spreadsheet functionality
  • Basic accounting concepts
    • accrual vs cash accounting
    • income statement structure
    • the importance of the balance sheet

• Use these tools to consider multiple investment decisions in a team experience
• Translate these principles into practice using the organizational environment at the University of Iowa