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College of Business enforces new dress code
Stephanie Lyons
Issue date: 8/20/07 Section: News
The department of marketing and business teacher education in the College of Business implemented a business casual dress code for the fall semester.
Students will be required to wear business casual attire everyday to their marketing and business teacher education classes.
"We are not saying students have to be dressed in designer clothes," Tim Longfellow, chairperson of the marketing department, said.
Longfellow said business casual means no sneakers or baseball caps. Male students can wear polo shirts, khaki pants, or dress shirts but ties are not a requirement.
Female students are also required to wear business casual attire.
"We are not allowing flip flops and pajama bottoms," Jim Munz, marketing professor said.
"The faculty is very excited about the policy. It is just part of our overall effort to help our students be ahead of the competition in terms of their professional demeanor, appearance, habits and certainly skill level," Linda Showers, a marketing professor, said.
Munz said that because of the new dress code students will have to be prepared mentally and physically for class and that is part of being professional.
Showers said they are enforcing the new dress code to benefit the students not the faculty.
"We know how important it is for students to have an extra edge. They will establish these habits out the door," Showers said.
"There will be people that this will never set well with and there is going to be an adjustment period," Munz said.
Some students believe the dress code is a negative change.
"I don't want to waste my money on business casual clothes that I will only wear to class," Lindsey Difiore, a junior marketing major, said.
Longfellow said during the first week of classes students will be given a little bit of flexibility on the business casual dress code. After the first week students will be asked to leave the classroom.
"Each teacher will have their own way in enforcing policy," Munz said. The business casual attire is not something new to the College of Business.
"For a few years the sales faculty has been doing this and students adjusted to it and got positive feedback," Munz said.
The students found out about the new dress code through a letter that was sent to all marketing and business teacher education majors.
Longfellow said students in Marketing 230 are not required to wear business casual attire. This is because business and non-business students are allowed to take the class.
Students will be required to wear business casual attire everyday to their marketing and business teacher education classes.
"We are not saying students have to be dressed in designer clothes," Tim Longfellow, chairperson of the marketing department, said.
Longfellow said business casual means no sneakers or baseball caps. Male students can wear polo shirts, khaki pants, or dress shirts but ties are not a requirement.
Female students are also required to wear business casual attire.
"We are not allowing flip flops and pajama bottoms," Jim Munz, marketing professor said.
"The faculty is very excited about the policy. It is just part of our overall effort to help our students be ahead of the competition in terms of their professional demeanor, appearance, habits and certainly skill level," Linda Showers, a marketing professor, said.
Munz said that because of the new dress code students will have to be prepared mentally and physically for class and that is part of being professional.
Showers said they are enforcing the new dress code to benefit the students not the faculty.
"We know how important it is for students to have an extra edge. They will establish these habits out the door," Showers said.
"There will be people that this will never set well with and there is going to be an adjustment period," Munz said.
Some students believe the dress code is a negative change.
"I don't want to waste my money on business casual clothes that I will only wear to class," Lindsey Difiore, a junior marketing major, said.
Longfellow said during the first week of classes students will be given a little bit of flexibility on the business casual dress code. After the first week students will be asked to leave the classroom.
"Each teacher will have their own way in enforcing policy," Munz said. The business casual attire is not something new to the College of Business.
"For a few years the sales faculty has been doing this and students adjusted to it and got positive feedback," Munz said.
The students found out about the new dress code through a letter that was sent to all marketing and business teacher education majors.
Longfellow said students in Marketing 230 are not required to wear business casual attire. This is because business and non-business students are allowed to take the class.
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