This process in Eastern Nazarene College’s case is guided by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. ENC established formal teach-out partnerships with five schools along with a secondary list of approximately 30 more schools that were offering help…
Robert Murphy has been teaching at ENC since 2002 starting out as a business adjunct professor in the AGS program and hired as a full-time assistant professor in the business program in 2015 leaving Corporate America after 30 years. He has also taught as a business adjunct professor at Massasoit Community College, Bristol Community College, and Newbury College.
Robert has spent 30 years in Corporate America in various business positions in the Environmental Industry with Laidlaw Environmental, Waste Management, and Browning Ferris Industries; Financial Industry with Putnam Investments, New York Life Investment Management, Investors Bank & Trust; Technology Industry with British Telecom; Music Industry with many entrepreneurial ventures and as a musician in wedding, corporate, church and club bands; and lastly, Higher Education. He has a strong passion and commitment to return to his alumni and give back to ENC through teaching and administrative work.
Robert is a faculty advisor for the Business Society and Investment Club and still continues to teach in the AGS undergraduate & graduate programs and works as a thesis advisor for the Masters in Management students. He is the Division Chair of the Professional Studies Program, the Program Chair of the Traditional Campus Business Department, and the Program Director of the AGS Graduate and Thesis Program.
Robert belongs to the First Baptist Church in Westminster, MA, where he leads the Iron Sharpens Iron Men’s ministry. He has a growing family with 4 children (one attending ENC!) and 5 grandchildren. They enjoy sporadic cultural family vacations, RV’ing, and annual weekly vacations at Hampton Beach/Ossipee with extended family and have made it a goal to see every state. So far they have been to 32 states together with the children/grandchildren slowly catching up. He also enjoys antiquing and repurposing to the extent of building and furnishing their home. They also have Boston Bruins season tickets and try to attend about 15 games a year with their immediate family members. Robert also enjoys playing music as a bass player and singer for over 30 years in many well-known local bands, along with ENC’s Remix and Chapel service and his church. He also is the treasurer of the Wyman’s Lake Association in Westminster, MA.
