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Learn the Facts about the MBA & MS-ISM Graduate Programs at Our Next Open House

Prospective students interested in the MBA and MS-ISM graduate business programs at Seattle Pacific University are invited to join us Tuesday, October 7th, from

4:30 - 7:00 p.m. in Gwinn Commons for our Graduate Programs Open House.  Come talk one-on-one with MBA and MS-ISM faculty and staff.  Get face-to-face answers to all your questions.  Let us help you get started on your graduate business degree.  For more information and to RSVP.

Dr. Ross Stewart Appointed the Joseph C. Hope Professor of Leadership and Ethics

Seattle Pacific University and the School of Business and Economics are proud to announce that Dr. Ross Stewart has been appointed as the next Joseph C. Hope Professor of Leadership and Ethics.  This is a three-year appointment given to a SBE faculty member who demonstrates outstanding performance and potential in areas including: leadership within the SBE community; scholarship in an area of concern within SBE; blending of theory, research, practice, and experience in his/her teaching; contributions to the external communities that support SBE; and demonstration of Christian values through his/her personal life.

Dr. Stewart began teaching at SPU in 1986.  He has been the mainstay of SPU's accounting department, responsible for the development of much of the curriculum.  He currently chairs the SBE Applied Learning Committee.  Please join us in congratulating Dr. Stewart on his appointment.

New Microfinance Course and Social Enterprise Concentration Adopted

In response to significant student demand, the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University has created a new undergraduate concentration within its business program focusing on social enterprises.  In addition to the class that SBE has traditionally offered in non-profit management, SBE now offers related courses in community development, social ventures and microfinance.  SBE's Microfinance class is one of the very first such classes offered by a business school for undergraduates anywhere in the country and takes advantage oft he heavy concentration of microenterprise institutions here in the Northwest.  In a related development, SBE has recently entered into a MOU to fund and support a microfinance community bank in the Dominican Republic.

Read more about Microfinance.

Take a Look at the Latest Issue of Ethix from the Center for

Integrity in Business

You are invited to view the latest issue of Ethix.  Ethix is a bi-monthly publication of the Center for Integrity in Business (CIB) at Seattle Pacific University promoting the integration of good business, appropriate technology, and sound ethics. 

The latest issue’s “Ethix Conversation” engages General Peter Pace, retired U.S. Marine Corps and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a discussion of "Telling the Truth as I Know It".  General Pace also provides the featured essay "Three Keys to Ethical Leadership".  In "Technology Watch" Dr. Al Erisman explores "Connecting with Digital Technology ".  Also, don't miss "An Update on the Central African Republic".   To see more of the latest issue of Ethix and to subscribe.

SBE First in the Pacific Northwest to Adopt the United Nations'

"Principles of Responsible Management Education"

Last Spring, the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University became the first business school in the Pacific Northwest to adopt the United Nations' "Principles for Responsible Management Education."  As an early adopter, SBE joins a number of other leading business schools in committing to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership globally. 

Co-conveners of this program include AACSB, the Aspen Institute, EABIS, and the United Nations Global Compact.  AACSB accredited institutions who are willing to integrate corporate responsibility and sustainability in a systemic manner throughout their programs are invited to join.  According to SBE Dean Jeff Van Duzer, "For us, this was an easy decision.  This is right at the heart of what we've been doing for years."