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Schlee Wins "Best Paper"

Regina Schlee, professor of marketing, received the 2008 Marketing Educators Association's "Best Proceedings Paper" award.  The award was given for her paper, "Building a Marketing Curriculum to Support Courses in Social Entrepreneurship and Social Venture Competitions."  She will be formally recognized for receiving this award at the Marketing Educators Association awards dinner on April 24th in Salt Lake City.  Congratulations!

Get a Summer Start on Your MBA or MS-ISM Graduate Business Degree

Thinking about beginning your MBA or MS-ISM degree?  Even if you aren't ready to complete the whole application "thing" at this time, do you know that you can get started in classes right now?  You can do it this summer as a pre-qualified student in the AACSB accredited MBA and MS-ISM graduate business programs at Seattle Pacific University.  Being a pre-qualified student is as simple as sending in an official transcript and a résumé.  To learn more about this and classes available.

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 on Tuesday, June 10th, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. in McKenna Hall 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.

The 2nd Annual Social Venture Plan Competition a Great Success!

Seattle Pacific University's Second Annual Social Venture Plan Competition Showcase Round was a great success with hundreds of people taking in the event.

The SVPC provided student teams with the opportunity to develop business plans for enterprises that focus on a social issue and are funded by a profit-making "engine". 

The projects this year were outstanding.  Our $2500 grand prize was awarded to Greenbar.  Also recognized was Source Right, LLC, winner of the $1500 Pioneer Human Services Award and $500 Student's Choice Award. Runners-up awarded $1000 each were Carbon Cart, Rooted, and ReBorn Auto. Congratulations to all the teams who won and participated in the SVPC.

We thank all the students, faculty, business community members and judges for their dedication and support to this event.  Full story...

The Center for Integrity in Business Delivers 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 Donald G. Soderquist, retired Senior Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in a discussion of "Wal-Mart Way Produces Accolades, Criticism, Growth "  Also featured is "Brewing Success in Singapore a Cup at a Time " an essay by Seamus Phan.  In "Technology Watch" Dr. Al Erisman explores "Are We Ready for Smart Dust and Nanobots".  To see more of the latest issue of Ethix and to subscribe.