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Get a Winter Quarter 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 winter as a pre-qualified student in the AACSB internationally 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 Tuesday, December 9th, 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 3rd Annual Social Venture Plan Competition Wants You!

The 3rd Annual Social Venture Plan Competition will beheld on April 15, 2009.  Social ventures are enterprises that address two bottom lines: financial and social.  They respond to critical social needs while providing sustainable funding.  SVPC is an excellent means of teaching students how the tools of business can be used to transform good intentions into specific actions.  The Social Venture course, BUS 4661, available this winter quarter supports students in the development of their plans.  It takes students through all phases of developing a social venture plan and provides access to experts in marketing, finance, operations and social enterprise.  The course will meet at 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights beginning January 14, 2009. Contact Dr. Donald Summers for more information at summed@spu.edu or 206.281.2621.

The Latest Issue of Ethix from the SBE 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

Clive Mather, former president and CEO of Shell Canada Limited, in a discussion of "Harmonizing Energy and the Environment ".  In "Technology Watch" Dr. Al Erisman explores "Can Technology Solve Our Energy Problems".  Also, don't the guest essays on "Developing Career and Life Vision" by Andy Chan and "Innovation in Transportation" by David Gautschi.  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."