Early Years
Dr. Joe Hope was appointed the first dean of the School in 1979. His energy and progressive thinking defined our foundation: to make the 商学院，政府, and Economics a high-quality Christian school for the study of business and economics.
Dr. Hope guided the growth of the new professional school through its first full decade. MBA项目于1983年启动. The Puget Sound business community and its leaders partnered with the 商学院，政府, and Economics, 建立 行政顾问委员会 (原行政谘询委员会). Dr. Hope took the lead in raising funds to support the School's programs, 提供学生奖学金, 促进教师发展. 他还监督了麦肯纳大厅的开幕, which became possible when businessman Donald Snellman presented 网易彩票下载 with $500,000 in 1981. McKenna Hall, named in honor of Seattle Pacific's fifth president, Dr. David McKenna, 1983年1月开业.
A generous donor gift also established the first endowment: the Snellman Professor of Entrepreneurship. Dr. Herb Kierulff, nationally recognized expert on entrepreneurship, came to SPU from the University of Southern California to receive this first endowed professorship.
Dean Hope made ethics the cornerstone of the 商学院，政府, 和经济学，创立了约瑟夫C. 希望领导与道德基金会. The endowment conferred its first award on Dr. 亚历克·希尔1993年. Other faculty receiving this distinguished honor have been Dr. 伊恩·斯图尔特博士. 丹尼斯·丹尼尔斯, Dr. Gary Karns, Dr. Kenman Wong, Dr. Ross Stewart, and Dr. Randy Franz.
Dr. 肯·奈特接替了. Hope as dean in 1990, and he began the initial foray into the pursuit of AACSB认证. Dr. Knight, the faculty, and the School's staff recognized it would be a long, taxing climb to reach the pinnacle of this higher accreditation.
In 1995, Dr. Alec Hill, the 商学院，政府, 以及经济学学院第三任院长, directed the final crucial phase of the rigorous journey to AACSB认证. 最终在2000年4月. 希尔和SPU的第九任校长. Philip W. Eaton, SPU的商学院宣布, Government, and Economics had been recognized by AACSB International as worthy of joining their elite group of accredited institutions.
Next Steps
其他成就也随之而来. The 商学院，政府, and Economics, 与大学合作, launched the annual Downtown Business Breakfast, bringing together more than a thousand prominent business people from the Seattle area each year. Nationally known speakers have included prominent cultural and political commentator David Brooks; Dr. Vali Nasr, senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; and best-selling author Carly Fiorina, a strategic advisor to business and government.
The 应用学习中心, with Dr. 南希·拉克斯担任导演, was created to provide students with practical learning opportunities beyond the classroom through a mentor program, internships, 服务学习, 和创业. It is supported today through the Nancy Lucks Applied Learning Endowment and grant funding from the Herb Jones Foundation. Generous contributions from USWest and the School's alumni established a USWest Computer Lab in McKenna Hall.
随着新世纪的到来, the 商学院，政府, 经济继续向前发展. Charged with building on the foundation of accreditation, Dr. Jeff Van Duzer was selected as the fourth dean in 2001. 寻求扩大和深化其影响力, the School moved forward with a renewed vision to be nationally recognized as one of the premier Christian business schools in the world by fully integrating an academically rigorous business and economics curriculum with Christian faith and values.
在Dr. 范杜泽的领导, many new initiatives in support of the vision were implemented to serve students, the community, and the world. Oxford, England, was the site of the first study abroad program, and undergraduate and graduate students began travelling to Rome, Prague, 还有巴黎.
The Center for Integrity in Business (CIB) was formed in 2002 to promote a thorough reevaluation of the purpose, role, 以及商业价值. There is "another way of doing business" and under this conviction, the 商学院，政府, and Economics at SPU continues its unwavering dedication to excellence. 2020年更名为CIB 忠诚商业中心.
In November 2012, Jeff Van Duzer was selected as the SPU provost. On July 1, 2013, former Microsoft executive and Colorado State University professor Joseph Williams was named the fifth dean of 网易彩票下载's 商学院，政府, and Economics, 任职至2015年8月. It was during that same period that the Political Science and Global Development Studies majors were added to the school's suite of programs.
In 2016, Dr. Ross Stewart became the sixth dean of the 商学院，政府, and Economics. Under the leadership of Dean Stewart, a 政治、哲学、 and Economics major was created. 学校也成为公认的 PRME Champion school for its efforts in teaching and research related to issues of sustainability.
以上帝赐给我的恩典, 我作为一个专业的建筑工人打下了基础, 而其他人正在利用它. 哥林多前书3:10 (NIV)