Business Department

Faculty

Department Chair: Joyce Shotick

Tim Carlson, Nathan Chang, Gene Crume Jr, George Gill, Jack Groppel, Walter Lopez, Kilee Simpson, Leah Rowe, Scott Springer, and Bill Young

The curriculum aims to teach students to:

Strive to learn concepts of business as principles for thinking rather than facts to be memorized for tests and then discarded
Think in an analytical, systematic manner as they approach business situations and the problems encountered by growing, changing organizations
Accept change as an ongoing way of life and learn how to identify, adapt to, and create change with the goal of becoming "difference makers"
Approach each business situation with a sound system of ethics and values
Strive for excellence in written and oral communication skills in order to compete with the best graduates of the premier schools of business
Learn hands-on, practical business techniques proven by practitioners in real-life business situations
Learn how to synthesize their Christian faith with their academic learning, to become mature, balanced, successful executives

The department offers a state-of-the-art business program designed to do the following:

Teach students the interrelationships of their business courses while helping them integrate basic concepts into a comprehensive system of thought
Provide broad foundations of business theories, principles, practices and ethics needed to excel in business
Train students to be competent problem solvers by encouraging inquisitiveness and analytical reasoning
Develop personalized faculty-student relationships through mentoring, advising, counseling and tutoring