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2005-2006 Newsletter
The SGCM Newsletter is published once each year, in the spring. The newsletter highlights SGCM news, events and programs and is targeted toward alumni and friends of Whitworth.

The Dean's Corner
By Kyle B. Usrey
Dean, School of Global Commerce & Management

Exciting new developments are afoot at the School of Global Commerce & Management. Based on 40-percent growth in the last three-and-a-half years, our undergraduate economics and business program is now the largest academic program at Whitworth, with the management major becoming the largest major on campus. more...


Social Enterprise category winner (2nd place) Sara Tanzi-Dunham, MIM StudentWhitworth Team Takes First Place in Regional
Business-Plan Competition


Three Whitworth seniors who are weeks away from graduating made significant strides in their post-college career plans when they took first place in the 2005-06 Inland Northwest Regional Business Plan Competition. Winners were announced April 28 during an awards ceremony at Gonzaga University. more...


Business Students' Organization
By Heather Rogers
Assistant Professor, Economics & Business, Accounting


Several student-leaders in the School of Global Commerce & Management have taken on the challenge of developing a new Business Students' Organization. more...


Community Engagement and the School of Global Commerce & Management at Whitworth University
By Peter Dual, Ph.D., M.P.H
Interim Director of Development for Special Projects

The Office of Community Engagement at Whitworth University is charged with helping to coordinate and resource existing activities being done by Whitworth faculty, staff and students in the greater Spokane community. more...


Weyerhaeuser HallNotes from the Chair of the Economics & Business Department
By Richard Schatz
Professor and Department Chair, Economics & Business

Class of 05’ alum gets a graduate assistantship at University of Missouri's Ph.D. Program
Richard Dadzie, economics and international business, '05, has recieved a graduate assisstantship to study for a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Missouri.  more...


MBA -- The Winds of Change
By Mary Alberts
Director, Graduate Business Programs


In celebration of spring, the winds of change and renewal are blowing through the halls of the School of Global Commerce & Management. more...


I Really Don’t Know What Your Credit Score Is
By Matt Tippin
International Business/Economics ‘05

When I tell people that I’m a credit analyst, I usually get one of two responses. The first is typically some sort of request for an on-the-spot calculation of their credit score. The second and less frequent, but never old, is a blank stare. more...


Organizational Management
By Christie Anderson
Director, Economics & Business


The Organizational Management Program at Whitworth University initiated Cohort 20 in February of 2006.   The total OM Community (current students and alums) is now hovering around 200 people who are using their education through Whitworth in the Evening to improve their world in many ways. more...


Entrepreneurship Studies at Whitworth University
By Paul North
Assistant Director, Marketing


The School of Global Commerce & Management is working closely with various constituents in the Spokane community to serve the underserved through its entrepreneurship and community-based programs. more...

Contact Information

Alumni are invited to contact the School of Global Commerce & Management at bwakefield@whitworth.edu to update their contact information.

Frequently Called Numbers:
SGCM: (509) 777-4585
MIM: (509) 777-4606
Organizational Management: (509) 777-4218
Economics & Business: (509) 777-3283

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