Leavey School of Business

The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business twenty years later. Located in Silicon Valley - the global center of information technology - the school fuses its Jesuit heritage with the vibrant energy and innovation present in the region. By virtue of its location, the school regularly places graduates with technology companies and counts many area executives among its alumni.

The Leavey School, which serves over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, has six academic departments including Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Operations and Management Information Systems. It offers a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Master of Business Administration, Executive Master of Business Administration, and a Master of Science in Information Systems.

The MBA program at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business is ranked #12 among part-time MBA programs in the United States, and the Executive MBA program is #21 nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” publication. (Source: [http://www.scu.edu/business/news/releases/us-news-2007.cfm] )

Mission statement

"Santa Clara University's Business School develops men and women for competence, conscience, and compassion who can provide leadership in technologically advanced and rapidly changing global environments.

The development of competence is reflected in our commitment to teaching excellence and the scholarly research necessary to animate instruction and foster the creation of knowledge. The development of conscience is enhanced through an emphasis on reflective inquiry that is both professionally rigorous and ethically sound. Compassion is at the intersection of competence and conscience, and is fostered through an appreciation of multiple perspectives and a recognition of the human being as part of every equation." (Source: [http://www.scu.edu/business/about/about-facts/lsb-mission.cfm Santa Clara University] )

History

*1851 Santa Clara College established
*1923 School of Business and Administration established
*1953 Business School accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
*1957 Executive Development Center established
*1959 MBA program created
*1963 Graduate program recognized through AACSB accreditation
*1975 Combined JD/MBA program created
*1983 Dedication of the Dorothy and Thomas Leavey School of Business
*1999 Executive MBA program created

CU Business Index (SCUBI)

Debuting in February 2002, the SCU Business Index surveys managers and executives of a myriad of Silicon Valley businesses to better understand the business climate and likely employment availability over the next six months. The complete index and survey methodology is available at [http://www.surveycompany.com/SCUBI_05/index.htm The Survey Company's] website.

According to the Leavey School, "this monthly business indicator, the only one of its kind for the Silicon Valley region, is a composite index that every month tracks business conditions in Silicon Valley companies and their markets, as well as trends in job availability in the region, by polling the region's executives and managers."

Lucas Hall

Lucas Hall is the newest building on the Santa Clara University campus and is home to the Leavey School of Business. Construction began in May 2007 and the building was formally dedicated on September 14, 2008, in honor of Donald L. Lucas, veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

At approximately 86,000 square feet, the facility is two and a half times the size of the former home of the Business School, Kenna Hall. The three-story building contains 12 classrooms (two dedicated to executive education), 102 faculty offices, 16 team project rooms, six large executive-style conference rooms, and a 100-seat seminar room. The center core of the facility contains the Dukes Business Services Center and the Cadence CyberCafe. [http://www.scu.edu/business/building/]

External links

* [http://www.scu.edu/business/ Leavey School of Business]