Welcome
As the founding dean of the School of Business and Leadership, I extend a warm welcome to you. My colleagues and I are confident that you will find your future — and an education that uniquely suits you — both in the School and at St. Catherine University.
St. Kate's has a long tradition of educational excellence and innovative spirit, with a mission that focuses on three core elements:
- Our Catholic intellectual tradition,
- Our enduring commitment to the liberal arts and
- Our foundation as a women's college.
Signature programs in the School of Business and Leadership include the Weekend/Evening/Online Program — among the first of its kind in the nation — the nationally recognized Center for Sales Innovation and the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL), which soon will celebrate 25 years of preparing students to be ethical, effective and enduring leaders.
If you are ready for higher levels of leadership and want to attend graduate school, the MAOL has a stellar reputation for responding to the changing needs of its students and the places they work. Students address more than the bottom line — the holistic program also emphasizes ethics and personal growth.
Bachelor's degree programs in traditional and weekend formats are housed in St. Kate's College for Women, the largest women's college in the United States. Baccalaureate programs of study in the School of Business and Leadership include international business and economics, healthcare sales, communication studies, and marketing and management.
I am speaking often these days about the pillars, the four cornerstones, of our School:
- Sustainability: in our work and our ethics, for our planet
- Innovative Spirit
- Global Justice and Global Mindset
- Preparing students who are practice-ready.
Agents for change
At St. Kate's, we educate students to lead and influence and be a positive force for change in the world. Grounded in a liberal arts foundation, the major you select — whether dietetics, accounting, or exercise science and nutrition — will help you develop habits of thinking and habits of heart that will set you apart.
Today's employers seek exceptional communicators who think critically and creatively, find innovative solutions to complex problems, and embody ethics and global social awareness in all they do. Those characteristics describe a St. Kate's graduate well.
Our majors in the School of Business and Leadership reflect a range of programs of study that prepare you to be "practice-ready" when you graduate. We'll encourage you to stretch your limits intellectually, gain a global perspective through study abroad or local community service, practice new skills in internships and develop your own, confident voice.
Yes, we have high expectations, but we also provide many avenues for your enrichment and numerous ways to support your success. Before I became a dean at St. Catherine in August 2010, a trusted colleague told me that St. Kate's "has the most dedicated faculty I have ever seen." My experiences already bear that out.
Faculty at the School of Business and Leadership are bright, curious, dedicated and energetic. They are innovative thinkers who work collaboratively, with students and with one another. They take their life's work seriously without losing their sense of humor and perspective.
I am proud to be a leader at St. Catherine University, and eager to see new students grow into leaders here as well. Each day I see the legacy of the values and beliefs of our courageous founding mothers, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. They believed — and do today — in the importance of creativity and courage in a community that develops leaders and scholars.
Here, we do business and leadership the St. Kate's way, looking forward to new innovations and harkening back to a tradition that has served us for more than a century. Join us as we lead and influence, centered on our core beliefs in the importance in sustainability (in life, in organizations, for the planet) and innovation: in curriculum, teaching methods and preparation for a life beyond.
Paula J. King, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Business and Leadership
Learn more about her in SCAN October 2010: "The Amazing Journey" »
