早期
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, 和经济学 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. 的 Puget Sound business community and its leaders partnered with the 商学院，政府, 和经济学, 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 好的赌博软件推荐 with $500,000 in 1981. 麦肯纳大厅, named in honor of 西雅图 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. 草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. 的 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. 加里圆锥形石垒, Dr. Kenman黄, Dr. 罗斯·斯图尔特, Dr. 兰迪·弗朗茨.
Dr. 肯·奈特接替了. Hope as dean in 1990, he began the initial foray into the pursuit of AACSB认证. Dr. 骑士, 教师, the School's staff recognized it would be a long, taxing climb to reach the pinnacle of this higher accreditation.
1995年，博士. 亚历克山, 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. 伊顿, SPU的商学院宣布, 政府, 和经济学 had been recognized by AACSB International as worthy of joining their elite group of accredited institutions.
下一个步骤
其他成就也随之而来. 的 商学院，政府, 和经济学, 与大学合作, launched the annual Downtown Business Breakfast, bringing together more than a thousand prominent business people from the 西雅图 area each year. Nationally known speakers have included prominent cultural and political commentator David Brooks; Dr. 纳赛尔, 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.
的 应用学习中心，与博士. 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, 实习, 服务学习, 和创业. It is supported 今天 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 麦肯纳大厅.
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, 社区, 这个世界. 牛津大学, 英格兰, was the site of the first study abroad program, undergraduate and graduate students began travelling to Rome, 布拉格, 还有巴黎.
的 Center for Integrity in Business (CIB) was formed in 2002 to promote a thorough reevaluation of the purpose, 角色, 以及商业价值. 的re is "another way of doing business" and under this conviction, the 商学院，政府, 和经济学 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. 7月1日, 2013, former Microsoft executive and Colorado State University professor Joseph Williams was named the fifth dean of 好的赌博软件推荐's 商学院，政府, 和经济学, 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. 罗斯·斯图尔特 became the sixth dean of the 商学院，政府, 和经济学. Under the leadership of Dean Stewart, a 政治、哲学、 和经济学 major was created. 学校也成为公认的 PRME冠军 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)