School of Business

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Summer Session 2023 offers a quality education featuring flexibility and convenience. SIUE offers a large variety of summer classes, including online and on-campus options. 

Registration begins Monday, March 27 at siue.edu/summer/apply-or-register. Classes begin Monday, May 8.

Many core requirements to graduate are offered during the summer session, including introductory general education courses, required upper-division classes for the major a...

Doug Weber, vice president of Holland Construction Services, is the recipient of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2023 Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) Alumni Leadership Award. The CLI Alumni Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding graduate who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and service to the St. Louis area building community.

“CLI’s mission is to produce accomplished leaders who will improve the processes and outcomes in the construction indus...

The Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated 43 graduates of its program Friday, March 10 as a part of the CLI Graduation celebration. Developed by the SIUE Schools of Business and Engineering, the CLI provides the knowledge, skills and strategies that individuals and companies need in today’s challenging construction industry.

Program co-directors Chris Gordon, associate dean of the SIUE School of Engineering, and Kristine Jarden, ...

Two Sisters Upholstery and Fabrics, in Carlyle, Ill., an Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville client, was founded by two best friends, Tonya Drake and Amy St. John.  Drake and St. John have a strong passion for bringing new life into furniture, but even more so for stitching together their community with their storefront. Two Sisters sells quilting fabric and supplies and also provides furniture upholstery servic...

Elizabeth Frattura, CFP, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville business administration alumna and Morgan Stanley Family Wealth Advisor in the firm’s Chicago Wealth Management office, has been named to Forbes Magazine’s list of Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State for 2023.

“It is truly an honor to see my name included and to be recognized for my contributions to this industry,” said Frattura. “During my 16-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, I have always admir...

Cheri Mansfield, a dreamer and client of the Illinois SBDC for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has opened her dream café in Carlyle. Oh So Sweet Bakery and Café has created a place for a community to come together and enjoy the sweeter things in life with high-quality baked goods and beverages.

Mansfield began working with the Illinois SBDC for the Metro East at SIUE in 2021 after hearing about the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBDC, throug...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business has been named one of the best on-campus MBA programs in the country by The Princeton Review for the 17th consecutive year. The education services company included SIUE on its list of Best Business Schools for 2023.

“The Princeton Review honor highlights the expertise of our faculty and their student-centered focus that translates into a high-quality program,” said School of Business Associate Dean of Academic Af...

SIUEs Jie Ying, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Business’ Department of Economics and Finance, shared expert insight on liability versus full coverage car insurance in a recent WalletHub article. Read the article here.

Photo: Jie Ying, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Business. 

SIUE researcher Shivendu Pratap Singh, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Business’ Department of Computer Management & Information Systems (CMIS), has a published article in the December 2022 edition of Service Business by Pan-Pacific Business Association.

The article is entitled “Overcoming bias against funding of female-led entrepreneurial initiatives: the democratizing influence of online crowdlending platforms."

Singh started off working in New Zealand where his inter...

Lindsey Wold, founder of Amygdala Co., client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has won Justine Petersen’s 2022 Small Business of the Year Award.

Amygdala Co. is a local company that specializes in helping children who have negative unwanted externalizing behaviors, along with their families, by implementing parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). Founded by Wold, this company focuses on positive an...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business’ master of business administration (MBA) program has been named the fourth largest MBA program in the St. Louis area by the St. Louis Business Journal. 

“The growth of our program is a testament to the top-quality learning experience our MBA provides our students,” said Janice Joplin, PhD, associate dean for academic affairs and director of the MBA program.

SIUE’s fully online accelerated program is the...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, conferred degrees upon 1,413 eligible graduates during fall 2022 commencement exercises, held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16-17 in the First Community Arena at the Vadalabene Center. 

“This special time-honored academic ceremony allows us to collectively honor our graduates by formally conferring degrees,” said Minor. “Joyfully, we celebrate the beautiful, shared journey that has prepared this cohor...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Brittany Dwyer, founder of the St. Louis-based startup, Disco!, has received a competitive 2022 Arch Grant. Disco! is a digital marketplace for planning group events and experiences at favorite local businesses. Dwyer, who earned a bachelor’s in marketing in 2011 and an MBA in 2015, will continue to grow her company thanks to the $75,000 award.

“After working on Disco! for a year, the grant is a huge achievement and validation of th...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kyle Moore, MPA, senior director of development in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Sara Colvin, MA, senior director of development in the School of Business, presented at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference in Chicago on Dec. 11-13. The duo shared expert insights alongside professional peers during a panel discussion on leadership within higher education.

“Higher education is facing greater number...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chapter of the State Universities Annuitants Association (SUAA) has announced Kaiden Hollerbach, of Collinsville, as a recipient of the SUAA Foundation Scholarship. Hollerbach is a first-year student in the School of Business.

“The SIUE Chapter of the SUAA is proud to grant this scholarship to Kaiden,” said John Jennetten, president of the SIUE SUAA Chapter. “He is the grandson of Cecilia ‘Maxine’ Bell, a member of ou...

The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has announced the winners of its 9^th Annual Metro East Startup Challenge (MESC). The 2022 business plan competition attracted more than 39 entrepreneurs to compete for a $25,000 prize package.   

Highland Emporium in Highland was awarded the first-place prize of $10,000. Highland Emporium, owned by Carol Eckhoff, is a retail store that provides a locale for m...

An award-winning BBQ sauce, innovative motorcycle parts and components, industrial paint and specialty markers, and touch screen purses that were designed as a way for women and girls alike to safely, securely and fashionably carry their phones are a few of the products from southern Illinois that could soon be in hot demand outside U.S. borders.

That’s because the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) has continued its customized...

Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni are among the rising leaders named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s exclusive 40 Under 40 Class of 2022. The annual list showcases St. Louis area movers and shakers in both business and the community.

Among the honorees are alumni Jackie Hayes and Jonathan Carroll. Hayes earned a master’s in business administration from the SIUE School of Business in 2017. She is the director of business and development and client relations f...

The Career Development Center (CDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville strives to assist students with resumes, career counseling, networking strategies and mock interviews making sure the students are career ready upon graduation.

Throughout October, the CDC has hosted numerous career fairs, providing a convenient way for employers and students to connect for full-time, co-op and internship opportunities.

“Career fairs provide students a chance to expand their career network a...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s online Winter Session offers students the chance to advance toward degree completion with accelerated three-week class offerings. The session features more than 70 classes taught entirely online.

Registration opens Monday, Oct. 31, and classes begin Monday, Dec. 19.

“The accelerated three-week course offerings through the winter session support SIUE’s student-centered mission, as our high-caliber faculty creatively develop and advan...

Success in the highly competitive building industry requires exceptional leadership, management and communication skills. The innovative Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) has packaged those skills into a convenient, accelerated, nine-week program. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is now accepting registrations for the 2023 session of the highly popular program. 

Over the course of its 19-year history, CLI has seen many of its more than 400 graduates advance to prominent posi...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is introducing three new concurrent degree programs to provide students with greater opportunities for learning and career advancement in the health sciences while saving time and money.

The new concurrent degree programs, which will begin in fall 2022, include:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSPS)
• PharmD and Master of Public Health (MPH)
• MPH and Master of Business Administration (MBA)

“Today'...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continued its fall 2021 commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 18 with three in-person ceremonies at the Vadalabene Center’s First Community Arena. Chancellor Randy Pembrook conferred degrees upon the Class of 2021.

At 9 a.m., undergraduate students from the School of Business and the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior were honored. Student speaker Tonja Spires, who earned a bachelor’s in exercise science, shared her personal j...