Portland State University School of Business Administration

The Portland State University School of Business (SB) is located in Portland, Oregon. It offers bachelor’s, master’s, and post-baccalaureate degrees as well as certificate and minor programs in business. The school has corporate outreach activities ranging from classroom appearances by local executives to internship programs, student consulting projects, and regular conferences and community events.

The School of Business
TypePublic
Established1961
Endowment$11,000,000
DeanCliff Allen, Ph.D., Vergil Miller Professor
Administrative staff
30
Students3,500
Undergraduates3,000
Postgraduates500
Location
Portland
,
Oregon
,
United States of America

45°30′46″N 122°41′07″W
CampusUrban
49 acres (198,296) m
Websitehttp://www.pdx.edu/sba

History

Portland State University has offered courses in business since its founding as a college in 1946. In the early years, all business classes were offered under the Social Science Division with Dr. George Hoffman as the department head. In 1961 all business courses were separated from the Social Science Department and placed in the newly created Division of Business Administration, headed by Dr. Donald E. Parker.

In 2009 the SB began offering a joint MBA in Healthcare Management with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) as a part-time degree program for mid-career professionals.

Facilities

The School of Business building is centrally located on the Portland State University campus at 631 SW Harrison Street in downtown Portland.

In 2016, the School of Business broke ground on a new 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m2) building, The Karl Miller Center. The $60 million project, known as the Grow With Us Building Campaign, was designed by Behnisch Architekten with principal-in-charge Matthew Noblett and project leader Michael Kocher in collaboration with SRG Partnership, Inc. The design strives to surpass The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification requirements set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Faculty

As of 2011 The School of Business has 46 tenure-tracked professors and 17 full-time fixed-term professors. The faculty is active on editorial boards of leading research journals such as Annals of Cases in Information Technology, Information, Technology, & People, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Management, Journal of International Information Systems, Leadership Quarterly, Organizational Research Methods, Personnel Psychology, and Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting. Professor Talya Bauer currently serves as Editor of the Journal of Management and Professor David Raffo serves as Co-Editor of the International Journal of Software Process: Improvement and Practice.

Centers and institutes
  • Center for Real Estate
  • Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability
  • Food Industry Leadership Center
  • Business Outreach Program
  • Center for Professional Integrity and Accountability

Rankings
  • 2007-2008 Beyond Grey Pinstripes - MBA+ Program is ranked 22nd worldwide for its emphasis on social and environmental stewardship.[1]
  • U.S. News and World Report - MBA+ Program in top 25 percent of all AACSB accredited full-time MBA programs[2]

Notable alumni

Timeline

1946 Portland State College founded
1960 Student Marketing Association formed
1961 Business courses segregated from Social Sciences Division, placed in Division of Business Administration
1962 various departments created within School of Business Administration
1963 Accounting listed as a distinct department
1966 Management listed as a distinct department, International Marketing Certificate Program founded
1969 Portland State College gains University status
1977 American Accounting Association conference held at PSU
1979 Fall term enrollment hits record 2,713
2009 Joint MBA in Healthcare Management with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) first offered

References
  1. http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/school.cfm?cid=271
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Keeton, Ann (October 16, 2007). "UPS Appoints Davis as CEO. Financial Chief To Succeed Eskew; Task of U.S. Growth". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  4. "Biography of D. Scott Davis". United Parcel Service. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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