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DePaul Undergraduate Course Catalog
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE 2007-2008
College of Commerce - Undergraduate Studies Management Centers & Chairs
Centers & Chairs
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THE BROTHER LEO V. RYAN: C.S.V. SCHOLARS IN MANAGEMENT
Each spring, the Management Department designates up to three students who are Management majors as part of the Ryan Scholars program. Each designated scholar is awarded a tuition scholarship each term for up to three terms. Management majors interested in applying for this special recognition must be enrolled in a minimum of twelve credit hours per quarter and apply in writing to the department chair by the end of the winter quarter of their junior year. An overall GPA of 3.2 and a Management GPA of 3.5 are required for consideration. Eligible students will be interviewed by the Management faculty. The appointment is made by the chair of the Management Department with the concurrence of the dean of the College of Commerce.
 
THE RYAN CENTER FOR INNOVATION & CREATIVITY
Managing creativity and innovation is considered by Fortune 500 companies as one of the most admirable characteristics for employees, executive teams, and investors. The Ryan Center for Innovation & Creativity helps individuals and teams to become more creative in problem solving, and enables organizations to surmount the barriers to creativity that stand between performance and successful innovation. The Center sponsors workshops, seminars, and a variety of programs for the internal and external DePaul communities. Dr. Lisa Gundry is the Center's director.
 
THE COLEMAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER
The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center provides consulting services to students who are aspiring entrepreneurs or are already running their own businesses.  In addition, the CEC conducts a wide variety of seminars and workshops in which students learn about the start-up process, practical challenges that entrepreneurs face, and specific strategies and tactics entrepreneurs employ to be more successful.  Its most popular student program is S.Y.O.B. (Start Your Own Business), a two-hour workshop that covers business plans, the steps necessary to start a business, and how most small businesses are financed.
 
COLEMAN FOUNDATION ENDOWED CHAIR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Through the generosity of the Coleman Foundation an endowed chair was established for a nationally recognized scholar in the field of entrepreneurship. Professor Harold P. Welsch, Ph.D., has been the holder of the endowed chair since September of 1989.
 
DOMINIC PARSI AWARD FOR EXTERNAL SERVICE
This award is presented to either a graduate or undergraduate management major who has demonstrated Vincentian values through voluntary outreach to their community and/or service to community based charitable organizations.

THE INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Founded in 1985, The Institute for Business & Professional Ethics (IBPE) was established as a joint effort of the Colleges of Commerce and of Liberal Arts & Sciences at DePaul University. The mission of the Institute is to encourage ethical deliberation in decision-makers by stirring the moral conscience and imagination. The IBPE corordinates a number of programs annually that include the Vincentian Colleges International Conference on Business Ethics, and workshops for faculty and students. The Institute also is charged with auditing the status of the business ethics curriculum at the university, and benchmarking the status of compliance programs and their implementation in the corporate environment.
 
WICKLANDER CHAIR IN BUSINESS ETHICS
The Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics, a faculty member at DePaul, serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics in the College of Commerce at DePaul University. Professor Patricia Werhane, Ph.D., holds the Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics.
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