Jack Welch College of Business & Technology
You see innovation and entrepreneurship everywhere at the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology.
New programs in growing fields like cybersecurity and business analytics, Welch Incubator funds to support student startups, a steady stream of corporate visitors and speakers and tons of networking opportunities. No matter what your ambitions, we have the AACSB-accredited programs, the network, and the hands-on opportunities to drive you forward.
The Welch College of Business & Technology also houses the School of Computer Science & Engineering.
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Accreditation
AccreditationThe Jack Welch College of Business & Technology is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This exclusive accreditation signifies the quality and merit of the College's Business curriculum. It is only awarded to colleges after a rigorous evaluation and requires colleges to meet the highest level of standards for schools and colleges of business.
The School of Computer Science & Engineering programs in computer science, information technology, game design, computer engineering and electrical engineering are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). ABET accreditation provides assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards of the profession for which that program prepares graduates.
Additionally, Sacred Heart University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). NECHE is the regional accreditation agency for colleges and universities in the six New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Three institutions in Greece, three in Switzerland, two in Lebanon, and one in Bulgaria, Bermuda, and Morocco, respectively, are also affiliated with NECHE.
Why choose the Welch College of Business & Technology?
- Strong focus on applied learning with 60% of graduate courses using data from actual companies
- Rich professional networking environment with 63% of graduate students holding full-time jobs at a variety of companies and an average undergraduate class size of 25 students
- Established programs with more than 50-years history of graduating successful business students
- Qualified and experienced faculty with 95% of our full-time faculty having doctoral degrees and having collectively worked a total 879 years in the corporate world
Graduate prepared to succeed and make a positive impact
98% of graduates were either employed full time or continuing their education 12 months post-graduation.
The median undergraduate starting annual salary is $65,000. Sacred Heart University has a strong reputation for providing top qualified candidates. Our recent graduates have been hired by companies such as:
- Barnum Financial
- Deloitte
- EY LLP
- ESPN
- JP Morgan
- KPMG LLP
- M&T Bank
- Madison Square Garden
- Morgan Stanley
- Oracle
- PwC
- Raytheon
- TJX Companies
- Vineyard Vines
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Faculty Spotlight
Sacred Heart University proudly recognizes our faculty for their scholarly achievement through their outstanding publishing efforts and industry experience.
Danny Pannese
Assoc. Professor, Accounting & Information Systems
Pannese, a SHU alum who has taught here for more than four decades, has worked for KPMG Peat, Marwick and the Internal Revenue Service as a field agent and appeals officer. A member of the alumni board, he has written questions for the audit and tax portions of the CPA exam and has published articles on current issues in taxation, forensics and business valuation in both academic and practitioner journals. He co-teaches in the volunteer income tax program, as well as teaching tax, business valuation and forensic courses.
Mission Statement
The Welch College of Business & Technology, rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition, educates leaders to make a positive contribution to the community and prepares them for success in the evolving and complex global business environment by nurturing ethical reasoning skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, data and technology literacy, and global perspectives through student-focused teaching, experiential learning and impactful research.
Our learning community includes:
- Full-time and part-time faculty members who are teachers, scholars, and experienced professionals supported by administrative staff members
- Traditional and non-traditional undergraduate and graduate business students
- Working adults studying to obtain undergraduate and graduate business degrees
- Graduate students at our Luxembourg campus
- Alumni
- Members of companies and organizations who provide employment, internships, and advice
Rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition, we:
- Operate the College of Business within an institution of Catholic higher education committed to the liberal arts
- Strive to develop individuals who will act ethically and responsibly
- Value scholarship as contributing to learning, understanding, and the search for truth
- Stress the primacy of teaching as the focus of our work
- Value active, engaging, and personalized learning experiences in and outside of the classroom
- Believe personal attention fosters the growth and development of our students
- Find strength in the rich diversity of the human family and invite participation in our community by persons of varied races, faith traditions, ethnic backgrounds, and diverse opinions and beliefs
- Value academic excellence in all of our programs
To fulfill our mission, we:
- Foster academic rigor
- Teach and advise students
- Promote active participation by students in the learning process, including experiential learning both in and outside of the classroom
- Emphasize ethical dimensions in our curricula
- Partner with the business community to improve practice and align curriculum to evolving business needs
- Engage in research in order to understand and contribute to the development of our discipline, its practice, and ways in which it is taught
- Give service to our College, University, profession, and the wider community
- Incorporate appropriate technology and teaching techniques in our classes
- Work collaboratively to ensure that students develop an awareness of and appreciation for the resources and expertise available to them from the faculty and Sacred Heart University community
- Emphasize to our students the importance and intrinsic rewards of being good citizens and the responsibilities of being educated persons.
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