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SBL at a Glance

The School of Business and Leadership offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs to meet the diverse educational needs and professional goals of students.

Our  curriculum  has at its core an understanding that we live in an international and diverse world. Our San Francisco Bay Area location provides ready access to a thriving business community of global corporations, institutions, and markets. Our graduates are working in industries leading the new business economy, from biotechnology and the life sciences to media and communications.

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Institute for Leadership Studies

Dominican’s Institute for Leadership Studies (ILS) is center for leadership development that incubates leadership learning ideas and actions. We seek to facilitate positive individual, organizational and societal change, engaged citizenship, and socially responsible leadership.

It is a consortium of faculty and students with business and community leaders committed to providing leadership development and practice opportunities.

Through leadership education and training, research and consulting services, public forums and community service projects, the Institute serves individuals and organizations both locally and globally, as well as the Dominican University of California community.

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Environmental Finance Center Region 9

The Environmental Finance Center at Dominican University (EFC9) works for sustainable communities through cleaner business, by promoting pollution prevention, source reduction and energy conservation. EFC9 emphasizes the three “Ps” – people, planet and profit – and all of its work upholds the principle that environmental protection creates long term financial sustainability. EFC9 provides services throughout EPA Region IX – California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii.

EFC9 has pursued its mission through numerous tools throughout Region IX including:

  1. Green business program development (projects in California, Hawaii and Arizona),
  2. Innovative finance program development (projects in California and Arizona),
  3. Business incubation (projects in California),
  4. Environmental technology assessment (projects in California and Nevada),
  5. Environmental facilitation & mediation (projects in Arizona and California),
  6. Conferences, workshops and roundtables (projects in California, Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada), and
  7. Research publications and reports.

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Center for Sustainability

Established in 2007, the Center for Sustainability was created  to tap the wealth of intellectual capital in place at Dominican in order to support existing and emerging “green” programs. The Center identifies and promotes economically viable green business practices and serves as a think-tank for ongoing green projects on a community, regional, and global level.

Using an integrated, systemic approach, the Center engages in collaborative research, program development, and public education programs designed to help business and society adapt and thrive in a sustainable environment.  See more here.

What people are saying about the GreenMBA

"The energy analysis of water movement through our vineyard operations done by the Green MBA students in the fall of 2007 provided us with a baseline on which to build energy reduction programs and examine energy generation.  The Green MBA student team was engaging and through in their investigation.  The experience was enriching for both our operation and the students with a final product that was complete and professional"

John Nagle,
Manager Environmental Affairs,
Gallo Family Vineyards