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Business and Leadership

Maggie Worku '07 double major, business and economics, has found rewarding work as a Transamerica executive, while traveling widely and beginning her own entrepreneurial import business.

Fifty-one students participated in a field trip to Washington, DC to explore internship opportunities and meet with business leaders.

Eastern Mennonite University senior Austin Hart works with his internship supervisor, Brendon Miller, director of development and communications at Washington Area Community Investment Fund. Hart's internship was part of the Washington Community Scholars Center program.

Ashley Heavener '10 is an auditor at Kearney & Company, an accounting firm in Alexandria, Virginia, that serves the federal government.

New recreational leadership and sports studies major offers leadership and management skills for growing job market.

At EMU we prepare you to be successful, to promote the common good and to be an active leader in today’s marketplace. Our professors will help you increase your business knowledge, learn important hands-on skills, and develop a values-based approach to business and management.

Our graduates understand the value of people in business, and know how important meeting economic need is to the state of the world and the peacebuilding process. We’re committed to excellence, ethics and social justice, and we encourage study across disciplines, a focus on sustainability, and the development of a global perspective.

Our mission is to produce graduates who are proactive participants in the marketplace, who promote the common good, and who have the skills required to successfully manage in a business or other organizational environment. Learn more about our program. 

  • Distinctives

    At EMU you’ll:

    • study in a cross-cultural setting
    • consider sustainability and stewardship in decision-making
    • collaborate on original research with faculty with industry experience
    • put your classroom learning to use in off campus internships
    • learn to work effectively in teams and hone communication and financial skills
    • learn from professors who’ve lived and worked internationally
  • Internships and Student Opportunities

    We place interns in a variety of manufacturing, service, and not-for-profit environments where they work in accounting, cost analysis, human resource management, investments, marketing, operations, and planning. In some cases, internships lead to a permanent position after graduation.

    Learn more about our internship and student opportunities

  • Careers and Outcomes

    98% of job-seeking students were employed within a year of graduation. EMU business alumni consistently rank high on nationally standardized business exams, with many pursuing graduate degrees in their majors.

    Business administration is one of the five most employable majors according to the Education Advisory Board. 

  • Affordability
    • EMU has offered close to $1 million in academic merit scholarships collectively to students with outstanding academic achievement.
    • Academic scholarships range from $12,000 to $20,000 per year and are renewable for four years depending on academic performance.
    • EMU students are eligible for Pell Grants and Federal Need-Based Grants as well as student loans.
    • Virginia students may be eligible for a Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG).

    • Learn more by contacting  EMU's Financial Assistance Office or checking out our cost of attendance calculator.

Majors in Business and Leadership

Accounting major
Accounting
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Business Administration
International Business major
International Business
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Economics
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Recreation and Sport Management
Marketing
Marketing
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Organizational Leadership
Minors and Concentrations
Minors and Concentrations
MBA
MBA

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Business Faculty

Jim Leaman
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Business

Jim Leaman

Specialties: Management, finance, and economics

Teaches Courses Like: Investment Club, Environmental and Ecological economics

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Roxy Allen Kioko
Instructor of Business

Roxy Allen Kioko

Specialties: Management, Research Methods

Teaches Courses Like: Principles of Management, Research Methods and Statistics

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Tammy Duxbury
Assistant Professor of Business

Tammy Duxbury

Specialties: Accounting

Teaches Courses Like: Topics in Entrepreneurship

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Chris Gingrich
Professor of Economics

Chris Gingrich

Specialties: Economics

Teaches Courses Like: Upper level economics courses

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Leah Kratz
Assistant Professor of Business

Leah Kratz

Specialties: Accounting

Teaches Courses Like: Upper level and senior accounting classes

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Joohyun Lee
Assistant Professor of Recreation Leadership

Joohyun Lee

Specialties: Recreation Leadership, Marketing

Teaches Courses Like: Marketing intro class

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Andrew Miller
Instructor of Business

Andrew Miller

Specialties: Working with students and leaders towards self-understanding and personal formation as a foundation for organizational leadership and development

Teaches Courses Like: Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior

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David Brubaker
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, Director of MBA and MAOL Programs

David Brubaker

Specialties: Specializes in the study of change and conflict in religious organizations

Teaches Courses Like: Organizational Behavior, Leading Organizational Change

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