Sustainable Business Education Programs

In Oregon, Idaho, and Washington

Name of Program

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Director, Contact information

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Date Established1

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# of Students (2004-5)

Global Business and Sustainability Certification
Master of International Management Program
Portland State University
P. O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
www.mim.pdx.edu / Sully Taylor, Director
503-725-3761
/ 1997 / 61 students (full and part time)

Sustainable Business Initiative

Oregon State University
200 Bexell
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-4102
www.bus.oregonstate.edu/programs/sustainability.htm / Mark Pagell, Associate Professor of Management; Co-Director,

Steve Lawton, Co-Director / 2000 / 2300*
Graduate Certificate in
Environmental Management
274 Mary Gates Hall
University of Washington
Box 352802
Seattle, WA 98195-2802
Attn: Graduate Program Coordinator
206-221-6129

depts.washington.edu/poeweb/gradprograms/envmgt/ / Kevin Laverty, Associate Professor
University of Washington Bothell, Business Program
425-352-5338

/ 2000 / 30
(Last year: 27)
MA Environment & Community
MS Management
MA Whole Systems Design

MA Organizational Psychology

Antioch University Seattle
Center for Creative Change
2326 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
206-441-5352
www.seattleantioch.edu/about/creativechange/index.html / Kristen Woolever
Director Center for Creative Change
206-268-4707
/ 2001** / 50
MBA in Sustainable Business and Certificate in Sustainable Business
Bainbridge Graduate Institute
250 NE Madrona Way, Suite 115
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
www.bgiedu.org / Rich Bunch, Exec. Director
Admissions Director: Scott Bowman, 206-855-9559, ext. 4, / 2002 / 50

MBA in Sustainable Management

Presidio World College
an affiliate of Alliant International University
Presidio Building 36
P.O. Box 29502
San Francisco, CA 94129
415-561-6590
www.presidioworldcollege.org
/ Ron Nasher, Provost
/ 2003 / 49 (last year: 22)

Sustainability Leadership Academy

Division of Continuing Education
University of Oregon
1277 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
sustain.uoregon.edu
center.uoregon.edu
www.uoregon.edu
Note: Professional Development program, not a degree program. / Shanda LeVan, Program Coordinator, 541-346-4231,
Bob Doppelt, Academic Coordinator, 541-346-4231, / April 2003 / 120***
(last year: 60)

1 Includes part time studies, if that is how the program was initiated.

*No standalone program for sustainability, rather, sustainability curriculum is integrated into the School of Business.

**This is the date for the Center for Creative Change itself. The four degrees had different start dates: Whole Systems Design started in 1982,Management started in 1992,
Environment & Community in 1996, Organizational Psychology in 2000.

*** Projected enrollment: a variety of students and classes are a part of the program.

Sources: Judy R. Walton, Education for Sustainability Western Network, respective university contacts

Researcher: Cedric Justice