The most important lessons about profit and loss happen beyond the textbooks and exams.
The Bottom Line Is Just the Beginning
Any business school can teach you the fundamentals of economics, financial systems, and organizational efficiency. It takes training and wisdom to apply that knowledge effectively and ethically as a servant leader.
As a business student at Belhaven University, you learn to make effective decisions through extensive real-life case studies, real-world internships, and hands-on simulations. Every class is taught by faculty with advanced degrees and years of professional experience.
Business at Belhaven is the art and science of true leadership, built on our unshakeable foundation of Christian values and ethics.
Welcome to the School of Business
The School of Business has been recognized by Colleges of Distinction as one of the top Christian Business Schools in the country for its commitment to offering real-world experience, job placement, a Biblically focused multi-disciplinary curriculum, industry connections and quality of faculty.
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Our Mission
The School of Business offers a quality educational experience to undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of formats in the context of a values-based, ethical worldview of business.
You learn to apply business principles to a variety of settings both private and public, non-profit and for profit.
Accreditation
The Academic Business Unit at Belhaven University has received specialized accreditation for its business program(s) through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA.
For a list of accredited programs please view our IACBE member status page. The most recent report of student learning outcomes is available by downloading the most recent Public Disclosure of Student Achievement Report. Retention Rate is the percentage of the program’s students enrolled in Fall 2021 who did not graduate by Fall 2022 but were enrolled in Fall 2022.
School of Business: Verified Excellence
Belhaven’s business school is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE). Why is this important?
Knowing the School of Business is accredited by the IACBE tells you that Belhaven voluntarily holds itself to a set of quality standards and is willing to allow outside business experts come to campus and verify Belhaven is doing what we say we are doing. Belhaven’s commitment to the accreditation process benefits you because it ensures you will be provided a quality education.
“My education here has put me in a position to compete for the best jobs in any market.”
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Online Degrees
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“Our faculty are dedicated teachers who focus on each student reaching their highest potential.”
Earn Your Doctorate in Business Administration
Belhaven’s new Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree prepares you for the highest roles in the corporate world. The 60-hour program includes a research dissertation and onsite residencies.
A Strong Foundation
Belhaven's School of Business is nationally recognized by Colleges of Distinction for our commitment to offering real-world experience, job placement, a Biblically focused multi-disciplinary curriculum, industry connections, and quality of faculty.
Meet Our Faculty
Dean of the School of Business
Brett Andrews
Dean of the School of Business
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Emily C. Blalock
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business
Sharrieffah Bridges
Assistant Professor of Business
Professor of Business Administration and China DBA Academic Director
Keim Chu
Professor of Business Administration and China DBA Academic Director
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Candanise Courtney
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Accounting & Chair of the Accounting Department
Geoffrey P. Goldsmith
Professor of Accounting & Chair of the Accounting Department
Professor of Business - Director of DBA Program
Eric Harter
Professor of Business - Director of DBA Program
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Marsha James
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Business Administration
Yusufu Jinkiri
Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business and Economics and Director of Chinese MBA Program
Ying Lin
Assistant Professor of Business and Economics and Director of Chinese MBA Program
Dean Emeritus of the School of Business
Ralph A. Mason
Dean Emeritus of the School of Business
Associate Professor of Business Law
Elanor Nabors
Associate Professor of Business Law
Professor Emeritus
William Penn
Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor and Director of Public Administration
Brenda Redfern
Associate Professor and Director of Public Administration
Associate Professor of Business and Chair of Sports Management
Mark Shannon
Associate Professor of Business and Chair of Sports Management
Instructor of Business
Jack Shi
Instructor of Business
Instructor and Director of the Computer Information Systems Program
Corky Wicks
Instructor and Director of the Computer Information Systems Program
Contact Us
School of Business
Phone: 601-968-8945Irby Complex (Second Floor), 1500 Peachtree Street, Jackson, MS 39202
Verse of the Year
God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.
Philippians 2:13