Prepare Yourself for a Career in Leadership with a Business Management Degree
Do you want to learn the art and science of leadership? Are you interested in a versatile degree that can take you just about anywhere? As a management student at Keuka College, you’ll learn how to lead teams, motivate others, use financial resources effectively, and structure processes to achieve your goals in the marketplace.
You’ll graduate with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience needed to flourish in today’s global business environment. The management program also prepares you for success in graduate business programs such as a master of science in management (MSM) or a master of business administration (MBA).
Get Real-World Business Experience
Real-world, hands-on experience is an important part of your management degree.
The Keuka College Field Period® gives you the chance to have four separate internships in business, starting your freshman year.
Program Overview
Management Major
Keuka College’s management major offers you a broad overview in business, management, and leadership.
The base of your degree will include courses in accounting, business law, strategic management, business computer applications, economics, finance, marketing, human resources, and statistics.
You can personalize and customize your degree by selecting a concentration that interests you most. You can choose from accounting, entrepreneurship, international business, marketing, sports management, or human resources.
Hands-on experience is integrated throughout all of your business courses. You’ll have classes that include:
- Industry business software
- Stock-trading simulations
- Building a business and marketing actual products
At Keuka College, you get to do much more than simply learn theory—you’ll see how textbook material applies to actual enterprises, and have the chance to practice your management skills before graduating.
Management Minor
If you’re majoring in a professional field that might one day require you to lead people or manage resources, consider adding a minor in management.
You’ll learn the fundamentals of accounting, economics, human resources, marketing, and how business integrates in with our society. The management minor will prepare you for supervisory positions in an array of careers, ranging from social work and criminal justice to education and medicine.
In addition to Keuka College’s institutional accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11374 Strang Line Road, Lenexa, Kansas, USA.
IACBE Information
Keuka College’s management faculty are active scholars and researchers, and they offer you the opportunity to partner on projects if that’s where your interests lie.
Faculty research interests include entrepreneurship, leadership, corporate governance, discontinuous innovation, supply chain management, and accounting fraud and detection.
Keuka Commons is the newest building on Keuka College’s campus, and is home to the Division of Business and Management and the Center for Business Analytics and Health Informatics. Keuka Commons features industry-standard computer labs and software, high-tech classrooms, faculty offices, as well as comfortable study space and convenient access to the bookstore and Wolf Den Café and Starbucks coffee.
The Keuka Business Park in nearby Penn Yan houses space designated for STARTUP-NY, allowing the division and the College to partner with entrepreneurs to bring new and innovative products and services to the Finger Lakes region.
Entrepreneurs receive a tax benefit and expertise from the College’s faculty and students, while the College is able to help the regional economy and bring real-world business scenarios and problems to our students.
At Keuka College, your management faculty are more than just great teachers.
They’re accomplished leaders, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and scholars who will serve as mentors and help you achieve your goals. As a management student, you’ll also have the chance to work with and study under the accomplished accountants, lawyers, and financial experts who comprise the College’s business and management faculty.
And each of your professors come to the classroom with real-world experience in the field that complements their academic knowledge. Our faculty have worked in some of the world’s largest financial centers, served as leaders in Fortune 500 corporations, started (and continue to maintain) their own enterprises, and held executive roles with some of the world’s most prestigious brands.
Dr. Steven Barber
Assistant Professor of Finance
Academic Credentials
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Ph.D. in Sustainability
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- M.S. in Finance
- Cornell University
- B.A. in Archaeology
- Cornell University
- B.A. in Geology
Jeff Bray
Associate Director of Athletics
Adjunct Instructor of Sports Management
Academic Credentials
- Boise State University
- M.A.
- Kansas State University
- B.S.
Kim DeRuby
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Academic Credentials
- Clarkson University
- M.B.A.
- SUNY Plattsburgh
- B.S.
Ronda Durso
Administrative Assistant
Academic Credentials
- Finger Lakes Community College
- A.A.
Dawn Grosso, Esq.
Associate Professor of Management
Academic Credentials
- Pace University
- J.D. in Law
- Alfred University
- B.S.
Biography
Dawn S. Grosso obtained her Juris Doctor from Pace Law School in White Plains, New York where she received the New York Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Advocacy. She also obtained a B.S. degree in Accounting as well as a B.S. degree in Management from Alfred University.
Dawn Grosso brings over two decades of legal, accounting, public service and teaching experience to this position. For over seven years, she served as a Confidential Counsel and Legal Advisor for two New York State Supreme Court Justices in the Seventh Judicial District. Dawn was a Trust and Estate Tax Accountant for Chase Bank. She was employed at a medium size Rochester law firm after graduating law school.
Currently, Dawn manages her own law office in Fairport, New York where she concentrates in such areas as civil litigation, estates, business law, real estate and bankruptcy, contracts, foreclosure, and zoning. She is an Associate Professor of Law at Keuka College of Business. She is also an Arbitrator for the 7th Judicial District of New York State Supreme Court.
Dawn is or has been a member of numerous boards and associations such as the Town of Victor Planning Board (Chairperson); New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers; New York State Planning Federation; New York State Bar Association; Monroe County Bar Association; American Accounting Association; Financial Planning Association; and Barefoot Resort, Ironwood Homeowner Association; Keuka College Graduate Program Committee; and various professor search committees.
She is also admitted to practice law in the following courts: New York; Connecticut; United States District Court, and the United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York.
Jimmy Habecker
Assistant Director of Athletics for Athletic Communications
Adjunct Instructor of Sports Management
Academic Credentials
- Mount Union College
- B.A.
Mark McNaney
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Academic Credentials
- University of Rochester
- M.S.
- Elmira College
- B.S.
- Corning Community College
- A.A.S
Biography
I am a native Upstate New Yorker, having lived in Elmira, the Rochester area, and in the Finger Lakes for my whole life. I have worked in the food industry (The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company), office products (Xerox Corporation), and healthcare administration (University of Rochester Medical Center, Finger Lakes Health, and SUNY Upstate Medical Center).
My professional experience encompasses accounting and business financial management, strategic business and product planning, operations management, customer service management, marketing, and healthcare administration. I am a graduate of Corning Community College (A.A.S.), Elmira College (B.S.) and the University of Rochester (M.S.). On a less serious note, I am a certified judge for the Kansas City Barbeque Society (recently judging in Lake Placid and in Auburn), and I enjoy reading and fly fishing.
Stacey Mirinaviciene, C.P.A.
Associate Professor of Accounting
Adjunct Instructor of Business
Academic Credentials
- New York Institute of Technology
- M.B.A.
Biography
Ms. Stacey Mirinaviciene is a Certified Public Accountant with her own full service accounting practice, experienced in audits, tax, business consulting.
She has over 20 years of experience in both international and national business financial management, held several high level positions, including CFO, and Controller.
Ms. Mirinaviciene is serving as a treasurer on the board of directors in Shawnie Commons, active member of Roslyn Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA), the New York State Society of CPA’s (NYSCPA).
Ms. Mirinaviciene had extensive international and national teaching experience.
Professional Interests
Accounting, Taxation, Audits, Accounting Research
Dr. Ed Silverman
Division Chair
Professor of Business
Academic Credentials
- University of Maryland
- Ph.D.
- SUNY Binghamton
- M.B.A.
- University of Maryland
- M.S.W.
- SUNY Binghamton
- B.A.
Ann Tuttle
Dean of International Programs, USA
Professor Emerita of Management
Academic Credentials
- Syracuse University
- M.B.A.
- SUNY College at Buffalo
- B.S.
Biography
For more than 20 years of teaching various business and management courses, Dean Tuttle brings a recognized passion and love of both business and teaching to the classroom.
Consistently praised by students and peers for her direct interaction with students and her devotion to their well being, Dean Tuttle has a well-deserved reputation for integrating practical necessities of the workplace into the academic environment of college. This led to her being named Keuka College's 2007 Professor of the Year.
Dean Tuttle brings a rich business background to Keuka College, having managed word processing centers at a Fortune 500 company, and having held sales and marketing positions.
Her syllabus for her Organizational Behavior course was featured in the April 2004 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Dean Tuttle has held many leadership roles, such as President of Schuyler Nursery School Board of Directors, Chair of the Keuka's Division of Business and Management, and Chair of the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) Board of Directors. Dean Tuttle greatly enjoys the experience of taking what she learns from participating in business operations and bringing it back to the classroom to share with her students.
Stanley Wilczek
Assistant Professor of Management
Academic Credentials
- Harvard University
- A.M.P.
- Syracuse University
- M.B.A.
- University at Buffalo
- B.S.
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