Whitworth seeks to balance classroom instruction with experiential learning. This involves real life experiences in the business world, not just book knowledge. Rubbing shoulders with leaders in the marketplace will enhance students' competence, self-confidence, and character, as well as their ability to think independently and to accept risk. Program Elements include mentoring and Job shadowing, internships and Speaker Series, and networking and Major/Minor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Studies.
Inland Northwest Business Plan Competition
Teams of students from Whitworth University, Gonzaga University, and Eastern Washington University participate and compete for cash awards for proposals they submit for the Inland Northwest Business Plan Competition. The competition is a collaboration between Whitworth's School of Global Commerce & Management, Gonzaga's Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, and EWU's Center for Entrepreneurial Activities. The competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students from those schools.
The plans submitted to the competition are judged by an independent panel of reviewers based on 10 criteria, including social return on investment, feasibility, scalability, funding, and quality of the operating and financial plans. Faculty members from the Whitworth School of Global Commerce & Management assist the Whitworth teams by providing academic and practical insight in areas including marketing, finance, e-commerce, legal issues and patents.
BU 396 - Business Plan Competition
Description: The main operational goal of this class is to develop and enter a superior business plan to a regional business plan competition. Lecture will focus on material specific to your business planning needs. Additionally, the class is designed to meet individual team needs.
BU 410 - Business Policy
Description: Capstone course for business majors, integrating the functions of marketing, operations and finance from the strategic vantage point of the general manager. Case studies.
BU 493 Entrepreneurial Development
A practical hands-on consulting experience in which students work with local entrepreneurs to develop business plans and compete for sustainable financing of a small business.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) is offered in Business Management. Students may concentrate their studies through the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Studies Program.
A Whitworth University education is characterized by academic excellence, the integration of faith and learning, abundant opportunities to engage in research and service, one of the best study-abroad programs in the nation, and thorough preparation for a career with purpose. Whitworth's faculty makes it happen.
A list of courses may be viewed at:
http://www.whitworth.edu/academic/index.htm
For the third consecutive year, Kiplinger's magazine has ranked Whitworth in its top 50 private university values in the West. The magazine ranked Whitworth No. 39 in its 2009 ranking of the top 50 values.
Whitworth was designated "Best in the West" in Princeton Review's 2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region guide.
Whitworth is one of the highest-ranked schools in the Pacific Northwest in Forbes' 2008 America’s Best Colleges rankings.
In the 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement, both first-year students and seniors rate Whitworth significantly higher than peer and national averages for level of academic challenge, active and collaborative learning, faculty-student interaction, enriching educational experiences and supportive campus environment.
Whitworth is recognized among schools with the highest graduation rates in the America's Best Colleges 2007 guidebook
Tim Coughlin, '08, won the top monetary prize in Gonzaga University's 2007-08 Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Business Plan Competition. Coughlin, a business-management and marketing major, won $10,000 for his company, Buysellfix.com, a repair and refurbishing service for handheld electronics.
Leah Hartanov and Travis Hartanov, both '08, won the Best Idea Prize at the University of Washington's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition. Their business, Krochet Kids International, employs African women to make crocheted hats and accessories for import to the U.S.
Five Whitworth teams won more than half of the $42,500 total cash awards in Gonzaga University's 2007 Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Business Plan Competition. The competition is the largest of its kind in the Inland Northwest.
School type: Four Year, Private, Founded: 1890
Affiliation: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Web site: http://www.whitworth.edu/
Student Profile:
Number of undergraduate, full-time students:
2,394
Percentage of undergraduate, full-time male students, female students:
45% male, 55% female
Number of states represented by student body:
30
Number of countries represented by student body:
18
Percentage of minority students:
17.9%
Faculty Profile:
Number of full-time faculty:
133
Student/Faculty Ratio:
12:1
Athletics:
Athletics division, conference, number of varsity sports:
NCAA Division III, Northwest Conference, 20 varsity sports.
Financial:
Cost of tuition:
$25,382 Tuition includes student fees.
$7,294 Estimated cost of room and board.
Percentage of students who receive some financial aid:
95%
