Doctoral Chevrons

Welcome to Doctoral Chevrons

This newsletter features the writing and research of faculty, staff, students, and friends of the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Doctor of Business Administration program. Doctoral Chevrons is published three times a year in February, June, and October.

Call for Student Submissions

We are accepting student submissions for upcoming editions of Doctoral Chevrons. Submissions discussing business research, theory, or applied business practice are welcome. Each piece should be between 500-1500 words and must follow APA guidelines. For consideration, please submit your work to mcollins@smumn.edu.

Current Edition

Mr. Fernando Bucaro named chief financial officer at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

from The Very Rev. James P. Burns, IVD, Ph.D., President of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Dear Faculty and Staff, I am pleased to announce that Mr. Fernando Bucaro has accepted our offer to serve as the Chief Financial Officer for Saint...

Announcing tuition rates for 2024-25

from Michael McMahon, Vice President for Enrollment Management Faculty and staff, We wanted to share the following communication about tuition, which is being shared with students in the TODAY newsletter on February 14 and also in an email to...

Degree in philanthropy and development equals credibility

Dr. Anthony Leigh M’16 spent the first 10 years of his career in government, first as a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C., and then as the deputy state treasurer for the State of Alabama. Around 2007, he decided to change career paths to...

Models of service

Wolf and Keeley preparing for careers in medicine Delaney Wolf B’21, C’22 and Jordan Keeley B’22, M’23 have supported and challenged each other for years. It was only natural that the two form a friendship and a bond, considering they have so much...

Saint Mary’s website updates

The Saint Mary’s Marketing and Communication Department’s web team recently changed the search function on the university’s website. Since changing to a Google-powered search engine three weeks ago, 4,000 searches have been tracked on the site. The...

Higher education in the headlines

Higher education is a field that is constantly changing. With this roundup, we hope to keep you informed about what is going on at universities and colleges around the country: Exclusive: The Education Department says it will fix its $1.8 billion...

Business alumnus excelling in area of ESG consulting

Scott Song B’10 grew from an undergraduate international student, unsure and a little overwhelmed in a new country, to working nationally and internationally for a Big Four accounting firm, where his diverse background and experiences are an...

Higher education in the headlines

Higher education is a field that is constantly changing. With this roundup, we hope to keep you informed about what is going on at universities and colleges around the country. Christian Brothers University faces major deficit, plans to cut $4M...

Saint Mary’s awarded National Science Foundation Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity Grant

The Saint Mary’s community is pleased to announce that it has received an Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will be used to launch the university’s Center for...

New partnership with Benedictine allows Saint Mary’s nursing students on-the-job work experience

A new partnership between Saint Mary’s University and Benedictine will allow the university’s students to train as certified nursing assistants and work at the health system’s local senior living facility. With the new partnership, Benedictine will...

Empowering others to advocate for mental health and suicide prevention

While Elizabeth Fleming M’13, D’19, was pursuing her doctorate at Saint Mary’s, the unthinkable happened. She lost a close friend to suicide. “When it happened, I went through all of the emotions, ‘Why didn’t I know what was going on’ or ‘Why...

Higher education in the headlines

Higher education is a field that is constantly changing. With this roundup, we hope to keep you informed about what is going on at universities and colleges around the country. Saint Mary’s joins 6 other Minnesota colleges in top 300 higher...

McClure named dean of the School of Education, Hines to lead Ed.D. program

Saint Mary’s is pleased to announce that John (Jack) McClure, Ph.D., has been named dean of the School of Education. McClure has served as interim dean since March, following the departure of Michael Lovorn. Before coming to Saint Mary’s in 2006,...

Saint Mary’s welcomes Dr. Liz Gulliford for Cardinal Virtue lecture

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, Saint Mary’s will welcome Dr. Liz Gulliford for a Cardinal Virtue lecture on “How Gratitude and Related Virtues Help Students and Teachers to Flourish.” This lecture presents gratitude as central to the other virtues and...

Saint Mary’s experiences historic philanthropic year

As the financial books closed this summer, it’s time for the Saint Mary’s community to celebrate a number of record-breaking donations in FY '23 that were acquired through the work of the Office of Advancement. In FY '23, the university saw a...