Providence College School of Business

Providence College School of Business Welcome to the Official page of the Providence College School of Business. More Than Business, It's Where Business Meets Purpose.

At the Providence College School of Business, we’re shaping a different kind of business education. As the only U.S. college founded and administered by Dominican Friars, we’re attuned to the need for meaning, connection, and purpose in both business and life. With a dynamic group of energized faculty, a rigorous curriculum, and a new new facility, the Arthur and Patricia Ryan Center for Business

Studies, we’re building the business school of the future with that in mind. Students don’t just learn the foundations of business — they learn a versatile, collaborative, problem-solving approach that makes them indispensable to employers and personally fulfilled. We’re teaching the power of “we” rather than “me.”

Accreditation
AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, affirmed the PCSB’s rising level of distinction and quality when it awarded accreditation in 2012. Only 30 percent of U.S. business schools, and 5 percent worldwide, achieve this prestigious designation. It places the PC undergraduate and graduate programs among the best, and helps position students and graduates for even greater success in the future. New Building
A$5 million gift from prominent alumnus Arthur F. Ryan and his wife, Patricia, has supported a state-of-the-art home for the PCSB. With their gift, Dore Hall, a former residence hall, has been renovated as the center of a new structure named " The Arthur F. and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies." The facility opened in January 2017 and is serving as opportunity to learn and grow, where every square foot is designed intentionally to foster engaged, values-based learning that will lead students to a lifetime of success in business and in life. Bloomberg Businessweek Rankings
PCSB shot up 34 spots to No. 75 on Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2014 list of the top undergraduate business programs. PCSB had the sharpest rise of any school on the ranking this year, thanks to an improved employer survey score, according to the magazine. A Strategic Priority
Much of PCSB’s success can be attributed to the College’s 2011 Strategic Plan, which positions the School to be a national and international model for practice-based curriculum that builds on the College’s expertise in the liberal arts and virtue ethics. Note: Third-party posts on this wall do not imply endorsement of that content by the PCSB. We reserve the right to remove content that is spam, commercial, obscene, harassing, and/or derogatory.

08/31/2026

A special welcome home from Dean Dufresne to our business Friars!

08/30/2026

Meet the new dean of the Providence College School of Business, Ronald Dufresne, Ph.D.! Join us as he answers 10 questions touching on a range of topics including his take on oatmeal raisin cookies as well as finding career purpose.

More about Dufresne: link in our comments

Congratulations to Thomas Ptashnik, Ph.D. of the Department of Management, whose article, "Understanding the Influence o...
08/25/2026

Congratulations to Thomas Ptashnik, Ph.D. of the Department of Management, whose article, "Understanding the Influence of Remote Work-Enabling HRM Practices on Organizational Outcomes," received the Human Resources Division's best convention paper award at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia.

From right: Ptashnik and his coauthors Susan Zhu, Ph.D. of the University of Kentucky and Emily Campion Ph.D. of the University of Iowa

Congratulations to these PC Business faculty and staff members who were recognized for their contributions: · John Stama...
08/20/2026

Congratulations to these PC Business faculty and staff members who were recognized for their contributions:

· John Stamatis, assistant professor of practice in marketing: Outstanding Service Award
· Lisa Mildner '24SCE, administrative coordinator, PC Business dean's office: Outstanding Service Award
· Judith Robinson '24SCE, administrative coordinator, PC Business dean's office: Dean's Award for Inclusive Excellence

Executive board members from the chapter of the Association for Latino Professionals for America at the Providence Colle...
08/14/2026

Executive board members from the chapter of the Association for Latino Professionals for America at the Providence College School of Business traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the group's annual convention, titled "Design Your Next Stage."

From left: Pamela Alzate '28, treasurer; John Torres '27, president; Julio Hernandez '28, secretary; Gabby Moretti, advisor and associate director of undergraduate advising and student opportunity programs; and Elias Ferreira '27, president

Congratulations to these PC Business faculty who were recognized for their research:· Nicolas Lorgnier, Ph.D. of the Dep...
08/11/2026

Congratulations to these PC Business faculty who were recognized for their research:
· Nicolas Lorgnier, Ph.D. of the Department of Marketing and Christopher Lyddy, Ph.D. of the Department of Management, recipients of Excellence in Research Awards
· Martha Troncoza, Ph.D., of the Department of Marketing, who received a Dean's Summer Research Fellowship

Fall 2022: PC editionIt's almost that time of year in Friartown ...
08/07/2026

Fall 2022: PC edition

It's almost that time of year in Friartown ...

Congratulations to the following PC Business faculty on their teaching awards:· Steven Dannemiller, Ph.D. of the Departm...
08/03/2026

Congratulations to the following PC Business faculty on their teaching awards:
· Steven Dannemiller, Ph.D. of the Department of Accountancy and Ainslie Schultz, Ph.D. of the Department of Marketing, recipients of the Greene Family Award for Teaching Excellence
· Duygu Pamukou, Ph.D., of the Department of Finance, recipient of the Graduate Business Teaching Excellence Award
· Stephen Perreault, Ph.D., of the Department of Accountancy, awarded the Faculty Mentor Award

Happy National Intern Day to all the PC Business students gaining valuable career experience this summer!
07/30/2026

Happy National Intern Day to all the PC Business students gaining valuable career experience this summer!

✨ CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2026 ✨Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Graduate Student Excellence Awards, Te...
07/17/2026

✨ CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2026 ✨

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Graduate Student Excellence Awards, Tess Carty '25, '26G and Mary Gifford '25, '26G!

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