Eberhardt School of Business 2022 Viewbook

The Future of Business Is You

Eberhardt School of Business

Eberhardt School of Business

The Eberhardt School of Business cultivates the leadership skills and innovative spirit of its students while providing training in state-of-the-art business applications. As a small business school with a global orientation, the school offers exceptionally interactive classes that encourage close working relationships between students and faculty.

ALUMNI EARNINGS AMONG ALL 4-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce)

AMONG BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN THE WEST WITH 7,000 STUDENTS OR FEWER

(Poets & Quants for Undergrads—Best Undergraduate Schools, 2022)

AMONG BUSINESS SCHOOLS WITH 7,000 STUDENTS OR FEWER

(Poets & Quants for Undergrads—Best Undergraduate Schools, 2022)

AMONG ALL BUSINESS SCHOOLS

(Poets & Quants for Undergrads—Best Undergraduate Schools, 2022)

University of the Pacific is a fully accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Pacific has made me realize what I want to do in my future, and once I figured that out, I had all the support systems to help me get there. My time here at Pacific has been nothing short of special, and I want to thank all of my friends and professors for helping me in the last four years. Eberhardt has great professors and staff who only want the best for you. All the resources are here for you to succeed in the business world, and when you are at the end of your college years, you will be able to look back and see what an impact Pacific and Eberhardt have made on you.

Brady Cooper ’22

MAJOR: BSBA, Sport Management and Analytics

HOMETOWN: Ashland, Oregon

Brady was an intern with the Stockton Heat professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.

Eberhardt Degrees

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree focuses on the study of the modern business world and prepares you for professional leadership roles. Through our internships, career development projects and class consulting, you will have exceptional experiential learning opportunities while working closely with our dedicated, expert faculty. Students in the business administration program select from the following majors and minors:

MAJORS

• Business Analytics

• Finance

• Management and Human Resources

MINORS

• Business Administration

• Business Analytics

• Marketing Management

• Sport Analytics

• Sport Management

• Leadership

• Management

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting

With the Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree, you will study all functional areas of accounting including cost, financial, managerial and federal income tax law while preparing for careers in corporate, governmental and nonprofit organizations.

You will have opportunities to develop professional networks and find leadership and internship opportunities.

A designated faculty adviser and the Eberhardt Career Management Center staff will help you find the best pathway to your future accounting career. With an undergraduate degree in accounting, you can take advantage of Pacific’s master of accounting (MAcc) program and earn a graduate degree in just two more semesters.

My marketing classes prepared me a lot. When I was doing my segmentation project, thankfully, beforehand, I had taken a class called International Marketing. And in that class, we learned how to attract different markets around the world, or cultural backgrounds you can touch on. That helped a lot because Seattle is a very diverse city. But internally, within the firm, there wasn’t much diversity. So that’s one thing that I really targeted: If you’re going to attract a diverse clientele, you want to make sure that you reach them appropriately and authentically. That’s why the class really helped me.

Sahila Shah

’23

MAJOR: BSBA, Marketing Management

HOMETOWN: Stockton, California

Sahila completed a virtual internship with Wells Fargo Wealth Management’s Seattle firm, where she presented on segmenting customers to target potential high-income clients.

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Sacha Joseph-Mathews

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Associate Professor of Marketing

PhD, Marketing; MS, Tourism and Hospitality Management

Professor Sacha Joseph-Mathews has taught undergraduate, graduate and continuing education classes specializing in marketing, customer service and international business courses. She has published several articles on her areas of expertise as well as on tourism and sustainability.

Prior to her academic career, Professor Joseph-Mathews worked in media, tourism, export development, trade development and investing. She currently is an active consultant and business coach for marketing and customer service, both domestically and internationally in for-profit and nonprofit sectors.

Invaluable Experiences

STUDENT INVESTMENT FUND

The Eberhardt Student Investment Fund (SIF) is a rare opportunity for students to gain real-world experience in the U.S. stock market by managing an investment portfolio currently worth nearly $4 million. Since its inception in 2007, the program has flourished into the third-largest student-run fund in the western United States and has regularly outperformed both the Russell Midcap and Standard & Poor’s 500 benchmarks. Students enrolled in the class can tour financial institutions and speak with investment industry professionals about their career paths.

A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE BONDS

Starting in 2022, the Eberhardt School of Business is offering an additional student investment opportunity. The Dreyfuss Family Fixed Income Fund, valued at $2 million, is a student-run investment fund focused on bonds including U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. corporate bonds, emerging market bonds, high-yield bonds and more. Students research where to invest the fund’s money and are accountable to a board consisting of the dean and four investment professionals.

Only 2% of business schools operate a student investment fund, and the Eberhardt School of Business is one of the only business schools in the country to offer students the opportunity to manage both a stock and bond market fund as an undergraduate or graduate student.

VISIT TO THE CENTER OF WORLD FINANCE

A vital part of the Student Investment Fund experience is the annual visit to New York City, where Pacific students visit Wall Street investment banking firms and tour the financial district.

Students also network with Pacific alumni, current finance professionals eager to share their years of experience with younger Pacificans.

The trip is financed by the Dreyfuss Wall Street Fellows endowment, established in 2016 by alumnus and Regent Evan Dreyfuss ’86.

We’re giving students access to a world that is hard to see and discover from the West Coast. It opens their eyes to potential careers that they most likely never even knew about. It gives them something to shoot for and a way to start networking.

Regent Evan Dreyfuss ’86

Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager RMB Capital

My favorite hands-on learning opportunity at Pacific is definitely the Student Investment Fund. It’s a $4 million student-run investment fund. As a student, you get access to the Bloomberg terminals that the school pays for. It’s quite an amazing tool, especially if you’re interested in going into the financial field, because that’s what big banks use to gather their information. Only 2% of business schools globally offer the same learning opportunity. It will set you apart when you’re graduating or entering the job market. It builds up your public speaking skills and your confidence.

Jonathan Chen ’22

MAJOR: BSBA, Finance, and Business Management and Human Resources

HOMETOWN: Tacoma, Washington

Jonathan was also active in the College of the Pacific’s student-driven Integrated Development Group, which offers pro-bono consulting to highimpact social entrepreneurs and enterprises.

Indispensable Connections

FOSTERING CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS

Eberhardt partners with employers ranging from local businesses to Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon, Google, Clorox, PayPal, Bloomberg and Deloitte.

More than 62% of accounting students secure jobs in a Big Four accounting firm. Historically, Eberhardt students have an over 90% employment rate among graduates.

A NETWORK OF ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNI

Eberhardt’s alumni are diverse and exceptional leaders such as Dean Spanos, owner of the Los Angeles Chargers; Steve Goulart, executive vice president and chief investment officer at MetLife; Doug Merritt, president CEO of Splunk; Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh, CEO of family care and P&G ventures at Procter and Gamble; and Pete Carroll, coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

Eberhardt’s students have the opportunity to network with alumni through campus events, including information sessions and mock interviews. They also take a required career course, where they are encouraged to utilize LinkedIn to expand their network and find career opportunities.

CHAMPIONING INCLUSIVITY

CEOs of Color in Residence is a multidisciplinary program that exposes Pacific students to a diverse set of business leaders from around the globe. Each business leader in residence spends four weeks on Pacific’s Stockton Campus sharing their expertise with students, faculty and staff as well as the Stockton business community. Through keynote lectures and presentations, the CEOs of Color in Residence program seeks to engage, inspire and advocate for inclusive excellence through the power of business, entrepreneurship and innovation.

DELTA SIGMA PI

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional business fraternity which has been promoting high-quality engagement at Pacific since the 1980s. It fosters the study of business, encourages scholarship and social activity, and promotes close connections between business students and the business world. Its executive board of high achieving students emphasizes professional development of its members.

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Pete Schroeder

Associate Professor of Sport

Management

EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; MA, Sport Sciences

Professor Pete Schroeder’s research focuses on organizational culture in sport settings, academic integration of intercollegiate athletes, and migration of international athletes. He has also served as chair of the Pacific Athletic Advisory Board. His work has appeared in several journals, and he contributed chapters to two sport management textbooks. In addition to his academic career, Professor Schroeder serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

One thing you’ll learn about sports in general is that relationships mean everything. What I learned at Pacific in terms of how to connect with people, build relationships, establish trust really made me feel prepared going into this business setting where relationships truly matter.

One of my favorite memories of Pacific were the relationships that were part of the Sport Management program. All of a sudden, I was sitting in a room with so many like-minded people, and I had never truly experienced that before in my life. To really have that community and that energy around with people who thought like I did, who had excitement about the same things I did was really a unique experience.

Nicole Rios-Barbour ’07 BA, Sport Sciences with a Sport Management concentration

Vice President for Partnership Development, Golden State Warriors

When Nicole was in the Sport Sciences program, it was housed in the College of the Pacific. Eberhardt is now proud to offer the newly imagined Sport Management and Analytics major.

Unparalleled Opportunities

UNIQUELY SITUATED CENTERS FOR INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION

Pacific has campuses in three of Northern California’s most dynamic cities: San Francisco, Sacramento and Stockton. Our location gives you proximity to innovators in Silicon Valley, decision-makers in the capital of California and growers in one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions.

A DEDICATED CAREER MANAGEMENT CENTER

The Eberhardt School of Business Career Management Center engages with alumni, industry professionals and employers to build student connections through classroom or personal interactions as well as guest speaker, networking and career events. Eberhardt students have opportunities to build professional networks throughout their academic experience with a wide range of professionals, from young alumni to senior business leaders.

A unique opportunity, our Career Development Seminar is part of the business degree core taken during your junior year. This class helps you understand the demands and expectations of the professional world by preparing you for internship searches, enhancing your interview skills and polishing a resume.

Additionally, through Pacific’s Career Services, Eberhardt students can participate in Tiger Treks, where they visit employers in person or virtually to learn what it’s like to work there and how to apply for open positions. Past Tiger Treks have included trips to LinkedIn, Netflix, Roku, Splunk and Salesforce.

[While applying for my internship with the Goldman Sachs Group], I did receive a lot of help from the adviser at Eberhardt’s Career Management Center, such as going through my resume, talking about how to go about interview questions, and also really giving me advice. She really helped me get my thoughts together and then made sure that I say everything professionally.

Bernice Yu

BSBA, Finance

’22

Analyst, Asset Management Division, Goldman Sachs Group While at Pacific, Bernice was involved with the Student Investment Fund and the Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity.