Walker College of Business
Whether you’re planning the design for a functional new business space, coordinating a major convention or presenting to a Fortune 500 company’s top brass, innovation and leadership are valuable commodities. Within the Walker College programs, you’ll discover a rigorous and collaborative approach to learning that inspires informed judgment, decisive action and cultural literacy. Across our diverse programs, experienced faculty will prepare you for leadership roles as you develop the creative design and strategic business skills needed in today’s global marketplace.
undergrads in Walker College
It takes 5 years to earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s through Walker College’s 4+1 program in Organizational Leadership
business alumni across 44 states and 32 countries
Business programs focus on developing “T-Shaped Professionals,” students who are well versed in a broad range of abilities and who possess mastery of a skill or process in a specific discipline.
The 4+1 program in Organizational Leadership allows students to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s in only five years by taking graduate-level courses as an undergrad.
Our majors can spend their first three years in Erie and their final year in New York City to graduate with two degrees — a bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst and an associate degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
A 10,000-square foot studio gives Interior Architecture and Design students 24/7 access to cutting-edge design software, a materials lab, drafting studio and resource library.
The Hospitality Management program has one of the strongest internship programs in the country, offering opportunities with industry-leading hotels, restaurants and convention centers.
Mary B. Breckenridge (Missy), PH.D., has been appointed as the Dean of the Walker College of Business. Since returning to Mercyhurst in the summer of 2012, Dr. Breckenridge has served as an associate professor and director of the Organizational Leadership graduate program. Most recently Dr. Breckenridge has served as the Dean of Graduate Studies. Prior to her return to Mercyhurst, she served as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Notre Dame College (NDC) in Cleveland from 2008-2012. Prior to joining NDC in 2008, Missy spent the previous 13 years in a variety of capacities including graduate program director and associate dean of the Graduate College at Mercyhurst. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in education from the University of Southern California, a teaching certification in social science, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Amy Doolan has been appointed Associate Dean of the Walker College of Business. She joined the Mercyhurst faculty in 2005 as a Professor of Accounting. Prior to joining Mercyhurst, she spent over a decade as a practicing accountant in the corporate, public and not-for-profit accounting sectors. Dr. Doolan has been the Associate Dean since 2011 and was the Chair of the Business Department from 2011-2014. She is the Assessment Coordinator for the Business Department, handling the reporting for both Middle States and IACBE business specific accreditations. In addition to her administrative duties, Dr. Doolan has served the University with participation on various committees including most recently Academic Policies and the Calendar Committee and in the past on Faculty Affairs, Academic Planning and Assessment, Faculty Research, and the Core Curriculum Advisory Committee. Dr. Doolan teaches throughout the accounting curriculum, covering courses at the introductory level as well as major specific courses in Cost Accounting, Intermediate and Advanced Financial Accounting. She has presented research on the topics of corporate governance and ethical issues in accounting and has published in the American Journal of Business Education. Her teaching interests are in the management/cost accounting area and she is beginning research into the diverse methodologies used in teaching introductory management accounting as well as the primary learning styles exhibited by students from different disciplines when learning management accounting.