Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | October 2, 2023 | Worcester Business Journal 9 W a solid business in order to do great nonprofit work." ough that business mindset is essential to the health of a company or nonprofit, David Jordan said he wants to build upon what is traditionally thought of as business school, and what the goals for educating business students should be. Business students need to think more about contributing to the overall health of society, he said. Curriculum changes to the Clark School of Management will expand on the need of the business world to contribute to the betterment of society, but also focus on preparing students for careers to focus more on technology, said Royo. Jordan's track record of success suggests he is well poised to help the university do that. "He has a social entrepreneurship frame of mind," said Kathleen Jordan. Building a state-of-the-art business school Big on the agenda for David Jordan and the School of Management is finding or creating a new space for the department, he said. Modernizing the infrastructure of the school, currently in an 1800s build, is a necessity, he said. "We need a new physical SOM," Jordan said. To draw top-notch faculty and students, that's what the school needs to do, Jordan said. "It's in keeping with our peers. We want to be not competing, but leading," he said. A priority across the university is assessing facilities and working to better pose them to attract broadly, Royo said. University officials are spending the next months assessing needs, and Royo said they hope to have a plan before the end of the calendar year, with the long- term goal to be creating a state-of-the- art building for SOM. and reconnect this business school, and how do we enlarge it," he said. e next steps are to enact those changes, he said. "We have done the diagnostic work, now we are into treatment," Jordan said. What that treatment will look like is assessing how business education should be approached. It's not unheard of, but it is a rarity for a liberal arts college to host an undergraduate business school. It's to the business students' benefit, however, said Jordan, allowing them to learn hard business skills coupled with liberal arts thinking. At Seven Hills, Jordan coupled business thinking with human services, something essential to have longevity, said Kathleen Jordan. "at business lens is critical to ensuring long-term sustainability for a nonprofit," she said. "You have to run Provost Sebastian Royo said Clark hopes to unveil an upgraded facilities plan by the end of the year, including a state-of-the-art building for the School of Management. "He is a serial social entrepreneur. It's part of his DNA." - Kathleen Jordan, president and CEO of the Seven Hills Foundation PHOTOS | COURTESY OF CLARK UNIVERSITY PHOTOS | COURTESY OF CLARK UNIVERSITY

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