The University of St. Francis College of Business in Joliet, Illinois, offers cutting-edge business courses and programs in every delivery format. Advance your career today with a degree or certificate in a business concentration from USF!
Accounting & Business Analysis (BBA)
Business Analytics (B.S.)
Computer Science (B.S.)
Entrepreneurship (BBA)
Finance (BBA)
International Business (BBA)
Marketing (BBA)
Recreation & Sport Management (B.A.)
Supply Chain Management (BBA)
Values-Based Management (BBA)
The 100% online programs are designed for adult students who transfer to USF with college courses or previous degrees in order to complete a bachelor’s degree.
Business Administration (MBA)
– Cybersecurity
– Data Analytics
– Finance
– Health Administration
– Human Resource Management
– Learning & Development Manager
– Management
– Supply Chain Management
Health Administration (M.S.)
– Data Science in Health Care
– Leadership in Healthcare
– Population Health
– Quality Improvement in Health Care
Management (M.S.)
– Data Science in Health Care
– Health Administration
– Human Resource Management
– Learning & Development Manager
– Management
– Performance Improvement
– Quality Improvement in Health Care
– Supply Chain Management
Within the College of Business, the School of Business is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), the leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating and rewarding teaching excellence. Accreditation is evidence of USF’s commitment to teaching excellence, best practices and continuous improvement of programs. There are about 2,400 U.S. institutions of higher education that have business-related curricula. Only 300 have successfully achieved ACBSP accreditation.
The University of St. Francis is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Click here to learn more about university accreditations.
The College of Business is a team of exceptional, experienced professionals dedicated to providing a rigorous academic curriculum in a supportive and compassionate learning environment. Guided by our Catholic Franciscan values, we are committed to student success and lifelong learning.
The “3 to Degree program” allows current undergraduate students to seamlessly complete a BBA/B.S. degree and an MBA or M.S. degree in five years. This program is designed for students to take up to nine graduate credit hours that count towards both their undergraduate and graduate degrees, saving approximately $7,500 in tuition costs. Learn more here.
It’s a David vs. Goliath story for our students measuring up against the world’s best and brightest. Each semester, USF business students compete in a capstone “business simulation” modeling course and consistently perform well against institutions from across the country. USF students have successfully competed against teams from business programs like Notre Dame, Indiana University, DePaul, Duke, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, BYU, Pepperdine, Michigan State and several international schools in India and Dubai.
The college is divided into three key programmatic areas:
The School of Business programs for undergraduates and graduates are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, a leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating and rewarding teaching excellence.
The School of Health Administration is a member of The Association of University Programs in Health Administration, a global network of colleges, universities, faculty, individuals and organizations dedicated to the improvement of health care delivery through excellence in health care management and policy education. For more information on School of Health Administration programs, contact Dr. Michael Stowe, chair, at mstowe@stfrancis.edu or 815-740-3606.
The School of Professional Studies provides flexible programs for busy people like you featuring tracks in training and development in human resource management, business and health administration, and e-learning. For more information on School of Professional Studies programs, contact Dr. Bonnie Covelli, chair, at bcovelli@stfrancis.edu or 815-740-5071.
Meet the COB Administration & Faculty
Education
B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. – Indiana State University
Bio
Dr. Yeijin Yeom, Ph.D., RN, CNE has been the dean of the Leach College of Nursing for several years. She believes in providing a rigorous education that results in top nurses who provide the ultimate in patient care for those in need.
sbrown1@stfrancis.edu 
Education
Bio
Amanda Amiti, DNP, MSN, NP-C, PMHNP-BC is a dually-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). She is the director of Nurse Practitioner programs at USF in addition to teaching full-time. She graduated from USF in 2020 with a post-master’s PMHNP certificate and in 2025 with a DNP. She has been a faculty member since January 2023 and has enjoyed sparking her passion for mental health in her students’ hearts.
Dr. Amiti is married with three children. She also practice as a PMHNP in Utica, Illinois. She enjoys spending time with her family, shopping and trying out restaurants in the community.
JWashburn@stfrancis.edu 
Education
B.A., University of Iowa
MBA, MAFM, Keller Graduate School of Management
Bio
kgibson@stfrancis.edu 
Education
B.A., Elmhurst College
MBA, Northern Illinois University
M.S., Training and Development, University of St. Francis
Ed.D., Governors State University
Bio
Bonnie currently serves as an Associate Professor and Chair for degree completion and graduate programs and a business incubator in the College of Business and Health Administration at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. She also works with community organizations on projects involving research, needs assessment, strategic business planning, and electronic learning. Her career includes experience in corporate and higher education roles in training, sales, operations, and administration. Bonnie holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a masters of business administration (MBA), a masters in training and development, and an EdD in interdisciplinary leadership with a concentration in higher education. She is a past-president of the Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education (ICCHE), a past chair for the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Great Lakes Region, and a member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD). She manages a student-faculty blog at usftraining.com. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and four children and volunteering for various community organizations.
cmccarthy1@stfrancis.edu 
Education
A.A., Joliet Junior College
BBA, College of St. Francis
MBA, University of St. Francis
MSTD, University of St. Francis
Ph.D., Cardinal Stritch University
Bio
Joseph currently serves as an Assistant Professor in marketing, academic advisor for graduate business administration students (A-L), academic advisor for undergraduate adult degree completion students, and Faculty Advisor for Delta Mu Delta (national honor society in business administration) – Delta Kappa Chapter, in the College of Business & Health Administration at the University of St. Francis.
Joseph also works with community not-for-profit organizations on projects involving research in the areas of website form, function and utilization, marketing communications, communications and social media use and planning, volunteerism and fundraising, as well as client surveys to promote organizational performance improvement changes and long-term strategic planning initiatives.
Joseph’s career experience includes higher education faculty, as well as business senior corporate leadership roles in customer service, inbound and outbound telemarketing sales, training, training program development, program assessment, skills training, technology training, operations, support, as well as process improvement consulting for-profit business and non-profit member-driven associations in the areas of training, sales, service, new customer acquisition data entry processing, back-end office processing, marketing fulfillment processing, as well as bank regulatory compliance in the areas of anti-money laundering, bank secrecy act, home mortgage disclosure act, to name a key few.
Joseph is a first-generation student and holds multiple degrees; an associate in liberal arts (AA), bachelor of business administration (BBA), a masters of business administration (MBA), a master of science in training and development (MSTD), and a (Ph.D.) in educational leadership for the advancement of learning and service.
Joseph is the past member and programs chair for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) – Valley of the Sun chapter, past board member and programs chair for the Northwest Indiana Society for Human Resource Management (NWI-SHRM), and current member of the Society of Human Resource management (SHRM) and American Marketing Association (AMA).
In his spare time Joseph enjoys travel, reading, outdoor activities in any season, and volunteering for various community organizations.
jferrallo@stfrancis.edu Education
Bio
Amanda Amiti, DNP, MSN, NP-C, PMHNP-BC is a dually-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). She is the director of Nurse Practitioner programs at USF in addition to teaching full-time. She graduated from USF in 2020 with a post-master’s PMHNP certificate and in 2025 with a DNP. She has been a faculty member since January 2023 and has enjoyed sparking her passion for mental health in her students’ hearts.
Dr. Amiti is married with three children. She also practice as a PMHNP in Utica, Illinois. She enjoys spending time with her family, shopping and trying out restaurants in the community.
Education
B.S., MBA, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology-Stuart School of Business
Bio
clindee@stfrancis.edu 
Education
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
M.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University
Bio
Bonnie currently serves as an Associate Professor and Chair for degree completion and graduate programs and a business incubator in the College of Business and Health Administration at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. She also works with community organizations on projects involving research, needs assessment, strategic business planning, and electronic learning. Her career includes experience in corporate and higher education roles in training, sales, operations, and administration. Bonnie holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a masters of business administration (MBA), a masters in training and development, and an EdD in interdisciplinary leadership with a concentration in higher education. She is a past-president of the Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education (ICCHE), a past chair for the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Great Lakes Region, and a member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD). She manages a student-faculty blog at usftraining.com. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and four children and volunteering for various community organizations.
jmonu@stfrancis.edu 
Education
B.A., B.S., University of St. Francis
MBA, University of Chicago
Ph.D., Union Institute & University
Bio
Dr. Morrissette teaches Finance and Strategy at University of St. Francis as well as Merger & Acquisition Strategy at University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His expertise and research areas include: Strategic Planning, Entrepreneurial Finance, Exit Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Merger Integration. He has numerous publications including “A Framework for Validating an M&A Deal Investment Thesis” in the Journal of Accountancy and Finance. As Managing Director of Providence Advisors, he has extensive consulting experience in strategic planning and M&A. He works extensively with large private, family-owned businesses. He raised over $100 million in equity as the founding CEO of a new bank group headquartered in Illinois. His M&A experience ranges from private company deals with values of $25-500 million and integration roles on billion-dollar transactions. He serves on several corporate and non-profit boards. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Finance.
smorrissette@stfrancis.edu 
Education
B.S., M.S., University of Calcutta, India
MBA, Governors State University
Ph.D., Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India
Bio
sroy@stfrancis.edu 
Education
B.A., Albright College
M.S., Aurora University
Ph.D., University of Florida
Bio
Dr. Sydney Sklar, Professor of Recreation Therapy, chairs the Recreation and Sport Management Department and coordinates the Recreation Therapy program. He also manages the USF Challenge Center, an experiential team building and leadership development program.
Prior to teaching at USF, he served as a therapeutic recreation practitioner at Fox Valley Special Recreation Association in Aurora, IL and Shands at Vista Mental Health Center in Gainesville, FL. He came to USF in 2005 from the University of Florida where he completed his Ph.D. in Health and Human Performance with a specialization in Therapeutic Recreation.
Sklar’s research includes outdoor adaptive sports, therapeutic recreation education, youth development, adventure learning, and community development. In a current research project, he works with an outdoor adventure adaptive sports program in Colorado to assess functional outcomes of the program among participants with disabilities.
He has published three chapters in therapeutic recreation textbooks and articles in journals such as the Therapeutic Recreation Journal, Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, and the World Leisure Journal. His career has included service to state and national association boards, and he has presented at local, state, regional, national and international conferences. He currently chairs the Council on Accreditation of Recreation, Parks, Tourism and Related Professions, an organization that ensures accountability and quality among baccalaureate higher education programs in leisure studies.
ssklar@stfrancis.edu
Education
B.S., Northern Kentucky University
M.A., University of Phoenix
Ph.D., Northcentral University
Bio
I joined the University of St. Francis faculty in 2007. I have been teaching at the university level online and on-ground since 2003. My Ph.D. is in Business Administration with specializations in Management and Healthcare Administration. Prior to coming to St. Francis, I spent a year at another university in Michigan. I have worked in HealthCare since 1987. I am originally from eastern Kentucky but have lived Chicagoland area since 2000.
My areas of research interest are in the areas of quality of life and economic evaluation models. I also research areas of executive skill and abilities and have published several papers and presented them at conferences in the United States and in the UK. I created and implemented the Bachelor of Business Administration-Health Care Management Major in 2013.
mstowe@stfrancis.edu Education
B.A., DePaul University
M.S., Benedictine University
D.M., University of Phoenix
Bio
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rvaughan@stfrancis.edu La Universidad de St. Francis, en Joliet, Illinois, ofrece una educación empresarial de vanguardia a través de su Facultad de Negocios
Contabilidad y Análisis Empresarial (BBA)
Analítica empresarial (B.S.)
Iniciativa empresarial (B.A.)
Finanzas (B.A.)
Negocios internacionales (B.A.)
Mercadotecnia (BBA)
Gestión de la cadena de suministros (BBA)
Gestión basada en valores (BBA)
Los programas 100% en línea están diseñados para alumnos adultos que se transfieren a la USF con cursos universitarios o títulos previos para completar una licenciatura.
Administración de empresas (MBA) – en línea y en el campus
– Ciberseguridad
– Análisis de datos
– Finanzas
– Gestión sanitaria
– Gestión de recursos humanos
– Gerente de Aprendizaje y Desarrollo
– Gestión
– Gestión de la cadena de suministro
Gestión sanitaria (M.S.)
– Ciencia de datos en sanidad
– Liderazgo en sanidad (autodiseño)
– Salud de la población
– Mejora de la calidad de la asistencia sanitaria
Gestión (M.S.) – sólo en línea
– Ciencia de datos en sanidad
– Gestión sanitaria
– Gestión de recursos humanos
– Gestión
– Mejora del rendimiento
– Mejora de la calidad de la asistencia sanitaria
– Gestión de la cadena de suministro
Formación y desarrollo (M.S.) – sólo en línea
– Administración de empresas
– Gestión sanitaria
– Gestión de recursos humanos
– Diseño pedagógico en el aprendizaje en línea
– Gestión de la formación y el desarrollo
– Autodiseño
Gestión de la cadena de suministro
Contabilidad
Análisis de datos
Ciencia de datos en atención a la salud
Finanzas
Gestión de recursos humanos
Diseño pedagógico en el aprendizaje en línea
Logística
Gestión de cuidados de larga duración
Gestión de la formación y el desarrollo
Mejora del rendimiento
Salud de la población
Mejora de la calidad de la asistencia sanitaria
Gestión de la cadena de suministro
Especialista en formación
Dr. ¡Shannon Brown da la bienvenida a los alumnos de la Facultad de Negocios!
Dr. Shannon Brown
Decano, Facultad de Negocios
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La Facultad de Negocios de la USF está acreditada por la Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), la principal asociación de acreditación especializada en educación empresarial que apoya, celebra y premia la excelencia docente. La acreditación es una prueba del compromiso de la USF con la excelencia docente, las mejores prácticas y la mejora continua de los programas. En EE.UU. hay unas 2,400 instituciones de enseñanza superior con planes de estudios relacionados con los negocios. Sólo 300 han conseguido la acreditación de la ACBSP.
La Universidad de St. Francis está acreditada por la Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), una agencia regional de acreditación reconocida por el Departamento de Educación de Departamento de Educación. Haga clic aquí para obtener más información sobre las acreditaciones universitarias.
La Facultad de Negocios está formada por un equipo de profesionales excepcionales y experimentados dedicados a ofrecer un plan de estudios académico riguroso en un entorno de aprendizaje compasivo y de apoyo. Guiados por nuestros valores católicos franciscanos, estamos comprometidos con el éxito de los alumnos y el aprendizaje permanente.
El programa “3 to Degree” permite a los alumnos de licenciatura actuales completar sin problemas un BBA/B.S. y un MBA o M.S. en cinco años. Este programa está diseñado para que los alumnos cursen hasta nueve horas de créditos de postgrado que cuentan tanto para sus títulos de licenciatura como de postgrado, ahorrando aproximadamente 7,500 dólares en costos de matrícula. Obtenga más información aquí.
Es la historia de David contra Goliat para nuestros alumnos que se miden con los mejores y más brillantes del mundo. Cada semestre, los alumnos de negocios de la USF compiten en un curso de modelado de “simulación empresarial” y obtienen sistemáticamente buenos resultados frente a instituciones de todo el país. Los alumnos de la USF han competido con éxito contra equipos de programas empresariales como Notre Dame, Indiana University, DePaul, Duke, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, BYU, Pepperdine, Michigan State y varias escuelas internacionales de la India y Dubái.
La facultad se divide en tres áreas programáticas clave:
Los programas de la Escuela de Negocios para alumnos de licenciatura y postgrado están acreditados por el Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, una asociación líder de acreditación especializada para apoyar, celebrar y premiar la excelencia docente para la enseñanza de negocios.
La Escuela de Gestión sanitaria es miembro de The Association of University Programs in Health Administration, una red mundial de colegios universitarios, universidades, profesores, personas y organizaciones dedicadas a la mejora de la prestación de asistencia sanitaria a través de la excelencia en la gestión de la asistencia sanitaria y la educación política. Si desea más información sobre los programas de la Escuela de Gestión sanitaria, póngase en contacto con el Dr. Michael Stowe, presidente, en mstowe@stfrancis.edu o llame al 815-740-3606.
La Escuela de Estudios Profesionales ofrece programas flexibles para personas ocupadas como usted, con itinerarios de formación y desarrollo en gestión de recursos humanos, gestión empresarial y sanitaria y aprendizaje electrónico. Si desea más información sobre los programas de la Escuela de Estudios Profesionales, póngase en contacto con la Dra. Bonnie Covelli, presidenta, en bcovelli@stfrancis.edu o llame al 815-740-5071.
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