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West Michigan In The News

April 3, 2008

Aquinas’s sustainability degree goes post-grad

The sustainable business degree at Aquinas is doing more than just attracting students from across the nation to its small campus in the middle of Grand Rapids, it’s generating excitement for the concepts and creating the desire in students to stay involved all the way through a Master’s program.

According to excerpts from the story:

More than four years after forming a degree program in sustainable business, Aquinas College is seeking to expand its capacity and adding a graduate program.

As the small but growing undergraduate sustainability program evolves, Aquinas professor Matt Tueth sees an emerging demand for a master's degree targeted at working professionals.

"With the undergraduate program on really firm footing, it's a natural," said Tueth, chairman of the Aquinas Department of Sustainable Business. "That's in our future. We set the precedent with the undergraduate program here, let's continue on."

Read the complete story here.