Sylvia Maxfield

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE will launch next fall a new fully online master's degree program in sports administration. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC to launch new online master’s program in sports administration

Education 08/21/2024

PROVIDENCE – Providence College next fall will launch a new fully online master’s degree program that will be designed to help emerging professionals within...

An opportunity for business, higher ed to collaborate

Education 11/26/2021

(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.) “Workforce development” is arguably the most important social challenge...

Education 09/03/2021

PBN 2021 Leaders & Achievers Awards Sylvia Maxfield | Dean, Providence College School of Business Over her nearly 10-year tenure as dean of the Providence...

Providence College offers new graduate program in business analytics

Education 02/02/2021

PROVIDENCE – Providence College announced Jan. 25 that it will offer a new Master of Science in business analytics through the college’s School of...

PC’s School of Business has new partnership with Barron’s

Education 02/18/2020

PROVIDENCE – Providence College’s School of Business has created a new partnership with the Barron’s in Education program from Dow Jones & Co., the...

PC business school professor’s $500K gift helps create new computer lab

Education 02/14/2020

PROVIDENCE – A faculty member at Providence College’s School of Business offered the school a substantial personal gift, which resulted in the school expanding...

PBN on WJAR-TV, Dec. 31, 2018

Financial Services 01/02/2019

2018 was good, but much to be done Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the...

FUTURE OUTLOOK: Business and nonprofit leaders in Rhode Island meet with Providence Business News Editor Mark S. Murphy to discuss 2018 and where the state is headed. Starting at the head of the table, background, from left, clockwise: Murphy; Providence College Dean of the School of Business Sylvia Maxfield; VIBCO President Karl Wadensten; Washington Trust Bancorp President and Chief Operating Officer Mark K. W. Gim; Crossroads Rhode Island President and CEO Karen A. Santilli; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer Michele B. Lederberg; and Gilbane Building Co. President and CEO Michael E. McKelvy.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

2018 was a good year, but much work is to come

Capital Goods 12/28/2018

On Dec. 14, Providence Business News Editor Mark S. Murphy sat down with six leaders of the Rhode Island business and nonprofit community to...

Five Questions With Sylvia Maxfield

5Q 09/14/2018

Sylvia Maxfield | Dean of the College of Business, Providence College 1. What classes are included in Providence College’s new business and innovation minor? Three...