Ciocca Center for Business, Ethics, and Society

The Carlyse and Arthur A. Ciocca '59 Center for Business, Ethics, and Society prepares students to become ethical leaders and critically engaged citizens of a society deeply shaped by business. It offers multiple opportunities to explore questions about how business can contribute to the common good and promote real, long-term sustainable value for society.

The Ciocca Center at Holy Cross offers multiple pathways for students interested in business. A liberal arts education is most valuable in today’s world when students have opportunities to connect their classroom learning to real-world environments and problems. Thus all of our pathways include significant experiential learning components. You can choose any major you are passionate about, while gaining real-world business exposure and perspective.

Offerings in the Ciocca Center are open to students of all majors and class years. Advisors offer one-on-one guidance to connect you to the resources and tools that will enable you to achieve your individual career goals.

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Business Certificate Programs

Certificates provide you with comprehensive and structured programs to acquire technical business skills and experiences alongside your liberal arts education.

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Business Fields

Explore business fundamentals, entrepreneurship and innovation; marketing communications and more; and the world of finance and banking.

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Opportunities

View the full list of opportunities offered through the Ciocca Center.

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Advising and Resources

Advisors in the Ciocca Center are available to help students understand program options and to develop a plan for completion.

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Holy Cross Means Business

A Holy Cross education prepares students exceptionally well for careers in business. In fact, three out of four alumni work in business roles. 

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Business Blog

Keep up with news and events on the Holy Cross Business Blog. Profiles of alumni and students help illustrate how you can major in anything and succeed in business.

Ciocca Center for Business, Ethics, and Society News

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Students Learn From, Network With Alumnae at Women in Business Conference
A talk about color theory might seem like an odd topic to hear at a conference for business-minded women. Maggie O’Neill ’99, artist and co-founder of SWATCHROOM, a design and fabrication firm, begs to differ. “The idea behind color theory, …
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Blog: Rodriguez ’23 Looking Forward to Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone at Holy Cross
Name: Dariana Rodriguez ’23 Hometown: Boynton Beach, Florida Interested in studying: Anthropology, business, ethics, and society, and economics Activities: Women’s Rowing Team, The Agency, Women in Business Why did you choose Holy Cross? “I wanted to spend the next four years of my life in a competitive, …
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Ciocca Center for Business, Ethics, and Society Takes Business Programs at Holy Cross to Next Level
“Before, we emphasized that students could ‘major in anything, succeed in business,’ but we only offered the one pathway, the co-curricular certificate of readiness through COES,” says David Chu, the Ciocca Center for Business, Ethics, and Society’s director of certificate programs …