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At this career fair-style event, make meaningful connections with accounting and finance professionals while enjoying light refreshments. Learn about BAP membership and upcoming events. Attire is business professional. DATE: Tuesday, October 1 TIME: 4:30-7 p.m. (4 p.m. early entry for active BAP members and candidate members) LOCATION: 410 East Spokane Falls Boulevard, Spokane Courtyard next…

Interested in working in accounting or finance? You’re invited to network with local accounting and finance professionals while enjoying food and beverages at BAP’s annual Summer BBQ! This event is open to accounting and finance community members, EWU students, alumni, faculty, and staff. DATE: Thursday, August 15 TIME: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCATION: The…

In February, we established the EWU chapter of C-E-O. C-E-O is a global club for university students interested in entrepreneurship. Katherine Bozarth and Ryan Halterman, both fellows from our Technology Commercialization Academy, are the student founders. Prior to starting the EWU chapter of C-E-O, Katherine and Ryan traveled to Kansas City and attended the 2018…

A former Eastern Washington University student is celebrating a homecoming of sorts. Thanks to a new program at EWU, she is no longer a former student, rather a current student again. Noelle Covarrubias studied music performance at EWU between 2010 and 2012. But when her family decided to move to the Midwest halfway through her…

On June 13, 2019 we celebrated student and faculty success at our annual CBPA Honors and Awards Program.  During the event, which was held at the Spokane EWU Center, we inducted students into Beta Gamma Sigma, The International Business Honor Society.  Only the top 10% of undergraduate business students, and top 20% of graduate business…

Mark and Sarah Lathrop both earned an MBA from Eastern Washington University. They met on the first day of their MBA accounting class, later married each other, and purchased Liberty Lake Wine Cellars January 2016. Sarah has also been the Finance Manager for Coleman Engineering since 2005. Before deciding to earn Eastern’s MBA, Sarah earned her…

Swoop’s Scholarship Scramble was held at Circling Raven Golf Club on June 7, 2019.  College of Business alumni, faculty, staff, and supporters enjoyed a day on the golf course while raising money for scholarships.  Proceeds from the event are used to support Dean’s Leadership Scholarships. Scholarships are awarded to deserving students in the College of…

Marta came to EWU as an international undergraduate transfer student from the University of Belgrade in Serbia. She earned a degree in finance. After gaining some real-world work experience in corporate finance in banking, Marta felt ready to tackle a graduate degree and returned to Eastern for her MBA. Little did she know she would…

No one in his family had ever attended college before Nate. Nate remembers the advisors in high school talking to him about college. “I just wasn’t ready to listen at that time. You know that blank face you put on when someone is talking and you just don’t think it pertains to you.” Living paycheck…

The Disability Studies program at Eastern Washington University is pleased to host a two-day symposium focusing on the place of Disability Studies principles and disability rights practices within the everyday life of diverse communities and across academic curricula. While the symposium is open to all sorts of work, we especially invite those addressing how Disability…