Tag: business

The guest speaker series started in Spring 2024 continues this fall, bringing in fresh local business and entrepreneurial voices to discuss the future of work and entrepreneurship in Spokane. Co-sponsored by the The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis (IPPEA), The School of Business, and The College Of Professional Programs, these speaker events bring…

The College of Professional Programs recognized Excellence Award winners at the fall retreat held on Friday November 1st. With 9 award categories covering faculty, staff, and community partners, 19 nominations were received! Thank you to all who submitted nominations, and congratulations to our nominees and award recipients! 2024 CPP Excellence Award Recipients Classified Employee Excellence…

Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the annually awarded faculty Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching awards in the Schools of Business and Professional Accounting. Dr. Habib Islam, Assistant Professor in the School of Business, received the Excellence in Research Award Eldonna Shaw-Davis, Lecturer in the School of Business, received the Excellence in Teaching…

Congratulations are in order for the Delta Sigma Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) at EWU!  At the organization’s mid-year meeting in San Diego, they placed 3rd in the Best Practices competition in the Community Service area for their work as volunteer financial auditors for the Spokane County Superior Court Guardianship Monitoring Program.  The Spokane…

On December 2, more than 75 students from entrepreneurship and management information systems classes participated in a pitch competition where they presented their innovative business ideas to judges from the Spokane business community. Judges listened to the business ideas and provided developmental feedback to the students, many of whom will continue to develop their ideas…

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…