The WSU College of Business will host the “Celebration of Student Excellence” on Friday, April 7, at 3:15 p.m. in Todd 276. A reception will follow in Todd Atrium.College of Business students, faculty, alumni, and friends are invited to the ceremony to recognize Scholarship recipients, departmental outstanding students, Beta Gamma Sigma candidates, and Reaching for […]
Federal and state accounting officials will share insider perspectives on financial crimes at the third annual WSU Fraud Symposium, hosted by the Department of Accounting in the College of Business. This year’s symposium will be held Friday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to noon in Todd Hall 276 and will continue the series’ focus on […]
The Washington Small Business Development Center recently announced the appointment of Linda Johnson as the SBDC Business Development Specialist serving the greater Yakima area. Johnson will open the SBDC Center at the Yakima Business Resource Center on Wednesday, March 15. The SBDC office will be co- located with the Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce, SCORE, […]
Wells Fargo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kovacevich will be the guest speaker at the College of Business (CB) Power Breakfast 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, April 13, at the Grand Hyatt Seattle. Reservations cost $25 and can be made online at http://events.wsu.edu/powerbreakfast. Kovacevich’s leadership “is integral to what has been described as ‘the best managed […]
WSU has announced that Wells Fargo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kovacevich will be the guest speaker at the College of Business Power Breakfast, to be held Thursday, April 13 in Seattle.The breakfast is scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Grand Hyatt Seattle, located at 721 Pine St. Washington CEO magazine is […]
Three undergraduate students from WSU are headed to Santa Barbara, Calif., March 3 and 4 as one of nine teams invited to participate as semifinalists in a national business plan competition.College of Business senior Nick Rapagnani and bioengineering seniors Ahmad Bayomy and Sepideh Zolfaghari will present to a panel of judges at the third annual […]
PULLMAN – The Board of Regents approved the schematic design Friday (Jan. 27) for a $34.6 million building to house the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing on the Riverpoint campus of WSU Spokane.The 80,000-square-foot building will replace the school’s current facilities on Fort George Wright Drive. It will include a nursing practice lab, […]
A public presentation by Grubb & Ellis Co. Executive Vice President Maureen Ehrenberg has been cancelled, according to the Washington State University College of Business and Economics. Ehrenberg was slated to also visit business classes on campus Jan. 25 as the DeYoung Executive-in-Residence for 2006. The college hopes to reschedule her visit and public presentation soon.
A bah-humbug attitude could cost you this holiday season — either out of pocket or under the tree. That’s the surprising conclusion from recent research in WSU’s College of Business and Economics.Turns out that those who love Christmas enjoy shopping more (no surprise there), but researchers were surprised to discover that while both Santas and […]
Christopher Strahl is a vibrant business graduate student at WSU. With the support of Joe Harris, business development specialist at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Bintong Chen, business professor with WSU online learning, Strahl is a prime example of the “From Learning to Practical Application” logic. That is, he uses real-world business applications for […]