Carson College of Business

Student chapter earns hospitality honor society’s highest honor

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University chapter of Eta Sigma Delta (ESD), an international hospitality management honor society, received the 2013 ESD Chapter of Distinction Award – the organization’s highest honor – for the second time in as many years.

WSU School of Hospitality offers ‘€˜Crimson Spoon’€™ cookbook

  PULLMAN, Wash. -€“ “You have what it takes.”€ These prophetic words were once spoken by a Swiss master chef to Jamie Callison when he was a struggling, culinary apprentice in Seattle’€™s Rainier Golf and Country Club.   More than 20 years later, Callison has proven those words a thousand times over as the executive […]

Turning customer revenge into reconciliation

PULLMAN, Wash. – Canceled flights, lost luggage, a product confirmed to be “in stock” that turns out to be on back order after you’ve driven 20 minutes to get it – most everyone has at some time experienced anger and frustration over similar service failures. These feelings can, in turn, lead customers to take their […]

WSU partners with Africa for business innovation, competition

WSU faculty and students visit the Nelson Mandela institute in Tanzania.   PULLMAN, Wash. – Transforming science into economic vitality is the foundation of a growing relationship between Washington State University College of Business and The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha, Tanzania.   NM-AIST is striving to become a […]

Online graduate business programs rank No. 1

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University College of Business’ online graduate business programs are the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Top Online Education rankings published today (Jan. 15). WSU is ranked No. 1 in Best Online Graduate Business Programs. The evaluation includes the WSU online master’s of business administration […]

Chef showcases WSU at governor’s reception

  Video by Matt Haugen, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – After just a taste of one of his signature dishes, it becomes obvious why Jamie Callison, executive chef for the Washington State University College of Business, is one of two chefs chosen to prepare food at the Washington State Governor’s Inaugural Ball VIP reception Jan. […]

Bird lets his hair down on the farm after help from WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. – For Ludacris, an odd duck brought to Washington State University’s veterinary hospital last month, there’s no such thing as a bad hair day.   Sporting a white poof of feathers atop his head, he was spotted waddling with limp on a road near Pullman’s Sunnyside Park and taken to WSU.   WSU […]

Teaching overseas offers special challenges, joys

    PULLMAN – In a typical student-teaching job, Amy Woodcock might have taught a diverse group of American ninth-graders. And she might have taken them on a field trip – but not to an amphitheater built for Nazi rallies.   “It is called Thingstätte, located in Heidelberg,” Woodcock recalled of her experience in Germany […]

In Steppe premires this Thurday

RICHLAND – WSU’s KTNW premieres “In Steppe” this Thursday, May 1, at 8 p.m. In the Tri-City area, viewers can catch the program on channel 31 or cable channel 10. Lucy Luginbill, host of “Just a Minute,” is the brainchild of the new show.    “’In Steppe’ is a play on words,” Luginbill said. “It’s […]