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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN WE’VE MOVED! In September, the College of Business Welcome to the fall 2020 College of Business newsletter! As I moved to the new Catalyst building, look back at what has surely been one of the most unique and located just across the Gateway Bridge challenging years in recent history, I am struck by the resilience 2020in Spokane’s University District. Business and dedication of our EWU students, faculty, and staff. The COVID-19 pandemic not only changed the way we teach and is one of several EWU programs that learn, but also forced us to reimagine awards ceremonies, will be housed in the Catalyst building Commencement, career recruitment activities, and internships. including; Computer Science, Electrical Despite the obstacles, we continued to find ways to celebrate Engineering, Design, Computer our students, prepare and connect students with employers, and Engineering and Creative Writing. The to host special events and guest speakers. The pandemic even College of Health Science and Public provided topical course material for some of our instructors, who challenged students Health Dean’s Office and some program to imagine how the current global environment would affect management decisions in staff will also relocate to the Catalyst. an organization. Housing these programs together in The College continues to look toward the future. We recently relocated to the new downtown Spokane creates an incredible Catalyst building. The Catalyst, located just across the Gateway Bridge in Spokane’s opportunity for faculty and students University District, creates a dynamic, interactive environment where students and to apply their learning to real-world faculty will partner with local business and industry experts for community-based problems, working with local business learning. Faculty have developed new transdisciplinary entrepreneurship degree and industry experts for community- programs designed to provide students with the skills needed to launch initiatives or based learning. work in entrepreneurial companies in a variety of fields including analytics, information The Catalyst is part of the planned systems, computer science, and music technology. Our accelerated MBA program is experiencing tremendous growth and we recently launched an online Master of South Landing Eco-District, which will Professional Accounting program. serve as a transformative model for In this edition, I am proud to share some of our recent accomplishments. As always, sustainable development in the heart of I look forward to hearing from you. Please contact me if you have any comments, Spokane. The collaboration between suggestions, or stories that you would like to share. Avista, McKinstry, Katerra, Michael Green Architecture, Emerald Initiative Sincerely, and EWU started with the bold vision by Avista Chairman Scott Morris to create the five smartest blocks in the world. The state-of-the-art Catalyst building Jonathan W. Anderson, PhD aims to be the largest zero energy Interim Dean, College of Business building in North America certified by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). The adjacent Morris Center is the heart of the shared energy model, where a centralized plant will power the two new buildings and additional buildings in the future. The College of Business is proud to be a part of this initiative and we cannot wait to welcome our students to our new building and expand their opportunities for hands-on, practical, and transdisciplinary experiential learning. Visit our website to watch the virtual grand opening and learn more about the Catalyst and South Landing Eco-District. COB 2ENTREPRENEURSHIP $40,000 STARTUP CHALLENGE PROFESSOR FEATURED The 2020 EWU $40,000 Startup Challenge was held on May 21, 2020. This year, 60 EWU teams entered the event, with students representing all five colleges. In total, IN USASBE MEMBER $43,000 was awarded in prizes and business development money. Our top student SPOTLIGHT business for this year earned $16,500 to get their company going. All of the finalists Bruce Teague, PhD, also had the opportunity to pitch their idea to Tom Simpson, the president of the was recently featured Spokane Angel Alliance. Here are the results of the final stage: in the United States Association for Automated MicroMalthouse - Jake Hays and Cody Fox Small Business and Winner of the $10,000 Catalyst Prize Entrepreneurship Winner of the Most Innovative New Product $3,000 Prize (USASBE) Member Co-Winner of the Best Business Pitch of the Year $1,000 Prize Spotlight. Teague Company Description - The world’s first totally automated barley malting machine. is the Eastern Washington University I created a computer vision program that analyzes the length of barley rootlets to (EWU) Foundation Endowed Professor determine when to start the kilning process after germination. of Entrepreneurship, and the Founding Automated MicroMalthouse Pitch Video Director of the EWU Center for Entrepreneurship. He also serves as GFG (Green Filtration Guys) - Lloyd V. Dees, Tanner Cunningham, Ryan Van Meter the Chair of the EWU Management Winner of the Best Technology Commercialization $3,000 Prize Department. In the interview, Teague shares Company Description - Our mission at Green Filter Guys (GFG) is to create a safer his professional journey and how his passion smoking experience that improves the act of smoking for the user, without taking for entrepreneurship, and specifically, the away the desired effects. At GFG, we designed a filter and tip combo that slides over study of what entrepreneurs do, led to his the end of joints and cigarettes. Our filters remove 60% of carbon monoxide, 80% of role in the development of the current EWU formaldehyde, and up to 99% of particulate matter from smoke. entrepreneurship program. GFG Pitch Video

Eikasia - Alexys Preston GIVING TUESDAY Winner of the Best Scalable Business $2,000 Prize Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity Co-Winner of the Best Business Pitch $1,000 Prize that took place on Dec. 1, 2020. This Company Description - Eikasia is a sonic interaction and design technology business year, EWU focused on raising funds to that focuses on innovative non-intrusive ways to transform the way musicians interact help students by finishing up scholarship with their tools. endowments. Several scholarship funds are very close to being endowed, and Spot - Chaz Hurd, Robert Moreno, Jose Garcia those scholarships were featured on the Winner of the Most Market Ready New Business $2,000 Prize EWU Giving Tuesday webpage. Company Description - An application that you can choose to park your vehicle at. The College of Business provides a Each parking spot is owned by an individual and rents it out for a specific amount of wide variety of scholarships to students time for money, much like Air BnB. This solves two problems, the first is for someone to studying in the business majors. Visit find a parking spot for their stuff (i.e. boat, car) and the person owning the land gets our website to see the list of College of paid! Business Scholarships and to read about Spot Pitch Video the generous donors whose gifts have made these scholarships possible. For more information on providing Winners of the Top-Ten Business of the Year $500 Prize: scholarship support Alliance of Adventures - Stephanie Henry or contributing Ambient Co. - Ashley Croney in other areas, Astra eSports Financial - Ben Bailey please contact Ken Beacon - Sukhleen Bolina Tucker, Director of Endolysins - Samual Hatfield, Toriana Kent, Daniel Carulli, Erin Smith Philanthropy, at The Food Guide - Kurt Lamon 509.359.7030 or by email at [email protected]. COBpromoted to Athletics Operations ALUMNI CAREER 3 Manager at Gonzaga University. ALUMNI IN THE NEWS SUCCESS Ali Abdullah Al Ahmed, UAE’s Katie Seigendall, ’20 MBA, was ambassador to France was appointed College of Business alumni work in a hired by Itron as a proposal analyst. variety of fields in the public and private the emirates’ permanent delegate to the Seigendall earned her Bachelor of United Nations Educational, Scientific sectors. Here are just a few career success Business Administration in finance in stories from our alumni: and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). 2019, and continued in the accelerated Al Ahmed holds a bachelor’s degree in online MBA program, earning her MBA Ashleigh Schultz recently earned her business administration from Eastern degree with a concentration in finance Washington University, and a master’s MBA from Eastern, and is now starting in 2020. the Doctor of Business Program at degree in strategic and security studies DePaul University in Chicago. Schultz is from the National Defence college in the Logan Morley, ’19 BAB management, UAE. Read the full story here. currently manager/controller at Macklin was hired as a recruiter for Aerotek in & Little, Inc., where she started her January 2020. career as an office assistant. Macklin & Kim Peone, ’04 BAB professional Little were supportive of Schultz as she accounting, is the first Native woman Abeer Nimri, ’19 BAB professional to serve as executive director of the pursued her undergraduate and graduate accounting, was hired in March 2020 degrees, and plan to continue to provide Southwestern Association of Indian Arts. as a manufacturing planner at Boeing, “An enrolled member of the Confederated support for her DBA program at DePaul. Seattle. Schultz earned her Bachelor in Business Tribes of the Colville Reservation and an Eastern Band Cherokee descendant, Administration in management in 2019, Audrey Seda, BAB ’18, is the founder and then continued in the accelerated Peone is the daughter of parents who met of Anchor Hope Films, and currently while attending the Institute of American online MBA program, earning her MBA works as a writer and post-production with a finance concentration in 2020. Indian Arts. She’s spent her career after assistant at CBS Television in Los graduating from Eastern Washington Angeles, California. Rogelio Alvarado, ’20 BAB management, University using her talents in marketing, finance and administration for various was recently hired by Avista as a customer Christopher Birge, ’13 BAB marketing, service representative. tribes or tribal organizations across the recently accepted a new position as country. Her financial expertise and ability a digital marketing specialist at Volt to expand opportunity will be essential in Tony Beregovoy, ’20 BAB management, Athletics. is celebrating five years at REC Silicon, guiding SWAIA over the next year.” Read the full story here. where he is currently a control systems Chelsea McGuire, ’10 BAB marketing engineering specialist. and management, was recently Jill Ann Smith, who was the first woman appointed Content & Communications Zebulon Klemke, ’20 MBA, was recently to receive EWU’s Entrepreneur of the Manager at Numerica Credit Union. Year award in 1995, was featured in the Inlander. Read the full story here. FINANCE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT EARNINGS Finance students in Vinson Cai’s Portfolio Management class received a check for $6,770 to the EWU Foundation, representing a share of earnings from their SIP portfolio. The SIP portfolio is sponsored by D.A. Davidson Investment of Great Falls, MT, a regional investment banking firm. Each year, the students manage a $50,000 portfolio, and any earnings above 5% are split between EWU and D.A. Davidson. Funds earned through this program are used to build the endowed balance for the Bill Wynd Scholarship. COB 4EWU ENTREPRENEURSHIP NATIONALLY ENTREPRENEURSHIP RECOGNIZED FOR SECOND TIME IN 2020 PROGRAM STUDENT

The EWU Center for Entrepreneurship has received the 2020 Outstanding Emerging SUCCESS Students who participated in the Entrepreneurship Center award, presented annually by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship program last year Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). This award builds on earlier success this year, when have been finding success starting their EWU’s entrepreneurship program won the 2020 Model Emerging Entrepreneurship businesses in the real world. Five student Program award, presented by the United States Association for Small Business and companies have been formed from last Entrepreneurship (USASBE). year’s program, including two companies In winning these awards, EWU that have formed c-corps and are in the joins the likes of Brown University, seed-funding round of investments. Dartmouth University, Florida State One company holds exclusive licensing University and North Carolina State rights to the patent for their technology, University. However, only Kansas and another has applied for a patent State University shares the distinction with a local law firm. One company is participating in a development program of having won both. for music & technology businesses, and Both the center and the two have formed small businesses. entrepreneurship program were founded in 2016 by Bruce Teague, PhD, chair of the Jacqueline Swanson, senior, design, Management Department at Eastern and founding directory of the EWU Center for found success in working with a Spokane Entrepreneurship. Over the past four years, Teague has rapidly transformed EWU into startup company, Organic Nearby. an entrepreneurial university of national repute. Swanson worked with the company “Students these days want to make a difference, not just fill a job upon graduation,” founder, June Swatzell, to develop a says Teague. “Our program and center work in harmony to make sure that every EWU website and newsletter for the company student has support for transforming their vision into reality—regardless of their degree utilizing the no-code platform bubble. or major.” Swanson was introduced to Swatzell Eastern currently offers four different entrepreneurship degrees, along with three through her Business Startup Research minors. The degrees include bachelor’s degrees in entrepreneurship, music and course with instructor Yanxin Liu, PhD. technology entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial communications, and entrepreneurial analytics. EWU also offers a minor in entrepreneurship that is open to students from any degree program on campus, along with two minors in digital entrepreneurship. DEPARTMENT “Spokane has become a highly desired region for tech companies, startups and CHAIR NEWS entrepreneurs; particularly as leaders are seeking alternatives to San Francisco, Seattle and Portland,” says Tom Simpson, CEO of Ignite NW and president of the Spokane Angel Congratulations to the following faculty Alliance. “The Spokane region is fortunate to have numerous leading universities and members, who were recently elected by colleges, including EWU, to meet the increasing, underlying demand for skilled workers. their peers to serve as Department Chair: The EWU Center for Entrepreneurship complements the programs by offering numerous co-curricular opportunities for student involvement. Students at EWU may Arsen Djatej, PhD, join the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO), can travel to attend the CEO was re-elected Global Conference, can take part in the annual EWU $40,000 Startup Challenge, or Department Chair for the Accounting may consider participating in the EWU Technology Commercialization Academy. Department. Djatej EWU is supported by a strong advisory board that is comprised primarily of successful has served as alumni entrepreneurs. Their active involvement ensures that activities on campus prepare Department Chair students for real-world success. Last year’s Startup Challenge winner earned $16,000 to since 2016. start their business. They recently formed a C-Corporation and filed for a patent. This will only improve when students return to the classroom at EWU. Entrepreneurially Elizabeth Tipton, minded students will find themselves working and studying in the brand new, state-of- PhD, was elected the-art Catalyst building, located in Spokane’s U-District. This new location will create Department Chair opportunities for students from entrepreneurship, business, and STEM disciplines to for the Information interact more regularly. At the same time, the new location will support greater interaction Systems and with members of the thriving Spokane entrepreneurial ecosystem. Business Analytics Department. COB FACULTY PROMOTION FACULTY INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS 5 Yanxin “Fred” Liu, College of Business faculty use their expertise to contribute to their disciplines by PhD, was promoted publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters. Their research to Associate is published in academic and professional conference proceedings, and they are often Professor with tenure. invited to present their papers at national and international conferences. Faculty write Liu holds the PhD grants that provide funding for academic and co-curricular activities. Samples of recent in Organizations intellectual contributions by College of Business faculty can be found on our College of and Strategic Business Intellectual Contributions webpage. Management from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2014), the MA in Cross-Cultural Management from 2019-20 HONORS AND AWARDS the University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China (2006) The annual Honors and Awards Program for 2019-2020 was presented virtually, as a and the BA in English Education from video. The full video is available to view on our website. Award recipients include: Liaoning Normal University (2000). Liu joined the College of Business at EWU EWU Trustee’s Medal in fall 2014 as assistant professor of Elizabeth Tipton, PhD, Professor of Decision Sciences (Analytics) management. He teaches management and entrepreneurship courses. Since Frances B. Huston Medallion starting at Eastern, Liu has published Madison Doepker, ‘20 BAB professional accounting several peer-reviewed journal articles Quinn Paterson, ‘20 BAB management information systems and and is co-author on an invited chapter business analytics that was accepted for publication in Elizabeth Tipton, PhD the 2020 United States Association for College of Business Teaching Excellence Award Small Business and Entrepreneurship Elizabeth Tipton, PhD, Professor of Decision Sciences (Analytics) annual conference. Liu presents his research at regional and national College of Business Research Excellence Award conferences. Liu served as Director of Duanning Zhou, PhD, Professor of Management Information Technology Commercialization in 2018 Systems and on various department, college, and

university committees. Liu is a member of Madison Doepker In addition, we honored our inductees into Beta Gamma Sigma, the Academy of Management, Strategic the International Business Honor Society. Since 1913 Beta Gamma Management Society, and United States Sigma has recognized and honored top performing students from Association for Small Business and around the world in business schools accredited by The Association Entrepreneurship. to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Only the top 20% of graduate business students and top 10% of undergraduate business students are eligible to join BGS. FACULTY SUCCESS We also celebrated our fellowship and scholarship recipients and shared their stories on our website. Our students have received Christine Kuglin, JD, Quinn Paterson scholarships from a wide variety of sources, including scholarships MPAcc, LLM, was awarded by the university and by industry organizations. appointed to the Congratulations to all of our award winners, honor society Washington State inductees, and scholarship recipients! Bar Association Pro Bono and Public Service Committee. Kuglin, was also appointed to the inaugural editorial board of The National Duanning Zhou, PhD Association of Enrolled Agents (EA) Journal. COB 6STUDENT RESEARCH ENTREPRENEURSHIP STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Under the guidance of Professor Lloyd Dees, senior, psychology, is an active member of the Christine Kuglin, two students in the entrepreneurship program at EWU. Dees serves as the president Master of Professional Accounting of the EWU Chapter of Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization (MPAcc) program have been working (CEO). Dees is also the EWU ASEWU Student Body President. on a comprehensive research project to As a result of participating in the EWU Technology design a cost accounting case study. Commercialization Academy, Dees and his teammates founded the Green Filtration Guys Inc. (GFG). The GFG team competed Candy Stutzke in the National Science Foundation program, Innovation Corps at designed the case Washington State University, and received a $2,500 grant to complete the program. study of Candy’s GFG were finalists in the three competitions they entered: Collegiate Entrepreneurship Mini Donut Shop. Organization Global Pitch Competition, Eastern Washington University Eagle Nest She created eight Pitch, and Texas Christian University’s Values and Ventures Competition. The GFG problems using real team was recognized as the Best Technology Commercialization team at the EWU data to analyze $40,000 Startup Challenge and won a $3,000 prize to help build their business. everything from a Last summer, Dees participated in the Virtual Venture in Management program cost/volume/profit analysis to master at Harvard Business School (this year’s virtual version of Harvard Business School’s budgets to run the shop. Her analysis (HBS) annual Summer Venture in Management Program). The program is a weeklong takes students through all chapters in residential and academically rigorous program for graduating and rising college an introductory cost accounting course. seniors. A yearly event at HBS, this unique educational experience helps participants Students will complete problems in CVP develop a broader understanding of the challenges business leaders face, the many analysis, budgeting and more. Stutzke’s dimensions of the business world, and their impact on their community and the world project uses the same data for all through business leadership. problems which is unique and beneficial Dees also was selected for a summer internship at Capital Innovators, a top-rated to students learning these concepts. accelerator program that provides venture fund management and corporate innovation based in St. Louis. As an intern, Dees sourced startups, wrote and edited blog posts, Ayesha Horton and judged startups for investment. then completed a comprehensive literature review E. CLAIR DANIELS SYMPOSIUM and analysis for determining how a EWU College of Business and the Washington Society of Certified comprehensive case Public Accountants (WSCPA) presented the 22nd annual E. Clair study using cohesive Daniels Symposium on November 5, 2020. This year’s keynote data, which would mimic the problems speaker was Bill A. Simer, ’78 BAB professional accounting. Simer found in an introductory cost course, is a partner at Eide Bailly, LLP, one of the top 25 accounting firms in can benefit and impact accounting cost education. She used previously published the country. He is a past chair of the WSCPA, former member of the studies as well as AICPA best practice Council of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, suggestions to establish how this case and past board chair for the EWU Foundation. This year’s theme was “The Accounting study would benefit accounting students Profession: Where We’ve Come From, Where We Are Now, Where We’re Going.” in their first jobs. The E. Clair Daniels Symposium is an annual professional development event that Professor Kuglin is now using the case brings industry leaders in accounting and finance to share their experience with EWU to document the impact on her course faculty, staff and students, as well as other local industry professionals. and the students’ final exam results. The group plans to submit their findings for peer review and potential presentation MBA STUDENT SPOTLIGHT at the Western American Accounting Association (AAA) conference. Joni Wynecoop recently celebrated earning her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Eastern Washington University with an inspiring post on social media. For Wynecoop, the MBA degree is the most recent in a list of achievements earned through the determination to overcome obstacles and improve her life. Read Joni’s story. COBChester Team STUDENT SUCCESSS CMA INSTITUTE7 Dylan Griffin, senior, management Capsim Teams Mariah Huey, senior, management PROGRAM Students in Management 490: Dakota Mullikin, senior, professional Department Senior Capstone, utilize accounting SCHOLARSHIP Alex Wells, senior, finance Capsim business simulation software, Jessi Bader, senior, which place individuals in the role of professional Digby Team executive management at a multi-million accounting, was Nick Aemmer, senior, marketing dollar company, competing directly awarded a competitive Chris Barragan Montano, senior, against other real or simulated teams scholarship from the international business, marketing to grab market share and grow their Certified Management Brandon Bieber, senior, finance business. Student teams analyze the Accountant Institute. Am’mi Hanna, senior, professional industry, markets, and competition, Bader’s future goals accounting, finance and then formulate and execute a include passing the CMA exam before Ashley Miller, senior, management strategy to grow their business. Students obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in Business make key decisions across the four Administration, Professional Accounting Erie Team major functions including research & in June 2021. She plans to pursue her Mortada Alabbad, senior, marketing development, marketing, production, Master of Professional Accounting and sit Nujud Albaqshi, senior, management and finance. Teams are benchmarked for the CPA exam upon graduating. Bader information systems to over 1900 peer teams from teaching plans to gain experience in the accounting Fatimah Alsaif, senior, finance and health and research universities including Ohio industry and create a program to help services administration State University, Rochester Institute of teach young adults and underprivileged Mohammed Alshareef, senior, Technology, Temple University, University people how to navigate the financial system management information systems and of Cincinnati, and York University, in hopes of reducing the poverty trap. She human resource management among others. recently secured an internship at a small Ismaeil Wafaullah, senior, management In addition to the team challenge, woman-owned accounting firm. Bader was information systems and human resource student take the CompXM final exam, awarded the CMA Program Scholarship by management which is a comprehensive simulation- the Institute of Management Accountants based exam to determine business based on her academic excellence and Ferris Team aptitude and measure program learning a recommendation from her accounting Emily Dodge, senior, business analytics outcomes. Subject areas include strategy, professor. This is a national scholarship Marcos Mendoza, senior, management finance, accounting, human resources, award that will allow Bader to prepare for Ryan Van Liew, senior, finance operations, and marketing. and take the CMA exam at no cost. During summer 2020, the following Jarret Walter, senior, management teams, taught by Dr. Yanxin Liu and Mr. Areielle White, senior, finance, James Clanton, finished in the top ten professional accounting percentile:

EAGLE CAREER NETWORK The Eagle Career Network is a a new professional networking and mentorship community launched through EWU’s Career Center and Office of Alumni Relations. The ECN aims to connect EWU alumni and students in a professional networking platform to provide all Eagles with additional support and connections in their field of choice. The Professional Accounting Collaborative Group is a pilot group in the ECN. We encourage faculty, staff, and students to explore the platform and connect with others in your field. Our Career Center professional staff are here and ready to assist you in providing career support for Eagles. Do you have an idea for a virtual networking event? We are ready to partner with you to get our students where they want to go. Please reach out to us if you have ideas you would like to explore.

Najeda (Jade) Patolo | Career Advisor | [email protected] | 509.359.6417 product or service launch initiativesCOB or to 8NEW PROGRAMS work in entrepreneurial companies that SERVICE MILESTONES The College of Business launched are either in the capital raising or in early Congratulations to the following several new programs this fall: growth phases of their life-cycles. These faculty and staff members: companies disproportionately account Master of Professional Accounting for new job growth. 20 Years (MPAcc) is now offered as an online Debra Morgan, program. Tuition for the 36-credit Bachelor of Arts in Music Technology Senior Lecturer program is $12,168 and students can and Entrepreneurship is designed of Management complete their degree in as few as 7 to provide professional training for Information Systems months. The program features the same students who aim to succeed as creative affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition for entrepreneurs, performers, songwriters, all in-state and out-of-state students. engineers, and producers in the music The online MPAcc program is designed industry. This program includes a Lorene Winters, MBA to prepare students for advanced roles in contemporary music curriculum that Program Specialist professional accounting firms and other addresses the dynamic and changing businesses that require detailed technical landscape of the music profession. knowledge. In addition to licensure Additionally, this degree includes courses preparation, this applied accounting from Engineering and Business to provide master’s program empowers graduates relevant training in this emerging field. to move their career forward with an in- The advancements in technology impact depth study of accounting law, auditing, how music is performed, consumed, 15 Years taxation and more. Built with flexibility in produced and marketed, and there is an Jeffrey Culver, Senior mind, students can tailor their degree by abundance of opportunity for today’s Lecturer of Decision choosing electives that fit their personal musician not addressed in traditional Sciences and professional interests. Plus, this undergraduate music degree programs. hands-on accounting program includes an optional internship that can enhance Digital Entrepreneurship Development the student’s resume, expand their Minor combines courses from portfolio of skills and provide valuable entrepreneurship and management Larry Davis, networking opportunities. information systems. Student explore Senior Lecturer of how e-commerce is emerging and Management Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial evolving and learn those from aspects Analytics combines rigorous analytical of entrepreneurship with cutting skills with a strong foundation in edge information technologies in entrepreneurship, new venture the experiential learning setting, creation, and value proposition design. leading to the development of working Graduates will be able to analyze data prototypes aimed at significant market Tam Limpaphayom, in a variety of forms. They will be skilled opportunities. Lecturer of at interpreting findings to help guide Management decision-making and organizational Digital Entrepreneurship Experience development. Analytical skills developed Minor is designed for non-computer include programming, information science/management information systems, applied statistics, data analysis, systems majors and offers a broad qualitative data analysis, and data understanding of technology innovation visualization. The program goal of the and entrepreneurship. Graduates with Goitom Tsegay, new BS in Entrepreneurial Analytics this minor learn the basics of information Professor of is to prepare graduates to apply their technology skills with a foundation in Marketing analytical skills in order to lead new digital entrepreneurship. COBworked at the Mead School District. We COLLEGE ADVISORY 9BUSINESS ALUMNA look forward to seeing their continued AWARDED THE BOARD NEWS great work within their new roles. Jay McIsaac ’83, The Board meets regularly throughout U.S. ARMY EXPERT ’88, was recently the academic year and provides SOLDIER BADGE appointed to the recommendations and support for College of Business College programs, scholarships, fundraising and events. Members include 2019 EWU graduate Advisory Board. business professionals from a variety 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) McIsaac is currently of local and regional industries. If you Haley Isaacson the Manager are interested in serving on the College became the first of Accounting Advisory Board, please contact us at reported alum from for Idaho Forest Group/Riley Creek [email protected] for more information. the university’s Army Lumber Company, a company that he ROTC program to be has worked at for the past 14 years. awarded the Expert McIsaac has over 20 years of experience Soldier Badge during testing held at Joint working in the local business community, INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington. both in government accounting and Isaacson earned her Bachelor of Business manufacturing/cost accounting. He POLICY AND ECONOMIC Administration in Management in 2019, and his wife, Sue, are proud Eastern and was the Distinguished Military alumni. McIsaac holds Bachelor of Arts ANALYSIS (IPPEA) NEWS Graduate that year. in Business Administration degrees from Eastern in both management Patrick Jones, PhD, Read the full story. and professional accounting. As first- Executive Director generation college graduates, the for the Institute for McIsaacs have passed on the importance Public Policy and BUSINESS STUDENTS of post-high school education to their Economic Analysis EARN ARMY ROTC children, three of whom have obtained was recently college degrees, including one from invited to join a SCHOLARSHIPS EWU. We are pleased to welcome him to 18-month task our advisory board. force of the National Academies of Two business students recently received We had two members, Doug Kelley and Sciences, Engineering & Medicine. The recognition and scholarships from EWU Sara Sexton-Johnson, step away from the program is an initiative of the Office Army ROTC. Board this year. They both will continue of Special Projects, and the committee Mykenzie Belliotti to actively support the College and our will oversee the work of the Resilient was awarded an Army University as members of the alumni America Program’s project, “Community ROTC scholarship community. Kelley has been an active Engagement in Southeast Texas: Pilot worth over $90,000. member of the board since 2007, and Project to Enhance Community Capacity Belliotti is a transfer serves as a Regional Account Executive and Resilience to Floods.” student from California at Avista Utilities. Sexton-Johnson joined AWB Institute recently launched who plans to major in the board in 2018, and serves as Chief “Washington in the Making.” business and try out for the track team. Project Officer for the EWU President’s Washington in the Making is a framework Zackary Becker Office. We are thankful for their years of for driving innovation that will accelerate received an Army service and continued support. our state’s economic recovery in every ROTC scholarship We also have some movement of our community. Students and staff from worth over $36,000, board members within the community. EWU’s Institute for Public Policy and which will fully pay for Rae-Lynn Barden recently joined Economic Analysis helped to develop his Master’s degree as Volunteers of America of Eastern the project’s database, including data well as $1,200 annually Washington and Northern Idaho collection for 33 indicators for all 39 for books and a $420 monthly stipend, as Marketing and Communications counties in Washington state, the 11 among other benefits. Becker recently Director. Barden previously served as metro statistical areas in the state, and 2 graduated from EWU with honors, earning Administrative Services Coordinator for overlapping state boundaries, as well as his Bachelor of Business Administration in Spokane Public Library. Mathew Knott the state benchmark for all of the trends, Professional Accounting. He is currently recently joined the Spokane Central and US benchmarks when available. pursuing a Master’s degree in Professional Valley School District as Director of The AWB engagement will be ongoing, Accounting and plans to enter the U.S. Business Services. Knott previously providing students and staff continual Army Reserves after completing his degree. work on the database. COB 10X-CULTURE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROJECT BETA ALPHA Chantell Kensey, who graduated in spring 2020 from the MBA PSI EVENTS program, was recognized as a member of one of the finalist Beta Alpha Psi’s Spring Banquet was teams in the 2020 X-Culture Project. Kensey participated in the held on June 4, 2020. At the event, X-Culture project during her International Business class, and we celebrated the accomplishments was part of an international team with teammates from Austria, of Beta Alpha Psi this year, introduced India, Pakistan, and Switzerland. The goal of the project was incoming officers, announced to develop an international business expansion proposal for a scholarship recipients, and held a client. Kensey and her team produced an outstanding proposal giveaway of Wiley CPA Excel Pro and were selected as one of 27 BEST TEAMS out of 1,178 global Review Courses to students attending. teams (6,009 students from 142 universities in 93 countries). Special speaker Christine Kuglin, JD, The X-Culture Project matches students in international business courses at MPAcc, LLM gave a presentation participating universities with their counterparts in other countries. Working together on how “Adversity Can Become in small virtual teams over a four-month period, students create join proposals that Unprecedented Opportunity.” In collaboration with the EWU address complex issues and opportunities faced by today’s multinational corporations. Career Center, Beta Alpha Psi hosted They learn the basics of market analysis and business plan development, as well as best a series of fall recruitment prep practices for working with colleagues across countries and cultures. webinars. Topics included: The student team’s reports were sent out for evaluation to a large group of • Everything You Need to Know About International Business experts, mainly International Business professors and coaches Accounting Recruitment Season from around the world (171 people from 45 countries). Each report was independently 2020 presented by Jade Patolo from evaluated by 3 to 7 experts along multiple dimensions, such as report creativity, clarity, the Career Center viability of the ideas, style, as well as evaluation of each report section. The experts • How to Answer the “Tell me about also provided qualitative feedback. Based on the expert evaluations, 27 teams received yourself” Question & Other nearly perfect evaluations. It was impossible to objectively select one best team. Each Interview Tips with Lisa Cushman excelled in at least one or several areas and deserved to be a winner. As a member and Aaron Forquer from CLA of a finalist team, Kensey received a Best Team certificate and will be invited to the • Preparing for Interview Questions about the “New” Work Environment upcoming 2020 X-Culture Symposium and X-Culture Coaching Program. with Sam Mansour from Stauffer & Associates • Resume & Cover Letter Prep for Accounting with Jade Patolo from FIRESIDE CHAT WITH JOE HURD the Career Center • Offer Negotiations with Jared Theis Eastern’s CEO Club presented A Fireside Chat with Joe Hurd on Nov. 16, 2020. from KPMG More than 60 people attended the presentation which focused on topics including On Tuesday, Sept. 29, over fundraising, scaling companies, and forging partnerships as a diverse 50 students and 22 employers entrepreneur. Joe Hurd is the Global Managing Director at SOSV, participated in our annual Meet the LLC, a $750M early-stage accelerator and venture fund, where he Professionals career fair. This year’s leads strategy and business development efforts for the fund’s life virtual event was hosted on Handshake sciences, deep tech hardware and mobile portfolio companies. He is and included 28 group sessions and also a venture partner for Good Growth Capital, a female-led venture 84 individual meetings with recruiters. fund, and advises numerous innovative Silicon valley-based pre-seed Meet the Professionals is presented by and seed stage startups on go-to-market strategy, revenue models, Beta Alphi Psi and the EWU Career and international expansion, with a particular emphasis on diverse founders. Center. A recording of the event is available: Fireside Chat with Joe Hurd

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