Tag: business

by Lorna Harris From July 27th to August 1st, 2025, Eastern Washington University proudly hosted a Washington Business Week (WBW) summer camp for 49 high school students on the Cheney campus. This marked the program’s first return to the east side of the state since 2019. Students lived on campus and were able to experience…

By Brynne Irish The College of Professional Programs is excited to recognize Camden Triplett for April’s Student Spotlight. Camden is a junior dual-majoring in Management and Marketing in the School of Business. Camden is in his junior year here at EWU, dual-majoring in Management and Marketing with a minor in Economics. He plans to receive…

By Brynne Irish The College of Professional Programs is excited to congratulate Kimarie Fox on her acceptance to the X-Culture Global Business Week Conference! Kimarie is a senior at Eastern Washington University, majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Workforce Management and is now expected to graduate in June 2025. Originally from Tucson, Arizona,…

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…

On Wednesday April 3rd, 2024, EWU will be celebrating Giving Joy Day!  This annual event is an opportunity for new and returning gifters to give to programmatic and scholarships funds at any financial level, supporting student success and providing opportunities for current and future Eagles! In 2023-2024, 103 CPP students received EWU scholarships totaling nearly…

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…