When Jake (’17 Intl. Busi., ‘19 MS) and Emily Stevens (’17 Intl. Busi., ’19 MBA) signed up to study abroad in Greece in 2016, they certainly expected the experience to be life-changing, but they couldn’t have known they were about to meet their future spouse.
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Anika Wottreng (’24) absolutely loves traveling and learning about new cultures, trying foods, and seeing a bit more of the world beyond her doorstep. The daughter of an international business executive, she comes by it naturally, having lived in Japan and Germany as a child.
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When marketing professor Julie Nelsen chose to travel to South Korea as part of a faculty development opportunity, she admits her knowledge of the country was limited. However after spending a few short days there, she says the trip inspired new, novel paths of research and helped create new collaborative research opportunities.
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More than 6,000 miles from Pullman, Rachel Tsang (‘22 EMBA) earned her Executive MBA in Hong Kong in the middle of a global pandemic. While she never set foot in a physical classroom, Tsang says the international education she received from the Carson College sharpened her skills and taught her much more than technical business knowledge.
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Jeff Joireman, a marketing and international business professor in the Carson College of Business, has been appointed director of the college’s International Business Institute (IBI). He will officially assume director duties on May 16.
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Denise Thrush (‘23 MBA) enjoyed her international field study in Prague so much that she decided to participate again the next year, this time traveling to Singapore. Since graduating from Carson College’s online MBA program, she says the part she misses the most is the time she spent studying abroad with her classmates and professors.
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A WSU study has revealed a surprising factor that influences consumer preferences: the presence of specific reference numbers in product packaging labels and opens new avenues for understanding how numerical cognition influences consumer decisions.
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Washington State University is expanding its relationships with universities in central and western Africa as part of ongoing efforts to further scholarly exchange and leverage expertise to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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Doctoral student Cathy Jun's decision to enter the world of accounting and academia is shaped by her multicultural upbringing and deep-seated desire to make a meaningful impact in the business world.
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Dear friends:
This issue of the eDividend is highlighting some of the great outreach that the Carson College of Business engages in globally. However, that cultural and intellectual exchange is a two-way street. When international students and scholars come to Pullman, they bring a wealth of knowledge and international contacts with them. More than 70 percent of our current PhD students are international. And that percentage is unlikely to dip anytime soon, as more than 78 percent of PhD applications for next year are coming from overseas.
While studying abroad can be a great experience for our undergraduate students, they also get exposed right here in Pullman to teaching assistants and instructors from many different countries and cultures. It’s important for students who grew up in this state to hear different accents and to get exposed to people and ideas that may be missing in their respective hometowns. The business world is global, and college graduates should be prepared to fully engage. From my experience, Carson Cougs enjoy hearing about the different ways that business is practiced in other countries.
I’m pleased we are highlighting Cathy Jun, one of our PhD candidates who brings a wealth of multicultural insight to her teaching and research efforts. Though born in New York, she spent a significant part of her early life in South Korea, which helped developed her global perspective.
Our international PhD student connections have opened numerous doors over the years for our Carson faculty. Several students have facilitated access to foreign companies, consumers, and data to use in research studies. (For example, at least three of my own publications have incorporated overseas data obtained via current or former PhD students.) Some of our international PhD graduates who have returned home to work as university professors have hosted our faculty as speakers, visiting professors, and even as external deans. They also recruit future international students for us to send back to Pullman. And among those who join universities in the US, several have very strong connections with scholars from their countries, which has led to numerous coauthoring opportunities for them and for other WSU students and faculty. Communications are so seamless today that nobody thinks twice about having lengthy Zoom meetings with scholars from halfway around the world. Combining virtual meetings with instantaneous emails and unlimited cloud storage for file transfer allows research teams to be as productive as if their offices were right next door.
Our international PhD students and scholars fill a vital shortage of qualified US instructors at WSU and almost every other university in the country. And along the way, they provide diversity, experiences, perspectives, and international connections that enrich us all.
Chuck Munson,
PhD Program Director