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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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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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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Thirty years since visiting Pullman from the USSR to earn his MBA, Taras Ogiychuk is using the skills and experience he earned at WSU and over the course of three decades in international business to start a new venture—humanitarian aid and reconstruction in his native Ukraine.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Tina Zingmark (‘22 EMBA) had the opportunity to realize her dream of earning an Executive MBA. Now, she is giving back to the next generation as a member of the college’s International Business Advisory Board.
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The summer after her junior year, alumna Carter Marks Wiggins began an internship in Napa Valley with Boyd Family Vineyards, a small, family-owned operation owned by alumnus Stan Boyd. Every day, she learned something new—from working in the winery and experiencing the bottling process—to sitting in on tastings and meeting loyal club members and new guests. The experience launched her career as the wine and hospitality club manager at Boyd Family Vineyards.
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Jason Hostetter had already found success in the power and utilities industry when he began considering going back to school for his MBA. As senior vice president of field operations at TRC Companies, he was involved in setting strategy for the organization and tackling tough industry issues. With new technologies, cyber security risks, workforce development issues, and other challenges facing the industry, as well as encouragement from leadership within TRC Companies, it seemed like the right time. He says his WSU EMBA training was a game changer in how he uses data to make decisions.
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Stacee Kratovil graduated from Washington State University in 2011—a daunting time to be a newly minted alumna applying for finance jobs. Fortunately, Kratovil had an ally in her mentor, Kristi Lord, who was generous with her time and expertise.
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Max Prado (’18 Fin.) grew up in a family of farmworkers. At WSU, he found a supportive community for first-generation college students. Through clubs and extracurricular activities, he built friendships, took on leadership roles, and aspired to a corporate finance career at Boeing.
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Keri Rhodes leads a four-member team in the marketing department at Spiceology, whose products are carried by retailers ranging from Williams Sonoma to Ace Hardware. The Spokane company sells 400 different spices and blends.
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