{"id":12135,"date":"2021-12-01T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/?page_id=12135"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:51:58","slug":"pop-dec-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/pop-dec-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Points of Pride – December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kate Simonson, a senior studying senior living management, holds the Mather Institute Promising Practices Award.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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The Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living<\/a> was recognized by the Mather Institute with a Promising Practices Award<\/a> in its Innovation at Work 2021 publication, which highlights innovative approaches to working with older adults. Nancy Swanger<\/a>, the institute\u2019s founding director, discussed the Carson College\u2019s senior living major, minor, and certificate program, along with proposed research on aging by 23 faculty fellows across the WSU system.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Carson College Vancouver students with MAP client Peter Clarke and MAP mentor Ken Torre in spring 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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The Business Growth Mentor & Analysis Program<\/a> (MAP) recently received $10,000 from the U.S. Bank Foundation\u2019s Community Possible Grant Program and $4,000 from the Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation\u2019s Community Grants Program. These two grants will help support and expand the reach of the MAP student consultancy, which pairs seniors majoring in business administration at WSU Vancouver with small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the region to help them recover from the pandemic, improve operations, and grow.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Fom left: Martha Aitken, Jenni Sandstrom, Rusty Collins (debrief facilitator), Brad Gaolach, Byron Marlowe, Gabriella Reznowski, Mark Beattie, and Demi Deng.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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An interdisciplinary team from WSU is helping the city of Federal Way with a tourism project. Mark Beattie<\/a>, associate vice chancellor for academic and student affairs and scholarly assistant professor (Everett); Byron Marlowe<\/a>, scholarly associate professor (Tri-Cities); and Jenni Sandstrom<\/a>, scholarly assistant professor (Vancouver) from the School of Hospitality Business Management have been working with WSU\u2019s Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension<\/a> (Metro Center) in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences<\/a> (CAHNRS) on a project<\/a> to help Federal Way assess the state of its tourism industry and recommend new opportunities for off-season tourism. The interdisciplinary project team also includes Gabriella Reznowski<\/a>, business and economics librarian (Pullman) and hospitality business management doctoral student Shenrui (Demi) Deng<\/a> (Pullman) along with Brad Gaolach<\/a>, director, and Martha Aitken<\/a>, assistant director of the Metro Center. The final report will help the city increase economic development through tourism.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ravi Atreyapurapu<\/strong>, an executive MBA student, has a new job as senior vice president of finance accounting at Citibank.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Zachary Sims, Mengdi Wei, and Ryan Smith with Accounting Chair Bernie Wong-on-Wing, Career Advisor Marla Meyer, and Dean Chip Hunter.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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Beta Alpha Psi<\/a> hosted its inaugural Accounting Case Competition for accounting, finance, and management information systems majors in September. Employees from Starbucks and the accounting firms KPMG and BDO judged the seven teams that participated in the event. Christian Anderson<\/a>, the former Beta Alpha Psi president, headed up the case competition committee. Zachary Sims<\/a>, Mengdi Wei<\/a>, and Ryan Smith<\/a> comprised the first-place team. Two teams tied for second place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n