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In the days leading up to National First-Generation Day on Nov. 8, the WSU Insider is featuring first-generation students, faculty, and staff on each of the university’s campuses.

A theoretical outbreak at a small fast food restaurant chain made people hesitant to eat at big name restaurants even though they were uninvolved, a WSU‑led study found.

When the Carson College of Business developed a new sales program and began recruiting faculty, Alec Pappas took note from over 2,000 miles away in Tallahassee, Florida. His doctoral work at Florida State University focused on intraorganizational networks, business-to-business strategy, and sales. And he was heavily involved in the university sales program and had other professional sales experience.

Mobile apps taking cues from slot machines and how social media’s playbook for increasing engagement is being applied to investments were among the topics Kahlil Philander discussed with the film’s producers earlier this year.

Participants will receive two pasta samples from Black Cypress restaurant in Pullman, answer a short questionnaire about texture and flavor preferences, and receive a $20 gift card to the establishment.

Nathan Mallory, Expeditors’ director of risk management and insurance for the Americas, will speak about supply chain risk during the pandemic from 5–6:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, via Zoom.

In July, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted an interim policy that allows college athletes to benefit financially from their name, image, and likeness. To help WSU athletes explore opportunities under the new policy, the Carson College of Business is offering a 1-credit entrepreneurship class, which is open to all student-athletes.

As part of the new partnership, WSU Tri‑Cities will offer seminars, events and coursework at the newly reopened Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser for both students and the public.

The semi-annual Power Breakfast networking event hosted by WSU Carson College of Business will be held from 8-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 in Seattle at the Bell Harbor Conference Center.

Alex Kier, assistant professor at WSU Vancouver, was recently honored with the 2021 Emerging Scholar Award by the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.

Just 28% of information systems faculty at U.S. colleges and universities are women. Associate Professor Michelle Carter is determined to change that.

The program provides WSU undergraduates a chance to develop decision-making, financial advising, and investment skills in a real setting.

The Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living understands that balancing optimal senior health care with sound business practices can be difficult. That’s why the institute invites faculty from across the university to contribute expertise and insights to help train business students who will become future senior living leaders.

Dogan Gursoy received the Lifetime Research Achievement Award from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education.

The psychological toll of losing a job due to COVID‑19 caused many young hotel and restaurant workers to consider changing careers, according to new WSU research.

After cutbacks and layoffs, remaining employees were more likely to feel they were treated fairly if the companies invested in them—and morale was less likely to plunge, according to new research.

The initiative comes after NCAA approval of rule changes designed to enhance the ability of college athletes to accept compensation for use of their name, image and likeness.

Spring, a recent graduate of the WSU School of Hospitality Business Management, had 15 minutes to convince the judges why her hotel deal was the top choice for the grand prize.

Dipra Jha, scholarly associate professor and assistant director of the WSU School of Hospitality Business Management, has been elected to the Washington Tourism Alliance’s Board of Directors.

Starting this fall, WSU Pullman students can earn a certificate in professional sales – helping them develop persuasive communication skills for a career in sales or another field.

The WSU School of Hospitality Business Management and Fire & Vine Hospitality recently established the Fire & Vine Scholarship in Hospitality, awarding $10,000 each to seven students interested in hospitality careers.

The school was also ranked seventh in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in hospitality and tourism management.

WSU faculty members are engaged in six new projects to improve undergraduate education, thanks to funding from the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Teaching and Learning Endowment.

The International Journal of Contemporary Management ranked Taco Bell Distinguished Professor Dogan Gursoy among the most prolific researchers in hospitality and tourism over the last 20 years.

“Unexpected Outcomes: COVID-19 and Business in the Pacific Northwest” will be the topic of the semi-annual Power Breakfast networking event hosted by Washington State University Carson College of Business.

When Perebotie Amughan stepped off the plane at the Pullman Regional Airport to a landscape of ripening wheat fields four years ago, she wondered “Where are the trees?”

Washington, in her mind, was a green place. She’d come from Arizona to study business in the state where Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks are headquartered, and she pictured a place of towering opportunities and lofty evergreens.

High school students across the state followed along in their own home kitchens while three Hospitality Business Management instructors gave lessons on cooking and the science behind it.

WSU’s Carson College of Business honored its outstanding faculty, staff, and graduate students at its annual awards event on May 5.

Charisma Taylor, a hospitality business management major and WSU track and field athlete, earned a place among WSU’s top ten seniors in the athletics category. The award recognizes her accomplishments and involvement as a student-athlete.

Three Carson College of Business seniors are receiving Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Keys for achieving 4.0 grade point averages during their time at WSU.