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The program launches this fall, pairing sophomores and juniors with PACCAR employees.

When people witness poor customer service, a manager’s intervention can help reduce hostility toward the company or brand, according to WSU research.

LTCC transfer students will have access to WSU’s Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Business Management program, offered online or through WSU courses at the LTCC campus.

“How we honor those in our past says a lot about how we will care for our student veterans in the future.”

As part of the Business Growth Mentor and Analysis program, student teams of four or five helped local businesses in the areas of growth, marketing and accounting.

Juhi Varma: Kenya Native Transfers to WSU to Earn Hospitality Degree

By Becky Kramer, Carson College of Business

Juhi Varma, a new hospitality business management graduate, came to Washington State University by way of Switzerland. When the Kenya native was studying at César Ritz Colleges Switzerland, a renowned international hospitality program, a wall dedicated to WSU memorabilia intrigued her.

The wall commemorates longstanding ties between César Ritz Colleges and WSU’s School of Hospitality Business Management. WSU students studying abroad in Switzerland get their picture taken at the wall with a life-sized cutout of Butch, the Cougar mascot.

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The second annual Business in the Northwest report shows a positive business outlook is being fueled by advances in technology and growing opportunities in the marijuana industry and wine production.

Grace Victor traveled more than 7,000 miles to attend Washington State University. Her cross-continental trek to Pullman gave the Australian citizen the opportunity to compete in track at a collegiate level while earning a business degree.

WSU research shows there is an opportunity for developing wine tourism in Washington State and Oregon by marketing characteristics such as natural vineyards and organic practices.

Molly Bartley credits her training in classical ballet for steering her toward a degree in management information systems at WSU Vancouver.

Carson College of Business honored its outstanding faculty, staff and graduate students during an annual awards event May 1 at WSU Pullman.

A pair of siblings at the Carson College of Business will create a new lasting memory when the two will walk across the stage at graduation to accept online MBA degrees together.

21‑year‑old Caitlyn Aune will receive a master’s degree in accounting on May 4. A year earlier, Aune earned an undergraduate accounting degree.

More than 30 student venture teams, representing nearly 150 students, presented their business ideas and competed for cash and in-kind prizes totaling more than $75,000.

Junior Dante Ludlow used what he’s learning at WSU to grow his side job selling vintage sports apparel and high‑end athletic shoes into a business grossing $70,000 a year.

The school was ranked 15th by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in hospitality and tourism management.

WSU is ranked No. 18 in the world out of 497 schools, based on research articles published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship, and Theory and Practice.

The Carson College of Business announced a revised undergraduate program, the Next Carson Coug, which will roll out to undergraduate students beginning fall 2019.

WESKA is an immersive, weeklong accelerator boot camp open to postdoctoral, doctoral and master’s students from any discipline or WSU location who want to learn more about entrepreneurship.

CEO Magazine ranked online executive MBA and MBA programs from  Washington State University’s Carson College of Business as No. 13 and No. 19 respectively among 292 global Online MBA programs.

The event will be held 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Spokane Convention Center.

The award seeks to acknowledge and reward WSU faculty members teaching on Global Campus who employ best practices to engage, inspire, support and show care for students.

Their device, called Appiture, tests for the possibility of autism spectrum disorder quickly and conveniently.

Despite decades of feminism and a growing awareness of gender stereotypes, attractive women simply aren’t seen as fitting in traditionally masculine roles, according to new WSU research.

Nguyen, an Honors College student and an international business and marketing major in the Carson College of Business, received the award this month during the Diversity Abroad Conference in Boston.

A panel of legal and regulatory tax experts will discuss the ethical impacts and repercussions of using sales suppression software.

The new equipment also allows students to practice traditional methods of coffee production.

Carson College faculty members are hopeful this trip will be the beginning of a long‑lasting relationship between WSU and Kazakhstani universities.

Opportunities for women in the business‑related disciplines of finance, entrepreneurship and management information systems will be the focus of a professional panel discussion.

“My plan was to go for five years and get two degrees — one in accounting and the other in business administration. But plans change.” — Vanessa Moore