CBPA Newsletter | Spring 2018

2018 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Welcome to the spring issue of the College of Business and Public Administration newsletter! As I reflect upon our recent activities and events, I am proud to say that we are providing our students with numerous opportunities to engage in the local, regional and global communities. At home and abroad, CBPA students, faculty, staff and alumni are finding success and making a difference. Our accomplishments truly reflect our college motto: Focusing on the region – open to the world.

I am proud of the work we do to ensure that our students gain the knowledge, skills and opportunities to make a difference in today’s fast-changing global society. In this issue of the College of Business and Public Administration newsletter, we will look back at some of the recent events and activities that provided opportunities for all in CBPA to engage with the business community, both locally and globally. We will also share some of our recent accomplishments and celebrate the positive impact that CBPA students, faculty, staff and alumni are making in our community.

I hope that you enjoy this issue of CBPANEWS, and I encourage you to share your thoughts and suggestions for continuous improvement of all aspects of our college.

I look forward to working together to provide innovative, experiential programs and activities that enhance learning and create real opportunities for our students to succeed in the highly competitive global community.

Sincerely,

Ahmad Tootoonchi, PhD Dean, College of Business and Public Administration

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CBPA STUDENT RECOGNITION Buddy Honshell of D.A. Davidson & Co. presented Vinson Cai’s Portfolio Management Class with a check to the EWU Foundation for $2,105.05, which represents earnings generated by the portfolio managed by the class. CBPA Dean Ahmad Tootoonchi, and Associate Professor of Finance Dean Kiefer were on hand to accept the donation on behalf of the class.

Public administration graduate students Freddy Vega and Michael Watts had leadership roles in the 2017 EWU Annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. Vega was the Symposium Coordinator, and Watts was Assistant Symposium Coordinator. This year, Vega will be the leading GSA Symposium Coordinator for 2018. Watts is now the GSA for the Office of Community Student Engagement for 2018.

Delaney Hodgins, health informatics technology and management (HITM) major and EWU women’s basketball player, was recently selected to the prestigious Academic All-America Third Team. Hodgins is Eastern Washington’s all-time leading scorer with 2,120 career points, and also recently set EWU’s and the Big Sky’s all-time single game scoring record. For the second year in a row, she was named First Team All-Conference and totaled three Big Sky Player of the Week awards in addition to being named a Senior CLASS Award finalist.

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GLOBAL COLLABORATION WITH MIE UNIVERSITY This winter, Atsushi Inoue, PhD and professor of management information systems, and David Gorton, director of outreach for the EWU Center for Entrepreneurship, traveled to Mie University in Tsu, Japan, to conduct a seminar titled, “From Idea to Pitch” with a diverse group of 14 graduate and undergraduate students. The culminating activity was a pitch contest presented before a panel of outside judges. The top prize in the contest was an allexpenses paid trip to Eastern Washington University to participate in the second qualifying event of our Eagles’ Nest Pitch Contest on Feb. 13.

The winning team, Kuria Hasegawa, international relations major; Yuki Kamiya, engineering major; and Kosuke Nakamura, bio resources major, combined their expertise to create an innovative device that utilizes light waves to reset the brain’s sleep cycle in order to combat fatigue from jetlag or night shift work.

The students were accompanied by faculty and staff members from Mie University, who have been working closely with CBPA faculty to develop mutually beneficial global experiential learning opportunities.

Mie University representatives also plan to attend ISASE-MAICS 2018 – the 4th International Symposium on Affective Science and Engineering, and the 29th Modern Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference, which will be held at EWU Spokane May 31June 2, 2018.

GIVING JOY

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As part of the National Day of Giving each November, EWU now celebrates Giving Joy Day. This is a fabulous way of acknowledging what people are doing in support of their communities, and encouraging individuals and organizations to help others in ways that are meaningful to them. One of the areas that’s highlighted by Eastern is giving to scholarships. Tuition, books and fees for a single academic year is now over $7,000 per student, and this does not include room and board or other living expenses, which takes the total to more than $21,000 annually. Many students graduate with significant debt, even if they are also working to pay their way through school.

Giving to scholarships helps significantly to lighten the financial burden for our students. Our students are hardworking, dedicated and humble. Many are working adults with families and other responsibilities. When I was leaving campus one day, I witnessed a young woman pull into the parking lot with her son buckled up in the back seat. As they got out of the car, dad met them, gave mom a kiss and sent her off to class, then he paid the parking for her and assumed care of their little boy. It was heartwarming to see their dedication to family, to education and to a bright future.

Many of our alumni and friends of the College of Business and Public Administration have had similar struggles to get through school, pay the bills and raise a family.

Many of us are now in a position to give back, pay it forward or plant the seed that will help others to succeed on their journey. Giving to scholarships not only lightens the financial load for students and helps them to focus more on their studies, but it shows that others believe in them and are cheering them on. For more information on supporting students through scholarships and other areas, please contact Carolyn Wika, Director of Philanthropy, at 509.359.6132 or via email at cwika@ewu.edu.

Thank you for helping our Eagles to soar high and strong.

UPCOMING EVENTS April 27

Beta Alpha Psi Spring Gala, Davenport Grand, event limited to BAP members and invited guests

May 10 Eagle’s Nest Pitch Finals, Showalter Auditorium, ewu.edu/entrepreneurship/event/eagles-nest-business-pitch competition-finals/ May 31 – June 1 ISASE-MAICS 2018 Joint Conference, EWU Spokane Campus https://www.isase-ke.org/conferences/isase2018/ June 1

Drive for Excellence Golf Classic, Meadowwood Golf Course, Liberty Lake, WA, ewu.edu/driveforexcellence

June 14

CBPA Honors and Awards Program, EWU Spokane Center Auditorium

June 16

CBPA Commencement, Spokane Arena, ewu.edu/commencement

CBPA STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IMPACT THE COMMUNITY

Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Fraternity AKPsi is a professional co-ed business fraternity committed to developing well-trained, ethical, skilled, resourceful, experienced business leaders. Patricia Nemetz-Mills, PhD, serves as faculty advisor.

Recently, members of AKPsi attended the Principled Business Leadership Institute (PBLI) 2018 Convention in Boston. At the convention, the students enjoyed educational events such as how to excel at job interviewing and how to negotiate a salary. They learned their way around the exciting city of Boston and experienced newfound friendships while learning new ways to improve the Eta Phi Chapter and enhancing their leadership skills.

In addition to PBLI, AKPsi also participated in many professional, service and career events, such as a sock drive for the homeless and a LinkedIn interactive workshop.

For more information, visit the Alpha Kappa Psi website: https://ewuakpsi1967. wixsite.com/etaphi Beta Alpha Psi BAP is a professional, co-ed fraternity working to enhance the education of accounting, finance and management information systems students through professional networking, professional

activities and leadership experience.

Heather Gangi, CPA, serves as faculty advisor.

Beta Alpha Psi members had the opportunity to meet with representatives from some of the region’s largest employers during the fall and winter quarters. To prepare, many participated in events/ workshops such as Dress for Success in October and Networking Etiquette in March.

BAP members were actively engaged in serving the community through a number of service-oriented events. In October, members volunteered at the annual fundraising event for Beats and Rhythms, a support network for children and families affected by Congenital Heart Disease. Throughout tax season, members of Beta Alpha Psi participate in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, providing free tax help to low- to moderate-income and elderly taxpayers.

For more information, see the Beta Alpha Psi website: ewubap.org.

EWU Economic Society The EWU Economic Society is an academic student club which hosts a variety of events, including guest speakers, career workshops, movies and social events. Nicholas Larsen, PhD, serves as faculty advisor.

The Economics Society has been holding regular meetings throughout this academic year and has engaged in a number of successful fundraising events. Some of these funds will go

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toward supporting upcoming events.

April 4-7: A number of students in the Economic Society will be presenting their research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research at the University of Central Oklahoma.

April 13: The Economics Society will be traveling down to Washington State University to attend their annual Leigh Lecture with the economics faculty.

This year’s speaker is Dr. Eric Maskin, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007 for his work laying the foundations of mechanism design theory.

April 19: The Economics Society is hosting Kevin Callison, PhD, who will speak about the current issues in health economics. He will speak Thursday, April 19, from noon-2 p.m. in Tawanka Hall, room 215B. This event is open to all students. Callison will also speak in the evening at EWU Spokane, which is open to all students and also the public.

Callison is an assistant professor of health management and policy in the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Callison received his BA in economics from Ohio State University and his PhD in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

His current research focuses on health policy evaluation, health insurance and the industrial organization of health care markets. In addition, Callison’s work has examined issues related to substance abuse and the social and behavioral determinants of health.

For more information, follow the Economic Society on Facebook and Twitter @EWUEconSociety.

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FALL AND WINTER CBPA EVENTS Students, alumni, faculty and staff participated in a variety of events and activities during fall and winter quarter: Networking/Career Development Events Meet the Professionals Beta Alpha Psi and Career Services kicked off the school year with their annual Meet the Professionals networking event, where students had an opportunity to meet with local and regional employers.

Young Professionals Network In October, many alumni and students attended the Young Professionals Network program, which provided them outstanding opportunities for networking and career development.

FUSE Career Fair The FUSE Career Fair, hosted by Eastern Washington University, Gonzaga University, Washington State University and Whitworth University, brought over 100 employers seeking interns and full-time employees to the Spokane Convention Center.

To learn more about networking and career development events, please visit the Career Services website: https:// www.ewu.edu/community/careerservices.

Guest speakers engage our students One way in which we expand our classroom learning and engage with the community is to invite guest speakers to visit our campus and share their expertise.

In September, Rebecca Chory, PhD and associate professor of management at Frostburg State University, presented “Faculty-Student Relationships: What Are the Boundaries?” to faculty and students at the Spokane campus. In November, students in the Management

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Senior Capstone class were fortunate to have Dave Curry, chairman and cofounder of Demand Energy Networks, visit their class as a guest speaker.

Curry is a successful entrepreneur having founded, taken public, and exited three companies for nearly $1 billion and has over 30 years of combined telecommunications, energy and software industry experience.

The Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants and EWU sponsored the annual E. Clair Daniels Symposium on Nov. 14, 2017. This year’s keynote speaker was Stephanie Marston, nationally recognized stress/work-life expert, who shared her insights into how to balance professional and personal life.

For information about becoming a guest speaker, please contact Amy Shadd at ashadd@ewu.edu or 509.828.1223.

Student competitions CFA Institute Research Challenge Finance students recently had the opportunity to participate in the CFA Institute Research Challenge. This annual global competition provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. Students work in teams to research and analyze a publicly traded company. Each team writes a research report on their assigned company with a buy, sell or hold recommendation and may be asked to present and defend their analysis to a panel of industry professionals.

Eagle’s Nest Pitch Competition Now in its second year, the Eagle’s Nest Pitch Competition encourages students to develop their entrepreneurial idea and to deliver their business pitch to industry professionals. The first qualifying round was held on Nov. 7, 2017.

The Master of Public Health team, comprised of students Ryan Douse, Dilli Gautam, Jessica R. Ochoa, and Brendon Winston, took top honors. The visiting student team from Mie University in Tsu, Japan, comprised of Kuria Hasegawa, Yuki Kamiya, and Kosuke Nakamura, won first place in the second qualifying round on Feb. 13, 2018. Both teams will join other top teams at the Eagle’s Nest Pitch Finals on May 18 from 6-8 p.m. in Showalter Hall.

Honors and celebrations Annual Chili Cook-off On Oct. 27, the Urban and Regional Planning Department hosted the 40th Annual Chili Cook-off. Members of the Planning Advisory Board, community members, representatives from the American Planning Association, and EWU faculty, staff and students enjoyed a friendly chili competition, with dishes in three categories: real chili (no beans), pseudo chili (with beans), and international dish. This year’s event was particularly special, as we celebrated the career of Dick Winchell, PhD, who retired after 31 years at EWU. Holiday Open House CBPA faculty, staff, students and advisory board members gathered to celebrate at the annual Holiday Open House in December. This was a wonderful opportunity to look back upon the accomplishments of 2017 and forward to our plans for the future. We celebrated milestones, including Patrick Jones, PhD, who recently completed 15 years at Eastern, and Dick Winchell’s retirement.

Celebration of Entrepreneurship Breakfast The annual Celebration of Entrepreneurship Breakfast was held on March 8, 2018, at the Spokane Convention Center. This year’s theme was Creating Connections Across the Ecosystem, which celebrated important

CBPA milestones achieved in the Spokane entrepreneurial ecosystem while honoring the exceptional achievements of this year’s award recipients:

5 Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year - Deanna Tiemann, Squishy Peanut Marketing

Entrepreneur of the Year – Jon Copeland, Nuvodia

Rising Star – Bella Memeo, Lil Omelette, First Place 2017 Startup Weekend Spokane

Spirit of Entrepreneurship – Celeste Shaw-Coultson, Chaps Restaurant

Next year’s Celebration of Entrepreneurship will have a new format, as the event will be a cocktail reception and dinner gala. Save the date for next year’s Celebration of Entrepreneurship on April 19, 2019!

Exemplary Contribution to Entrepreneurial Program Development Dave Gorton, Eastern Washington University

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STUDENT SUCCESS INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS QuickBooks Certified User Abri Clark, a senior finance major, recently became the first EWU student QuickBooks Online Certified.

Congratulations, Abri!

Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Congratulations to the following students, who recently earned Microsoft Office Specialist certification!

MOS Master Certification Students passed all of the following MOS exams with a 700 or higher: Word Core, Excel Core, PowerPoint, Excel Expert Part 1 or Word Expert Part 1, Excel Expert Part 2 or Word Expert Part 2 Sally Arel Nathan Best Dana Cummings Tim Do Melissa Erickson Sandra Jeffries Chan Li Erin Marini Shayla Mayer Mark Mensik Sophia Miller Jennifer Morton Kimberly Nesper Alisha Pierce Jordan Reeves Alexandra Rosebrook Kyle Sauve

Mitchell Shaffer Bill Shaw Glen Slagle David Vannoy Lorene Winters Vivian Wong Kristin Zitterkopf

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MOS Expert Certification Dana Cummings, Excel Expert 2013 Tim Do, Word Expert 2013 Alyssa Farrell, Excel Expert 2016 Sandra Jeffries, Excel Expert 2013 Jennifer Morton, Word Expert 2013 Jordan Reeves, Excel Expert 2013 Cameron Scott, Excel Expert 2013 Mitchell Shaffer, Word Expert 2013 Glen Slagle, Excel Expert 2013 Lorene Winters, Word Expert 2013 Vivian Wong, Word Expert 2013 Completed 3 MOS Certifications (Word Core, Excel Core and PowerPoint) Dina Alazrai Ayoub Alia AlRashoodi Valkyrie Anderson Ryan Andrews Victor Avalos Michael Barnhart Carrisa Blair Nathaniel Chapman Clayton Christensen Taylor Clark Dana Cummings Angeles Diaz-Jimenez Tim Do Matthew Doehle Britney Drew Alexis Earle Katie Eoff

Rachael Evans Alyssa Farrell Ryan Fay Zachary Friesen Tyler Fulks Yemsrach Getahun Vannessa Goodwin Joshua Graham Tyler Grajek Austin Helean Kelsey Hubbard Frank Jachetta Sandra Jeffries Janaesha Joiner Jonah Jordan Julianne Keller Garret Kerle Khoa Le Ryan Leighton Cory Loucks Robert McAlerney Jennifer Morton Kristina Payne Chelsea Penfold Jordan Reeves Haylie Roggenbuck Sherri Rowe Jerrilyn Salazar Nicholas Santa Jason Satran Cameron Scott Mitchell Shaffer Glen Slagle Holly Slininger Jason Storm Hong Sun Laura Tresko Bryce Valley Emily Wilson Stephanie Wilson Lorene Winters Vivian Wong

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CBPA CAREER SUCCESS

CBPA IN THE NEWS

Paul Grinder, ’17 BAB in professional accounting, was recently hired at CliftonLarsonAllen’s Yakima office. Grinder thanked Jessica Berwick, CBPA career advisor, for helping him successfully prepare for his job interview.

Nate O’Neel, current MBA student, completed an internship at a local engineering firm where he worked directly with the CFO and had an opportunity to track historical data, evaluate key performance indicators, build forecast models, and propose new methods of effective operations. The CFO now utilizes O’Neel’s findings and models in financial meetings with stockholders and executive officers.

Kendra Hamm, senior professional accounting major, accepted an associate position with CliftonLarsonAllen in Spokane. She will begin her new job in Sept. 2018.

Emily Findley, senior professional accounting major, was hired into a full-time tax position with Eide Bailly in Spokane, which starts October 2018. She will also intern at Eide Bailly during tax season, which will be her second tax season internship.Thomas Leake, ’17 BAB in professional accounting, was recently hired by the Spokane office of BDO, a global accounting firm.

Andrew Logan, ’16 BAB in general business with a data analytics minor, works as a Peace Corps volunteer. He is currently working on a gender in agriculture project in Tanzania. “I’ve begun teaching technical skills in these areas and am preparing to teach basic agribusiness skills, all of which the business program wonderfully prepared me to do. My experience at Eastern has strengthened my skills to enter a career of foreign service and you are a very large part of that success, and I look forward to sharing that success with you in the future.”

Keith McBeth, ’16 BA in finance, has recently been accepted to the City of Spokane Police Academy and will join the department soon. He is a Marine veteran and excited about utilizing his skills in a familiar field with future aspirations to possibly join the SWAT team.

Last summer, Eastern Washington University launched its new Bachelor of Science in data analytics program in collaboration with Microsoft. Courses from the Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) in data science are integrated into the final year of curriculum for students studying analytics in EWU’s College of Business and Public Administration (CBPA). EWU is currently the only university in the nation to have the MPP Data Science credential combined with a degree.

This exciting opportunity for EWU students has garnered a lot of attention in the media, including Forbes, Journal of Business, The Inlander, The SpokesmanReview and Wired. For more information on the program, visit ewu.edu/mpp.

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ tiriasresearch/2017/10/30/microsoftand-eastern-washington-universitycollaborate-on-bachelor-of-science-indata-analytics/#2a6f02e1475f Journal of Business: https://www. spokanejournal.com/local-news/ guest-commentary-preparing-for-theknowledge-economy/ The Inlander: https://www.inlander. com/Bloglander/archives/2017/08/28/ ewu-partners-with-microsoft-for-newdata-analytics-degree-program The Spokesman-Review: http://www. spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/25/ ewu-and-microsoft-join-forces-on-newdegree-progra/ Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/ impatient-with-colleges-employersdesign-their-own-courses/

STUDENTS VISIT KORRY ELECTRONICS Eastern at Bellevue students in Operations Management 330 recently visited Korry Electronics, an Esterline Company, to learn about their applications of lean operations. The students met with the company’s president, Rob Gibbs, who gave them an overview of the company. The students also had the opportunity to meet with the VP of Operations and Human Resources Director. Afterward, Brent Morrow, continuous improvement manager, and Lish Adsit, continuous improvement specialist, led the students on a tour of the facility.

Kerry Brooks’, PhD, research as part of the Smart City/Urbanova collaboration was recently featured in The SpokesmanReview: http://www.spokesman.com/ stories/2017/dec/06/spokane-takes-stepto-become-a-smart-city-research/

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FACULTY SUCCESS

CBPA FACULTY MILESTONES

Presentations Bruce Teague, PhD and associate professor of management, and David Gorton, CPA, MBA and senior lecturer, presented “Turning the Negative Thoughts into Positive Action; a Lightning Fast Ideation Exercise” at the recent United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference in Los Angeles.

Grants The following grants were recently awarded to CBPA faculty and staff:

Atsushi Inoue, professor of management information systems, was awarded a $2,000 EWU Foundation Start Something Big grant to help support the Artificial Intelligence and Affective Sciences and Engineering Project.

Patrick Jones, executive director of EWU’s Institute for Public Policy & Economic Analysis, recently celebrated 15 years at EWU. Dick Winchell, professor of urban and regional planning, retired after 31 years at EWU.

Margo Hill SURTCOM (Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility, Montana State University) $236,150 additional funding Margo Hill and Dick Winchell (Tribal Target Zero Safety and Community Development Support for Data Driven Planning and Behavioral Analysis for WA Tribes, WSTC) $100,000.

Kerry Brooks (Spokane Regional Site Selector, Local Agencies) $53,291 additional funding Kerry Brooks (Environmental Finance Center,RCAC) $40,000 additional funding Patrick Jones (Maintain the Benton Franklin Trends Web Site, Three Rivers Community Foundation) $20,000.

Dick Winchell and Kerry Brooks (Community Engagement – credibility, drive priority, and informed decision making partnerships, WSDOT) $192,852 additional funding.

Patrick Jones (Maintain the Chelan and Douglas County Trends Website, North Central Washington Economic Development District) $10,250 Patrick Jones (Summation of the economic effects Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park, Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park) $5,000 Kerry Brooks (Community Engagement – credibility, drive priority, and informed decision making partnerships, WSDOT) $2,465 additional funding.

STAFF RECOGNITION Dina Alazrai Ayoub, secretary senior, completed 3 Microsoft Office Specialist certifications (Word Core, Excel Core and Powerpoint).

Tawnia Littell, secretary senior, received certification as a Microsoft Office Specialist in Excel and Office Word 2016.

Lorene Winters, MBA program coordinator, earned Microsoft Office Specialist 2013 Master Certification.

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