We take great pride as EWU’s College of Business and Public

Administration celebrates its 50th anniversary. We are happy to boast

that we have served successive generations of students, from baby

boomers to millennials, and have served them well.

As they have been throughout our history, our faculty and staff are

united in serving our college mission “to develop students who think

critically, act ethically and contribute to evolving public and private

sector environments.”

We prepare our students to be successful professionals who advance

in their chosen careers or continue on to postgraduate studies. Our

faculty members are excellent teachers who keep current in their

disciplines through research and active professional involvement.

Our programs enable our students to gain real-world experience

and to be engaged in their community by giving them opportunities

to apply their budding expertise, under faculty supervision, to solving

real problems for real business firms, cities, counties and not-for-

profit service providers.

We continue to seek innovative teaching solutions to best deliver

content to students with diverse backgrounds and a host of personal

constraints, allowing them to be successful in their chosen field

of study.

Sincerely,

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50-YEAR CELEBRATION SPECIAL PUBLICATION

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Kathy Hale often asks, “What are you

doing today that your future self will

thank you for?

She knows that three years from now she’ll be thankful she earned her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) — an 80-topic study of the financial world with a 10-hour exam at the end. It’s the equivalent of a CPA for accountants. After 14 years as a financial advisor, Hale sees this as the next step in her continuing education.

Hale grew up in the small town of Conrad, Montana. Even though her parents were both college graduates, she is the only one of five siblings to graduate from college, let alone have a master’s degree. Hale said that her mom, a teacher, was big on education, especially after seeing several female relatives struggle after their husbands died.

Like many Eastern graduates, Hale’s education didn’t follow a straight line from high school graduation to college graduation. There were twists and turns along the way. She remembers telling her sister-in-law, “Oh my gosh, I’m going to be 40-years-old before I get my degree.” Her sister-in-law replied, “Well, you’re going to be 40 anyway. You might as well be 40 with a degree.”

Hale believes that there’s a credibility factor that comes with a degree. “Even if you don’t use the exact degree you’re getting, it says that you’ve got tenacity and that you’re well-rounded,” said Hale.

KATHY HALE, VICE PRESIDENT INVESTMENTS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR

WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ADVISORSMBA ’01, BA BUSINESS-MANAGEMENT ’97

She compares getting her CFP certification to getting her MBA. Hale said that even though her focus is finance, when she went through business school she learned business law, human resources, marketing, economics and many other topics that were important in giving her a good understanding of how everything ties together.

When it comes to financial advising, her niche is helping people make the transition from work to retirement. “It’s about generating income: it’s about understanding strategies for Social Security, Medicare, estate planning and the importance of organizing and simplifying your life,” said Hale.

She understands her clients’ fear of the unknown. “If you clearly explain things to people they can relax and take the information and make good, rational decisions. I don’t want my clients to blindly follow, but for them to understand. It’s better for them to put a plan in place while they are still working. Before they retire they may need to pay down debt, save more money, maybe work a little longer – but at least then, they still have options. There aren’t a lot of do-overs in retirement.”

Hale knows about wanting to feel safe and secure. She was a single mom with three daughters when she decided to get her MBA. It was a tough two-year struggle. Eastern was the right place for her— it was convenient and affordable.

“Adults with families and jobs, who go on to get their master’s degrees, face a unique challenge,” said Hale. “It feels like changing a tire while you’re driving 50 mph down the freeway. You’re doing so many things – raising kids, working, paying your bills. You’re maxed out and then you add something else to your already full life. You need to have the support of your family and friends. But the benefits will eventually far outweigh the challenges. Three to five years down the road, your future self will thank you for it.”

Alumni Spotlight by Kandi Carper

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INCOME FOR WHAT’S

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Eastern’s Center for Entrepreneurial Activities (CEA) is a natural extension of efforts already in place to contribute to a culture of entrepreneurship in eastern Washington.

The CEA supports the university’s goal of providing quality student-centered education and service to the community. The CEA’s overall mission is “to stimulate, promote and support the systematic practice of innovative entrepreneurial enterprises in the Spokane region and the Inland Northwest.”

Dave Gorton, MBA, is a senior lecturer of accounting and interim director of the center. He’s been at Eastern for 18 years and has been involved in entrepreneurship activities at the university almost from the start, including his ongoing association with the CEA.

“If there are things involved with entrepreneurship, I’m deeply involved,” said Gorton, who has been teaching in-person entrepreneurship classes for years and just started an online version. As interim director of the program, he helps to ensure Eastern connects the experiences of students through their entry into their professions and beyond.

“It’s a good focal point to get involved with the community,” said Gorton. “We have a lot of interaction with the community, including through classes with service learning.”

The CEA provides individual counseling to businesses that need help with activities such as developing a business plan and can also pair students with startups to provide a real-world learning environment.

Many of the students in the program go on to start their own businesses or become key executives in companies of all stages.

The program and the college are also committed to honoring those who are good examples of innovative and successful business leaders.

The Entrepreneur of the Year is honored at the annual Celebrations of Entrepreneurship breakfast in Spokane.

By Jeff Bunch

This year, winemakers Gordy Venneri (’76, BA accounting) and Myles Anderson of Walla Walla Vintners were honored. The breakfast is now paired with a showcase event for the yearly Inland Northwest Business Plan competition, a longtime collaboration between Eastern, Gonzaga and Whitworth universities.

The synergy of holding the events in conjunction with each other allowed students and business advisers from the participating universities to first hear from an established entrepreneur, articulate and pitch their business ideas, then get real-time feedback.

The business plan competition supports new venture ideas, builds businesses and creates new jobs, and provides educational and networking opportunities for students. Students can work either individually or in a collaborative manner to turn innovative ideas into real businesses. Additionally, the cash prizes of the competition may provide seed capital for business startups. This year’s area-wide competition saw entrants competing for prizes in categories totaling more than $30,000.

Gorton encourages Eastern students to participate in the competition, but regardless they are given all the building blocks to become entrepreneurs through the practical curriculum of the program. Entrepreneurs take unique paths on their journeys – not all are ready to start a business right out of college. But, when they do, Eastern and the community are there for them. Gorton calls it the most rewarding part of the job.

“Students will come back, and because they’ve had the class, 30 to 40 percent of them will start a business,” says Gorton. “So, we’ve given them that discipline and background to do a business plan and do the research to start a business. There’s a strong culture of support for entrepreneurship; we’re all just part of it.”

DAVE GORTON, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIESMBA ’01, BA BUSINESS-MANAGEMENT ’97

Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Terry Neal ’85 and David Van Belle ’12, ’86, of US Bank in Spokane, enjoyed meeting three recipients of the bank’s Accounting and Finance Scholarship, learning firsthand how the scholarships positively affected the recipients’ lives.

Yvonne Clark graduated in June with a degree in accounting. She told Neal and Van Belle how after many years away from school, working and raising children, she decided to return to complete her degree. Next up – she’ll sit for the CPA exam.

“The scholarship helped me get my son in preschool and I didn’t have to take out another loan,” said Clark. “They always want to give you loans. I already have bills so I didn’t want to add to that.”

Danielle Good said that the scholarship allowed her to cut back on her work hours at a commercial real estate company and focus on her academic performance. She graduated magna cum laude in June with a double major in finance and marketing.

She plans to pursue a career in commercial real estate in the Seattle area.

“Going back to school after working for so many years …to be able to graduate with honors was really important to me,”

said Good. “The scholarship helped reduce my tuition each quarter so I was able to then cut back on my hours a little bit and spend that time on school.”

Nicholas Alexander originally studied engineering at Washington State University before realizing that wasn’t the direction he wanted to go. He transferred to Eastern and is now studying accounting, finance and economics. He’s found his niche, with a grade-point average of 3.93 in his business courses.

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One day, he hopes to open his own accounting firm where he can help people with their finances.

Both Neal and Van Belle see the benefit of investing in Eastern students’ success.

“The culture of US Bank is built around community,” said Neal. “The bank hires the employees who in turn participate and actively seek out personal, professional and business relationships. We want the students and the university to see this relationship when they accept the scholarship award each year. These monies have been a consistent way to show the bank's support for its relationship to this community.”

Van Belle agrees, “It is important for US Bank to offer scholarships to EWU accounting and finance students to remain a good corporate citizen in eastern Washington. There is no degree that specifically pertains to banking and the majority of bankers come from these two majors. Students graduating with accounting or finance degrees are what keeps the banking industry alive and allows it to thrive.”

Being Eastern graduates themselves, Neal and Van Belle have a loyalty to their alma mater and they find being involved in the scholarship process is rewarding.

“As an alumni and a senior lender for the bank, I get the best of being involved for the bank and hopefully the students see the value of their education and where you can take that degree,” said Neal. “It always gives me a boost to know one of my co-workers is an Eag.”

And, their impression of the scholarship recipients? “The students who earned this scholarship this year are now

a part of an impressive group,” said Van Belle. “They are very likely to be successful no matter what path they ultimately choose. Each of them would make good bankers, but further, they will make good citizens who we will all be proud to watch grow and to share in their accomplishments.”

For more information on how your company can help Eastern students by providing scholarships, please contact Carolyn Wika, Advancement Director, 509.359.6132, cwika@ewu.edu.

By Kandi Carper

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“As an alumni and a senior lender for the bank, I get the best

of being involved for the bank and hopefully the students see the value of their education and where

you can take that degree.”Terry Neal

David Van Belle, Danielle Good, Nicholas Alexander, Yvonne Clark and Terry Neal

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“I’ve had a lot of great leadership that’s guided me here,” says Francisco, “not just to apply my professional training, but how do you apply your personality. It’s about someone allowing you to make mistakes, but not truly fail. That’s a big part of it.”

Francisco gives much of the credit for being able to do just that at Inland to retired CEO Kris Mikkelsen, an EWU alumna who saw the potential in him as a leader. He has been able to branch out from accounting, into operations and beyond.

Francisco says the skills he learned at Eastern are the ones he’s relied upon in business. He says the academic culture at EWU, which values hard work and firsthand knowledge is what separates it from what are seen as traditionally more elite business schools, such as those in the Ivy League.

Francisco came from a modest background and knew he wanted to go into the field of accounting. His father was a CPA and he knew that it was the kind of multi-disciplinary training that could help him to work and succeed almost anywhere.

“Two or three years out of college, I realized that education – the ability to analyze and understand any piece of information that is given to you – was the platform for being a

leader in business,” Francisco said.

When he earned his CPA certification, he says that it

opened a lot of doors and gave him some immediate credibility in the field and within his organization. Francisco says he was in the right place, at the right time, when he began working in energy.

He initially worked in “accounting,” but that assignment included oversight of functions such as IT, a team he built and managed for years. When the utility built its new headquarters west of Spokane, Francisco was the company’s project manager.

He’s worked in key areas such as conservation, which includes the creation and oversight of alternative and clean energy initiatives. What used to be a multi-agency compliance program has developed into a high-profile part of the business. Inland has always been a leader in the field and those efforts are an integral part of how it will continue to meet the growing energy needs within its footprint.

There are roughly 100 people in the company, so everyone is asked to contribute. Over the years, Francisco’s helped out line crews after a storm and is currently a leader on the company’s government relations team.

“You can be in the field for 20 years and do a lot of different things,” he said.

Francisco could likely take his talents and industry experience to other venues, but says he’s inspired by his broad-based role in the 40,000-member nonprofit member-driven cooperative. He says there is no ROI analysis at Inland; instead, decisions are based on terms like revenue requirement over long forecast periods.

Outside of work, Francisco is the proud father of an EWU student and current president of the West Plains Chamber of Commerce that includes Cheney. It’s all part of a focus by Francisco to give back to the community that invested in him.

JOHN FRANCISCOINLAND POWER AND LIGHTMBA ’01, BA BUSINESS-MANAGEMENT ’97

Alumni Spotlight by Jeff Bunch

Growing up on a farm in Selah, Washington, John Francisco learned the value of hard work. Francisco took that ethic, applied it to his studies at Eastern, and has been on an upward trajectory at Inland Power and Light since.

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Eastern Washington University’s Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis partners with communities to help them plan and prosper.

Under the guidance of its executive director, Patrick Jones, PhD, the Institute works with communities to identify key indicators and then provides critical data to help facilitate good planning and good decisions. Based at Eastern Washington University Spokane in the University District, the Institute is a significant resource throughout our region.

Since it was founded in 2002, the Institute has co-developed community indicators websites across Washington, Idaho and California. The websites provide communities with information and analyses they can use at the local level to

PATRICK JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOREWU INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY

assess trends in key areas such as culture and recreation, demographics, economic vitality, education, the environment, health, housing and transportation, and public safety. Combined, the sites serve more than 2.2 million people.

Jones and his staff also conduct in-depth economic impact studies and work with EWU’s faculty to produce an annual Regional Economic Outlook. Additionally, the Institute produces a monograph series exploring critical issues throughout the Inland Northwest, and a recent Institute analysis focused on the economic impact of Spokane airports.

That vision for the Institute was laid out by former dean Jeffers Chertok, who was passionate about seeing Eastern’s resources used to improve lives in the Inland Northwest. That mission has certainly been served by the Institute over its life.

“The vision of the institute is to bring the talents of the university out to the region that we serve,” said Jones, “Not only do research that would end up in a journal but research that would be read and, perhaps, acted upon by (stakeholders) in the region. As a regional university, I think it’s a natural fit for that sort of thing and we’re maybe the tip of the spear when it comes to the research side of that in the social sciences.”

In 2005, the Institute began doing specific projects for municipalities. They’ve done eight over the past decade. A typical process takes a year from start to finish. In one of the projects, more than 1,500 data points were compiled and are updated as they change over time. The methodology is a proprietary process and most work comes in by word of mouth.

“These are not industrial processes; these are more artisan-style, in that we have a technique down,” said Jones. “Every community is different and we want to respect that.” The content of each project website includes a combination of unique narrative content alongside vetted statistical analyses.

Jones is the chair of the City of Spokane Council on Economic Policy and Forecasting and regularly briefs clients and area economic development organizations.

“Having this in the backdrop is a wonderful way to get people to start thinking and talking about these issues,” Jones said.

The information compiled by the Institute is widely used. The most prominent example is through a group called Priority Spokane, which took on a goal “to change the path of the high school graduation rate.”

The initiative grew out of findings in the Spokane Community Indicators project and is an example of a vision in action.

“We have the hope, as social scientists, at least indirectly, to help change some lives,” said Jones, who consciously eschewed a more traditional scholarly path. “I really couldn’t ask too much more.”

INSTITUTING

By Jeff Bunch

Building Success One City At A Time

She grew up in Oak Harbor, Washington, and chose Eastern because, being from the west side of the state, she wanted some independence. She also wanted to be near her future husband, Randy Allen, who was already at Eastern on basketball and golf scholarships. Always a pragmatist, she found Eastern to be the best value in terms of time and money.

“Eastern was the right place for me after I graduated from high school,” said Allen. “I didn’t have to wait for the accelerated classes that I needed. The quality of the professors, the challenge, they really lit my fire. You get in, you get your education, it’s solid and you move on.”

After graduating, she did move on – to a career with the city of Spokane, first as an engineer technician, then as an associate engineer and finally, as director of Engineering Services and city engineer.

At age 47, Allen was ready for the next chapter in her career. “I wanted to be professionally challenged and I wanted to learn something new, and California was all of that,” said Allen. For nine years, she commuted from her Liberty Lake home to her townhouse near downtown San Jose.

Her timing with the job in San Jose was perfect. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the city was beginning the development

and completion of more than 1,500 capital projects totaling more than $4 billion. The city had passed bond measures for public safety, libraries and parks and recreation, and was building a new city hall and an airport. She was able to go into the implementation role of delivering all of those projects. “I liked working with people who have differences of opinion and working to bring together a consensus and advancing services or projects for the public. I liked doing it fast,

efficiently and being fully accountable.”After her stint in San Jose, Allen retired briefly but found that she

still had more to offer professionally. In April 2012, she was chosen as the city administrator of Liberty Lake, a city of about 9,000–a huge difference from San Jose, with a population of 983,000 at the time. But Liberty Lake is her home. It’s where she and her family have lived since 1983, and it was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up.

Three years into the job, Allen said the economy in the region and in the Liberty Lake community has continued to improve. “That has helped us with programs, our projects and our services. I feel good about our mayor and our council really coming together around the priorities of our community. We have many venues for public participation and public engagement. Those sound like buzz words but they are real things. There’s so much energy around here. We’ve done some exciting projects.”

When Allen looks back, she realizes that she’s never had the same job twice, but they’re all related. “In Spokane, it was engineering services– horizontal work– pipes and roads. In San Jose, it was vertical work – building projects. In Liberty Lake, it’s more about making good policy decisions. It’s about understanding where our opportunities are, and taking care of what we have.”

KATY ALLEN, CITY ADMINISTRATORCITY OF LIBERTY LAKE

MASTER’S PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ’01, BA ECONOMICS AND BA MATHEMATICS ’76

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Katy Allen’s philosophy of efficiency in the use of time and money has served her well during her 36-plus-year career in public service, including 25 years with the city of Spokane, eight years as public works director/city engineer for the city of San Jose, California, and her most recent job as the city administrator for Liberty Lake, Washington.

BY KANDI CARPER

Sometimes taking ourselves to a different longitude and latitude can change our views. Two EWU graduate students, Galen Hyatt (’14 MBA, ‘12 marketing) and Bryan Lilburn (’14 MBA, ’12 management), were the first to enroll in the study abroad program that EWU offers to MBA students. After two quarters in Schmalkalden, Germany, they learned how life-changing it could be when you leave your comfort zone and move into a different time zone.

Mixed with feelings of anxiousness and excitement the evening before their 11-1/2 hour flight to Germany, they weren’t sure what to expect but believed this was one of their best decisions. Hyatt began his immersion into the German culture by rushing to his first train ride right after he landed in Germany.

Hyatt was born and raised in Washington state in an area where diversity was prevalent but not fully accepted. He describes himself as simple and outgoing with no German experience. He was drawn to the experience because of the accelerated pace of the program.

Lilburn, a reserved and hardworking Californian graduate student, already had previous experiences with the German culture. His sister and brother-in-law live in Germany. Although Lilburn had no prior preparation, he at least had his sister for transportation once he landed. He began his journey sitting next to a German woman on the plane; sharing no common language, all they could do was smile at each other and use hand gestures.

In small and quaint Schmalkalden, Germany, students from around the world gather to earn a master’s degree in international business while they learn how to be a part of a community and a culture away from home. At the University

of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Schmalkalden, FHS), an EWU international partner university, students are given the opportunity to study for two consecutive quarters in addition to their EWU MBA coursework. Directly enrolling in this program is significantly less expensive than the cost of a third-party study abroad program; tuition for each credit is simply the tuition for a credit studying at home at EWU.

For Hyatt and Lilburn, studying abroad was “life-changing.” Hyatt described the experience as a combination of seven classes taught in English and an “eye-opening” opportunity to gain new insights and new friends from different continents.

Now they are back in the states and enjoying the things they’ve missed, but both miss the challenge a routine task becomes in a foreign place. Hyatt reminisced over simply grabbing food and having beers after class with his new friends. Lilburn bonded with his Brazilian and German roommates over fitness and soccer, and even picked up his Brazilian roommate’s habit of playing soccer barefooted.

Both say they would do it again in a heartbeat. They both advise students to use the abundant resources available at both EWU and FHS Schmalkalden.

EWU encourages students to keep an open mind and embrace diversity and differences as you strive to achieve your goals. Be aware that we are not that different; learning how to work with others from different cultures, with different perspectives, whether in the states or 4,000 miles away at FHS Schmalkalden, is a valuable experience.

For more information about the international dual-degree, please contact the MBA program director, Roberta Brooke, at 509.828.1248 or mbaprogram@ewu.edu.

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experiencedual degree program offers international

By Kaylie Phan

BRIAN BURROW, CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, CARBON CYCLE INVESTMENTS,

BA ECONOMICS ’11, BA FINANCE ’11

Although he is only 36 years old, Brian Burrow has had a distinguished career thus far. Currently serving as Chief Business Development Officer for Carbon Cycle Investments (CCI), Burrow meets with individuals from around the world while looking for environmental problems to solve and communities to assist in the areas of pollution prevention and waste to energy.

Previously, Burrow worked as an economic analyst and project manager for companies such as Haskins Steel, Moss Adams, and The Boeing Company and as a project manager for the city of Spokane, the Spokane Area Workforce Development Council and Spokane Community College.

As a project manager, Burrow and team received a “Governor’s Best Practice Award” from Gov. Inslee for successfully addressing the needs of economic development and workforce development in a way that better connected job seekers and job providers.

Burrow is a graduate of Leadership Spokane and a former member of the board of directors and alumni chair. In 2014, he was nominated for a “philanthropist of the year” award for his efforts in developing scholarships for low-income high school students, which will pay for leadership training.

Burrow grew up in Spokane and he earned his associate degree from Spokane Falls Community College before transferring to Eastern.

“I didn’t know what ‘job’ I wanted to do for the rest of my life so I followed my mother’s advice and went for the transfer degree,” said Burrow. “I knew I was going to go into business but I didn’t know what area of business.”

Burrow began studying accounting but with two children at home, he had to put a hold on his studies to focus on work. “I did well for a while without my degree,” said Burrow. “I was a junior partner at a financial planning firm, but the firm didn’t make it through the recession. I couldn’t find work in the very tight, competitive job market because I didn’t have a degree. I returned to the university, like many others, and enrolled in classes thinking that I just needed a degree — any degree.”

As for his EWU experience, Burrow said, “Classes were tough to fit in while working and raising children. I appreciated the convenience and flexibility Eastern offered. Also, the professors were knowledgeable and accessible.”

Burrow uses what he learned at Eastern, along with an innate knowledge of chemistry, in his day-to-day work.

“My job is like a senior capstone project every single day. I get to build computer models that take environmental hazards such as garbage, break them down into individual molecules which then form gases, convert those gases into valuable products such as electricity, and then convert all of that into dollars to create a business plan that makes sense for the company and the community. It’s fun stuff!”

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FROM WASTE TO ENERGY

Megan Roper is a marketing manager at Amazon.com, the world’s largest retailer, and has filled other roles at the innovative Seattle-based Internet leader. But Roper’s passion for marketing was sparked during her business studies at Eastern.

In particular, a statistics class provided her biggest challenge – and breakthrough.

“The first couple of weeks, I really stumbled through it,” she said. Roper asked her professor if he had an hour of time outside of class to talk her through a few areas. He obliged, giving up an hour of his time on a weekend to whiteboard scenarios.

“All of the sudden, everything clicked,” said Roper. “I loved it!” Her professor even offered to write the honors student a letter of reference to pursue graduate school. However, she had the opportunity to help open a high-profile resort in Las Vegas.

Though the job was a great introduction to real-world marketing, after some time Roper wanted to dive back into the world of analytics that she explored as a student. She lacked work experience in data and analytics, but fell back on her studies.

“That class that I took at Eastern really left me feeling confident that I could learn this and could figure it out.” She accepted a role as a casino slot marketing analyst, which had

MEGAN ROPER,MARKETING MANAGER, AMAZONBA BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT ’09

her working with loads of data on a daily basis and gathering insights.

“If it weren’t for that role, I don’t think Amazon would have been interested in me,” said Roper. She initially applied for a senior data analyst role with Amazon, but their interview process identified her strengths more on the account and program side. It’s turned out to be a great path.

The company encourages employees to move between departments and roles, which has allowed Roper to learn and develop a well-rounded set of skills. She has been able to engage in a variety of marketing activities, ranging from paid social advertising to email marketing, webinars and event marketing.

“Amazon is a place where there is a lot of opportunity and you have to find out what you want to do,” said Roper. “It’s a big company and there are a lot of chances to move and switch teams; it’s very fluid.”

“Looking back at a lot of those moves at the early stage in my career, I think Eastern had a very powerful impact on my ability and my confidence to pursue my career,” said Roper, who is originally from Kansas and played soccer while at Eastern.

Some of her best friendships remain those that she made while in Cheney, which is also where she learned what it takes to be successful in the business world.

“I think the most important thing that I’ve held on to is having motivation and not feeling overwhelmed about something you don’t know about,” she said. “In a lot of cases, you may be the first one to do something, so it’s learning as you go. That’s how college is, so always hold on to that, and be a lifelong learner. If you’re interested in different things, but you don’t know about that particular area, don’t be scared — go for it.”

She’s living proof of that philosophy.

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pursuinga pass ion

Benjamin Serr’s profession is very technical, but it boils down to something simple: he helps to keep drinking water safe for residents of the state of Washington.

Serr is a regional planner with the Department of Health. Fittingly, he works out of a Spokane Valley location that is adjacent to a river and sits over the heart of an underground aquifer that supplies much of the water for greater Spokane.

The department employs six regional planners statewide, each with the charge of regulating drinking water in their assigned area. Serr’s responsibilities include the nine counties of northeastern Washington, working with local agencies to make sure they comply with state and federal regulations for drinking water systems.

The path to Eastern’s urban planning program started somewhat accidentally for the western Washington native as he was serving as the caretaker for a farm near Springdale, Washington, that the family had purchased years earlier.

“I decided that farming wasn’t going to be for me, so I was looking at going to grad school,” said Serr, who studied cellular and molecular biology at the University of Washington as an undergrad before working in the biotech industry for four years. “(Biotech) wasn’t a good fit for me and I was looking for something else.”

Serr stumbled upon the field of planning and it appealed to him. He started researching which universities were the best in the state and learned Eastern was one of only two accredited programs, something that was significant. Once at EWU, he began concurrent work in the geography department’s GIS certificate.

“I really enjoyed my time at Eastern,” he said. “The program and the faculty really did a good job preparing me for working in the field. They had a lot of hands-on, practical application in the classes.”

His education allowed him to immediately accept a role in a significant planning project with the Spokane Tribe of Indians,

helping them to put together the tribe’s first comprehensive plan. He started broadly, becoming more narrowly focused.

“This is really a niche field,” he admitted, explaining the state is somewhat rare by requiring drinking water system plans as part of growth management plans. “There aren’t a lot of drinking water planners out there, when you look across the country.”

Yet, he often gets to connect with former colleagues from Eastern as he works with them in their roles as regional planners.

“I’m one of the fortunate ones that was able to stay in Spokane when I graduated, because we’re a net producer of planners,” said Serr.

He said Eastern’s program is focused on practical training, employing adjunct faculty and professors with field experience. “I think that practical aspect is very valuable,” he said, pointing out one professor was a longtime planner with the city of Spokane.

The seeds for his current skill set were sown at Eastern, where he took an optional capital projects class that included infrastructure planning. Then, while working with the Spokane Tribe, he dealt with a critical community drinking water issue.

“I got to know a little bit more intimately what the value of safe drinking water was,” he said. Serr said the recent summer-long drought brought those issues to the forefront for many communities in the area, from one end of suburban Spokane County to the other. Cities such as Liberty Lake and Cheney have felt the impact.

He’s on the forefront of addressing growingly complex issues such as drought and says that learning something new every day is the type of challenge that he enjoys.

“You’re constantly being challenged and there’s always something new to learn,” he said. “It’s nice to get out there and learn from everyone what they’re dealing with.”

BENJAMIN SERR, REGIONAL PLANNER DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MA URBAN PLANNING ’05

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Resourceful Planning

Board of Trustees votes to create the Division of Business and Industry

Department of Industrial Arts is renamed Industrial Education & Technology, Grant R. Thomas, director.

Division title changed to School of Business and Administration

Eastern Washington State College becomes Eastern Washington University. Recommendation that the School of Business & Administration be renamed the School of Business.

Initial accreditation of graduate program in the School of Business by AACSB. Re-accreditation of baccalaureate program by AACSB

The Division comprised of Department of Accounting & Finance; Department of Business Education – Office Administration; Department of Industrial Arts; Department of Marketing and Management. Vergil V. Miller, director.

The division is renamed Division of Professional Programs.

Thomas V. Atwater named dean. American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) grants initial accreditation of the EWSC undergraduate program in the School of Business and Administration.

John P. Dickson named dean, School of Business.

Philip Beukema, named dean of School of Business

C O L L E G E O F B U S I N E S S A N D P U B L I C A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

The university is re-organized with four colleges, now the College of Business & Public Administration. John M. Schleede, dean from July 1997-June 1999.

MPA Program earns Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) accreditation

Rex Fuller, named dean

Fred J. Evans named dean School of Business until 1993.

Dolores T. Martin, first woman named dean.

Martine Duchatelet named dean

Information provided by Charles V. Mutschler, PhD, University Archivist.

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TIMOTHY F. SHIELDS, PARTNER GEORGE & SHIELDS, BUSINESS LAWYERS,

IRVINE, CALIFORNIAEWU- BA FINANCE ’82,

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, JD ’85

RICHARD J. SHIELDS, CPA, ADVISOR, QUIKSILVER,

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIAEWU - BA ACCOUNTING ’82,

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, MBA ’87

dormitories, but after a while, she said, ‘Just come with me,’ and she walked me all the way across campus to Kingston. It was a different experience than the other schools that I had toured; everyone at Eastern was happy and friendly. I thought, ‘Wow, this place just feels right.’”

The following day, Tim took a formal tour of campus, explored Cheney a bit, and called his brother, Richard, to tell him, “I’m moving to Washington and going to college.”

Richard remembers it a little differently. “Our aunt, Mary Shields Wilson, had been on the board of trustees for Eastern and you couldn’t talk to her without hearing her enthusiasm for the school just bubbling out. I played a year of football at Riverside City College and was looking to head to a 4-year college. The fact that Tim had been up there and seen the school, and was so excited about it, certainly weighed in, and so we both ended up as transfer students and moved up to Cheney.”

It was Richard’s job to find a place for him and Tim to live, but because he procrastinated, the only place he could find was a summer rental house on Williams Lake. It was great,

It’s been 35 years since twin brothers and southern California natives Tim and Richard Shields made their way north to Eastern Washington University. This summer, the two returned to campus for a visit.

If it weren’t for a road sign, Tim may have missed EWU altogether. He’d just completed junior college and was ready to transfer to a four-year university. That meant it was time for a road trip to find the perfect school.

“I hopped in the car and drove up the West Coast, stopping at eight or 10 schools along the way. At most schools, I just stopped in and took an informal tour,” recalled Tim. “Our father had grown up in Spokane and so I thought I’d just poke around in Coeur d’Alene. I was driving east and I saw the sign that said Eastern Washington University. I don’t know if I even had it on my map at all, but I stopped in. I drove through the wheat fields and parked at the Phase Building. I asked the very first student I came across, ‘Could you help me find the business school? I’ve never been on the campus before.’

“As you know, you couldn’t be further away from Kingston Hall. This gal first started pointing past the two round

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they had their dog, a dock and they could fish and hunt. The only issue was that the house wasn’t insulated – something Southern California boys didn’t think to ask about. But they survived their first cold Northwest winter with the help of some neighborly year-round residents. They would eventually buy a house in Cheney and renovate it while finishing their degrees.

During their time at Eastern, they were active in student government. “Tim and I really didn’t talk about it much,” said Richard. “I actually decided with my friend, Marc Appel ’82 we should run for office. I ran for student body president and Marc was VP.”

That was the first year ASEWU decided that they needed a specialized vice president for finance. The economy was soft and the administration was looking at student fees etc. Tim was elected the first-ever ASEWU VP of finance. Tim didn’t even campaign but he won by a landslide, probably based on the number of signs and posters that Richard and Marc put up on campus. Richard won by 12 votes, but he had an extremely successful, well-thought-out 12-point plan that was fully implemented during his presidency.

“It was a great learning experience,” said Richard, who worked with Eastern President H. George Fredrickson and his administration. “It was a chance for Tim and me to attend Dr. Fredrickson’s staff meetings every couple of weeks and interact with the administration.”

After graduation in 1982, Tim returned to California to attend law school at Pepperdine and Richard got a position with Price Waterhouse, and later with PepsiCo, before heading off to graduate school at Notre Dame.

Recently, Tim and Richard visited the Spokane-Cheney area for a family gathering. “It was wonderful – we visited the Cheney campus and got the chance to visit with (EWU president) Dr. Mary Cullinan and talk about her vision for the university,” said Tim. “It was a wonderful sense of déjà vu – same office, around the exact same fireplace, where we sat 30 years ago.”

Tim would highly recommend Eastern to prospective students. “I think Eastern prepares students very well for their careers and their role in society. I look back at the opportunities we had – to be able to visit with the professors in their offices – to sit down and talk with them, and find out that they were interested in their students. I think Eastern has something special. This doesn’t happen at all schools. That’s what gives Eastern students that edge. They have that connection and those relationships.”

Now that their children are old enough, and are beginning to look at universities, Eastern is definitely on their radar. Richard and his son will visit campus and take in a football game in October.

“Even though we have new buildings– the student Rec Center, the Roost, improvements to Hargreaves, all of these things – the place still has the same warmth and flavor that I remember from the first time walking across the campus,” said Tim.

A group of Eastern Washington University MBA students recently attended a faculty-led trip in to Hong Kong to study international business, sociology and urban planning.

Justin Jaffe, prospect research manager with the EWU Foundation, is a 2015 graduate of the MBA program and was on the 10-day Hong Kong trip that drew Eastern students from across professional disciplines.

“Each day, the groups picked locations and talked about the history and the implication for the different disciplines,” said Jaffe. “The professors helped to fill in the gaps to make sure everything went smoothly.”

The group visited a wide variety of sites, of both cultural and financial significance, including the Hong Kong central district and stops such as:

• Macau University of Science & Technology, a state-of-the

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art facility with a campus that utilizes a hands-on approach to lectures and is situated in a mountainous area. The gracious hosts welcomed the EWU contingency, even offering the group a tour of the private dining hall.

• Hong Kong’s stock exchange, one of the largest in Asia, and in the world, in terms of number of assets and market capitalization. The exchange is home to many of China’s biggest financial institutions.

• The Avenue of Stars, which resembles the American “Walk of Stars” but is situated on a long boardwalk along the scenic Victoria Harbor. Jackie Chan and (Seattle’s own) Bruce Lee are just a few of the famous names.

Jaffe said the “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity and the shorter duration of the trip (as compared to quarter-long study abroad programs) made the trip possible for him. He said he and his travel partners found the trip fascinating and educational. Three professors led the trip with a multidisciplinary approach that was a rewarding one.

Photo by Lillian Dotran

Erik Chaffins considers himself lucky – he knew what he wanted to do when he grew up.

“My curiosity in sales and working with small businesses as a teenager in Spokane, along with my passion and desire for technology, allowed me to focus on the path I wanted to follow at a young age,” said Chaffins.

EWU’s management information systems (MIS) major was perfect for what he wanted to do. “I realized I wasn’t going to be sitting there doing a bunch of technical training and that was fantastic,” said Chaffins. “I didn’t want to be that granular, and then I discovered data. That was a surprise. It was new to me and it opened a door to an area that I was actually very good at. I liked it, and I’ve stuck with it. I’ve learned that business and data can’t live without each other. They are co-dependent in my world, in the world of finance,” said Chaffins.

Chaffins said it is almost easier to describe what MIS isn’t, rather than what it is. “MIS, or business intelligence, is the foundation of database concepts and principals of how structures and information systems work,” he explained. “The amount of data is astronomical. Now companies want to make sense of it. Data warehousing is critical for that. I interview critical people, VPs, managers or stakeholders —and I ask them what their challenges are, certain things about

ERIK CHAFFINS, DATA WAREHOUSE ADMINISTRATOR SPOKANE TEACHERS CREDIT UNION (STCU), BA BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ’05

Erik Chaffins considers himself

lucky – he knew what he wanted

to do when he grew up.

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their business processes, and through those interviews, we put together models and that’s how we bring the data in and deliver it for reporting.”

Chaffins’ education in MIS and his real-world experience have put him in a great place at a young age — he’s 33. He’s been at STCU for more than three years, and prior to that, he served as a database administrator for D.A. Davidson Companies for six years. “There are a lot of things I learned at Eastern that I’ve utilized in my career. You’re required to take accounting, finance and economic classes. You need to be able to understand balance sheets and ledgers, and being in finance, those things are

critical to understand. I’d be lost without that knowledge.” Chaffins said he always wanted to work at STCU because it

seemed like a fun place to work. He hasn’t been disappointed. “The way they treat their members is the way they treat their employees. STCU has been a perfect fit for me. It’s important to love what you’re doing. It’s also great that so many Eastern alumni work here. There is a lot of EWU pride around here.”

KINGDATA IS

Tribal students attend college not just to earn a degree and get a profession, but

to improve their tribal communities.

On a clear winter day, a special gathering occurred as The Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) and area tribal leaders blessed a new space at EWU Spokane.

TTAP is administered by the Urban Planning Program at the Riverpoint Campus and is linked to EWU Tribal Planning Programs that provide classes, research and outreach. TTAP, operating since 1993, is supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Highway Administration.

TTAP is a resource for tribal governments to provide technical assistance to implement best practices in all areas of community building, such as transportation, traffic safety, economic development and tourism. TTAP and EWU collaborate to provide web-based learning, research opportunities, workshops and a Tribal Planning summer institute.

In January 2015, TTAP held a daylong traffic safety workshop that featured the work of the Eastern Washington University demonstration project, sponsored by the Washington State Tribal Transportation Safety Commission, a pilot project on six reservations (Spokane, Lummi, Kalispel, Colville, Tulalip, Swinomish) that focuses on gathering data, condition assessment, and transportation safety strategies.

The workshop provided tribal planners with a foundation to develop or update safety plans. It addressed behavioral aspects of safe driving, adopting traffic safety ordinances/codes, community education and data-driven priorities. A variety of regional traffic safety stakeholders participated, including the federal Department of Transportation and the Washington Department of Transportation.

The workshop also served as an opportunity for the introduction of TTAP Director Rowena Yeahquo, Kiowa and

Comanche from Oklahoma, who has a masters degree in regional and city planning with 15 years of experience in tribal and community planning. She was formerly a community planner for the Transportation Branch, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region Indian Reservation Road System.

The workshop also spotlighted the work of an EWU student whose moving story provides a backdrop for the importance of the work being done by all involved.

Adam Amundson is a Colville Tribal member who is earning his degree in urban and regional planning. He was selected for a prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship to complete transportation research and traveled to Washington, D.C. to present his preliminary findings at the National Transportation Research Board conference where 13,000 transportation engineers and planning professionals gathered from across the globe.

Amundson took a special interest in transportation safety because of the loss of his 22-year-old daughter from an auto accident on a state highway that occurred just off the reservation. Through his preliminary research, he discovered a number of undocumented fatalities on SR 155 between Coulee Dam and Omak, Washington.

Amundson completed a digital assessment that tracked photos of the highway of all state routes with Google Maps. There were 10 documented fatalities, but he found six more documented ones. He traveled the highway and found where the deaths were sometimes marked with white cross memorials. He lived on the reservation and said that, “People in a small community know when somebody dies.”

Amundson analyzed Colville Confederated Tribe data and other sources, but couldn’t get an accurate count of fatalities between 2007 and 2012. Though tribal governments are sovereign nations, they want to encourage a system of gathering, utilizing and sharing traffic collision data involving deaths and serious injuries to improve roads.

It shows that when tribal students attend college they are not going just to earn a degree and get a profession, but also plan to improve their tribal communities.

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CBPA Dean Martine Duchatelet, Adam Amundson, Margo Hill

TAPPING INTO Knowledge

Ramsey Pruchnic started putting his Eastern marketing education to use early.

In fact, you might say he was a born marketer. Pruchnic started his first business while still taking classes and successfully started and sold another one just after graduation before moving on to a more traditional career path in Seattle.

Since earning his degree, Pruchnic has worked at a prominent marketing agency, which led to Microsoft, and he is now an early key employee in a niche tech start-up that has drawn high-profile investors such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

All in all, things have gone well for Pruchnic since he stepped foot on the EWU campus. He says that’s no coincidence, because his training prepared him to succeed.

“Establishing a business foundation was key in helping me develop and build my career,” said Pruchnic.

He said most marketers don’t have a good understanding of how to quantify the financial impact of their efforts with executives. Using his education, he was able to do so by taking data and applying financial modeling and accounting principles to it.

His skill set and EWU business training took him from a low-key entrepreneurial lifestyle in eastern Washington to a high-profile career in western Washington. While working at Razorfish (a major marketing agency), Pruchnic worked with Microsoft as a client. The company was impressed with his work and hired him away to head several campaigns.

Pruchnic worked on some of the company’s largest strategic initiatives during a two-year period, including leading digital media strategy and execution across Microsoft’s search brands: Microsoft Edge, Bing and MSN. He also managed aspects of worldwide social media marketing for Internet Explorer, OneDrive and Bing.

In some cases, the efforts focused on raising awareness for a new brand. In others, campaigns were measured by more easily identifiable goals of converting new business. In either

case, Pruchnic was able to help establish metrics and report back on results.

“The biggest problem (for social media) was how you measure brand awareness. If one million people watch a video, how does it influence usage?” he explained, which was especially true among the set of free search products. To further complicate things, the revenue model for Bing and Internet Explorer wasn’t just online ad revenue. “They are a gateway into other Microsoft products (such as OneDrive and Office).”

So, a percentage increase from one effort may have a ripple effect on the bottom line.

Solving those types of business challenges is something Pruchnic truly enjoys and he was prepared for it by his education at Eastern. In the end, a cost-benefit analysis is applied to every situation. The skill and craft of marketing is figuring it out.

When asked what advice Pruchnic would give Eastern students of today about succeeding in the business world, his advice was two-fold:

• Never burn p r o f e s s i o n a l b r i d g e s a n d always network, i n c l u d i n g virtually by building and maintaining a detailed LinkedIn profile; and

• Seek out internships and try to get a variety of experience before graduating; working over a summer could be the lead to a first job.

Regarding the latter, Pruchnic points out that for the most part “Every Microsoft hire was an intern with the company.”

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All in all, things have gone well for Pruchnic since he stepped foot

on the EWU campus. He says that’s no coincidence, because his training prepared him to succeed.

A RETURN ON

INVESTMENT

Birch, Nancy J. – 1988, Professor of Decision Science – BS, University of Arizona; MBA, PhD, Arizona State University

Brooks, Kerry – 2013, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning – BA, Western Washington University; MURP, PhD, University of Washington

Bucciferro, Justin R. – 2011, Assistant Professor of Economics – BS, SUNY College of Plattsburgh; MBA, Clarkson University; MS, PhD, Colorado State University

Bunting, David C. – 1971, Professor of Economics – BS, MA, Ohio State University; MS, University of Wisconsin; PhD, University of Oregon

Cai, Wensheng – 2013, Lecturer in Finance – BA, Fudan University; MBA, Gonzaga University

Chen, Chu – 2014, Assistant Professor of Accounting – BS, South China University of Technology; MS, University of Florida; MAcc, PhD, University of Texas at El Paso

Connole, Heidi – 2014, Assistant Professor of Management – BS, BA, MA, University of Montana; PhD, Washington State University

Cooney, Vance – 1999, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems – BA, Eastern Washington University; PhD, University of Arizona

Cullen, Kelley – 2007, Assistant Professor of Economics – BS, MS, MA, Eastern Michigan University; PhD, Washington State University

Culver, Jeffrey N. – 2009, Senior Lecturer in Decision Science – BA, MBA, Eastern Washington University

Davis, Larry – 2010, Lecturer of Management – BA, MEd, University of Texas at Austin

Djatej, Arsen – 2010, Professor of Accounting – BA, MA, Moscow State University of International Relations; MS, MBA, Boise State University; PhD, Ohio University

Dohrn, Gregg R. – 2011, Lecturer – BA, University of Puget Sound; MURP, Portland State University

Dong, Lei – 2014, Assistant Professor of Accounting – BS, Dalian University of Technology; MS, PhD, Washington State University

Duchatelet, Martine – 2012, Dean, College of Business & Public Administration – BS, MS, Brussels University; PhD, Stanford University

Eager, Wendy M. – 1998, Senior Lecturer in Management – BA, State University of Potsdam; MS, State University of New York, Binghamton; PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Eagle, David M. – 1989, Professor of Finance – BA, University of Montana; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota

Elias, M. Veronica – 2011, Assistant Professor of Public Administration; BS, Universidad Nacional del Sur; MA, PhD, University of Akron

Fan, Xiaohong – 2011, Assistant Professor of Accounting – Bachelor’s of Management, Zhejiang Gonshang University; Masters in Management, Changchun Taxation Institute; PhD, University of Texas, Arlington

Fletcher, Taryn – 2013, Lecturer in Business and Marketing Education – BAE, Teaching Certification, MBA, Eastern Washington University

Gallimore, Courtney L. – 2005, Senior Lecturer in Economics – BA, Florida International University; MS, University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign; PhD, Iowa State University

Gambill, Jack H. – 2008, Senior Lecturer in Accounting – BA, MBA, Washington State University

Gorton, M. David – 1999, Senior Lecturer in Accounting – BA, Western Washington University; MBA, Eastern Washington University

Greene, Nathaniel D. – 2013, Lecturer in Economics – BA, Talladega College; MA, St. Mary’s University

Greene, Roberta J. – 2012, Lecturer in Economics – BA, Talladega College; MS, Trinity University; JD, Gonzaga University

Grinder, Brian E. – 1992, Professor of Finance – BA, Big Sky Bible College; MA, MBA, Fort Hays State University; PhD, Washington State University

Hasan, Syed M. Jameel – 1969, Professor of Management – BCommerce, MCommerce, University of Karachi; MBA, University of Southern California

Hill, Margo L. – 2012, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning – BA, University of Washington; JD, Gonzaga University

Holmgren, Mark – 2010, Assistant Professor of Economics – BS, Utah State University; MS, Utah State University; PhD, Washington State University

Inoue, Atsushi – 2002, Professor of Management Information Systems – BS, MS, Eastern Washington University; PhD, University of Cincinnati

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Izón, Gérman M. – 2010, Assistant Professor of Economics – BA, MA, PhD, University of New Mexico

Jensen, Courtney – 2014, Assistant Professor of Public Administration – BA, University of Washington; MPA, Eastern Washington University; PhD, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Kalliny, Morris – 2015, Associate Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, College of Business & Public Administration – BA, Middle East University, Lebanon; MBA, Northwest Nazarene University; EdD, Boise State University; PhD, The University of Texas-Pan American

Kiefer, Dean B., Jr. – 2001, Associate Professor of Finance – BE, Stevens Institute of Technology; MA, University of Toledo; MBA, University of Akron; PhD, University of New Orleans; CFA

Kuo, Chin – 1989, Lecturer in Management Information Systems – BS, Fu-Jen Catholic University; MBA, PhD, Arizona State University

Larsen, Nicholas W. – 2013, Assistant Professor of Economics – BA, MA, PhD, University of Illinois – Chicago

Li, Ning – 2013, Associate Professor of Public Administration – BS, Peking University; PhD, George Mason University

Limpaphayom, Wanthanee – 2005, Associate Professor of Management – B.BA, Chulalongkorn University; MBA University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; PhD, University of Mississippi

Liu, Yanxin – 2014, Assistant Professor of Management – BA, Liaoning Normal University; MA, University of International Business and Economics; PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Martin, William – 2014, Assistant Professor of Management – BS, MBA, University of Southern Mississippi; PhD, Mississippi State University

Megaard, Susan L. – 1984, Professor of Accounting and Taxation – BA, College of the Pacific; JD, University of Washington; LLM, Georgetown University Law Center

Morgan, Debra D. – 2000, Senior Lecturer in Management Information Systems – BAE, MEd, Eastern Washington University

Nemetz-Mills, Patricia L. – 1989, Professor of Management – BS, Pennsylvania State University; MBA, Gonzaga University; PhD, University of Washington

Pascal, Vincent J. – 2001, Professor of Marketing – BS, United States Military Academy; MBA, Gonzaga University; PhD, Washington State University

Shervais, Stephen – 1999, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems – BA, MA, San Jose State College; MS, University of Denver; PhD, Portland State University

Skuza, Nathan S. – 2011, Assistant Professor in Economics; BA, Central Washington University; MS, PhD, Washington State University

Solemani, Mohammad Abrahim – 2011, Assistant Professor of Management; BS, Amirkabir University of Technology; MBA, Sharif University of Technology; PhD, Florida International University

Teague, Bruce T. – 2006, Associate Professor of Management – BA, Western Washington University; MBA, Arizona State University; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Terpstra, David E. – 1999, Professor of Human Resource Management – BA, Western Washington University; PhD, University of Tennessee

Tipton, Elizabeth J. – 2001, Professor of Decision Science – BS, University of Texas, Dallas; PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Tsegay, Goitom Tsefom – 2005, Professor of Management – BA, University of Asmara; MSc, PhD, University of Groningen

Wang, Lei – 2011, Assistant Professor of Accounting – BA, Henan Teacher’s University; MBA, East Tennessee State University; PhD, University of South Carolina

Winchell, Dick G. – 1986, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning – BA, Wartburg College, MURP, University of Colorado – Denver Center; PhD, Arizona State University

Zhou, Duanning – 2001, Professor of Management Information Systems – BS, Jiangxi University; MEng, Zhongshan University; PhD, City University of Hong Kong

Zinke, Robert C. – 1985, Professor of Public Administration – BA, Washington State University, MA, Drew University; PhD, New York University

Zovanyi, Gabor – 1986, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning – AB, University of California at Los Angeles; MCP, San Diego State University; PhD, University of Washington

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The annual Drive for Excellence golf tournament is a

scholarship fundraiser for EWU CBPA students – and the

2015 event was a huge success.

This year’s tournament netted almost $18,000 for CBPA

students, the second-highest profit for the tournament. The

money is raised from a combination of corporate

sponsorships and entry fees paid by the four-person teams.

Pictures from the event, as well as information on all

of the sponsors, may be found on the CBPA’s website at

ewu.edu/cbpa/drive-for-excellence.

2015 TITLE SPONSORS

PEMCO/The Insurance Guys

Garco Construction

UTC Aerospace Systems

2015 MAJOR SPONSORS

Budke Consulting

Desautel Hege

Wagstaff Engineering

On Oct. 9, 2014, Buddy Honshell of D. A. Davidson, presented Dean Kiefer, PhD, chair of the Department of Management with a check for $4,078, representing the profits from the investment portfolio in Vinson Cai’s portfolio investment class (2013-14).

EWU was fifth out of 20 schools in the Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions in their investment of funds donated by D. A. Davidson. The money was used to add to the funding of the William Wynd Scholarship for finance majors. Over the past two years, the D.A. Davidson Student Investment Program has contributed more than $6,000 toward funding the Wynd Scholarship.

Each year, 20 universities in the D. A. Davidson service area start with a portfolio of $50,000 on Sept. 1. Students then invest the money and manage a portfolio for the next 12 months. At the end of that period, final portfolio returns are calculated. Any return in excess of 5 percent is split 50-50 between D.A. Davidson and the university, some stock is sold and the balance is brought back to $50,000. If the portfolio loses money, D.A. Davidson makes up the difference to bring the balance back to $50,000 and the next year starts over again. D.A. Davidson provides a wonderful opportunity for the students to gain hands-on experience in buying and selling equities, managing a portfolio

2015 DRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE EVENT WINNERS

Men’s first place: ALSC Architects – John Manning,

Mark Aden, Hannah Rouns, Adam Rouns

Men’s second place: Washington Trust Bank –

Randy Casto, Wayne Williams, Craig Sanders, Mike Guthrie

Women’s first place: EWU MBA – Roberta Brooke,

Connie Goodman, Maria Trunkenbolz, Cindy Chadwick

Women’s second place: Desautel Hege – Michelle Hege,

Christine Varela, Hayley Graham, Jim Desautel

Coed first place: Budke Consulting – Gordon Budke,

Rhoda Budke, Dave Van Hersett, Judy Van Hersett

Coed second place: Kelley Team – Catherine Brazil,

Barb Richey, Rob Dietz, Doug Kelley

DRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE TOURNAMENT HELPS STUDENTS

Pictured from left to right: Martine Duchatelet, dean, College of Business & Public Administration; Buddy Honshell, D. A. Davidson (‘02 BA finance); Dean Kiefer, chair, Department of Management, and Vinson Cai, finance lecturer.

and seeing the practical aspects of portfolio diversification.The EWU students chose to invest in a broadly diversified

portfolio with reasonable levels of risk rather than place bets on one, or a few, securities with the hope of very high returns.They were rewarded for their efforts with a very solid overall performance and an increased appreciation of the advantages of investment diversification.

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D. A. DAVIDSON DONATION TO SCHOLARSHIPS

THANK YOU TO OUR 50-YEAR CELEBRATION SPONSORS

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EAGLE SPONSORS

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APRIL 22-23, 2016

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BDO

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Associated Industries

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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (BAB) with a major in:

Accounting

Finance

International BusinessManagement (options in General Business;

Human Resource Management; and Operations Management)

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a major in:

Economics

Economics with Mathematics Option

Urban and Regional Planning

Bachelor of Science (BS) with a major in:

Economics

Economics Computing Option

Health Informatics Technology and Management

Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE) with a major in:

Business and Marketing Education/ Secondary Major or Add-on

Endorsement

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Master of Business Administration

Master of Public Administration

Master of Urban and Regional Planning

SPECIALIZATIONS

MPA – Health Services Administration Specialization

MURP – Tribal Planning; EnvironmentalPlanning; Small Town Planning

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS

International Dual Degree Program – MBA/MA in International Business andEconomics

Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Administration

Master of Public Administration/Master of Social Work

Master of Public Administration/Master of Urban and Regional Planning

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Public Management Development

Executive Certificate in Tribal Planning

MINORS

Accounting | Business Administration

Business Analytics | Data Analytics

Decision Science | Economics

General Education Economics

International Business

Management Information Systems

Urban and Regional Planning

COLLEGE OF BUSINESSAND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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