College of Business • CB returned to graduate education in the fall of 2020. The revamped Masters of Professional Accountancy (MPA) program and the new Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management both launched with strong cohorts. • Several hallmark events returned this year in a virtual format, including LAUNCH, the Women in Business Conference, and the Northwest Center for Sport Summit. • CB successfully initiated Beyond Business: Tuesday Night Talks. This weekly series focused on wide-ranging student professional and life development topics such as managing stress, planning for retirement, personal branding, dealing with mental health issues, etc. • The College of Business had a successful re- accreditation visit earning a full five-year continuance of AACSB accreditation. • Based on results of CB student surveys in spring of 2020, the college developed customized EDI training for all faculty/ staff that was implemented in fall of 2020. A customized EDI training for CB students was piloted in the spring of 2021.
• The CB Alumni Mentorship program expanded to 27 alumni-student pairs.
Rockne, Hailey Samarel, Maddie Stauffer, Katelyn Stewart, Jaelynn Tonder, Emma Tyree, and Aislinn Williamson. • The Apparel, Textiles, and Merchandising (ATM) program will launch a new fashion marketing specialization this fall, 2021. This is to take advantage of the growing demand across the region. The region has become a center of the fashion industry in the U.S., ranking fourth in corporate headquarters and manufacturing and serving as a shipping and communications hub for the global industry. This is the only fashion marketing specialization offered in the state. • During the governor’s visit, he was enlightened about CWU’s new Information Technology and Administrative Management (ITAM) Workforce Pathway’s program. The new initiative helps those in the occupational trades to earn a college degree by counting work and apprenticeship experience toward degree completion. The new program kicked off this year with a partnership between CWU and Renton Technical College (RTC) that allows RTC carpentry students to pursue a four- year degree through the FlexIT ITAM program. • CWU is ranked 9th in the nation for 2021 Best Bachelor’s Degree program in Security Management, according to the online rating site, Study.com. • Fall of 2021 will bring several new programs and initiatives, including a new entrepreneurship major, a new agriculture business certificate, and a co-curricular career accelerator program designed to enhance and extend students’ professional development, leadership, and networking skills. • CB established the Center for Financial Literacy and Well-Being. The new center will stive to increase financial literacy for both on and off campus constituencies with a goal of narrowing the wealth gap. • The Many Faces of Entrepreneurship program, using the Minecraft platform, has been adapted for virtual delivery. • The CB Emergency Fund supported eleven students. This year marks the highest dollar amount of support offered to students since the origination of the Emergency Fund. • The VITAL (Virtual Analytics Lab) was established, allowing access to key databases and information sources to all CB students, faculty, and staff regardless of campus location.
College of Education and Professional Studies
• CWU Army ROTC held a 19-Mile Nighttime Norwegian Foot March on June 4, 2021 • https://www.cwu.edu/cwu-army-rotc-hold-19- mile-nighttime-norwegian-foot-march • CWU's Northwest Center for Sport, held a successful virtual inaugural Sport Management Summit on May 4, 2021. The theme of the Summit was "Careers in Sport." Some of the sport organizations represented in the Summit were the Seattle Sounders (MLS), PAC-12 Conference, Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), BYU Athletics, Michigan State University Athletics, University of Idaho Recreation, and Sport Singapore! • A performance of Central Washington University Department of Sport and Movement Studies, Associate Professor of Dance Therese Young’s dance, Hay There, was live streamed on May 24, 2021 at 8 p.m. by the Emerging Artists Theatre Company from its headquarters in New York. • The nine-minute work, choreographed by Therese Young, was performed by members of CWU’s 2020 Orchesis Dance Company Dancers, including: Sydney Baker, Marissa Bragg, Bailey Erwin, lyanno Ford, Raymond Glover, Jessica Graham, Brenna Lindstrom, Tyler Lovie, Elysabeth Rada, Monica Rodriguez, Katelin Smith-
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