Our MSBA students engage in a comprehensive yearlong applied project. Throughout the year, they collaborate closely with their project organizations to gather data, understand business problems, and develop actionable solutions. At the end of the year, these projects are presented, showcasing the hard work and dedication of our students.
Since its inception in 2017, The CBA has led nearly 85 Community/Industry & Academia Partnership Projects in the last 7 years. The CBA’s MSBA program alone has conducted 85 projects (MSBA Applied Projects) in partnership with 355 MSBA students.
To see more details about the projects, including project descriptions, short project videos, and information about the consulting students, please click the “Applied Project Showcase” buttons below.
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MSBA APPLIED PROJECT SHOWCASES
Academic Year 2023-24
One cohort of 44 MSBA student consultants are currently working on 10 community engagement projects with the following organizations:
- Communities in Schools of Tacoma
- Currie & Brown
- MulitCare Health System
- Radius Recycling
- UW Tacoma
- Sound Credit Union
- Toysmith
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (2 projects)
- Westwood Shipping Lines
- Schnitzer Steel
Academic Year 2022-23
One cohort of 52 MSBA student consultants are currently working on 11 community engagement projects with the following organizations:
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
- HeyKiddo
- UW Tacoma
- Sound Credit Union
- CommonSpirit Health
- MultiCare Health System
- PropertyScout.io
- Schnitzer Steel
- South Sound Military Communities Partnerships (SSMCP)
- Tacoma Power
- Westwood Shipping Lines
Academic Year 2021-22
One cohort of 37 MSBA student consultants are currently working on 8 community engagement projects with the following organizations:
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (2 projects)
- City of Puyallup
- Give InKind
- HeyKiddo
- UW Tacoma
- Sound Credit Union
- CommonSpirit Health
Academic Year 2020-21
Two cohorts of 73 MSBA student consultants worked on 14 community engagement projects with the following organizations:
- CHI Franciscan
- Greentrike
- City of Lynnwood
- City of Tacoma
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources
- Sound Credit Union
- Metropolitan Appliance
- City of Tacoma Fire Department
- Schnitzer
- South Tacoma Auto
- University of Washington Tacoma
- Communities in Schools of Tacoma
- City of Puyallup
- Korean Women’s Association
Academic Year 2019-20
Two cohorts of 76 MSBA student consultants worked on 20 community engagement projects with the following organizations:
- CHI Franciscan
- Communities in Schools of Tacoma
- Costco Whole Sale
- Delta Air Lines INC.
- Harbor Wholesale Foods, Inc.
- IBM
- Metropolitan Appliance
- MultiCare Health System
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division
- Keyport
- Point Defiance Zoo
- Providence St. Joseph Health
- Sound Credit Union
- South Sound Military & Communities Partnership
- Stellar Industrial Supply
- Tacoma Power
- Tacoma Public Schools
- TCS World Travel
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources
- Hyundai Capital of America
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Academic Year 2018-19
- CHI Franciscan
- City of Tacoma
- Columbia Bank
- Harbor Wholesale Foods, Inc.
- Metro Parks Tacoma
- Microsoft
Academic Year 2017-18
- Metro Parks of Tacoma
- Data Central
- Delta Analytics
- CHI Franciscan Health
- Stellar Industrial
- SSMCP
- Turnover Intelligence
- Boeing