Leading Community Engagement at the UW

PAST and PRESENT Community INDUSTRY & Academia Partnership 
Projects

deliverING actionable insights…

GeneratING New Ideas…

Solving Big Problems…

Work-based learning and Community/Industry & Academia Partnership Projects are central to the Milgard Center for Business Analytics (CBA). This makes it no surprise that the CBA is a leader in community engagement projects in UW Tacoma. In less than 7 years, the CBA has co-created value with:

Projects

Students

Industries

Organizations

Partnering with the community

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. Here is an overview of MSBA projects, both past and present:

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
Academic Year 2018-19
One cohort of 33 MSBA student consultants worked on 8 community engagement projects with the following organizations:

  • CHI Franciscan
  • City of Tacoma
  • Columbia Bank
  • Harbor Wholesale Foods, Inc.
  • Metro Parks Tacoma
  • Microsoft
Academic Year 2017-18
One cohort of 32 MSBA student consultants worked on 9 community engagement projects with the following organizations:

  • Metro Parks of Tacoma 
  • Data Central
  • Delta Analytics
  • CHI Franciscan Health
  • Stellar Industrial
  • SSMCP
  • Turnover Intelligence
  • Boeing

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MSBA PAST AND PRESENT PROJECTS

MSBA Applied Project Showcase - May 31, 2024 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

We will hold our 7th Annual MSBA Applied Project Showcase. We hope that you join us. More details about the schedule and location will be provided soon.

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MSBA Students Partner with the City of Puyallup to Reinvent Economy

The City of Puyallup project was featured in an article in the Sept/Oct issue of Cityvision – The Association of Washington Cities Magazine. MSBA students helped the city create a COVID-19 post-pandemic plan to reinvent Puyallup’s economy.
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Announcing the Winners of the 6th Annual MSBA Applied Project Showcase for AY 22-23

This year, a record number of nearly 500 participants attended the showcase event virtually.  Students and attendees were asked to vote for their favorite student MSBA projects and the winners are:

  • #1 Place – Sound Credit Union

Congratulations to all the winners, and all of the teams this year, for creating fascinating and groundbreaking initiatives.

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