Name: Carson College of Business - EDGE Program
Start: 2025-04-16T00:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-17T00:00:00-0700
Location: #CougsGive

Carson College of Business - EDGE Program

Expanding Diverse Group Experiences (EDGE) Program

The Carson College of Business EDGE program addresses the specific needs and barriers of students from low socio-economic, first-generation backgrounds as they transition to WSU and pursue an undergraduate business degree.

Based in theory and driven by best practice, EDGE programming:

Develops within students the academic skills and behaviors that enable college success
Increases students’ social capital
Improves students’ contextual skills and awareness of both higher education and business
Strengthens students’ non-cognitive beliefs, skills, and behaviors, including: growth mindset, pluralistic orientation, social self-concept, academic self-concept, and social agency

Look at the difference your gift to the EDGE program can make in the lives of our most vulnerable students!

96% EDGE students retained or graduated in 4 years or less

3.42 average EDGE student GPA

Invest in student success!

Open the doors to a business education for disadvantaged students by making your gift to the EDGE program today!

Your gift will transform their lives. Go Cougs!

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Match

Glenn Osterhout ’82 $25,000 Match for the Carson College of Business

Thanks to Glenn Osterhout '82, all gifts to the Carson College of Business will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000!

$500

Carson College of Business Dean's $500 Participation Challenge

The first 15 gifts to any fund in the Carson College of Business unlocks $500 for the college, thanks to Dean Debbie Compeau!

15 Gift Goal

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Leaderboard

Campus, College, and Program Gifts Leaderboard

Which campus, college, or program will receive the most gifts during #CougsGive?

Campus, College, Program (29)

Match

Tiffany '95 and Jeff '95 West $5,000 EDGE Program Match

All gifts to the Carson College of Business EDGE Program will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000, thanks to Tiffany '95 and Jeff '95 West, and their adorable pug Lily!

Leaderboard

Campus, College, and Program Dollars Leaderboard

Which campus, college, or program will raise the most dollars during #CougsGive?

Campus, College, Program (29)

Event

Vice President's Faculty & Staff Participation Challenge

We love to hear from Faculty and Staff about what they love about WSU! Thanks to Mike Connell '85, VP of Advancement and CEO of the WSU Foundation, five WSU faculty or staff donors will have a $100 bonus applied to their gift if they share their story. (Winners will be selected randomly at the end of the day.)

Participating Groups