Japanese Program News
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Project CARE inspires alumna toward service
February 19Nia Blackwell was quiet, shy in high school. She knew she needed to get out her shell, make friends and connect with community when she came to WCU.
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Fellowship supports research into rural businesses
February 19ĢƵfaculty member Lane Perry is working to understand the nuances of successful entrepreneurship in rural communities.
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ĢƵBoard of Trustees to hold quarterly meeting March 1
February 14The Board of Trustees of ĢƵ will hold its quarterly meeting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 1, in the board room of H.F. Robinson Administration Building.
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Catamount Compass Program leads SCC graduates to WCU
February 14ĢƵChancellor Kelli Brown and Don Tomas, president of Southwestern Community College, recently met to sign a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the two institutions.
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Armani Blair
February 12Armani Blair has run track for as long as she can remember. She inherited the passion of running from her mother, Jamicka Abraham, who also ran track. But Blair, a junior from Charlotte and a member of ĢƵ’s women’s track and field team, will be the first to tell you she’s not your average track athlete. Track is not at the forefront of her life. For Blair, a double major in political science and sociology, it’s grades first.
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New study examines role of personality dimensions in project improvement teams
February 12Although the importance of conflict management style, self-monitoring and change orientation is well-established in the management sciences, recent research by a ĢƵ professor suggests that those personality traits are frequently overlooked when organizations assemble teams tasked with improving business practices.
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Professor’s work on historical resource spans 20 years
February 9Last September, English Studies professor Brent Kinser was recognized for more than 20 years of editorial work when Duke University Press held a celebration for the publication of the 50th and final volume of “The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.”
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ĢƵopens new passport facility, awards 25 free passports for students to study abroad
February 8ĢƵhas been selected by the Institute of International Education to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable 25 students to obtain a U.S. passport to support their study abroad journeys.
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ĢƵand Blue Ridge CC renew memorandum of understanding
February 8ĢƵChancellor Kelli R. Brown and Laura B. Leatherwood, president of Blue Ridge Community College, signed a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the two institutions.
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Grant to support Indigenous students in STEM
February 5The University of North Carolina Asheville and ĢƵhave partnered to help Indigenous students pursuing degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields.