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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinstructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth
June 25A Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ instructor of management will be leading a weeklong entrepreneurship and leadership camp for underserved youth in Western North Carolina to help them get an early jump on learning some of the steps necessary for starting a business.
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College of Business launches two new graduate certificates for fall semester
June 5Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Business is proud to announce the launch of two new fully online graduate certificate programs in innovation leadership and entrepreneurship, beginning fall 2025.
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Construction management student invents ‘Dormclaw’
June 4Drew Marx just wanted somewhere to hang his backpack in his room at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ when he came up with the idea for the Dormclaw, a compact, hook-like device that fits into the unused slots of standard college bed frames.
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Alumnus Hank Henderson applies Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµguidance to job, pays it forward
May 23Hank Henderson likens his place of work to where he went to college. As a channel client development manager at Granite Telecommunications, the buck stops at the company’s owner. Henderson is never too far away from him. He’s in the cube everyday alongside his employees.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumnus Julian Manrique shines as law school grad, attorney
March 17After taking some challenging chemistry classes, Julian Manrique decided to reconsider his major. He was a biology major with a concentration in pre-dental, but following some thinking, the curious Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ student switched over to business administration and law.
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Justin Pace to lead Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµSchool of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business Law
March 14Justin Pace, assistant professor of business law at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, has been named director of the School of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Business Law in the College of Business.
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Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
February 21Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus Aaron Speyer doesn’t remember much about his trip to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia when he was six years old — but he remembers that initial fascination with space.
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WCU’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs
January 23Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s online undergraduate business administration and law degree has been ranked 87th on U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2025 Best Online Programs.
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Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
August 7Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus Dennis Fox and wife Susan are utilizing recent changes in tax laws to make a planned gift that will provide support to students in the College of Business.
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CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee BrewersÂ
May 9Maya Kelnhofer is a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna who currently works as a ticket sales representative for the Milwaukee Brewers, a major league baseball team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.