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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.
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A-B Tech graduates will continue to blaze a trail at ĢƵwith renewed MOU
February 5Through the partnership, which is called the Catamount Trailblazer Program, there were 85 applications from A-B Tech students for the fall 2023 semester.
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ĢƵspring enrollment shows positive growth, retention rate
February 5For the first time since 2020, total headcount enrollment climbed, with the spring semester total enrollment numbers topping out at 10,742, which is an increase of almost 200 students compared to spring 2023.
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C.J. Mitchell
February 5When C.J. Mitchell arrived at ĢƵ in the fall of 2020, the only thing he knew about student government was what he saw in high school; that it primarily was an organization that put on a few dances during the school year. He had no idea that by his sophomore year at WCU, the Student Government Association would be the main catalyst for shaping the man who will graduate this spring.
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English professor picked for NC Literary Hall of Fame
January 31Ron Rash, the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies, has been named to the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.