Steve Matichak
Engineering Technology Major
Dream: Work in design engineering.
Coming true at WCU: Helped engineer a patent-seeking solution for regional health care providers struggling to keep up with removable wheelchair foot pedals.
“I really enjoyed working with a team that was dedicated to the project. We would come up with different ideas, make small suggestions and just build off of each other as we developed several prototypes.”
Ramona Dowdell
Social Work Major
Dream: Set up community youth center.
Coming true at WCU: Participated in Freshman Leadership Institute and dozens of service-learning activities, including organizing holiday gifts for children of families in need.
“I take seriously the advice given by Gandhi, ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.’ I have decided to work in a helping profession because of the opportunities it offers to serve the community and assist people in need.”
| Date(s) | Event and Presentation(s) | Presenter(s) |
| 03-09-2011 |
Atlanta Alumni and Networking Day Qualitative Analysis for Atlanta Networking Day |
Michael Despeaux, Chris Mueller, Marty Ramsey, and Students |
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03-27-09
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QEP-in-Action Western Carolina University |
Ms. Melissa Wargo, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Institutional Research and Effective Planning |
| 11-18-08 | NC Cause Greensboro, NC Enhancing Student Learning with eBriefcases (PowerPoint) |
Dr. Newton Smith, Associate CIO; Dr. Carol Burton, Assistant VC, Undergraduate Studies Western Carolina University; Linda James, B2B Technologies; and with contributions by Melissa Saenger, Student. |
| 10-29-08 | Academic Forum on the QEP Western Carolina University Quality Enhancement Program Electronic Briefcase (PowerPoint) |
Melissa Saenger, Health Information Administration Major, Western Carolina University |
| 10-13-08 | NCRTA Annual Conference Greensboro, NC Improving Recreational Therapy Curriculum: The Quality Enhancement Plan Model (PowerPoint) |
Peg Connolly, Ph.D., LRT/CTRS; Associate Professor and Director of Recreational Therapy |
| 09-23-08 | Faculty Education and Enrichment day (FEEd) Clearer Connections: QEP Student Self-Reflective Journaling (PowerPoint) Clearer Connections Handout (Word) |
Irene Mueller, EdD, RHIA; Mary Teslow, MLIS, RHIA; and Natalie Moore, HIA Senior, School of Health Sciences, Health Information Administration (HIA), Western Carolina University |
| 08-13-08 | College of Fine and Performing Arts Faculty Meeting CFPA's QEP -- Synthesis: A Pathway to Intentional Learning (PowerPoint) |
Dr. Travis Bennett, Assistant Professor of Horn and Theory, School of Music, Western Carolina University |
| 08-08-08 | College of Health and Human Sciences Faculty Meeting The HIA Experience (PowerPoint) |
Irene Mueller, EdD, RHIA and Mary Teslow, MLIS, RHIA, College of Health & Human Sciences, Western Carolina University |
| 07-24/27-08 | AASCU Small Changes, Big Rewards: Integrating the Disparate Threads of Undergraduate Education to Create a Learning-Centered Institution (PowerPoint) |
Carol Burton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies,Western Carolina University, and Melissa Canady Wargo, Director of Assessment, Western Carolina University |
| 07-15-08 | Council of Deans Update QEP Update (PowerPoint) |
Carol Burton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies, Western Carolina University |
| 05-13-08 |
Presentation to Lenoir-Rhyne College |
Carol Burton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies, Western Carolina University, and Scott Philyaw, Director of the Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University |
| 10-17-07 | North Carolina Library Association Hickory, NC Surviving SACS: The Librarian's Role in Reaccreditation (PowerPoint) |
Carol Burton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC; Eloise Hitchcock, Director of Doris and Harry Vise Library, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN; Heidi Buchanan, Reference Librarian and Instruction Information Literacy Coordinator, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC; and Ann Hallyburton, Reference Librarian/Health Sciences Liaison, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. |
| 7-01-05 | QEP Committee Meeting Building Western's Fact Book (PowerPoint) |
Keith Stiles, University Planning, Western Carolina University |
| 9-23-04 |
Leadership Retreat SACS Leadership Retreat (PowerPoint) 1994-96 Western Carolina University SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation (PowerPoint) What's New in SACS Reaffirmation (PowerPoint) NC State's QEP: Learning in a Technology-Rich Environment (PowerPoint) Understanding and Adapting to the New SACS/COC Process: The APSU Accreditation Review Project (PowerPoint) |
Newton Smith, Western Carolina University Troy Barksdale, Western Carolina University Frank Prochaska, UNC General Administration Ephraim Schecter, North Carolina State University Ephraim Schecter, North Carolina State QEP
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| Reaffirmation of Accreditation under the new Principles of Accreditation … the LSU Perspective (PowerPoint) | Teresa Summers, Louisiana State University |