- Tickets go on sale Nov. 30 for 'An Evening With Garrison Keillor' at WCU
- WCU's Costa to discuss Darwin book in Nov. 23 presentation
- Students win national awards at mediation tournament
- School of Music to present 'Sounds of the Season' holiday concert Dec. 6
- Heritage Center jam series to feature Dec. 3 concert by fiddler Danielle Bishop
- Athletic training group completes Mountain Jug Run from WCU to ASU
- WCU to mark Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Nov. 15-21
- N.C. Symphony to play Dec. 11 holiday concert at WCU
- Marching band selected to participate in 2011 Rose Parade
- International Education Week events to feature eyewitness to South African apartheid
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Michael Smith |
Smith, who teaches supply chain management courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level at WCU, recently conducted a two-day seminar titled “Strategic Leadership for Supply Management Professionals” in Toronto. The Nov. 27-28 seminar is part of a new strategic thrust undertaken by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada to better prepare that nation’s supply management professionals.
Smith is working with PMAC to help develop a new competency-based accreditation model that is focused on elevating the professionalism of supply management professionals as strategic leaders with a vital role in managing their companies’ supply networks.
In addition to the recent seminar, Smith will be featured as a presenter in April 2007 in Ottawa and as a pre-conference workshop presenter for PMAC’s National Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in June 2007. He also is serving as a reviewer for new training materials that support PMAC’s redesigned professional certification program.