The Annual Rural-Urban Exchange (RUE), a collaborative undertaking involving the College of Education and Allied Professions (CEAP) at WCU and the School of Education at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCA&T) in Greensboro.
RUExchange Application
For more information contact:
Dr. John Habel
Department of Psychology
Killian 308
227-3367
habel@email.wcu.edu
-or-
Dr. Tom Oren
Department of Human Services
Reid 105
227-3290
oren@email.wcu.edu
The RUE is available to all teacher-education students at WCU who are juniors or seniors and in the semester prior to full-time student teaching/interning
During their week at NCA&T, students from WCU live on campus or in a local hotel and spend time in local public schools and in activities on campus and in the community designed to help them work with diverse P-12 students in an urban setting. During an alternate week students from NCA&T live on WCU’s campus and visit schools in Jackson County and Cherokee to gain exposure to P-12 schools in a rural setting.
The Rural-Urban Exchange Program provides teacher-education students with an experience in working with diverse higher education and public school faculty, diverse candidates, and diverse P-12 students. Students from both WCU and NCAT&T have the opportunity to interact and work with teacher-education students from varying ethnic, racial, language and socioeconomic groups in professional education activities on campus and in public schools.
Rural Urban Exchange 2011
Students who participated from NCA&T:
- Rachel Bennett, Elementary Education
- Venicia Everett, Elementary Education
- Jillian Jackson, Elementary Education
- Bethany Penn, Elementary Education
- Blayre Penn, Elementary Education
- Ashley Staton, Elementary Education
Students who participated from WCU:
- Lexi Conley, Elementary Education
- Tia Hughes, Elementary Education
- Chuck Johnson, Elementary Education
- Michelle Smiley, Social Science/History Education
- Jennings Vess, Physical Education
- Jill York, Elementary Education
2011 Panel Discussion
Watch this video of a panel discussion held at WCU on March 28th to learn how the 2011 participants from NCA&T describe their experiences at WCU and nearby schools. This panel discussion was held prior to NCA&T by students from WCU.