Whether you're looking for opportunities to expand your professional skills and advance your career or custom built programs to strenghten your workforce or build your team, we provide year-round learning opportunities for pretty much anyone across all fields.
Interested in customized professional development training for your team, office or company?
Contact Jill Thompson, Associate Director of Professional Development, to explore the opportunities to expand your teams capabilities through tailored courses for your industry.
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WCU is widely recognized as the Southeast’s premier outdoor recreation and adventure university. We are leveraging and combining our academic excellence and experience in professional education with our outstanding and innovative outdoor-focused curriculum and deep connection to the nation’s burgeoning outdoor recreation economy to offer this affordable, dynamic, and flexible professional outdoor certificate.
Many women have built successful careers, but too few women have reached the highest levels in corporations, government, education and non-profit organizations. In ways that men do not, women must navigate a variety of obstacles, including stereotypical views, cultural expectations, and their own self-doubt and lack of confidence.
PCM (The Process Communication Model) is an innovative tool which allows us to understand deep personality structure. When applied effectively both in the workplace and in everyday social environments, PCM can improve relationships, reduce conflict and build resilience during times of adversity.
Leadership and management certificate programs help develop personal insights, understanding of different working styles, effective communications skills, an understanding of employee relations, business law, and how to maintain a high level of professionalism in a variety of situations.
Offered online, in Asheville and Cullowhee for managers and leaders. WCU offers continuing education units (CEUs) and is an approved provder for SHRM-PDC and NASBA CPE credits.
Our certificate programs help prepare professionals to be more productive and successful in their jobs. The training programs are also a great way to develop more experience for people who have new job responsibilities or are transitioning to a new career.
In cooperation with Ed2Go, a national provider of online instruction, these online courses are offered on a monthly basis and cover a wide variety of skills and board interests.