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Staff Senate will hold monthly meeting Sept. 11 at University Center

Employee attendance at Staff Senate and Faculty Senate meetings is considered work time with the appropriate approval of the individual’s supervisor.  

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Arts and Cultural Events Series begins with Hiplet Ballerina Company

The troupe will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Bardo Arts Center.  

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‘Finding Funding’ workshop scheduled for researchers seeking grants

The hands-on workshop will be held Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 3:30 p.m. at Hunter Library.   

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Faculty-led courses take students on journey of discovery to Japan

The trip was related to two courses taught on campus, “Global Engineering and Technology” and “Global Sport and Culture.”   

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Mountain anthology edited by English instructor tackles contemporary Appalachian issues

Jessica Cory will present “Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene” during a reading Thursday, Sept. 5, at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville.   

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Second edition of García-Castañón’s novel published in Spain

The second (and first bilingual) edition of a novel by Santiago García-Castañón, “Vida y fabulosas aventuras de Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (The Life and Fabulous Adventures of Pedro Menénedez de Avilés),”was published in Spain in July.  

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Kossick lectures at international conference

Mark A. Kossick, WCU professor of nursing, director of graduate programs in nursing and interim director of the post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at the university’s Biltmore Park instructional site, presented six lectures at an international conference held in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on July 15-16 and 18-19.    

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Certificate program offered in digital marketing, public relations

Participants will have an opportunity to create an online marketing communications strategy and digital toolbox.  

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Outdoor conference providing discounted rates for WCU community

The theme for this year’s event, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 10, is “Building an Outdoor Economy.'  

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