- Campaign: Geology professor starts scholarship
- Athletics to unveil new athletics logo on Aug. 13
- Storyteller Gary Carden given honorary doctorate at WCU commencement
- WCU students, faculty to stage one-act plays
- Sequoyah Professor Robert Conley to receive Indian author award
- Professor Rick Boyer pens new Sherlock Holmes tales
- Graduate student one of 22 in nation chosen to receive nursing scholarship
- WCU and A-B Tech expand opportunities for entrepreneurship students
- Former dean at Columbia University joins WCU's College of Business
- Fine Art Museum announces "Fragile Earth" exhibit winners
Grants include:
• The Cherokee Preservation Foundation awarded $199,927 to Hartwell Francis, director of the Cherokee language program at WCU, to help develop teaching methods and curriculum for fostering language development in young Cherokee students in Cherokee language immersion classrooms.
• University of North Carolina General Administration awarded $11,560 to Janice Holt, director of the NC TEACH alternative teacher preparation program at WCU, to make revisions to graduate-level methods courses and develop undergraduate-level methods courses, all of which will be offered this fall.
• The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center awarded $108,603 to Steve Ha, assistant professor of economics, to complete a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of the equine industry on North Carolina.
• The Community Foundation of Henderson County awarded $35,000 to Jean Hill, assistant professor of nursing, to study the number of hours that school nurses spend at 12 elementary schools, and their impact on early releases due to illness and the amount of time teachers spend managing student health issues.
• University of North Carolina General Administration awarded $18,000 to Michael Dougherty, dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions, to develop online courses for teacher preparation and licensure in middle grades mathematics and science that feature regular online communication with interns and internship supervisors. Funds will be used to acquire technology resources to facilitate e-learning and communication.
• The National Science Foundation awarded $280,081 to Rob Young, director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, to develop a network of partners to deliver culturally integrated geosciences education to Native American young people in the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington.
• The Town of Sylva awarded $7,600 to Rick McClendon, coordinator of the Study to Prevent Alcohol-Related Consequences, to design a program called “Think Outside the Bottle” to educate students on being safe, responsible and legal when choosing to use alcohol, and understanding the harmful consequences associated with abusing alcohol and drugs.
For more information, contact Wanda G. Ashe, grants manager, at (828) 227-7212 or ashe@wcu.edu.
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