Western Carolina University MBA Program

Congratulations to Awais Zain, MBA '17! Awais has accepted a position as Finance Technology Business Analyst at Humana, in Lousiville, KY. We are wishing him all the best in his new role!

Dr Yue Hillon teaches our MBA capstone course - where our students put the culmination of their knowledge gained in the program to use with local companies! Congratulations Yue, we know how much you deserve this award!

Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Award for Faculty
Yue Hillon, recipient of the Reid Distinguished Service Award for Faculty, has quickly become an outstanding member of the WCU community in her four years on campus, Morrison-Shetlar said.

Hillon has voluntarily contributed many hours to at least four major planning initiatives, Morrison-Shetlar said. “Her efforts in these initiatives are consistent, high quality and selfless. She incorporates her students in this work and affords them opportunities to engage with service while applying the principles of strategic management learned under her tutelage. We would not have been successful in navigating very politically charged landscapes without her deft, diplomatic and collegial skill,” Morrison-Shetlar said.

Check out our first ever Graduate School office newsletter! Read all about what WCU grad students are doing.
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News from WCU Graduate School and Research

It's that time again!
Are you in the Triad area? We'll be doing our annual Nineteenth Hole Tour Alumni Reception in Winston-Salem and would love to see you there!

Friday, March 16
5:30-7:30pm
Foothills Tasting Room

Complimentary hors d'oeuvres & your first beer on us
Meet Interim Dean Dr Hollye Moss
Remarks from Bobby Byrd, Class of '74 at 6:30pm

RSVP to Nancy Liddle [email protected]

Congratulations to MBA alum Arthur Salido! Arthur will take up a new role as WCU's executive director for community and economic engagement and innovation beginning May 15.

Arthur Salido tapped to lead community, economic, innovation outreach efforts - WCU News Arthur Salido, associate professor of chemistry and director of Western Carolina University’s bid for reaccreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, has been selected to oversee WCU’s community, economic and innovation outreach efforts.

Congratulations to MBA alumnus, Ryan Jaskot! Ryan recently accepted a new position as small business lender at Mountain BizWorks, an Asheville non-profit that helps local small businesses start, grow, and create jobs through loans, classes, and coaching.

Business Planning | Business Coaching | Business Financing | Asheville

Congratulations to MBA alum Annika Schauer! She is the coauthor of a research article titled "The Crossroads of Social Entrepreneurship, Community Engagement, and Learning Communities" that was recently accepted for publication!

Some tips for public speaking - a great skill for all of our MBA students and alumni.

10 Things Awesome Public Speakers Do Differently The highlight of Stuart's presentation was the end. Like a successful hostage negotiation, the 15 captives made a dash for the door as soon as they knew it was over. Not having shown his entire deck of 90 slides, Stuart announced he would email them to everyone just as hostage number 15 darted

From our Catamount family, to yours, Happy Holidays!

Let Us Paws in Celebration

Great news! The WCU College of Business is once again listed as one of the Best Business Schools, highlighting our MBA program specifically!

College of Business listed once again on Princeton Review ‘best schools’ list

Congratulations to current MBA student Ty Marion, who will be continuing his education after graduation at University of Tennessee in the Hospitality and Tourism Ph.D. program!

Welcome to our fall 2016 new and returning graduate students! Here are some stats about our fall students at the Graduate School and our new MBA students:

At the Graduate School, we have 1633 students! 48% of our students are full time and 52% are part time. 67% identify as female, 33% as male. We have students from the US, Canada, Germany, Nigeria, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Belize, Iran, Ireland, Mexico, and Zimbabwe!

In the MBA program, we have 35 new students; 66% are part time and 34% are full time. 46% identify as female, 54% as male. We have students from the US, Ireland, and Nigeria (not including our US citizens who are natives of other countries).

Welcome everyone, we're so glad to have you!