Center for the Study of Free Enterprise

Professor Sean Mulholland became CSFE Director in July 2022.
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Research Reports

Evidence-based issue briefs in areas of economic development, applied research, and free enterprise.

 

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Faculty, students, and staff from across campus working on issues important in their disciplines and to the communities in our region.

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Integrating the work of faculty and students with needs in the community where they are greatest.

 

What’s New 

Meet Adam Mottershead

Meet Adam Mottershead

Our content marketing specialist, Allie Todd, sat down with Adam Mottershead to talk about his recent work on water rights with newly appointed Center for the Study of Free Enterprise (CSFE) Director, Sean Mulholland, and Adam’s future aspirations in the field.  Adam...

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Meet Betsy Butner

Meet Betsy Butner

Continuing with highlighting our 2021-22 Faculty, Student, and Graduate Affiliates, we are happy to introduce one of our Graduate Affiliates, Betsy Butner. Graduating from the Master of Social Work Program in May, Betsy is rounding out her collegiate career that began...

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Meet Libby Weitkamp

Meet Libby Weitkamp

Last week, our content marketing specialist, Allie Todd, sat down with CSFE’s newest Student Affiliate, Libby Weitkamp, to talk to her about her academic career at WCU and work with CSFE Director, Edward Lopez.  From Wake Forest, North Carolina, Libby graduated from...

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Meet Heidi Dent

Meet Heidi Dent

Heidi is an assistant professor of marketing in WCU's College of Business. Prior to arriving at Western, she worked in industry for 25 years. In April 2020, she finished her Doctorate in Business Administration from Jacksonville University after selling the company...

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Meet Craig Richardson

Meet Craig Richardson

Happy fall, everyone. We want to begin to introduce the newest Faculty Affiliates of our 2021-22 cohort. Last week, CSFE Content Marketing Specialist, Allie Todd, talked with Faculty Affiliate Craig Richardson about his work as director of the Center for the Study of...

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Catching up with Tyler Tarbet

Catching up with Tyler Tarbet

We occasionally use this blog to catch up with our former students who are now on to great things. Today, we are “Catching up with Tyler Tarbet.” Tyler is a 2018 graduate of Western Carolina University who majored in computer information systems and minored in...

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Our New Annual Report, 2020-21

Our New Annual Report, 2020-21

Check out our new annual report, just released today! In the summer of 2020, as we sat down amidst those uncertain times to hash out plans for the 2020-21 academic year, I wrote the following vision statement for the Center: We produce high-impact research in three...

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