by Yue Hillon | Nov 26, 2019 | The Director's Blog
EPIC Innovation organized its 5th Annual Fall Pitch Party at Western Carolina University on October 7, 2019 with over 100 people in attendance. EPIC is a student initiative within the College of Business that encourages entrepreneurship through Elevating Potential,...
by CSFE Staff | Nov 7, 2019 | The Director's Blog
Oct 8th, 2019 Story by Geoff Cantrell from WCU Town hall on opioid and addiction crisis opens doors to potential solutions “The town hall, with panel discussions, speakers and a breakout session, was a partnership between WCU’s Center for the Study of Free...
by Edward Lopez | Oct 31, 2019 | The Director's Blog
Part of our mission here at the Center is to support work that helps better understand the determinants of human flourishing. This is why we held our recent awareness campaign and town hall on the opioid & addiction crises, and why we are expanding our efforts in...
by Alexia Bevers | Sep 30, 2019 | The Director's Blog
Editor’s Note: CSFE helped send Ally Bevers, a senior math and econ major, to the Claremont Graduate University Empirical Workshop held June 10 – 13, 2019. Ally is planning to enter a doctoral program in finance or economics next fall, so she is already...
by Sean Duffy | Sep 5, 2019 | The Director's Blog
This entry comes in the form of a letter from Sean Duffy to Angela Dills, who is the project director on the North Carolina Data Dashboard. Sean has contributed as one of four student workers on the Dashboard. He has a great story, only a small slice of which is...
by Amy Fagan, Ph.D | Aug 29, 2019 | The Director's Blog
Think of the last book you read. Was there a dedication? Most likely it was to the author’s mother, spouse, child, friend, mentor, or colleague. At the very least it is very likely that the book was dedicated to someone known to the author personally, right? The same...