by Sean Mulholland | Dec 12, 2023 | News, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
On December 2nd, the Liberty over Lunch student hosted Lightcast Economists and Research Manager, Rachel Sederberg. Sederberg and her team collect labor market data in real time by collecting job postings and candidate availability post in online job search websites....
by Sean Mulholland | Nov 3, 2023 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
On November 1st, our Liberty over lunch seminar students hosted a campus debate at Western Carolina University on the question: Should gender affirming care for youth be banned? For over an hour and a half, students, faculty, and staff discussed the pros and cons of...
by Sean Mulholland | Sep 5, 2023 | Events, News, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
This fall the CSFE is hosting a small seminar course, Liberty over lunch. The course will discuss current research and host guest speakers through a generous gift from the Barnes Family Foundation of North Carolina. Our Liberty over lunch seminar hosted our first...
by Sean Mulholland | Apr 30, 2023 | Events, News, The Director's Blog
Thanks to the support of AJ Grube and the Western Carolina University College of Business, I was able to attend the International AACSB conference in Chicago. It was a pleasure meeting business deans, directors, and faculty from across the globe and renewing long time...
by Edward Lopez | Sep 5, 2021 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
To be included in today’s digital world, all North Carolinians need access to reliable, high-speed broadband. Yet, today nearly 472,000 in our state – primarily in rural communities – remain without broadband access, limiting their options to work, learn, pray,...
by Edward Lopez | Jul 21, 2021 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
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...