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The Graduate Research Symposium will close with an awards ceremon<\/span>y celebrating the accomplishments of our graduate students and recognizing the contributions of <\/span>faculty, staff and others who<\/span>\u00a0value the mission and vision of graduate education at WCU. <\/span><\/p>\n Associate Provost\u00a0<\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span>Brandon Schwab, Graduate School Dean, Dr. Brian Kloeppel<\/span>\u00a0and Graduate School Associate Dean, Dr. Joy Bower<\/span>s<\/span>-Campbell will host the virtual event.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Hosted on Friday, March 26\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/C4uscsiictk” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”12px|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”3.25″ width=”89%” width_tablet=”80%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”89%” max_width_tablet=”80%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”26px|0px|29px|0px|false|false” make_fullwidth=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ module_class=”intro-headline” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#262626″ text_font_size=”18px” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#592c88″ header_2_font_size=”46px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Fresh Ingredients” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.03)” custom_padding=”0|7px|1px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”3.25″ max_width=”1184px” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”0|0px|63px|0px|false|false” animation_style=”fade” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”1184px”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”50px|30px|50px|30px” custom_css_main_element=”border: 1px solid #C1A875;||display: flex;||flex-flow: column nowrap;||flex-direction: column;” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%72%%” icon_color=”#c1a875″ use_circle=”on” circle_color=”rgba(126,190,197,0)” use_icon_font_size=”on” _builder_version=”4.3.2″ header_font=”|300|||||||” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-36px||-34px|” saved_tabs=”all”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#592c88″ text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#592c88″ header_line_height=”1.2em” header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#592c88″ header_2_font_size=”46px” header_2_line_height=”1.4em” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_font_size=”30px” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”2px||1px|||” custom_css_main_element=”color: #592c88;”]<\/p>\n The Curtis W. Wood Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring was established in 2015 thanks to the generosity and long-standing commitment to WCU graduate students from the esteemed Dr. Curtis Wood, Emeritus Professor of History, who served at WCU from 1969 to 2005.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”40px|30px|50px|30px” custom_css_main_element=”border: 1px solid #C1A875;||display: flex;||flex-flow: column nowrap;||flex-direction: column;” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%86%%” icon_color=”#c1a875″ use_circle=”on” circle_color=”rgba(126,190,197,0)” use_icon_font_size=”on” _builder_version=”4.3.2″ header_font=”|300|||||||” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-36px||-34px|” saved_tabs=”all”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#592c88″ header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”50px” header_line_height=”1.2em” header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#592c88″ header_2_font_size=”46px” header_2_line_height=”1.4em” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_font_size=”30px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”2px||2px||true|true” custom_padding=”||||true|true” animation_style=”fade” custom_css_main_element=”h2 {|| padding-bottom: 20px;||}” border_color_all=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Academic papers are judged by a faculty committee representing varied disciplines. 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Associate Provost\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Brandon Schwab, Graduate School Dean, Dr. Brian Kloeppel\u00a0and Graduate School Associate Dean, Dr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1666,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11527","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11527"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12297,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11527\/revisions\/12297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Highlights and Awards Categories<\/h2>\n
Curtis W. Wood Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Award<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Academic Paper Competition Awards<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
Poster Presentation Awards<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Recognition of Three Minute Thesis Winners<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
The \u201cGraddy\u201d Award<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n