{"id":11380,"date":"2022-01-19T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/?p=11380"},"modified":"2025-08-03T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:02:03","slug":"staff-senate-professional-development-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/2022\/01\/19\/staff-senate-professional-development-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Senate Professional Development Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>We have money to help you reach your professional goals and we want to give it to you!<\/h5>\n<h6><strong>Do you\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Want to grow professionally?<\/li>\n<li>Want to engage in professional development activities?<\/li>\n<li>Want to attend a conference that can help your current or future job growth?<\/li>\n<li>Need to take a college-entrance exam like the ACT, GMAT, GRE, etc.?<\/li>\n<li>Pay for your own licenses or memberships that are required for your job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>If you answered <strong>YES <\/strong>to any of these questions, we can assist!<\/h6>\n<h6><strong>What services can the Staff Senate Professional Development committee provide?<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Finding Resources<\/strong> \u2013 We can help you find professional development activities tailored toward your current and future professional goals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Petitioning for Departmental Support<\/strong> \u2013 We can help you ask your department for support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application Assistance<\/strong> \u2013 We can help you complete the application for the professional development funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a staff member, <strong>you are important to Staff Senate and WCU<\/strong>. We work to support you in your endeavors of professional growth. Please let our team help you reach your goals!<\/p>\n<h6><strong>How can you get more information?<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Reach out to Deborah Millican, Staff Senate Professional Development Liaison, by email, <a href=\"mailto:dsmillican@wcu.edu\">dsmillican@wcu.edu<\/a>, or by phone at 828.227.2452. You can also check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/professional-development\/\">Staff Senate Professional Development webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have money to help you reach your professional goals and we want to give it to you! Do you\u2026 Want to grow professionally? Want to engage in professional development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11380"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11395,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11380\/revisions\/11395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}