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SCC, WCU establish articulation
agreements in Entrepreneurship,
Construction Management |
Southwestern Community
College President
Cecil Groves,
right, and Western
Carolina University
Chancellor John
Bardo, left, sign
a pair of articulation
agreements Monday,
Aug. 3, allowing
SCC students enrolled
in entrepreneurship
and civil engineering
technology programs
a seamless transfer
to complete related
bachelor’s
degree programs
at WCU. |
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Students enrolled in entrepreneurship
and civil engineering technology
programs at Southwestern
Community College will be
able to transfer seamlessly
to complete related bachelor’s
degree programs at Western
Carolina University in just
two years of study under
a pair of articulation agreements
recently signed by leaders
of the two institutions.
One agreement allows graduates
of SCC’s online entrepreneurship
program, which is being offered
for the first time this fall,
to transfer that academic
credit toward a bachelor’s
degree in entrepreneurship
at WCU. The second agreement
allows graduates of SCC’s
civil engineering technology
program to transfer that credit
toward WCU’s bachelor’s
degree in construction management.
SCC President Cecil L. Groves
and Vice President for Instructional
Services Gene C. Couch Jr.
met with WCU Chancellor John
W. Bardo and other university
officials for a signing ceremony
on Monday (Aug. 3.)
“The partnership represented
in these two agreements
will make study in the critical
areas of entrepreneurship
and construction management
more accessible to students
who are our future leaders
in business and economic
development,” WCU
Provost Kyle R. Carter said.
“At a time when so
many traditional manufacturing
jobs have moved overseas,
small business entrepreneurship
and new construction offer
hope for our continued economic
competitiveness across this
state.”
Thom Brooks, SCC’s
dean of career technologies,
said the school’s
new associate of applied
science degree in entrepreneurship
will directly support local
economic development and
job creation.
“Our focus is to foster
the entrepreneurial spirit,
which we recognize that
our students in this region
have,” Brooks said.
“Of course, we’ll
support them with a strong
business foundation, practical
applications and hands-on
learning, but we’ll
take that support beyond
traditional course work
to an atmosphere of helping
them apply their visionary,
creative and critical thinking
skills as self-employed
business owners.”
WCU was the first university
in the state to offer bachelor’s
and master’s degrees
in entrepreneurship. The
programs are housed in the
College of Business’
Center for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation.
The first graduate of SCC’s
associate of applied science
program in civil engineering
technology completed the
program last December. The
program provides students
with technical and management
skills to help design, build
and manage many kinds of
construction projects. Students
in WCU’s construction
management program learn
to plan, direct, coordinate
and budget activities involved
in the construction and
maintenance of structures,
facilities and systems.
WCU also offers a fully
online master’s degree
program in construction
management.
For more information about
entrepreneurship programs
at the two schools, contact
WCU’s Louis Buck at
(828) 227-3798 or SCC’s
Thom Brooks at (828) 586-4091,
ext. 202. For more information
about WCU’s construction
management program, contact
George Ford at (828) 227-2519,
and for more details concerning
SCC’s civil engineering
technology program, call Jeanette
White at (828) 586-4091, ext.
427.
For more information about
admission or transferring
to WCU, contact Brooke Roberts,
senior assistant director
of admission, at (828) 227-7317.
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8/5/09
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