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  • Construction Management we _news@email .wcu.edu Industry Reps to Help Lead WCUs Program management. Sims said. construction industry. Christine Beaudoin (left) senior project engineer and recruiter for Gilbert Southern Corp., presented Bradford Sims (right) Western Carolina University associate profes- sor of engineering technology and construction management program director, with a check for $2,000 to be used towards the programs scholarship fund. The check was presented during the Construction Industry Advisory Board meeting held recently at Western. Beaudoin and 18 other industry executives make up the 2003-04 board. WCUs Regional Development Center WCU has announced the appointment of technology and marketing industry veteran Paul L. Evans as director of its Center for Regional Development; which is responsible for linking the assets of the region and the university to drive economic development in WNC, Evans comesto WCU after more than 20 years in the private sector as an scodnapished technologist and business executive whose experience ranges from creating innovative SareUps to launching new companies and divisions within multi-billion dollar corporations: Our students and faculty at Western Carolina University are deploying new ways to improve products and services and spur innovation, Chancellor John W. Bardo said in announcing the appointment: In the new economy, knowledge is the tramp card. With the addition of Dr. Paul Evans, we have greatly expanded Westerns a outreach capabilities as we move aggressively to position the university as central to regional growth. Evans, who received-his masters degree-from Wooten in 1972-as part. of the National Teacher Corp before going on to earn his doctorate from the University of Georgia, said he is excited to be returning to the WNE mountains and playing a role in helping the region prosper. We ate compelled to differentiate Western North Carolina biisinexses 1 in a way that builds on the assets of the region and university, and in a. way that cannot easily be exported, Evans said. For our region to compete in todays economy, we must increase the penetration of WCUs advanced technology, research, resources, programs and services into new and existing regional businesses. During his business career, Evans has held senior management positions vith techtiology statwarts IBM and EDS. He was.executive vice president worldwide at Young.and. Rubicam, the. New. York City advertising and marketing powerhouse. He also founded two interactive start-up ventures and he was. a principal at international business consulting firm AT Kearney... Before moving into the private sector, Evans, an educator and researcher by training, was program director at the National Science Foundation, where he did technology policy. analysis and program. management, and authored NSFs Science and Engineering Databook. The Center for Regional Development is a university research center that focuses the unjversity! s intellectual capital - its faculty, staff and students - to address regional economic paaae a needs and foster business growth. As labor and manufacturing move silane: knowledge becomes the primary source of business ~ .. value in America, Evans said. Chancellor Bardo is committed to having the leadership and technical competence in place so that our region can fully realize the new bond between university and enterprise. The Center for Regional Development forms collaborative partnerships with other regional organizations and identifies new initiatives through which the CRD can contribute to the economic development of the WNC region. The center also. conducts policy analysis and applied research, carries out surveys and polls, and administers service projects on economic and community capacity building, government training, and natural resource conservation and development. For more information on the CRD or its services, telephone (828) 227-7492. Construction industry leaders from the Southeast met recently at Western Carolina University to help provide direction and support for Westerns undergraduate program in construction Nineteen industry executives make up the 2003-04 Construction Industry Advisory Board. Members of the group met in Westerns newly renovated Belk Building to discuss the program, More than 80 students are now majoring in construction management at Western, said Bradford Sims, associate professor and program director. New graduates can expect entry-level salaries in the $35,00-$45,00 range and graduate placement across the country is nearly 100 percent, Westerns first class of construction managers will graduate this fall. Construction management majors are required to complete 66 semester hours in construction management and related courses, 16 hours in geology, mathematics and physics, and another 42 hours in Westerns liberal studies program. Students also are required to complete a full summer internship in the Construction management is a professional service that applies effective management techniques to the planning, design and construction of a project from the beginning to end for the purpose of controlling time, cost and quality. _ Members of the programs advisory board are Christine Beaudoin, Gilbert Southern Corp., Peachtree City, Ga.; Kenneth L. Bullock, Woolpert LLP, Charlotte; Jeff Cattrell, Peregrine Industrial, Southeastern Industrial Group, Asheville; Kenneth Czarnomski, Asheville-Buncombe Technical _ Community College; Oscar Esquibel, Halliburton, Sugar Land, Texas; Jerry Grant, Beverly-Grant Inc., Asheville; Brad Griffin, Centex Homes, Kernersville; David Hourdequin, D. Remy & Co., Highlands; Bernie Kessell, Bunnell-Lammons Engineering Inc., Arden; Fred W. Lewis, Haynes Electric Construction Co.; Asheville; Rick McCarroll, McCarroll Construction Inc., Arden; Bill Newman, Taylor & Murphy Construction Company Inc., Asheville; Lewis Penland, C. Lewis Penland Inc., Franklin, William Ted Phillips Jr., Phillips and Jordan Inc., Knoxville, Tenn.; Gene Presley, Hayes & Lunsford Electrical Contractors Inc., Asheville; Eugene F. Rash, Taylor, Penry, Rash & Riemann, PLLC, Charlotte; W.H. Reeves, Carolina Steel Inc., Greensboro; Otis Vaughn, APAC-Carolina Inc., Wilmington; and Joseph H. Walker, WCU department of Facilities Management. For more information about Westerns construction management program, contact Bradford Sims at (828) 227-2175 or via email at bsims@wcu.edu. Business, Technology Vet Tapped to Lead | IEEE WCU Assistant Chief Captain Attends Carolina Command College By Amanda Zeider | WC Capt. Deloise Anderson, assistant chief of the Western Carolina University Police Department, recently attended the Carolina Command College, held in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Carolina Command College targets law enforcement executives and second-in- command officers from law enforcement agencies with up to 50 sworn personnel. Participants are selected from South Carolina and North Carolina by a committee of representatives from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The weeklong course offers training in investigation of computer-related crimes, effective media relations for the law enforcement executive, ethics, the executive role in leadership and legal issues. The Carolina Command College was established to provide law enforcement executives and top management personnel with information pertaining to recent developments and emerging issues in areas that influence law enforcement policies and practices. The training is modeled after the FBI law enforcement executive development seminars held at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va.
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