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Article: WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACHIEVEMENTS

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July 17, 2009
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CULLOWHEE, N.C., July 15 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release:

Western Carolina University has been recognized by the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars for the "extraordinary strength" of its civic engagement initiatives.

WCU is one of five colleges and universities nationwide chosen for honorable mention among 67 institutions recently nominated for the Washington Center's Higher Education Civic Engagement Award. WCU will be recognized at a fall event in Washington, D.C., along with five award winners and four other schools that received honorable mention.

"We warmly congratulate you and your colleagues on this especially noteworthy work ...

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