Author: Terri Leith

Jul 17, 2015

You Decide: How Can a Business Stay Afloat?

Opening a business is no guarantee it will be a success. Statistics show 44 percent of new businesses shut down within three years. Mike Walden shares some good tips for keeping a business alive. 

Jul 3, 2015

You Decide: Is North Carolina’s Rebound Stumbling?

Mike Walden explains how and why forces well beyond North Carolina’s control can have an impact – either positive or negative – on the state economy. 

Jun 19, 2015

You Decide: Can We Remake Ourselves?

When faced with economic calamity, how willing are we to think about changing what we do in order to stay employed? Mike Walden analyzes why the best laid contingency plans need not go awry. 

Jun 12, 2015

Walter A. Skroch Inducted into Western N.C. Agricultural Hall of Fame

As professor of Horticultural Science, Skroch developed management programs that have saved millions of tons of soil, reduced vegetation management costs, reduced pesticide use, increased wildlife habitat and increased species biodiversity throughout North Carolina and beyond. 

Jun 5, 2015

You Decide: Why Are We Eating-Out More?

A milestone in our collective personal spending was set this year: For the first time, Americans spent more on eating-out than on eating-in. Mike Walden discusses the socio-economic changes that brought this about. 

May 22, 2015

You Decide: Are There Timeless Rules for Investing?

Economist Mike Walden presents six principles that he believes represent a logical approach to investing. 

May 8, 2015

You Decide: How Will the Job Market Change?

We will have to be agile with our future educational and training systems. Mike Walden explains why. 

May 6, 2015

A Rosy Day for the 2015 Gala in the Garden

This year’s gala theme was Stop and Smell the Roses, in commemoration of the completion of the Finley-Nottingham Rose Garden, which has been moved and enlarged. 

Apr 28, 2015

CALS 2015 donor appreciation event is a family affair

When College of Agriculture and Life Sciences donors and scholarship recipients got together April 12 at NC State University’s McKimmon Center, it was like a family gathering. 

Apr 24, 2015

You Decide: Why have some states recovered faster?

The economy has been improving during the last five years, but it hasn’t been improving at the same pace for all states. Mike Walden analyzes the reasons.