• Western Carolina University will host information sessions on a new part-time MBA program starting in January and held in Cherokee. Sessions will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Sept. 12 in the hotel ballroom at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and from 12 to 12:45 p.m. and from 5:15 to 6 p.m. Sept. 16 in WCU’s Forsyth Building. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

• A free small business workshop will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at Southwestern Community College in Sylva. Learn about loan programs offered through SCC’s Small Business Center and WCU’s Small Business and Technology Development Center. Registration required. 828.339.4211 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

• A resume preparation workshop will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Jackson County Public Library. Register. 828.586.2016.

• A free seminar entitled “Small Business Taxes” will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at Southwestern Community College’s Macon Campus. Register. www.ncsbc.net/center.aspx?center=75490.

• A seminar titled “Your Rights and Responsibilities as an Employer” will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Sequoyah Fund office in Cherokee. Learn basic employment laws and regulations, how to deal with employees fairly and legally, what you need to know when hiring employees, and how to get your ducks in a row should you need to fire someone. $5, lunch included. www.sequoyahfund.org/classes.html or 828.359.5006.

• Learn how to increase the return on the personal investment you make in your business with a financial management seminar sponsored by the Cashiers Chamber of Commerce-sponsored seminar at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Cashiers Community Library. Free for chamber members. $20 for non-members. Register. 828.743.5191 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

• Three “how-to” eBay workshops are being put on by the Haywood Community College Small Business Center. The eBay Marketplace is used by millions of sellers daily, as a source of side-income, supplemental business revenue or a full-time occupation. A beginner’s workshop will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, September 18; an advanced workshop will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 19; and a free eBay store workshop will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, September 19. Free. 828.627.4512.