A Western Carolina University student team placed third nationally and won “Outstanding New School Award” at the 10th annual Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament recently held in Chicago.
Two Asheville-area executives have been named to the advisory board of Western Carolina University’s College of Business.
Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center has sold out of tickets for a March appearance by Garrison Keillor, host of the popular public radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Catamounts could be seen running along the Blue Ridge Parkway over the weekend of Nov. 14-15, but these weren’t of the four-legged variety. It was a contingent from Western Carolina University’s athletic training program completing the second annual Mountain Jug Run for Research.
Anna Fariello of Hunter Library's Craft Revival Project has written a book on Cherokee basketry.
Justin Caudell, a junior at Western Carolina University and editor-in-chief of the Western Carolinian student newspaper, has been appointed to Global Newswire’s U.S. national editorial board.
Record enrollments at Western Carolina University in recent years have produced corresponding increases in graduating students, and now university officials have set a strategy of holding three spring commencement ceremonies as a way to deal with crowd capacity issues at Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
With the help of Western Carolina University’s Small Business and Technology Development Center, The Chalet Inn near Dillsboro was able to acquire a loan sufficient to double its size.
The Carl Harrison High School marching band of Kennesaw, Ga., is grand champion of Western Carolina University’s 2009 Tournament of Champions.
The Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University will be transformed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, into a live radio studio very similar to one used by CBS radio station KNX in Hollywood 65 years ago to broadcast the most popular Armed Forces Radio show to GIs during World War II: “Command Performance, USA!”
A Western Carolina University astrophysicist will deliver a lecture titled “What Is It About 2012? The Maya Calendar, Astronomy and the Popular Imagination” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the auditorium of WCU’s Natural Sciences Building.
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler will visit Western Carolina University for a dialogue with students at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center.
The Western Carolina University athletic training education program will take part in the second annual Mountain Jug Run for Research on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15.
Author Dorothy Allison will participate in a public discussion of her novel “Bastard Out of Carolina” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, in the A.K. Hinds University Center’s theater at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will host a gallery of exhibits and series of presentations that explore social issues, traditions, images and values of Native American communities as part of the Native American Heritage Expo on campus Nov. 16-19.
Western Carolina University will host a workshop, “Who is Lilly Ledbetter and Why Do I Care? Current Issues in Employment Law,” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in Room 143 of the Camp Building.
Western Carolina University will participate in two community service projects, a film show, guest presentations and discussions, and a potluck dinner as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, which is Nov. 15-21.
An eyewitness to the oppressive apartheid system of South Africa will be the featured speaker as Western Carolina University’s Office of International Programs and Services sponsors a series of events during International Education Week, Monday through Friday, Nov. 16-20.
James Costa, professor of biology at Western Carolina University and director of the Highlands Biological Station, will read from and discuss his new book “The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in the Canterbury House of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Cullowhee.
The Western Carolina University Communication Student Organization is assisting the Jackson County Motorcycle Association with the third annual Toy Run Parade to benefit the Jackson County Christmas Store.
The School of Music at Western Carolina University will present an evening of music featuring the Flute Ensemble and Clarinet Choir at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Western Carolina University and the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center will play host to the sub-regional round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic beginning Monday, Nov. 23, through Wednesday, Nov. 25.
The board of trustees of Western Carolina University will hold its quarterly meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the board room of H.F. Robinson Administration Building.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present its annual “Sounds of the Season” holiday concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in the concert hall of WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University’s First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Jam Session Series for 2009-10 will continue Thursday, Dec. 3, with a concert by 16-year-old fiddler Danielle Bishop, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
