Everything’s coming up roses for Western Carolina University’s marching band these days, as the 360 members of WCU’s Pride of the Mountains learned Saturday, Oct. 24, that the band has been selected to participate in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade.
Shawna Hipps, a Western Carolina University senior, is a recipient of the North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award for 2009.
Western Carolina University will sponsor its fifth annual Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend beginning Thursday, Jan. 7, and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 10, at the Terrace Hotel in Lake Junaluska.
Officials at Western Carolina University today (Thursday, Oct. 15) announced that the first comprehensive fundraising campaign in university history has netted a grand total of – drumroll, please – $51,826,915 in private giving for endowed scholarships, professorships and programmatic support.
Plans are under way for the 2010 edition of the Western Carolina University Alumni Directory, and representatives of Harris Connect soon will be contacting WCU alumni seeking updated information for the popular resource book.
Western Carolina University will receive $420,000 in federal funding over three years to develop a center that synergizes and expands efforts at WCU to help innovators and companies transform their ideas into marketable products.
Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in social work has received full accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education, a nonprofit national association that is recognized as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the nation.
Western Carolina University honored three distinguished alumni – a geological researcher, the chief operating officer of a grocery store chain and an award-winning pharmaceutical sales representative – and recognized the contributions of a former trustee as part of 2009 Homecoming activities Saturday, Oct. 17.
The campus community at Western Carolina University is pitching in to raise money for a family whose child is sick with cancer.
Western Carolina University students Elizabeth Camp and Elaine Tolbert were recently announced as 2009-10 Emerging Scholars for the university’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
Western Carolina University crowned Brittany Gleaves, a senior secondary chemistry education major from Fayetteville, as queen and Nick Frenette, a junior business law major from Winston-Salem, as king of the 2009 Homecoming Court during halftime activities at WCU’s football game against the The Citadel on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The American Society for Engineering Education has appointed Ken Burbank, head of the department of engineering and technology at Western Carolina University, to serve as an interim director of the national Engineering Technology Council.
Western Carolina University’s Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology recently established a materials microscopy research laboratory made possible by a donation from the US Conec Corporation in Hickory.
Five newly elected members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and one almost-new member of the board, visited Western Carolina University recently to learn about university initiatives from Chancellor John W. Bardo and tour the campus.
A book published recently by The Princeton Review lists Western Carolina University’s College of Business as among the nation’s best schools at which to earn a master’s degree in business administration.
Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute is sponsoring a collaborative effort to recruit more students and citizens with diverse backgrounds to serve as poll workers in county elections.
A book co-authored by Ron C. Michaelis, a faculty member in the biology department at Western Carolina University, was cited multiple times in a recent opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
The National League for Nursing’s Foundation for Nursing Education recently selected Linda Comer, assistant professor of nursing at Western Carolina University, as a protégé for its Johnson & Johnson Faculty Leadership and Mentoring Program.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day, held Sept. 26 on the campus in Cullowhee, gave local residents a chance to show off their foot speed, chain saw prowess and other skills in a variety of contests.
Brad Ulrich, trumpet professor at Western Carolina University, will return to Russia in October to teach and perform and to recruit students for a week of study at WCU this spring.
Eldred Spell, professor of flute in Western Carolina University’s School of Music, will celebrate his 20th year as a WCU faculty member with an evening of music at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Western Carolina University will mark Conflict Resolution Day with a showing of the Clint Eastwood film “Gran Torino” and panel discussion, from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the movie theater of the A.K. Hinds University Center.
Country music recording artist Matt Stillwell will return to his roots Thursday, Oct. 15, for a hometown Homecoming week concert at Western Carolina University to help his alma mater celebrate a major milestone.
Faculty members from Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present “Beyond the Wall: A Chamber Music Recital” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the recital hall of WCU’s Coulter Building.
Five women and five men have been selected for Western Carolina University’s 2009 Homecoming Court.
Western Carolina University’s School of Nursing will celebrate its 40-year anniversary during Homecoming weekend with two major reunion events, a tailgate party and a celebration reception.
Western Carolina University’s Center for Service Learning will coordinate four community service projects on Wednesday, Oct. 14, in honor of Homecoming 2009.
Winford Gordon, assistant professor of psychology, will present “Listen Carefully in Case Life Happens” at the annual Last Lecture Series event on Friday, Oct. 16.
A film made by Asheville resident Aaron Putnam for his senior thesis in Western Carolina University’s motion picture and television production program has been selected to screen at an annual international film festival in Spain during the first two weeks of October.
Western Carolina University’s 100-voice University Chorus will present its annual fall concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building on the WCU campus.
Western Carolina University will host a Disc Golf Field Day for physical education teachers in Western North Carolina from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
Representatives of the John Philip Sousa Foundation will be on hand Saturday, Oct. 24, to present the prestigious Sudler Trophy, the nation’s highest and most-coveted award for college and university marching bands, to Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.
“Pareidolia,” a senior exhibition featuring the work of nine Western Carolina University art students, will open with a reception in the Star Lobby of the Fine and Performing Art Center from 4 until 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22.
Western Carolina University students, faculty, staff and family members will combine their efforts on Saturday, Oct. 24, for Make a Difference Day, an annual national day of helping others initiated by USA Weekend magazine.
Western Carolina University’s College of Business will host the ninth annual seminar of the International Supply Chain Risk Management Network at Lake Junaluska and WCU on Monday, Oct. 26, and Tuesday, Oct. 27.
A man who spent more than 13 years on death row for two murders before the case was overturned and charges dismissed will be one of two guest speakers at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Western Carolina University’s Base Camp Cullowhee and Climbing Team will host the fourth annual Reel Rock Film Tour on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center.
Two Western Carolina University choral ensembles will present a series of free performances across the state during their 2009 fall tour, with stops in Sylva, Hickory, Newton, Taylorsville, East Bend and Winston-Salem.
The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, Western Carolina University’s quintet-in-residence, will perform as part of the Catamount Concert Series at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building on the WCU campus.
Amid unprecedented changes in North Carolina’s economic landscape, UNC-TV is examining the challenges and opportunities facing rural regions in the state and how their successes affect all North Carolinians, through a project called “North Carolina Rising.”
The Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Western Carolina University will sponsor a bone marrow donor drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at A.K. Hinds University Center.
Mario Gaetano, professor of percussion at Western Carolina University, will present a recital of original works at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building.
The Southern Circuit of Independent Filmmakers continues its series at Western Carolina University at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, with “The Way We Get By.”
Counselors who work in schools and for mental health and substance abuse agencies across Western North Carolina will gather in Asheville on Friday, Oct. 30, as Western Carolina University’s counseling program hosts its annual Counseling Supervision Symposium.
The department of stage and screen at Western Carolina University will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – a commentary on the absurdity of love – at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 29-31, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the WCU campus.
An hour-long radio program featuring a panel discussion about the life of Josefina Niggli will air three times during the next week on WWCU-FM Power 90.5, the broadcast service of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University theater students will be the storytellers, guides and hosts for two evenings of “Traditional Appalachian Ghost Stories at Shook House” in Clyde on Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 31.
The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble will present its first concert of the fall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Native American artist and activist Shan Goshorn will visit Western North Carolina in November for a talk at Western Carolina University and a demonstration at the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts.
Western Carolina University’s newly christened “First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Jam Session Series” for 2009-10 will get under way Thursday, Nov. 5, with a concert by versatile musician Josh Goforth, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
Students from more than 30 colleges and universities will gather at Western Carolina University for the 17th annual North Carolina Campus Compact Student Conference on Saturday, Nov. 7.
Some 300 students from the mountains and piedmont of North Carolina will be judged on their theatrical skills as Western Carolina University hosts a western regional competition of the North Carolina Theatre Conference’s High School Play Festival on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7.
An information session will be held in Asheville on Monday, Nov. 9, for individuals interested in earning a doctor of education degree in educational leadership through Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will honor veterans with a live, historically accurate re-creation of the popular World War II radio show “Command Performance, USA!” at 7:30 p.m. on Veterans Day – Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Western Carolina University’s Division of Educational Outreach will offer “Learning for Fun: Stained Glass” from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, Oct. 22 through Dec. 3, in the south lobby of the Cordelia Camp Building.
The Low Tech Ensemble at Western Carolina University will present a concert of gamelan music at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building on the WCU campus.
Tickets have sold out for the annual Madrigal Christmas Dinner to be held Saturday, Dec. 5, at WCU. A dinner planned for Friday, Dec. 4, was canceled.
A series of information sessions will be held in Asheville this fall to allow prospective students to learn about Western Carolina University’s newly revised master’s degree program in business administration.
