The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will present the student- and faculty-curated exhibit “George Masa (1881-1933): Vision of the Mountains” Aug. 1 through Sept. 18 in conjunction with the 75th anniversary celebration of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
John E. Wells, studio engineer with Western Carolina University’s School of Music, was part of a team that won an Emmy award for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Western Carolina University’s Cherokee Language Program received a $199,540 grant to continue its efforts in developing and revising Cherokee language coursework.
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation recently awarded $87,700 to Western Carolina University’s Craft Revival Project to continue the university’s Cherokee crafts documentation project.
Two recent graduates of Western Carolina University, Robert Brown and Sam Venable, have been accepted into one of only seven electro-optics programs in the United States at the University of Dayton in Ohio.
Western Carolina University has been awarded $299,593 through the NC QUEST grant program for a project to build a strong network of teacher leadership for mathematics and science.
The Partnership for Defense Innovation opened an office at Western Carolina University on Thursday, May 28, as part of a growing collaboration between PDI and WCU on research, development and testing for projects that have applications in the defense and security industries.
Catherine Carter, an assistant professor of English at Western Carolina University, has won the 2009 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network.
The Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University’s museum of Appalachian culture and history, recently implemented a new schedule of visiting hours that includes being open on Saturdays for five months of the year.
Brenda Mills, a student in Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in public affairs, has been named to NC Magazine’s 2009 list of exceptional women leaders.
A log cabin auctioned off as surplus property by Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will be put to new use in a Tennessee museum that depicts the life of the legendary Cherokee statesman Sequoyah.
The Western Carolina University board of trustees welcomed Josh Cotton, president of the WCU Student Government Association, as its newest member and said goodbye to three departing trustees as part of the board’s quarterly meeting Friday, June 5.
“Moon Over Buffalo,” a comedic farce about a couple immersed in the world of theater and presented by the Kudzu Community Players, will show June 12-14 and June 18-20 on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Four Western Carolina University students majoring in environmental health have been selected to present their research at the National Environmental Health Association’s annual conference, which will be held in Atlanta in mid-June.
Western Carolina University’s administrative offices will be closed beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 2, until 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, after a decision by university leaders to schedule 10 hours of state-mandated furlough time to coincide with the July Fourth holiday.
Musical theatre students and faculty from Western Carolina University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts will perform a star-spangled variety show at two locations in Western North Carolina in advance of a Fourth of July concert at the Roanoke Island Festival Park.
Western Carolina University will offer a one-day camp, “My Buddy and Me: Geocaching,” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 9.
“Speakers for the Stones,” a presentation focusing on the ancient stone fishing weirs that can be found in Western North Carolina rivers, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Western Carolina University will offer a “Hike with a Botanist” workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 16.
Youngsters can explore the world of theater this summer during WCU's weeklong Theatre Summer Camp, for children ages 8 to 13 years old.
Western Carolina University will hold an “Introduction to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)” workshop from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Room 143 of the Camp Building.
