The spring edition of The Magazine of Western Carolina University will be available only in electronic format, one of several cost-savings steps taken by the university in response to the state’s budget crisis as the 2008-09 fiscal year is winding down.
Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band is the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy, the nation’s highest and most-coveted award for college and university marching bands.
Guests of Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center can savor the relaxed feel of the Sunday matinee with the 2009-10 Galaxy of Stars Series, presented by the College of Fine and Performing Arts.
Evan Daniel Clapsaddle, a graduate of Western Carolina University, is the winner of a prestigious 2009 James Madison Fellowship, a national award he will use to return to the university and pursue graduate-level academic work.
Work by recent graduates of Haywood Community College’s professional craft program will be on exhibit from Friday, May 22, through Saturday, July 25, at the Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University.
What do Heath Ledger and Ben Harper have to do with Western Carolina University? They both were artistic partners in the creative team that designed a new Web site for the Beachcare program, located at WCU.
Twenty Western Carolina University students recently were inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, an international English honor society.
Sean O’Connell, associate professor of microbiology at Western Carolina University, has been named one of the best teachers in the University of North Carolina system for the creative ways he transforms students into not only scientists but also citizens aware of the world’s delicate environmental balance.
Western Carolina University will donate a set of used books to Better World Books and the Friends of the Library in Sylva as part of a service-learning project.
Rainy skies outside didn’t dampen the enthusiasm inside Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center as the university held a pair of commencement ceremonies to honor a record-breaking spring class of approximately 1,150 graduating students, and another group of about 100 students who will complete requirements for their degrees later this summer.
Western Carolina University recently announced winners in a contest in which students created videos to illustrate how WCU provides opportunities for students to change their world.
Two teams of Western Carolina University seniors majoring in computer information systems recently worked with local organizations to solve information technology problems as a part of a service learning-based capstone class, “Applications Development.”
Western Carolina Athletic Director Chip Smith today (May 15) announced Karen Middleton, who has served the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois, as the 10th Head Coach of the Western Carolina women's basketball program.
A collaborative Western Carolina University program that encourages high school students to further their education and consider careers as teachers is one of 16 projects that N.C. Bev Perdue has recommended for funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Beginning in the fall 2009 semester, Western Carolina University’s Office of International Programs and Services will offer an intensive English program for international students and non-native speakers.
An exhibition of gelatin silver photographs chronicling the early days of rock ‘n’ roll music that debuted at Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum was recently named best cultural exhibition by Northern Ohio Live during its 2009 Awards of Achievement celebration in Cleveland.
A poem by professor Catherine Carter will enjoy a new life as a musical creation on the London stage this summer.
Western Carolina recently presented its top faculty and staff awards for teaching, research and service for the 2008-09 academic year.
A group of Western Carolina University students and faculty members will bicycle 870 miles to visit 88 Buddhist temples this summer during an educational pilgrimage on the island of Shikoku in Japan.
Western Carolina University student Leeanne Deaver will intern with five-time Tony Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long on Broadway this summer.
Western Carolina University graduate student Tonya Carroll is among a prestigious group of scholars chosen to participate in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts’ summer institute in Winston-Salem this July.
Amber Jones practiced her Spanish, which she was studying in a Western Carolina University course, and spoke in English as she helped a Cullowhee Valley School first-grader from a Spanish-speaking family with her reading and writing skills.
Installation of groundwater wells at three sites at Western Carolina University as part of the state’s Groundwater Resource Evaluation Program could begin as early as this summer.
The Great Life Series, a collaboration between Western Carolina University and Pardee Hospital, will offer “Getting a Good Night’s Sleep: Understanding the Risk of Sleep Apnea” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, May 12.
Western Carolina University junior music education major Andrew Blair recently was accepted to a prestigious percussion class to be held in New York later this spring under the direction of the world’s foremost marimba virtuoso.
Western Carolina University will offer “Catamount Adventure Camps” for students in grades six through nine this summer, with activities including kayaking, whitewater rafting, hiking and rock climbing.
Twenty-five contestants from five colleges competed for top honors on April 25 at the 2009 Cullowhee Rock & Rumble Fest hosted by Western Carolina University’s Base Camp Cullowhee program at the Campus Recreation Center’s climbing wall.
Fred Hinson, senior associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at Western Carolina University, was named an honorary member of the Mu Epsilon chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda national honor society during the annual induction ceremony, held recently at WCU’s A.K. Hinds University Center.
Eighteen Western Carolina University students majoring interior design, along with four Smoky Mountain High School students and three adults, will travel to Greece, Spain and Italy for 12 days in May.
The Western Carolina University School of Music faculty reached into their pockets to the tune of $3,200 for the School of Music Faculty Scholarship Fund.
Travis Halbrook, a business administration major from Cornelia, Ga., has been named this year’s recipient of Western Carolina University’s Malcolm J. Loughlin Scholarship Award.
Students with an interest in learning how to integrate technical knowledge and the skills necessary to improve and manage technology intensive systems are invited to join Western Carolina University faculty for two upcoming information sessions.
Western Carolina University’s police department will implement a special traffic flow plan on campus Saturday, May 9, to deal with the large number of visitors expected to attend the university’s undergraduate commencement, which is scheduled for 2 p.m. that day.
Entertainer Linda Gentille, whom the late Liberace called the “piano princess,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
The Great Life Series, a collaboration between Western Carolina University and Pardee Hospital, will offer a daytrip to WCU’s campus for a performance of the acclaimed romantic comedy “Almost Maine” and dinner on Sunday, April 26.
Western Carolina University’s Small Business and Technology Development Center and its Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation together will offer a seminar titled “Search Engine Marketing” from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at Pack Memorial Library in Asheville.
The Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts, an academic partner of Western Carolina University, will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, to celebrate its new location at 70 Bingo Loop in Cherokee.
History buffs, educators and appreciators of the region’s crafts tradition will celebrate the official launch of the Craft Revival Project online collection Friday and Saturday, May 22-23, at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The board of trustees of Western Carolina University will hold its quarterly meeting at 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, in the board room of H.F. Robinson Administration Building.
“Responding to the Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement” will be the theme of the fifth annual Symposium on Service Learning and Civic Engagement at Western Carolina University from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 11.
Western Carolina University’s Last Minute Productions will host a series of free concerts Thursdays this summer on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center.
A series of information sessions will be held in Asheville this summer to allow prospective students to learn about Western Carolina University’s newly revised master’s degree program in business administration.
