Thanks to nearly $1.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Western Carolina University and the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville are establishing a new partnership to provide more nurses qualified to serve the region and its veteran population.
Vicki Szabo, associate professor of history at Western Carolina University, was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to continue creating a database to identify whale species from artifacts and examine historical whale-hunting patterns.
The photographs of three Western Carolina University students will be on display from Monday, May 4, through Saturday, Aug. 1, in the media center of Hunter Library on the WCU campus. The exhibit will launch with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. May 4 at Hunter Library.
Western Carolina University will offer a special evening program in beginning swimming for children Monday through Friday, May 11-22.
“Decoration Day in the Mountains," a major exhibit at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center that explores the area’s “decoration day” tradition, is now open for public viewing.
Six students from Western Carolina University were among 15 students from across the nation selected to present case studies during the 2009 Southeastern Athletic Training Student Symposium recently held in Atlanta.
Jim Costa, biology professor at Western Carolina University and director of Highlands Biological Station, has authored an annotated edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” that is now available from Harvard University Press.
Western Carolina University students recently helped deputies with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office learn and practice basic “survival Spanish” phrases that could help them on the job.
For the sixth time since 2006, a Western Carolina University broadcasting student has been selected to attend the prestigious Media Sales Institute at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Western Carolina University ceramics students will donate to the Community Table’s annual “Empty Bowl” fundraising event from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 24.
The 11 student members of Western Carolina University’s Trumpet Ensemble have been selected by taped audition to perform the prelude to the Washington Symphonic Brass Concert at the 2009 International Trumpet Guild Conference in Harrisburg, Pa., in May.
The popular Tiny Tot and Youth swim programs will be offered throughout spring and summer at Western Carolina University.
A faculty member in Western Carolina University’s department of communication who is a much-sought-after expert on outlaw motorcycle clubs will be featured in two upcoming programs on the National Geographic Channel.
Twelve Western Carolina University graduate students were honored for the quality of their research during a recent competition held in conjunction with the university’s annual Graduate Research Symposium.
Western Carolina University student Daniel Davis Brown II of Durham recently received one of three North Carolina Athletic Trainers’ Association Presidential Scholarships for Leadership.
Some 200 high school students from across Western North Carolina and from two schools in northeastern Georgia gathered at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, March 24, to test their knowledge of French and Spanish in the university’s 27th annual Foreign Language Contest.
Western Carolina University will present the opera “Rigoletto,” produced by the Asheville Lyric Opera, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center, with three WCU music students in supporting roles.
Maryanne Maisano, a visiting assistant professor of elementary and middle grades education at Western Carolina University, will present “Connecting Worlds! Inspiring Innovation, Vision, Communication and Motivation Using a Virtual Classroom” on Tuesday, April 14.
Representatives from Invisible Children Inc. return to Western Carolina University as part of a world tour on Monday, April 13, to screen documentaries about tragedies faced by children in northern Uganda, the Republic of Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and efforts to help them.
For a quarter of a century students, faculty and staff at Western Carolina University and residents of the surrounding community have come together once a year to clean up one of Jackson County’s natural treasures – the Tuckaseigee River.
Western Carolina University’s all-student percussion ensemble will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in the recital hall of Coulter Building.
Western Carolina University and its College of Business are partnering with Clear Channel Asheville and the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area to sponsor an Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce “Business After Hours” event Thursday, April 23, at the new Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center.
The writers and editors who worked on a forthcoming volume, “The History of Haywood County,” will be featured during a panel presentation set for 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The Great Life Series, a collaboration between Western Carolina University and Pardee Hospital, will offer “Working as You Age: Retooling, Finding and Landing the Right Job,” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 22.
There will be a reception to celebrate the publication of the book “Spearfinger” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at Hunter Library on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will present Service-Learning Partnership Awards to a Jackson County nursing home, three administrators of Jackson County Public Schools and a Clay County social services supervisor in recognition of effective collaboration with university faculty and students on community service projects linked to the curriculum.
The Western Carolina University Concert Choir and University Chorus will be joined by the Western Carolina Community Chorus and the WCU Artist-in-Residence Orchestra to perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation,” a choral-orchestral work from the 18th century.
The surprising nature of love is the theme of “Almost Maine,” on stage Wednesday through Sunday, April 22 through 26, at Western Carolina University's Hoey Auditorium.
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.
The inaugural Controlled Chaos Film Festival will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 27, in Niggli Theatre on the campus of Western Carolina University.
The Base Camp Cullowhee outdoor program and climbing team at Western Carolina University will host the 2009 Cullowhee Rock & Rumble Fest intercollegiate bouldering competition Saturday, April 25.
An information session on Tuesday, April 28, will provide an opportunity for Western Carolina University students and faculty, and prospective students, to learn about the changes made to WCU’s newly revised master’s degree program in business administration.
Banks Hinshaw, an osteoporosis researcher and clinician, will present an in-depth workshop on bone fragility when Western Carolina University and Pardee Hospital’s Great Life Series continues with “Osteoporosis: The Latest Advice on Diagnosis, Treatment and Avoiding Fractures.”
Western Carolina University’s department of stage and screen will present its spring dance showcase at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band will present a concert featuring student conductors and soloists at 8 p.m. Monday, April 27, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The Women’s Center at Western Carolina University will screen the documentary “Broken Social Contracts” and host a discussion with the filmmaker, Laura Rahman, on Monday, April 27.
Western Carolina University will offer a workshop in personal self-defense from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in Room 143 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Western Carolina University will offer a crisis communication workshop 9 a.m. to noon Friday, May 1, in Room 143 of the Camp Building.
Western Carolina University will hold two spring commencement ceremonies to accommodate the largest graduating class in university history, with activities set for Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
Western Carolina men's track and field team wins the 2009 Southern Conference Championship and the women's team places second.
Western Carolina University will offer a new series of workshops for active seniors, beginning with “Senior Expressions: Ceramics” and “Senior Expressions: Watercolor Painting.”
Western Carolina University is accepting registrations for its 10th annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held June 21-26.
