A Western Carolina University faculty member who organized a trip to help the impoverished people of rural Honduras has been honored for her efforts by the WCU office that oversees service learning.
Graduates of WCU's master’s degree program in school administration have once again scored high marks on a national test that indicates how well prepared they are to fill the top leadership positions in North Carolina public schools.
Western Carolina University’s online Master of Entrepreneurship Program has been recognized as one of the five best online entrepreneurship programs in the nation by Fortune Small Business magazine.
Susan Foringer-Burk is the first recipient of a new $1,500 scholarship for graduate students studying communication sciences and disorders at WCU awarded through a fund established by Margie Gibbs Motsinger, a Western alumna and the founder of a Greensboro-based communication and rehabilitative therapy clinic.
Julia Ann Barnes, associate professor of mathematics and computer science at WCU, has been named one of the best teachers in the University of North Carolina system, earning praise for using creative ways to help her students understand difficult mathematical concepts.
WCU has chosen Microsoft’s Windows Live as its new e-mail system for WCU students. Once implemented, Windows Live will replace current server-based e-mail accounts, becoming students’ official university-business account system.
A national psychological association recently honored WCU clinical psychology graduate student Lauren Drerup for her submitted work to a conference for psychopathology research.
