- Chancellor launches The Campaign for Western
- WCU Relay for Life to take place April 13, 14
- Hinder, Puddle of Mudd to rock Ramsey Center
- Teacher Support Program seeks teachers of deaf-blind students
- Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet to perform April 3
- Campus, community musicians to join for recital April 1
- Board OKs cell antenna for top of residence hall roof
- WCU parking fines increased for habitual offenders
- Spring student art exhibit, sale to be held March 29 - May 4
- Gender Research Conference set for March 28
The board, as part of its regular quarterly meeting Friday, March 23, unanimously approved a multi-year lease arrangement with Sprint/Nextel that will permit the company to install small wireless antennas on the roof of Walker Residence Hall on the WCU campus.
“The antennas will be installed on the side of an existing elevator penthouse and will be undetectable from the ground,” Chuck Wooten, vice chancellor for administration and finance, told the trustees. “It should greatly improve cell phone service for the company’s customers not just on campus, but throughout the entire Cullowhee Valley.”
The lease agreement with Sprint/Nextel is similar to an arrangement in 2003 that enabled Verizon Wireless to install an antenna atop Scott Residence Hall.
Through the agreement approved by Western’s board, Sprint/Nextel will lease the rooftop space at the rate of $15,000 per year for an initial term of five years, with four renewable terms of five years each for a potential overall lease term of 25 years.