Western Carolina University - Educational Outreach News & Events

WCU is a University of North Carolina Campus

Home > Academics > Distance & Online Programs > Educational Outreach News & Events

Educational Outreach News & Events

Educational Outreach Newsletter

November 2008

The Power of Partnership: U.S. Army Green Berets Attend Western
Partnership with Tri-County Community College
WCU Speaker’s Burea
WCU/WPCC Partnership is a Benefit for Both Institutions
Opening Doors
Wanted:
A Few Good Faculty Members
WCU Hosts North Carolina Teacher Academy for 14th Year

November 2007

Going the Distance
Commencement - An International Experience
International Educators Continue Annual Summer Institutes on Campus
An IRC Journal
Going the Distance Sometimes Requires Staying in Place
The Coming Storm
Building a Borderless Community
Shine

April 2007

Military Education
We Are Not the University of Phoenix
Western Offers Nurse Educator Modules
Culturally Based Native Health Program Now Underway
Western Carolina University Cherokee Center Offers Qualla Financial Freedom
Mu Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda Conducts Induction and Scholarship Presentation
Consider Reserving WCU's Outreach Center
Western's Gerontology Research Project Focuses on "No More Falls"
Summer Conference Events

Browse the links below for recent WCU news and events of interest to current and prospective educational outreach students and their families.

Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend set for Jan. 7-10 at Lake Junaluska

Western Carolina University will sponsor its fifth annual Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend beginning Thursday, Jan. 7, and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 10, at the Terrace Hotel in Lake Junaluska.

Eastwood flick to help resolve conflict Oct. 15

Western Carolina University will mark Conflict Resolution Day with a showing of the Clint Eastwood film “Gran Torino” and panel discussion, from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the movie theater of the A.K. Hinds University Center.

Magazine ranks WCU among top ‘military-friendly schools’

Western Carolina University has been named a top “military-friendly school” for 2010 by G.I. Jobs magazine and will be listed in the magazine’s Guide to Military Friendly Schools, to be published in September.

'Managing Your Health and Medical Safety as You Age' to be offered March 18

The Great Life Series, a collaboration between Western Carolina University and Pardee Hospital, will offer “Managing Your Health and Medical Safety as You Age” from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in Hendersonville.

WCU to offer grant writing workshops March 10-11

Nationally recognized grant writer Jack Smith will offer insider tips for finding and securing government and foundation funding for projects and programs during two March workshops at Western Carolina University.

WCU travel courses available this summer for interested students

As spring and summer quickly approach the mountains of Western North Carolina, Western Carolina University is offering an array of travel courses where the world will be the classroom. Students may pick from an extensive variety of classes and destinations, including business survival skills in China, art classes in Europe, and the biological and political sciences of the Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone national parks.