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 administrative offices will be closed beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 2, until 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, after a decision by university leaders to schedule 10 hours of state-mandated furlough time to coincide with the July Fourth holiday.
Musical theatre students and faculty from Western Carolina University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts will perform a star-spangled variety show as part of the Fourth of July celebration at the Roanoke Island Festival Park.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University launches its 2009-10 season with three exhibits that, while grounded in Western North Carolina, demonstrate a wide scope. The exhibits will run from Saturday, Aug. 1, through Friday, Sept. 18.
Two recent graduates of Western Carolina University, Robert Brown and Sam Venable, have been accepted into one of only seven electro-optics programs in the United States at the University of Dayton in Ohio.
Musical theatre students and faculty from Western Carolina University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts will perform a star-spangled variety show at two locations in Western North Carolina in advance of a Fourth of July concert at the Roanoke Island Festival Park.
John E. Wells, studio engineer for WCU's Center for Applied Technology, was part of a team that won an Emmy award for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Western Carolina University’s Cherokee Language Program received a $199,540 grant to continue its efforts in developing and revising Cherokee language coursework.
Western Carolina University will offer a one-day camp, “My Buddy and Me: Geocaching,” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 9.
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation recently awarded $87,700 to Western Carolina University’s Craft Revival Project to continue the university’s Cherokee crafts documentation project.
“Speakers for the Stones,” a presentation focusing on the ancient stone fishing weirs that can be found in Western North Carolina rivers, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Western Carolina University has been awarded $299,593 through the NC QUEST grant program for a project to build a strong network of teacher leadership for mathematics and science.
Western Carolina University will offer a “Hike with a Botanist” workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 16.
The Partnership for Defense Innovation opened an office at Western Carolina University on Thursday, May 28, as part of a growing collaboration between PDI and WCU on research, development and testing for projects that have applications in the defense and security industries.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will present the student- and faculty-curated exhibit “George Masa (1881-1933): Vision of the Mountains” Aug. 1 through Sept. 18 in conjunction with the 75th anniversary celebration of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Catherine Carter, an assistant professor of English at Western Carolina University, has won the 2009 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network.
Youngsters can explore the world of theater this summer during WCU's weeklong Theatre Summer Camp, for children ages 8 to 13 years old.
The Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University’s museum of Appalachian culture and history, recently implemented a new schedule of visiting hours that includes being open on Saturdays for five months of the year.
Brenda Mills, a student in Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in public affairs, has been named to NC Magazine’s 2009 list of exceptional women leaders.
Western Carolina University will hold an “Introduction to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)” workshop from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Room 143 of the Camp Building.
A log cabin auctioned off as surplus property by Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will be put to new use in a Tennessee museum that depicts the life of the legendary Cherokee statesman Sequoyah.
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.
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.
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.
The Western Carolina University board of trustees welcomed Josh Cotton, president of the WCU Student Government Association, as its newest member and said goodbye to three departing trustees as part of the board’s quarterly meeting Friday, June 5.
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.
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.
