English News & Announcements
Browse the links below for recent WCU news of interest to current and prospective English students and their families.
Rash’s ‘Serena’ headed to big screen
Filming is expected to begin soon for the motion picture adaptation of the bestselling novel penned by Ron Rash, WCU’s Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture.
Rash to receive North Carolina Award
WCU faculty member and writer Ron Rash is one of six North Carolinians who will be bestowed the state’s highest civilian honor in a November 10 ceremony.
Campus hosting Rooted in the Mountains
The symposium to raise awareness of issues related to mountain destruction is taking place Thursday and Friday at A.K. Hinds University Center.
Professor co-edits book of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings quotes
Brent Kinser, associate professor of English, co-edited the recently published “Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Cross Creek Sampler: A Book of Quotations.”
Early registration available for WCU’s Rooted in the Mountains symposium
The second annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium at Western Carolina University will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 21, in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University Center. The Rooted in the Mountains event was created to raise awareness of the intersection of environmental, health and indigenous issues related to mountain destruction. [...]
Filming is expected to begin soon for the motion picture adaptation of the bestselling novel penned by Ron Rash, WCU’s Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture.
Rash to receive North Carolina Award
WCU faculty member and writer Ron Rash is one of six North Carolinians who will be bestowed the state’s highest civilian honor in a November 10 ceremony.
Campus hosting Rooted in the Mountains
The symposium to raise awareness of issues related to mountain destruction is taking place Thursday and Friday at A.K. Hinds University Center.
Professor co-edits book of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings quotes
Brent Kinser, associate professor of English, co-edited the recently published “Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Cross Creek Sampler: A Book of Quotations.”
Early registration available for WCU’s Rooted in the Mountains symposium
The second annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium at Western Carolina University will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 21, in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University Center. The Rooted in the Mountains event was created to raise awareness of the intersection of environmental, health and indigenous issues related to mountain destruction. [...]