A Western Carolina University faculty member’s research into “outlaw” motorcycle clubs recently led to an opportunity for a group of WCU broadcasting students to gain valuable experience working behind the scenes on documentaries being filmed for The History Channel and Arts & Entertainment Network.
Robert K. McMahan Jr., the North Carolina governor’s senior adviser for science and technology, and executive director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology, will be leaving those posts to become dean of Western Carolina University’s Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology.
Stage and screen actor and director Terrence Mann will direct the University Players in a production of the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls” from Feb. 21-24 in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
An all-campus forum to discuss the University of North Carolina Tomorrow Commission Final Report was held in the A.K. Hinds University Center Grandroom from 2 until 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31.
Free French films will show at 7 p.m. Wednesdays through April in Room 121 of the McKee Building on the campus of Western Carolina University. Students and the public are welcome.
A former executive at one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies is now using his expertise to help Western Carolina University energize new ideas for business ventures in Western North Carolina.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will continue Thursday, Feb. 7, with a performance by Chuck Norris and Daybreak, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
Accounting profession leader Barry Melancon will speak at the Western Carolina University Graduate Center in Asheville during “Students’ Night” on Monday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m.
Author Casey Clabough will be featured on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 12:20 p.m. during the first of three literary presentations that will be held as part of the 2007-08 Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
You can’t blame the admission counselors and application processors at Western Carolina University if they appear a bit bleary-eyed these days. After all, they’ve been working extra hours trying to keep up with a 62.6 percent increase in the number of applications for undergraduate admission.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will host the 2008 Western Regional All-District Band festival on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9.
Patrick Gardner, a former U.S. Air Force engineer, has joined Western Carolina University’s Center for Rapid Product Realization as principal scientist.
Faculty and students from Western Carolina University are part of an effort to restore the historic Monteith Farmstead in Dillsboro.
WCU and the Women’s Center will present Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” at the Fine and Performing Arts Center as part of a global movement to stop violece against women and girls.
WCU will present a variety show and choir performance on Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall of Coulter Building as a benefit event for a group of 30 students, alumni and sponsors who will travel to Europe this spring on a 10-day concert tour.
Longtime FBI special agent Mark R. Wilson, one of the nation’s foremost experts in the use of DNA evidence in criminal investigations, has joined Western Carolina University to lead its academic program in forensic science.
Western Carolina University’s 2008 Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series has been forced to cancel Henry Rollins’ “Provoked – An Evening of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling” scheduled for March 27.
Western Carolina University will offer “Wired Wednesdays,” a series of computer software classes, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout the spring semester in Room 137 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
The illusionist duo The Spencers will present their “Theatre of Illusion” on Friday, Feb. 1, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University as part of the center’s third annual Galaxy of Stars Series.
The workshop “Hi-Definition Workflow – From Stage to Screen” will be held Saturday, Feb. 16, in the sound and television studios of the Center for Applied Technology at WCU.
Quilts donated by Western North Carolina families to Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will be on display at the museum through March in the biennial exhibit “Airing of the Quilts.”
WCU will host round-table discussions, movies, live music and other activities designed to spark dialogue about global warming as part of the Focus the Nation initiative on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Ken Sedberry, a potter from Loafers Glory, will hold demonstrations and speak about his art during a daylong workshop Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
WCU will host the third annual Community Service-Learning Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 29, to make students, faculty and staff more aware of community service opportunities in Western North Carolina.
The creative work of faculty members at Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design is the focus of a show from Jan. 23 through March 15 at the Fine Art Museum on the WCU campus.
Mathematical ecologist Louis J. Gross, director of The Institute for Environmental Modeling at the University of Tennessee, will deliver two lectures at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
The Western Carolina University School of Music will be presenting a “Faculty Showcase” concert with its first-ever sponsor, Heinzelmannchen Brewery of Sylva, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the Coulter Building.
Thirty-three Western Carolina University students were recently inducted into the Mu Eta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education.
Benjamin Chavis, president and chief executive officer of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, will deliver the keynote address Tuesday, Jan. 22, for Western Carolina University’s celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Bob Buckner, director of athletic bands at Western Carolina University, won the 2007 Music Education Advocate Award from the North Carolina Music Educators Association.
A Web site for a WCU organization developed by student Kyle Perkins, a junior from Raleigh majoring in entrepreneurship, won a 2007 Web site design award in a regional Association of College Unions International graphics competition.
James Contratto, assistant director for programs at Western Carolina University’s A.K. Hinds University Center, has won a regional New Professional Award for 2007 from the Association of College Unions International.
Western Carolina Director of Athletics Chip Smith today (Dec. 31) announced the hiring of Dennis Wagner, former offensive line coach at the University of Nebraska and head coach at Wayne State, as the twelfth head coach of the Catamount Football program.
Legendary trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti will be the featured performer at the sixth annual Western Carolina University Trumpet Festival, the largest event of its kind in the United States, taking place on the WCU campus during the Jan. 18-20 Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Jan. 15, with a presentation on “Sustainable Approaches to Forest Management” by forester and WCU faculty member Peter Bates.
Auditions are under way as Western Carolina University offers an opportunity for young artists to experience the art and craft of musical theatre performance with Broadway stars Terrence Mann and Charlotte D’Amboise this summer during the Triple Arts Broadway Series.
Winter weather conditions have resulted in a change to the normal WCU schedule today (Thursday, Jan. 17). Students, faculty and staff will find updated university schedule information at this site:
Weather-Related Schedule Changes at WCU.
The enslaved cooks who prepared food at Monticello, the Virginia home of President Thomas Jefferson, will be the focus of a presentation at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Brett Woods, who helps lead The Campaign for Western in his role as campus campaign director, not only increased his personal contribution to the Loyalty Fund but also has established an estate gift to benefit the Speech and Hearing Center.
