For the third year in a row, Western Carolina University students rank among the nation’s leaders in the number of their research projects that have been accepted for presentation at the country’s most-prestigious undergraduate research conference.
Western Carolina University’s communication and media relations efforts recently received four awards of recognition from a national higher education organization.
New York sculptor Emily Thompson will show images of her work in a presentation in Room 130 of Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18.
A photo exhibit on display at Western Carolina University introduces viewers to the story of the Appalachian craft revival, a movement to produce and sell handcrafted items during the early part of the 20th century.
Jack Sholder, director of the program in motion picture and television production, will serve on the international jury for the film competition at the Fantasporto Oporto International Film Festival.
A study by WCU counseling faculty suggests health care providers could help parents who are hiding symptoms of postpartum mood disorders by talking with all obstetric patients about the disorders, assessment, support groups and treatments, even if a patient does not disclose symptoms.
As part of an international service-learning initiative, Western Carolina University students will be traveling to Costa Rica and Panama during spring break to volunteer their time while exploring the Central American landscapes and cultures.
Rather than spending spring break at parties or on the beach, 35 students from Western Carolina University will travel to Chicago to help children and the homeless. From Saturday, March 1, to Friday, March 7, the group will volunteer with community service projects.
Beginning Tuesday, April 1, all credit card payments on Western Carolina University student accounts will be made through a new option called PayPath Tuition Service, the WCU controller’s office has announced.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will continue Thursday, March 6, with a performance by Charles Shuler and Friends, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
A series of 10 vitreographic prints by artist Erwin Eisch depicting scenes from a Nazi attack on Germany’s Jewish population will show from Thursday, March 27, through Thursday, May 1, at the Fine Art Museum on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Students from several Western North Carolina school systems recently took top honors at WCU's annual Regional Science Fair and Festival and are on their way to the state competition in March.
Western Carolina University’s “Wired Wednesdays Series” will feature a class in Advanced Microsoft Excel from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Room 137 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
The N.C. Agriculture Mediation Program at Western Carolina University has been recertified by Gov. Mike Easley as the agricultural mediation service provider for the state of North Carolina and has received a grant in the amount of $144,066 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue operation.
Western Carolina University will host one of America’s premier memory trainers during “What Was Your Name Again” from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Hospitality Room of the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
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.
Sarah Nunez is Western Carolina University’s new assistant director of admission housed in the Transfer Advising Center at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.
What does it mean to be an American? The production “Inspired by America,” coming at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 29, to Western Carolina University, explores that complicated question with a combination of history-driven documentary film, spoken word and live music.
Dana M. Sally, who had served as dean of university libraries at the University of West Florida in Pensacola since 2005, joined Western Carolina University on Feb. 11 as the university's first dean of library services.
The January issue of Public Purpose magazine, published by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, features an article on “Regional Development, Regional Leadership.” In that article, Western Carolina University, Northern Kentucky University, the University of Northern Iowa and California State University are cited for taking regional economic development to an exciting new level.
Bonnie Singer, who co-developed the EmPOWER step-by-step method for helping school-age children understand, plan and successfully complete writing assignments, will be the featured speaker at WCU’s 15th annual Cullowhee Conference on Communicative Disorders.
Letters are going out to 555 graduates of WCU’s College of Business to inform them that personal information stored on a server used by the College of Business may have been compromised. There is no reason to believe the information has been used for unauthorized or illegal purposes.
Western Carolina University will host a literary panel discussion on Monday, Feb. 25, examining Willa Cather’s classic novel, “My Antonia,” and the works of other writers in cooperation with “Together We Read,” Western North Carolina’s regionwide reading and discussion program, and “The Big Read,” a reading revitalization program of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Western Carolina University is the only North Carolina institution among the 91 colleges and universities selected for a pilot study of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System recently developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Nine student teams participating in Western Carolina University’s WISE Challenge have progressed to the final round of the competition and are busy re-imagining everyday products, developing services and inventing technologies in the name of entrepreneurship.
The Corporation for National and Community Service named Western Carolina University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service-learning efforts and leadership in building a “culture of civic engagement.”
WCU recently hosted a campus forum and launched a Web site as part of an effort to respond to the needs identified in the University of North Carolina Tomorrow Commission's report.
WCU has received notice of reaffirmation of accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the recognized regional accrediting body for institutions of higher education in 11 states in the Southeast.
Thomas C. Johnson, chief of WCU’s police department, recently joined a small group of police executives who hold doctoral degrees when he was awarded a doctorate in instructional systems and work force development from Mississippi State University.
Professors and students from Western Carolina University’s forensic anthropology program assisted law enforcement agencies in their search for clues in a remote area of national forestland where the body of a hiker missing since October was discovered on Saturday, Feb 2.
Tickets are still available for the University Players production of the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls,” showing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-23, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Students in Eric Hendrix’s English composition classes at WCU fine-tune their writing and research skills through assignments designed to give them a closer look at global issues. They recently went beyond the books and helped a children’s advocacy center in Franklin.
Cathryn Griffin, professor of photography, will judge a photography contest themed "A Sense of Place" and sponsored by the WCU Baptist Student Union.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Feb. 12, with a presentation on the Center for Cherokee Plants by Sarah McClellan and Kevin Welch.
Students from 16 Western North Carolina counties will come together at Western Carolina University on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 13 and 14, to showcase science projects and compete for the opportunity to exhibit at the North Carolina State Science Fair in Raleigh.
Paul Heckert, professor of physics at Western Carolina University, and his astronomy class will host an eclipse-watching party at the Jackson County Airport on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 20.
Western Carolina University recently honored several WNC school system representatives for their help in preparing university students for careers in the classroom.
“Chemistry and Other Stories,” a compilation of 15 short stories by Ron Rash, the Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture at Western Carolina University, has been named one of 15 “notable books” of 2007 by The Story Prize committee.
Cynthia Cooper, the whistleblowing accountant responsible for exposing one of the largest corporate scandals in U.S. history, will visit Western Carolina University in March as part of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series for a conversation with Western students and an evening presentation open to the general public.
Stephanie Harwood, a survivor of lymphoma and freshman from Franklin, will share her story at the campus Relay For Life kickoff on Wednesday, Feb. 13, and Newton Smith, associate chief information officer and honorary event chair, will speak April 11 at the all-night American Cancer Society event.
The internationally recognized All-American Boys Chorus will perform “A Salute to America and Her Music” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Jo Q. Nelson, an artist from New York, will host a talk at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s Catamount Concert Series will host a faculty recital featuring flute music by Eldred Spell on Tuesday, March 11, at 8 p.m.
Tickets are now available for a public presentation Tuesday, March 11, by whistleblower Cynthia Cooper, the accountant responsible for exposing one of the largest corporate scandals in U.S. history, who will be at Western Carolina University as part of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series.
Early registration for Western Carolina University’s “What Was Your Name Again: A Memory Workshop” will be available at a reduced price until Monday, March 10.
Western Carolina University’s Wired Wednesdays series will offer “Designing a Free Web Page” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12 in Room 137 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
The Women’s Center at Western Carolina University will launch its recognition of National Women’s History Month with an opening celebration from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Star Lobby of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Friends and colleagues are creating a new scholarship fund in honor of Michael Dougherty, the soon-to-be-retiring dean of Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions, to recognize his more than 30 years of service to the university.
Burgoo, the traditional stew of Kentucky, will be the focus of a program Sunday, Feb. 24, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, and attendees will even get to taste a sample.
