Western Carolina University’s board of trustees unanimously approved proposed tuition and fees for the 2008-09 academic year, including increases to support operational costs for a new indoor recreation center currently under construction and to begin meeting student requests for enhanced campus health services.
The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association awarded the 2007 Roanoke-Chowan Prize for Poetry to Catherine Carter, director of WCU's English education program, for “The Memory of Gills,” her first published book of poetry.
Western Carolina University, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Jackson County Department of Public Health are partners in the first project in the nation funded through a $417 million federal effort to expand health care access to rural America through the creation of broadband “telehealth” networks in 42 states and three U.S. territories.
It is imperative that leaders at the local, state and federal levels take steps today so that they are better able to deal with the emergencies and disasters of tomorrow. That was the message heard repeatedly Thursday, Nov. 15, as Western Carolina University hosted a day of dialogue about emergency preparedness.
WCU's efforts to ensure that students are fully engaged in the process of learning, both in and out of the classroom, earned high marks on a national survey measuring the quality of undergraduate education based upon student involvement with their studies, professors and campus communities.
Western Carolina University’s Small Business and Technology Development Center now offers financial analysis reports from ProfitCents at no charge to business owners.
Brian Gastle, associate professor of English at Western Carolina University, will become associate dean of the Graduate School, effective Jan. 1.
Although it’s too early to start making predictions about the likelihood of a white Christmas in 2007, the nation’s retailers can look forward to a green Christmas this year, as holiday shoppers will be hitting stores and Web sites armed with larger sums of disposable income than ever before.
The Asheville Symphony Orchestra will perform at Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
WCU and members of the Canton community will host the Canton Connection Faire on Monday, Dec. 10, to identify ways Western can help the town.
The 33-member drumline from Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will share the stage Thursday, Dec. 6, with country music superstar Keith Urban in a concert at the BiLo Center in Greenville, S.C.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will begin Thursday, Dec. 6, with a performance by Don Pedi and Bruce Greene, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
The fall “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Dec. 4, with a program featuring music scholar Betty Smith.
An educator from South Carolina will lead a program focusing on the female photographers of World War II during her visit to the Western Carolina University campus on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 7.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present its annual “Sounds of the Season” concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Santa Claus is scheduled to make an appearance when Western Carolina University’s Sport Management Association sponsors a 5-kilometer “Jingle Bell Run” on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, resident brass quintet at Western Carolina University, will perform in a faculty showcase in the recital hall of the Coulter Building at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27.
A group of students from Western Carolina University recently received a finalist award at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s College Fed Challenge competition.
Western Carolina University will host a display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt from Monday, Dec. 3, through Thursday, Dec. 6, in the A.K. Hinds University Center Grandroom.
The inaugural winners of the Chancellor’s Meritorious Award for Engaged Teaching have involved students in activities from development of a combination stretcherwheelchair to visiting death row as part of a discussion of capital punishment.
Students from Western Carolina University recently took top honors at the American Democracy Project south regional district’s Third Annual Conference, held at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive on the Western Carolina University campus Tuesday, Dec. 4, through Thursday, Dec. 6, in the A.K. Hinds University Center multipurpose room.
“Holiday Crafts” will be the topic of an Arti-Facts! program on Sunday, Dec. 2, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The student team called “Almost Perfect Strangers” narrowly won WCU's first College Bowl tournament earlier this month and is preparing for regional championships to be held at Virginia Tech in February.
WCU students in an elementary education methods and curriculum class are hosting “Who’s Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” – an event inspired by the TV show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”
WCU’s Craft Revival Project, with its Internet-accessible collection of digitized images centered at Western’s Hunter Library, recently received a grant of $100,000 from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the North Carolina State Library. That brings the project’s three-year total to nearly $350,000.
Mary Lehmann of Hendersonville, a student who is earning a certificate in gerontology from WCU, designed a survey for her final project to find out if people know what palliative care is, what it covers, where it is offered and who can get it.
The Wind Ensemble of Western Carolina University will perform its second concert of the season on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
A research project led by a WCU psychology professor indicates that jokes about blondes and women drivers are not just harmless fun and games; instead, exposure to sexist humor can lead to toleration of hostile feelings and discrimination against women.
Western Carolina University’s most unusual musical group, the Low Tech Ensemble, will perform a concert of “gamelan” music on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m.
Western Carolina University’s Art Education program will offer the second annual Art Days from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12, Monday, Jan. 21, and Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Seven students representing Western Carolina University will deliver presentations at the North Carolina Campus Compact Student Conference in Greenville on Saturday, Nov. 10.
Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center will continue its “Galaxy of Stars” series with a performance by The Animal Band on Thursday, Nov. 29.
The Western Carolina University Trumpet Ensemble has been invited to perform at the Orvieto Musica Trumpet Festival in Italy in June 2008.
Frank Brannon, an artist and printer who specializes in fine limited editions, will be visiting Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design on Monday, Nov. 19, to deliver a public lecture about his work and conduct a workshop with students in the book arts studio.
Although high school marching bands from four states attended the competition, only Dobyns-Bennett High School from Kingsport, Tenn., was named grand champion of Western Carolina University’s Tournament of Champions, an invitational event hosted by Western’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band on Saturday, Oct. 13.
Western Carolina University has announced its three winners for the 2007 U.S. Constitution Day Essay Contest. The topic for this year’s contest was “Could You Improve the U.S. Constitution?,” and 28 undergraduate students entered essays into the contest.
The fall “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Nov. 13, with a presentation by Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranger Brad Free titled “Trade, Timber and Tourism: The Trans-Mountain Road of the Smokies.”
A senior analyst with the CIA will discuss the 21st-century intelligence community at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The Pride of the Mountains Marching Band at Western Carolina University will hold its annual indoor concert on Friday, Nov. 16, in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center, as part of the WCU Alumni Band weekend.
An official from a national emergency telephone number advocacy group has joined the list of speakers scheduled to share their insights in a daylong summit examining emergency and disaster preparedness at WCU on Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
A Massachusetts college professor will present a musical lecture, “The Commonwealth of Toil: Folksongs and the U.S. Labor Movement,” when he visits the Western Carolina University campus on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
WCU will celebrate its second annual Geographical Information System Day on Wednesday, Nov. 14, with presentations and workshops to showcase GIS and remote sensing projects by faculty, staff, students and off-campus individuals.
Western Carolina University will sponsor an information session in Asheville on Tuesday, Nov. 13, for individuals interested in earning a doctor of education degree with a concentration in community college/higher education leadership.
Nine WCU faculty and students shared information about their research at the annual Geological Society of America meeting in Denver.
Author Robert Morgan will discuss his most recent work, a biography about legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone, as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Two grant proposals prepared by Cynthia Brown, assistant professor of applied criminology, won more than $2.4 million in federal funding for projects to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Provost Kyle Carter and his wife, Sarah, have established an endowed fund through The Campaign for Western that will generate money each year to help a WCU student participate in study abroad.
