Notice has just gone out to 17 people who have been accepted into Western Carolina University’s new, accelerated nursing program for adults who already have degrees in other fields. They will have to be quick if they want any tips from the program’s first 10 students, because those students graduate in August – just a year and three months after they started.
Officers with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office have been returning to the classroom recently to learn basic “survival Spanish” taught by a group of students and their professor from Western Carolina University’s department of modern foreign languages.
Artwork by students in Western Carolina University’s art education program is on display through July on the main floor of Hunter Library on the WCU campus. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Western Carolina University is accepting applications for its ninth annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held June 22-27.
More than 350 high school students from across Western North Carolina, and from one school in northeastern Georgia, gathered at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, March 18, to test their knowledge of French and Spanish in the university’s 26th annual Foreign Language Contest.
Ron Rash, the Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture at Western Carolina University, has been named one of four finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the largest peer-juried prize for fiction in the United States, for his compilation of short stories, “Chemistry and Other Stories.”
A Western Carolina University student will receive a national award for radio production work from the Broadcast Education Association Convention Festival of Media Arts to be held Las Vegas.
Western Carolina University’s grants office announced more than $490,000 in funding was awarded to faculty and staff in January and February.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Western Carolina University will host its seventh annual Gender Conference in the A.K. Hinds University Center on Wednesday, March 26.
The scholarly research of Western Carolina University’s graduate students will be showcased during the university’s 16th annual Graduate Research Symposium on Thursday, March 27, at A.K. Hinds University Center.
Research conducted by Western Carolina University’s undergraduate students, along with other examples of students’ creative talents, will be on display Monday, March 24, through Thursday, March 27, as WCU’s Honors College sponsors Undergraduate Expo 2008.
George L. Mehaffy, vice president for academic leadership and change at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will deliver a public keynote address about the changing role of higher education in the 21st century at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at Western Carolina University.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, March 11, with a presentation on Southern Appalachian environmental history by Donald Davis, author of “Where There Are Mountains: Environment and History in the Southern Appalachians.”
The cooking and food seasonings of the 18th-century Carolinas backcountry will be the focus of a program at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The final get-together of Western Carolina University’s 2007-08 series of old-time and bluegrass music jam sessions will be held Thursday, March 20, at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Ashley Trantham, director of the North Carolina Nurses Association program Hallmarks of Healthy Workplaces, will lead two upcoming presentations about the program, which focuses on improving working conditions for the state’s registered nurses.
The Western Carolina University Symphony Band will present a free concert at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University’s Wired Wednesday series will continue with “Powerful Presentations” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 19 in Room 137 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
The rocks and minerals of Western North Carolina will be explored during a “Nature’s Tracks” program at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
More than 350 high school students from across Western North Carolina will test their knowledge of French and Spanish on Tuesday, March 18, in Western Carolina University’s 26th annual Foreign Language Contest.
Storyteller and balladeer Bobby McMillon will be the featured presenter as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, March 12, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Western Carolina University’s Recreational Therapy Association will host a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, at the Cullowhee United Methodist Church.
The annual Artist-In-Residence Orchestra Masterworks Concert will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Local residents will have an opportunity to learn about the history of their quilts as Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center holds Quilt Discovery Day from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30.
Daniel Karslake, director of “For the Bible Tells Me So,” will show that award-winning documentary, answer questions and participate in a panel discussion as part of the third annual Half Frame Documentary Film Festival on Monday, March 31, at WCU.
The creative writing of Western Carolina University students will be featured as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, April 2, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
More than 600 of the region’s top high school and junior high school mathematics students will compete when Western Carolina University host its 38th annual High School Mathematics Contest on Thursday, April 3.
The Public Relations Student Society of America chapter at Western Carolina University will hold its annual Crisis Communication Day from 10 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. Friday, April 4, in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center, with registration and hospitality beginning at 9 a.m.
Community Health Link of Jackson County and Western Carolina University’s Center for Service Learning will co-sponsor a “Walking Our World” celebration Saturday, April 5, on the WCU campus in Cullowhee.
Students from across Western North Carolina will get a chance to voice their opinions on a variety of local, state and federal government issues while receiving an interactive lesson on the legislative process when they convene in a youth assembly Saturday, April 5, in the Asheville Civic Center Banquet Hall.
Joyce Kozloff, a leading artist in the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s, will speak about her work retrospectively at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Health care expert Marianne R. Jeffreys will discuss the theoretical and practical implications of cultural competency in nursing during a presentation from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the A.K. Hinds University Center theater. The event is free and open to the public.
Best-selling novelists Pat Conroy, author of “The Prince of Tides,” and Russell Banks, who wrote “Affliction,” will read from their works at Western Carolina University’s annual Spring Literary Festival.
An exhibit of photographs showing females ranging from birth to nearly 100 years old will be on display from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, April 7, to Wednesday, April 9, in the multipurpose room of the A.K. Hinds University Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The One O’Clock Lab Band, a celebrated jazz ensemble from the University of North Texas, will headline the annual Jazz Festival, from Thursday, April 10, through Saturday, April 12, on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University faculty and staff have until Monday, April 14, to submit proposals for workshops and posters to be presented at the second annual Faculty Enrichment and Education Day.
Acclaimed filmmaker Henry Ferrini will present his newest documentary at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University. The event is free and open to the public.
Artist Brian Bishop will lecture about his paintings and drawings and at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in Room 223 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Musician Jim Witter will bring “The Long and Winding Road,” a multimedia exploration of the complicated songwriting relationship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon of the Beatles, to Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Linda Gabel, an interior designer with an expertise in large-scale health care design projects, will make two presentations on the campus of Western Carolina University during an upcoming visit.
