The board of trustees at WCU has endorsed the creation of a center to spur new ideas for business ventures in Western North Carolina and renamed an existing center to better reflect its increasing role in using the university’s high-tech resources to provide technical assistance to regional business and industry.
Prospective students interested in undergraduate or graduate study in construction management at WCU may apply for Kimmel Foundation Scholarships being offered through WCU’s Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology.
Western Carolina University will offer the second annual Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend Thursday, Jan. 18, through Sunday, Jan. 21, at the Lambuth Inn in Lake Junaluska.
Western Carolina University’s Talent Search Program will sponsor a series of free workshops to allow high school students to learn about applying for federal financial aid.
Gurney Chambers, dean emeritus of the College of Education and Allied Professions at WCU, is recipient of the Stiltner Distinguished Service Award presented by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.
The World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions perform an equestrian ballet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Tickets are on sale now.
WCU senior Jimmy Harwell, who temporarily abandoned his goal of earning a college degree after he began to lose his eyesight, urged his fellow graduating students to remember that there is always a way to succeed, as the university held fall commencement Dec. 16.
K. Ray Bailey, president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, and McDaniel “Dan” Robinson, a WCU athlete, coach, teacher and advocate for education and conservation, received honorary doctorates as WCU held fall commencement exercises Dec. 16.
WCU unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 13, a precision laser system unique to U.S. higher education that officials say will enable the university to ramp up efforts to provide high-tech assistance to business and industry in the region while giving students hands-on experience with cutting-edge equipment.
Prospective students will have an opportunity to learn about the 100-plus courses WCU will offer in Asheville this spring semester as the university holds an information session and registration on Thursday, Jan. 4.
The wintertime series of old-time and bluegrass music jam sessions sponsored by WCU's Mountain Heritage Center will continue Thursday, Jan. 4, with a performance by local bluegrass band the Frogtown Four.
A new exhibit of more than 100 baskets representing the Cherokee people’s four major basketry traditions of river cane, white oak, honeysuckle and maple is now on display at WCU's Mountain Heritage Center.
Games such as Scattergories and NFL Street, books and other loot filled the holiday packages that members of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity at WCU prepared this week for men and women serving overseas.
Members of the WCU music faculty contributed their own money to create an $850 scholarship for an incoming freshman student for the upcoming fall semester.
The competition between WCU to win a building contract at a Cullowhee church was just for fun, but the construction ideas and issues they pointed out recently were real – and appreciated.
WCU announced Tuesday, Dec. 5, establishment of the Myron and Barbara Coulter Fellowship Fund for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, which will provide resources for faculty members and graduate students involved in research to improve learning outcomes for WCU students.
Qualla Financial Freedom, a non-profit program offered by WCU's Cherokee Center, has received a $5,000 grant in from the Asheville branch office of Smith Barney through the Citigroup Foundation’s Local Contributions Grant Program.
Western Carolina University Chancellor John W. Bardo extends season's greetings to the Western community.
WCU's board of trustees unanimously approved proposed tuition and fees for the 2007-08 academic year, including an additional debt service fee to fund construction of a modern dining facility to replace the current Dodson Cafeteria, built in 1966.
A Memorandum of Understanding promoting education, patient care and research for the benefit of American Indian nations was signed between Wake Forest University, WCU and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Nov. 17 at Wake Forest.
WCU will bestow honorary doctorates upon one of Western North Carolina’s most revered educational leaders and an icon of WCU athletics history as the university holds fall commencement exercises at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
A proposal to help foster a worldwide dialogue about the impending nursing shortage earned the $500 travel grant award this year from WCU’s Delta Zeta Chapter of the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars.
Michael Smith, director of the Master of Business Administration Program at WCU, is helping businesses and industries in Canada develop a more strategic approach to supply chain management.
Bronwen Sheffield, director of off-campus services at WCU, recently received the Program of Excellence Award from the University Continuing Education Association, Region South, at its annual conference in Daytona Beach, Fla.
La Voz Latina, the Hispanic student association at WCU, will hold a benefit dance party Saturday, Dec. 9, to help raise money to build a playground for underprivileged children in Jackson County.
WCU and the town of Sylva are adopting a mutual assistance agreement that will enable police officers from the campus and the municipality to provide temporary aid to one another during times of emergency, crowd and traffic control situations, or criminal investigations.
