GNR News & Events
Browse the links below for recent WCU news of interest to current and prospective GNR students and their families.
Program gets NPS grant for sea-level rise study
WCU’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines is recipient of a $239,000 grant from the National Park Service to assist the agency in identifying and protecting resources threatened by coastal erosion and future sea-level rise.
WCU art museum to showcase lithographs, Latin-American art
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will host a reception for an exhibit from the collection of Rob and Leigh Anne Young from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. An interview with art collector Rob Young will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. at the museum. The exhibit, “p(art) of the [...]
Early registration available for WCU’s Rooted in the Mountains symposium
The second annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium at Western Carolina University will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 21, in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University Center. The Rooted in the Mountains event was created to raise awareness of the intersection of environmental, health and indigenous issues related to mountain destruction. [...]
Geology program gets grant for research
Two faculty members from WCU’s geology program have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to use in examining the learning benefits of group undergraduate research while also investigating how water is routed through the ground in Western North Carolina.
Young named geological society fellow
Rob Young, professor of geology and director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America.
WCU’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines is recipient of a $239,000 grant from the National Park Service to assist the agency in identifying and protecting resources threatened by coastal erosion and future sea-level rise.
WCU art museum to showcase lithographs, Latin-American art
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will host a reception for an exhibit from the collection of Rob and Leigh Anne Young from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. An interview with art collector Rob Young will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. at the museum. The exhibit, “p(art) of the [...]
Early registration available for WCU’s Rooted in the Mountains symposium
The second annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium at Western Carolina University will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 21, in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University Center. The Rooted in the Mountains event was created to raise awareness of the intersection of environmental, health and indigenous issues related to mountain destruction. [...]
Geology program gets grant for research
Two faculty members from WCU’s geology program have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to use in examining the learning benefits of group undergraduate research while also investigating how water is routed through the ground in Western North Carolina.
Young named geological society fellow
Rob Young, professor of geology and director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America.