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ENROLLMENT RECORDS SHATTERED AGAIN AS WCU TOPS 11,600 STUDENTS

It’s beginning to sound like a broken record, this talk of broken records when it comes to enrollment at Western Carolina University where, for the third consecutive year and the seventh time in the past eight years, the institution has experienced increases in both the size and academic qualifications of its student body.  

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WCU JOINING REGIONAL PARTNERS IN OUTDOORS INDUSTRY PROJECT

Western Carolina University has joined a regional collaborative that plans to use a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to boost an already thriving Western North Carolina outdoor recreation industry to an even higher level.   

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STUDENT SCULPTURE COMMEMORATES TIES BETWEEN WCU, EASTERN BAND

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ historical and cultural connections with the land now home to Western Carolina University were commemorated as representatives of the tribal and university communities gathered for the September unveiling of a sculpture based on the Cherokee syllabary character “wi.”  

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UNIVERSITY PRESENTS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO SUSAN BELCHER

Susan Brummell Belcher, wife of late Chancellor David O. Belcher, received one of the university’s top honors, the Distinguished Service Award, as part of Homecoming activities in November.   

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Faculty Scholarship Celebration coming up Feb. 21 will include award announcements

The 30th annual event will be held in the Conference Room of Blue Ridge Hall to recognize creative and academic works by faculty and staff.  

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Black History Month programs slated on campus throughout February

The series will kick off with a screening of “Dark Girls” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center.  

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DEATHS

ALUMNI DEATHS Frank F. Allison ’63 Oct. 30, 2018; Anderson, South Carolina.  

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IN MEMORIAM

In her unpaid position as a community ambassador on behalf of Western Carolina University during the decade that her husband served as chancellor, Barbara Coulter was known as a gracious hostess who made everyone feel welcomed, at home and very special as honored guests.  

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CLASS NOTES

Chuck Holmes ’61 is the author of “The Sing,” a novel released by Deeds Publishing of Athens, Georgia. The book, set in the 1950s in a segregated small town, tells the story of a woman’s efforts to get her church’s black choir entered into a local singing competition.   

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