Gas prices are soaring, and so is enrollment in academic programs offered online by Western Carolina University.
Two students in WCU’s athletic training program recently received scholarships from the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association as part of the organization’s annual symposium.
Western Carolina University student William Styles will get a first-hand look at the political process above and beyond what he is learning in the classroom as a senior majoring in political science when he attends the Democratic National Convention in August.
WCU has just installed and tested a new, combination siren and public address system, which features a variety of alert tones, a library of prerecorded messages that can be used to respond to natural or manmade emergencies, and a manual override to enable spoken messages from campus police.
Chancellor John Bardo on Thursday, June 5, committed Western Carolina University to joining a community-university partnership focused on revitalizing the Cherokee language.
Twenty-one Western Carolina University students were recently inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, an international English honor society.
Noted Cherokee scholar Robert J. Conley, a prolific author with 80 books to his credit during a career spanning 40 years, is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s new director of health services is alumna Pamela M. Buchanan, former director of planning and operations at WestCare Health System.
The history and culture of Western North Carolina are being presented to a worldwide audience through the Web site of the Digital Heritage Project at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Western Carolina University’s board of trustees welcomed its newest member and bid farewell to a longtime friend as part of its regular quarterly meeting Friday, June 6.
John Q. Hodges, associate professor of social work at the University of Missouri, is the new head of Western Carolina University’s social work department, effective June 15.
WCU’s grants office recently announced more than $660,000 in new funding for faculty and staff initiatives.
Western Carolina University will offer the popular Tiny Tot Swim Program and the Youth Swim program throughout spring and summer.
Western Carolina University will host its fourth annual symposium on service learning and civic engagement from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the A.K. Hinds University Center.
The Raleigh Ringers, an acclaimed community handbell choir, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will host the 19th annual Mountain Artisans Summertime Fine Art and Craft Show in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on Saturday, July 5, and Sunday, July 6.
Western Carolina University will provide a showcase for the artists and young musicians of the state’s westernmost counties with the inaugural Summer Arts Festival, a free event beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
Western Carolina University’s Outdoor Summer Fun Series kicks off Thursday, July 10, with “Whitewater Rafting” and continues throughout the month with a series of entertaining and educational outdoor adventures.
More than 400 participants are expected on the campus of Western Carolina University during the 25th anniversary of the “Cullowhee Conference: Native Plants in the Landscape,” to be held Wednesday, July 23, through Saturday, July 26.
Western Carolina University will welcome more than 50 budding theatre performers from across the Southeast during the Triple Arts Broadway Series, to be held Sunday, July 20, through Sunday, Aug. 3.
A national consultant with expertise in communicating with people who are deaf-blind or have significant disabilities will be the featured presenter at a mini-conference co-sponsored by WCU’s Teacher Support Program and the North Carolina Deaf-Blind Project.
