Amy Kunst, an earth sciences education student, is the first recipient of a scholarship started by geology professor Steve Yurkovich for geology and earth sciences education students.
Cyndi Margiotta, who recently began her job as an eighth-grade mathematics teacher at Canton Middle School in Haywood County, had been waiting for the first day of school for a long time.
WCU is the new home to the offices of the Santa Aguila Charitable Trust, an international organization devoted to the protection and preservation of beaches around the world, and recent WCU graduate Adam Griffith has been hired as director of the trust’s Beachcare program.
A new tailgating policy at Western Carolina University will be in effect beginning this fall football season, with designated tailgating areas for students, Catamount Club members, returning alumni and visiting fans.
Western Carolina University’s online master’s degree program in project management has been given a No. 1 national ranking in quality and affordability by the distance education information clearinghouse GetEducated.com.
With $825,000 in federal funding over the next three years, Western Carolina University is starting a new online master’s degree program to help nurses gain the necessary skills for management roles in health care facilities and to prepare them to work in today’s environment of increasing cultural diversity.
Ready….set….WHOOP! On the fourth Tuesday of every month at noon, beginning Aug. 26, police at Western Carolina University will be testing the university’s new siren system. During each test, people on and around the WCU campus should hear a high-pitched, repetitive whooping sound for about three minutes.
Winford Gordon, assistant professor of psychology, delivered the keynote address at WCU's annual Freshman Convocation on Friday, Aug. 15, focusing on themes from the summer reading selection “Three Cups of Tea.”
P. Bradley Ulrich, professor of trumpet at Western Carolina University, will travel to Russia in October to teach a trumpet clinic and perform recitals.
A 5-kilometer foot race and 1-mile “Fun Run” will be held on the Western Carolina University campus Saturday, Sept. 27, as part of festivities at Western’s 34th annual Mountain Heritage Day.
Western Carolina University’s grants office recently announced more than $1.6 million in new funding for faculty and staff initiatives.
Western Carolina University’s Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series will show classic movies from around the world as part of a foreign film series that runs select Thursdays from September through April. Movies begin at 7 p.m. at the A.K. Hinds University Center
Tickets for an October concert at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center by Corey Smith, an independent musician whose popularity has soared with an online audience, go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2.
The summer company of Western Carolina University’s Theatre in Education program will perform “Dogwood’s Search,” an original play for young audiences based on a Cherokee legend, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, and Thursday, Aug. 28, in Niggli Theater.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 2, for a bluegrass concert featuring Western North Carolina’s own Balsam Range on stage at Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Japanese drumming, contemporary dance, politically charged spoken word and more are on tap for Western Carolina University’s 2008-09 Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series.
A performance by Fushu Daiko, a Japanese drumming ensemble, will launch Western Carolina University’s 2008-09 Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series. Fushu Daiko will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the WCU campus.
There’s a whole new breed of cat on the prowl at Western Carolina University these days after the university unveiled a fresh look for Catamount athletics Wednesday, Aug. 13, just in time for the 75th anniversary of the selection of the Catamount as the official mascot for Western’s intercollegiate sports teams.
Western Carolina University’s new $16.7 million Campus Recreation Center opened for the first time on Sunday, Aug. 17.
Walker and Scott residence halls will be the busiest places on Western Carolina University’s campus Friday, Aug. 15, as freshmen unpack their bags and prepare for their first year as Catamounts. Upperclassmen will begin arriving the morning of Saturday, Aug. 16, with fall semester classes beginning Monday, Aug. 18.
Former astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. told students in Western Carolina University’s College of Business on Aug. 21 that he believes entrepreneurs in the private sector will propel the space industry to achieve its fullest potential.
Eight students recently completed WCU's new Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, an eight-week total immersion research experience.
As Western Carolina University gets ready to welcome the best prepared freshman class in its history, the university must focus attention in the coming year on aligning four separate yet related strategic activities so that it can continue to improve academic quality and serve the needs of the people of North Carolina.
David A. Shapiro, professor of communication sciences and disorders at Western Carolina University and one of the nation’s top speech-language pathologists, is the first faculty member to hold the university’s newly created title of Madison Professor.
Thomas M. Salzman, past chair of the performing arts department at the College of Santa Fe, recently joined Western Carolina University as head of the stage and screen department.
High-energy a cappella group Chapter 6 will launch the 2008-09 Galaxy of Stars Series at Western Carolina University with its diverse repertoire of signature pieces and freshly arranged, comedy-infused jazz, pop, gospel and rock. Chapter 6 will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the performance hall of Western’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Brittany Haskett, daughter of Mark Haskett, university photographer, and Tammy Haskett, director of WCU orientation programs, won scholarships including three specifically for Western Carolina University students – the Staff Forum Scholarship, Deborah J. Bardo Employee Scholarship and a Kimmel Foundation Scholarship.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will open its fall season with the first retrospective exhibition of work by Lewis Buck, a lifelong artist and longtime Asheville-area resident with what critics describe as unique artistic vision.
The College of Fine and Performing Arts at Western Carolina University presents the lineup for the 2008-09 Galaxy of Stars Series, eight shows of theater, music and dance from September to May in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center will host the first stop on a 20-city national tour featuring country musician Jason Aldean and sponsored by the music network CMT.
