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.
A book published this week by The Princeton Review ranks Western Carolina University’s College of Business among the nation’s best schools at which to earn a master’s degree in business administration, with WCU’s program earning a top-four spot among schools offering the greatest opportunity for women and receiving high marks for small class sizes.
Twenty-six top high school marching bands from five states will assemble for Western Carolina University’s eighth annual Tournament of Champions, an invitational competition hosted by Western’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band at E.J. Whitmire Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 11.
Armed with a year’s worth of research conducted by one of the nation’s leading higher education marketing firms, Western Carolina University unveiled a new institutional branding campaign Wednesday, Oct. 1, with faculty and staff the first to see new concepts for university marketing and promotions.
Who is the most influential intellectual thinker still living? Western Carolina University students are weighing in on that topic this month in a friendly interdepartmental competition billed as the “2008 History vs. Political Science Intellectual Throwdown.”
Western Carolina University paid tribute Saturday, Oct. 4, to five highly distinguished alumni – a national award-winning after-school programs director, a recently appointed college vice president, an international business leader for Pfizer Inc., and a couple who are longtime supporters of WCU.
Morgan Snyder, a sophomore majoring in elementary education at Western Carolina University, was recently awarded multiple scholarships from the New York Life Insurance Company and the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.
Valuable lessons for everyday life can be found in the world of contemporary politics, Don Livingston, professor of political science and public affairs, told a standing-room-only crowd assembled for WCU’s inaugural Last Lecture Series address Friday, Oct. 3.
Western Carolina University crowned Jessica Steel, a senior from Concord, the queen and Andrew Bishop, a junior from Penrose, the king of the 2008 Homecoming Court during halftime activities at Western’s football game against the Samford University Bulldogs on Saturday, Oct. 4.
A group of Western Carolina University students who underwent some unusual professional training in the snowy Teton Mountains last spring gathered recently to be presented with certificates designating them as “wilderness stewards.”
Rather than spending fall break relaxing at home or traveling leisurely, 14 students from Western Carolina University will visit Atlanta to help children and the homeless, volunteering with community-service agencies from Thursday, Oct. 9, to Monday, Oct. 13.
The dean of Western Carolina University’s Honors College is ready to hang up his cycling shorts after completing his seventh and final bicycle ride to raise pledges for the college’s student scholarship fund.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day, held Sept. 27 on the campus in Cullowhee, gave local residents a chance to show off their foot speed, chain saw prowess and other skills in a variety of contests.
The department of social work at Western Carolina University will hold an open house for prospective students from 2 until 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Western Carolina University will offer a SAT preparation workshop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, in Room 137 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Ceramicist Jeff Oestreich will visit Western Carolina University in October as part of the School of Art and Design’s 2008 Visiting Artist Series.
Community members are invited to visit artists’ studios, preview upcoming exhibits, view demonstrations and create their own works of art during a free, informal open house hosted by the School of Art and Design, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Theater students at Western Carolina University will present selected scenes from contemporary plays during the “Conservatory Showcase,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, through Thursday, Oct. 23, at Niggli Theatre.
Western Carolina University’s 12-student percussion ensemble will present a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, in the recital hall of Coulter Building on Western’s campus.
Western Carolina University will offer a “Youth Swim Review” course for children ages 5 and above from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Oct. 20-23 in Breese Gym.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will host an in-school concert for all Jackson County public school students in grades three through five at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University will offer a class on nature photography from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24.
If you hold Mountain Heritage Day, they will come. Despite a gasoline crunch and forecasts for a rainy day, a healthy crowd turned out Saturday (Sept. 27) for the 34th edition of Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s annual celebration of Appalachian culture.
Western Carolina University presented its Mountain Heritage Awards for 2008 on Saturday (Sept. 27) to a fiddle and guitar duo that performs “Appalachian swing” and to a clogging troupe that has been kicking up its heels in its own unique style for 37 years.
A team of students from the master’s degree program in nurse anesthesia at Western Carolina University recently took first place in the 2008 North Carolina State Anesthesia College Bowl, beating teams from five other N.C. schools for the title.
Western Carolina University’s art education department will offer its third annual “Art Day” from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27.
There is reason to be extra afraid this Halloween season as Martians invade the Earth when Western Carolina University presents a historically accurate re-creation of the radio drama “The War of the Worlds” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Western’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University is among 302 public four-year colleges and universities taking part in a new initiative designed to provide high school students, parents and guidance counselors with access to basic, comparable information about student characteristics, costs, student experience and learning outcomes, presented in a user-friendly online format.
Images of extensive damage to the Texas Gulf Coast by Hurricane Ike captured by Western Carolina University’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines are now available for online public viewing.
Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the best-selling author whose mystery novels inspired the hit Fox television series “Bones,” will visit Western Carolina University in November as part of the 2008-09 Chancellor’s Speaker Series.
