Western Carolina University has been selected to appear in a service-learning guidebook for prospective college students, scheduled to be on shelves throughout the nation this fall.
The Institute for the Economy and the Future at WCU is recipient of a $171,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to help emergency agencies learn how to overcome jurisdictional obstacles in dealing with natural and man-made disasters.
For the third consecutive year, the School-University Teacher Education Partnership at WCU is a finalist for the Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award presented annually by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
WCU and Southwestern Community College announced an educational partnership agreement for SCC’s Macon County Campus in Franklin during a signing ceremony held on the WCU campus on Friday, June 22.
A new inter-institutional agreement among five universities in North and South Carolina is designed to help researchers more quickly move their ideas in the emerging high-tech area of photonics from campus laboratories to the marketplace.
Teresa Cruzan, a communication disorders student at WCU and resident of Asheville, is the recipient of the North Carolina Student Achievement Award presented by the North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association.
When Mark Holliday, professor of computer science, pondered how to participate in The Campaign for Western, his thoughts turned to John Proffitt, one of his first students at Western. Proffitt started a scholarship fund two years ago to benefit computer science students.
WCU's College of Education and Allied Professions recently received a $212,000 grant from the University of North Carolina General Administration for its “2+2 E-Learning” initiative to help satisfy the state’s need for mathematics and science teachers.
WCU will offer the grant-writing workshop “Let’s Get a Grant: Insider Tips” from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Friday, July 20, in Room 143 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
WCU will host the 18th annual Mountain Artisans Summertime Fine Art and Craft Show in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on Saturday, July 7, and Sunday, July 8.
Western Carolina University will continue with its Summer Concert Series on Tuesday, July 10, with electric violinist Tracy Silverman.
In response to a growing need for health care professionals in the Western North Carolina mountains, WCU in 1999 launched a new master’s degree program in nursing that emphasizes community and rural health issues. Since its inception, the program has produced approximately 50 graduates, many of whom are now working in the region.
Gibbs Knotts, a Western Carolina University political science and public affairs professor, recently teamed with the town of Sylva to create a survey for business owners about their opinions on local issues and services.
Western Carolina University is leasing a parcel of land near a dam on the Tuckaseigee River near the back entrance of campus to Duke Energy, which plans to upgrade a public recreation area and improve river access for kayakers and canoeists.
The Board of Trustees at WCU approved establishment of a new center that will serve as a regional resource for environmental education, research and service focused on the unique mountain ecosystems of Western North Carolina and surrounding areas.
The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees approved an administrative title change for one top administrator and learned of several others as part of its quarterly board meeting Friday, June 1.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will offer a “Mini-Camp for Middle Schoolers” for rising sixth- and seventh-graders from 8:30 a.m. to noon June 26-28.
The cost of parking on campus just got a little easier to handle for WCU faculty and staff. The university’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a change in previously adopted parking fees for the 2007-08 year to enable employees to pay the cost through payroll deduction.
The majority of collegiate textbooks about river contamination lacked all of the information for assessing water quality that Jerry Miller, the Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor in Environmental Science, wanted his students to have. So Miller and his wife, Suzanne Orbock Miller, decided to take matters into their own hands.
Sue Swanger, director of Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in accountancy, recently won the Outstanding Educator Award from the N.C. Association of Certified Public Accountants.
The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University recently opened a new exhibit on natural history explorer William Bartram.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will offer “Mountain Mysteries,” a camp for rising fourth- and fifth-graders, from 8:30 to noon June 18-22.
WCU will host a drop-in lunch and learn information session in Shelby about its graduate-level distance learning gerontology certificate program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 11.
Western Carolina University will offer the Tiny Tot Swim Program, designed for children ages 6 months to 5 years old, June 11-15 and June 18-22 in the Breese Pool on campus.
Advancing from the loser's bracket of the NCAA Baseball Championship Regional, Western Carolina was two outs away in the top of the ninth inning from forcing a deciding championship game against top-seeded North Carolina. However, down to its final two chances, the Tar Heels held on in the bottom of the frame to advance Monday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium.
A group of Western North Carolina high school students will fly to Montana to explore and participate in service-learning projects on two Native American reservations through a new summer enrichment experience offered by Educational Talent Search at WCU.
The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees approved multi-year contract extensions for both of the university’s head basketball coaches Friday, June 1.
Western Carolina snapped a 13-game losing skid to the East Carolina Pirates with a come-from-behind, 9-5, victory Sunday evening in NCAA Baseball Regional action at Boshamer Stadium. WCU advances to face top-seeded North Carolina in the regional championship on Monday.
