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Thursday, October 24, 2024
Western Carolina’s search for a new provost is nearing its deliberating moments. A 16-person committee, tasked with finding and recommending a candidate to Chancellor David Belcher, has narrowed its selection down to three. The original 23 applicants were judged based on criteria outlined by the committee in their template of […]
Who would have thought that the mountainous setting of Western Carolina University resembles that of Macedonia, a country in southeast Europe. For Katerina Spasovska, assistant professor of communication, that similarity is what led her to choose WCU as her home, both professionally and personally. Growing up in socialist Macedonia before […]
Not many people can say they were named the “most promising bluegrass player in America”, played in bands across the U.S. and Europe and have met and hung out with U2. Dr. Brent Kinser, 19th-century British literature professor and director of literature programs at Western Carolina University, has lived this […]
Gibbs Knotts, interim dean of the college of arts and sciences, professor of political science and public affairs and faculty athletics representative at Western Carolina University, will be leaving at the end of this school year to become the department chair of the political science department at the College of […]
Mark Speir, who has spent much of his 21-year coaching career at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level, was named the head football coach at Western Carolina University on Dec. 22 during a press conference held in the Ramsey Center. Speir (pronounced “spear”), who got his coaching career start […]
Randy Eaton, former senior associate director of athletics at the University of Maryland, is the new director of athletics at Western Carolina University. Western Carolina Chancellor David O. Belcher announced Wednesday the selection of Eaton, who brings more than 20 years of athletics administration experience to the post. Eaton’s appointment, […]
The State Employees’ Credit Union located across Highway 107 from campus was robbed Dec. 14 and a WCU student was arrested for the crime. He later admitted to robbing the bank and has been sentenced to jail. A timeline of the updates from the day of the robbery and news […]
Western Carolina University will introduce its next director of athletics to the media and the public during a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. on Wednesday (Dec. 14) in the Peele, Westmoreland Suhre, Hartshorn Hospitality Room of the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The event will include remarks from […]
Two accusations of sexual assault, one on campus and one off, involving WCU students came to light in the past few weeks, prompting concern in the community because they had not heard of the crimes. The first, which occurred on Nov. 3 according to police reports, involved WCU student James […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is part of ongoing series of articles where Western Carolinian writers profile the lives and careers of coaches before they arrived at WCU.) Chad Miller, the women’s soccer coach at Western Carolina University, has always had a passion for sports. “Sports have been my passion my […]
