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Thursday, October 24, 2024
Western Carolina University’s English Department is currently celebrating the acceptance of four English students’ creative writings into the competitive Sigma Tau Delta journals that were recently published. The Sigma Tau Delta Journals publish annually the best writing of undergraduate and graduate active chapter members of the Sigma Tau Delta English […]
As current chancellor John Bardo prepares to step down from a 16-year reign, students have been hearing many different things about what he will be doing during his “time off.” Is he really taking time off? Is he coming back? What will his research include? In an exclusive interview with […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is the tenth part of a series of articles looking at the lives of WCU faculty and staff before they were educators.) Before settling in North Carolina and becoming a professor at Western Carolina University, Dr. Michael Caudill’s education and passion for intercultural communication allowed him […]
During his undergraduate studies, Western Carolina University alumni Andrew Dodson prepared himself to move halfway across the world to put his education to the test. Dodson graduated from WCU in December 2009 and was accepted to go to China in May of 2010 to teach Communicative and Business English classes […]
It has been eight years since Western Carolina University sophomore Jonathan Cobrda was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Since then, he has created a one man show with high school mentor Scott Icenhower called “Sweet-n-Low.” In the summer of 2010, the show toured across North Carolina, educating kids and their […]
Synchronized students marching around campus wearing cloaks and masks on Tuesday, April 12 was definitely a peculiar sight to see – at least until students were able to see the showing of “The Atrainplays Vol. 2” from Wednesday, April 13 through Sunday, April 17 and understand what characters they were […]
His father was a pastor. His mother was a school teacher. And his wife was magician David Copperfield’s first on-stage assistant. Those are just a few of the personal tidbits revealed Monday, April 11, by David O. Belcher, Western Carolina University’s chancellor-elect, in his inaugural public address to campus. Provost […]
If the Government implements a shutdown on Friday night, nearly the entire Great Smoky Mountains National Park would be closed beginning Saturday, April 9, including visitor centers, campgrounds, picnic areas, trails, concession operations, restrooms, and all roads, with the exception of the Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee. Newfound […]
Dr. David Belcher was announced Western Carolina University’s 11th chancellor in the school’s 122 year history at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, April 8. The announcement was made at the end of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors bi-monthly meeting in Chapel Hill and was telecast to the Blue Ridge […]
Spring is in the air, which means WCU’s spring musical has taken the stage once again to feature this year’s Department of Stage and Screen’s production, “Kiss Me, Kate” – a lively Broadway show that surely added some spice to the Cullowhee valley. The play placed a dramatic emphasis on […]
