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Thursday, October 24, 2024
Scenic shop assistants and students in a scenic technology class taught by Luther Jones, technical director for Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen, recently traveled to Vonore, Tenn., where the movie “Alone, Yet Not Alone” was being filmed and met with the film’s producer. A period film, the […]
The country’s oldest and largest Native American greek letter organization is now on the campus of Western Carolina University. Under the direction of Ashley Oxendine, Alpha Pi Omega Sorority, Inc., initiated six new members at WCU, forming the school’s first multicultural Greek organization. The six women represent 4 tribes, including […]
#8220;This weather is crazy and I never know what to wear. It’s cold one minute and hot the next,” said Shannon Lockamy a senior at WCU. The unpredictable weather this season has many students feeling like this. With morning temperatures being in the 30’s or low 40’s and afternoon temperatures […]
Along with budget cuts and tuition rises across the state, the UNC system wants to rethink the way it is currently funding campuses and programs in North Carolina. The new model could reward high-performing campuses with more funds while taking away funders from lower-performing universities. If this new model is […]
The way Western Carolina University students receive their grades at the end of every semester has changed. According to Larry Hammer, University Registrar, effective this semester course final grades will not be not be available in MyCat prior to the university’s deadline for instructors to submit final grades to students […]
The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission voted on Thursday to allow retailers to return the drinks to wholesalers for refunds and to begin drawing up rules to enhance the commission’s ability to regulate alcoholic beverages that also contain stimulants. Commission Chairman Jon Williams said that the U.S. Food and Drug […]
Nearly two and a half years after North Carolina Highway Patrol State Trooper Shawn Blanton was murdered on Interstate 40 in Haywood County, the court case against Edwardo Wong, his murderer, finally ended. Blanton, a native of the Cherokee area, was the first member of The Eastern Band of Cherokee […]
The Student Government Association (SGA) is planning many activities for the student body for the end of the semester, particularly dealing with how to get students to voice their opinions. Forums will be held in the University Center for students to attend and tell the SGA and university officials what […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is the seventh part of a series of articles looking at the lives of WCU faculty and staff before they were educators.) Before becoming The Director and Associate Professor of Recreational Therapy B.S. Degree Program, Peg Connolly graduated from the former St. Thomas Aquinas High School […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is part one of a two-part series looking at WCU’s new mobile phone policy. Part one outlines the policy and part two will cover faculty and staff reaction of the policy.) Today, smart phones for students and professionals seem to be a necessity. They provide access […]
