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Friday, October 25, 2024
Asheville attorney Steve Warren was re-elected chair of the Western Carolina University board of trustees as the first action of the board’s opening meeting of the 2010-11 academic year. Warren will serve his second consecutive one-year term as board chair, and his fourth overall. He previously served two terms as […]
Arledge Armenaki, Western Carolina University associate professor of cinematography, is recipient of a Telly Award for his work as director of photography on “Wesley,” a historical movie about a co-founder of the Methodist church. Armenaki won the bronze prize in the category of creative lighting, one of four Telly Awards […]
Next summer Harrill Hall will undergo an extreme makeover that will include a new look and several “green” features. Western Carolina’s Department of Facilities Planning Design and Construction has decided to renovate Harrill Hall in a process that will take about 15 months to complete and will begin around March […]
The murder trial of Edwardo Wong began on Sept. 3 after nearly three weeks of jury selection. Wong is being charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of state Trooper David Shawn Blanton Jr. during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Canton on July 17, 2008. Blanton’s murder […]
With the current state of the economy, students are all but optimistic about securing a job after graduation. Newly deemed alumni, Acacia Brijalba and Megan Jones, were both able to find jobs utilizing their degrees and are now “open for business.” Brijalba and Jones both came to Western Carolina University […]
By December, the mound of Carolina clay should be gone from between the Alumni Tower and the new residence hall of Blue Ridge. Replacing the bull dozers and fencing will be a large paved walkway, bountiful trees, and an underground fountain. All of this is a part of the three-step […]
Visitors to Western North Carolina’s mountains can look forward to a vibrant display of color this autumn, predicts Kathy Mathews, Western Carolina University’s fearless fall foliage forecaster. That’s because weather conditions during the spring and summer point to an above-average fall color show, said Mathews, WCU associate professor of biology […]
Creating the 8-by-16-foot wide hand-painted murals that replaced faded billboards on Old Cullowhee Road was exhausting—physically and mentally—as well as inspiring, said one of the five students who helped design and paint them. “I share the Cullowhee Revitalization Endeavor’s vision, and this sign is kind of symbolic of what CuRvE […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is the fourth part of a series of articles looking at the lives of WCU faculty and staff before they were educators.) What was your high school mascot? The Tigers? The Bulldogs? The Mustangs? Western Carolina University’s assistant professor of Spanish and French Dr. James […]
For the second time, WCU hosted a fun-filled concert that featured the acoustic talent of Corey Smith who performed in the Ramsey Center on Thursday, Sept. 10. Once again, students near and far arrived to the Ramsey Center in style to eagerly await a performance that certainly didn’t disappoint. […]
