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Friday, October 25, 2024
The incoming freshmen at Western Carolina University often have many other things to worry about aside from what they will eat. These new students, even returning WCU students, often stress about money, transportation, housing and even that boyfriend/girlfriend they may have left behind. One would believe with that all piled […]
Intimidating. Daunting. Scary. Exciting. Nerve-wracking. These are all words to describe a student’s first time moving into a dorm. For nine months, you will be shacking up with more than likely a complete stranger who may have different tastes, bed times, wake up calls, habits, and pet peeves than you. […]
Many WCU students who aren’t familiar with Greek Life probably assumes that being in a fraternity or sorority is just like being in a fancy club where all members wear matching secret letters. What they probably don’t assume is the amount of passion and dedication that goes into becoming a […]
For some students, the scariest part of college may not be the exams or essays, but rather the idea of moving into a dorm room with a complete stranger and live with them for months and months. There are always many circulating stories about dreadful roommates, which tend to haunt […]
The only woman to head a college or university construction management department in the United States has joined the faculty of Western Carolina University as the Joe W. Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Construction Management. J.K. Yates began her duties as Kimmel Professor and head of WCU’s department of construction management […]
Western Carolina University is ready to shine the spotlight on the University Theatre’s 2010-11 Mainstage season, which is packed with popular Broadway musicals and smaller experimental works. Season tickets go on sale Tuesday, Aug. 10. Mainstage productions are directed by faculty members from the School of Stage and Screen. For […]
The notorious marching arts clinic known as the Pride of the Mountains Summer Symposium has had yet another successful summer term as close by band students came from all over to be trained for leadership from July 10-15. With success from the previous years to fall back on, the Pride […]
Political scientists at Western Carolina University recently collaborated with a Western North Carolina newspaper to develop a public opinion poll designed to measure the thoughts of Jackson County voters on a variety of local issues. The WCU Public Policy Institute/Smoky Mountain News Poll is considered the first survey instrument of […]
Forecasters say a heat wave has been moving south into North Carolina bringing with it humidity that will make 90 degree mountainous areas, such as Cullowhee, feel even hotter. With the heat, and the sun, and the added bonus of humidity, there are many risk factors that come in to […]
Western Carolina University computer science faculty members are capitalizing on student interest in the latest smartphones and their Internet and e-mail capabilities as a way to teach programming. In a new course to be offered this fall, WCU students will write programs for mobile phone applications and test them on […]
