The men’s golf team has started their season with the Golfweek Fall Challenge, the JT Poston Invitational, and the Badger Invitational in Wisconsin. The team has a packed schedule throughout the season, traveling to Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and returning to Wisconsin. Head Coach Tim Eckberg sees potential with […]
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WCU competes internationally for the first time ever
The Women’s Golf team attended Catamount Athletics’ first-ever international event last week in Kita Hiroshima, Japan. The team finished fourth overall at the Pan Pacific Collegiate Golf Super League event played at the Sapporo Regent Golf Club. During their stay, outside of golf, the team immersed themselves in Japanese culture, […]
David Sedaris returns to Cullowhee for An Evening with David Sedaris at Bardo Arts Center – Press Release
The following is a press release from Rachel Hood, the Bardo Arts Center marketing manager | 828.227.2505 | rhood@wcu.edu Cullowhee, NC | The best-selling author and well-known NPR humorist, playwright, and comedian David Sedaris returns to Cullowhee for An Evening with David Sedaris. With more than 16 million copies of […]
Catamounts return to the gridiron in search of a championship
The Catamount football team is aiming high this season with hopes that the grueling days in the Cullowhee heat will lead to a championship this season. At halftime of the spring scrimmage on April 15, Head Coach Kerwin Bell set a “championship or bust” standard for the season. For the […]
Stage and Screen ushers in Halloween season at WCU
The School of Stage and Screen will be presenting “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, the first play of the semester, at 7:30 p.m. October 5-7 and 3 p.m. on October 8. The stage crew has been rehearsing and preparing since June with the cast joining rehearsals since August 29. Director […]
WCU announces hall of fame inductees Ayers, Johnson & Williamson
Catamount Athletics announced the newest members to be conducted into the Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame. The 34th class of inductees are Gary Ayers, Brenda Johnson Hamilton and Danny Williamson. The class will be officially introduced into the hall on Nov. 11 at WCU’s Athletics Hall of Fame weekend. […]
Live music to add excitement to Disney Pixar’s “Coco”
The Bardo Arts Center stage will come to life on Monday, October 23 at 7:30 for a full screening of “Coco” in Spanish accompanied by a 20-piece Latin ensemble. There will be an English screening October 24 at 7:30. The BAC welcomes all ages to an immersive journey through Disney […]
Passionate collector of contemporary Native American art inspires exhibition at WCU Fine Art Museum – Press Release
The following is a press release from Rachel Hood, the Bardo Arts Center marketing manager | 828.227.2505 | rhood@wcu.edu Cullowhee, NC | This August, the WCU Fine Art Museum opens the exhibition Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson, featuring over 140 works of contemporary Native American art […]
Opinion: A reflection on four years
I’m set to graduate in May, and I don’t know what is coming next. Anybody else in similar shoes? Anybody else desperately want to leave and desperately want to stay at the same time? I’m feeling sentimental some these days as I cling to my college memories and try to […]
WCU spring football scrimmage sets tone for fall season
For the first time since November, the PA system could be heard throughout campus as the spring football game of the 2023 season kicked off. The game was played on Saturday April 15 with wonderful weather that called for an even better match up between the purple and white teams. […]