Western Carolina swept a three-game series from North Carolina A&T last weekend at Childress Field/Hennon Stadium. After going into extra innings to capture the first game, WCU won the final two games by a combined total of 20 runs. The Catamounts tallied 45 hits and 40 runs in all over […]
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Catamount Club’s Annual Athletic Scholarship Auction Set for June 2
Western Carolina University’s Catamount Club will hold its annual Athletic Scholarship Auction at the Speedway Club at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the Charlotte area on Saturday, June 2. The auction has become the cornerstone event in Catamount Club efforts to raise funds to provide athletic scholarships for men and women […]
Honorary Doctorate, Alumni Award to be Presented at WCU Commencement
Western Carolina University will bestow an honorary doctorate on a longtime public health leader and recognize a business and community leader with a major alumni award when the university holds spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12. Commencement will begin at 2pm in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. […]
WCU Students, Faculty Join in Oak Regeneration Project
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire — and, in a recent case, the smoke also was an indication that some Western Carolina University students and faculty were taking part in a forestry experiment to determine if fire can be used as a tool to promote oak regeneration in the Southern Appalachians. […]
WCU Breaks Ground on University Center Expansion
The upcoming expansion of Western Carolina University’s A.K. Hinds University Center will represent a major move toward making that facility a true “community center” in the heart of campus, WCU Chancellor John W. Bardo said at a Wednesday (April 25) groundbreaking ceremony. The estimated $5.3 million project will add another […]
WCU currently accepting applications for Mountain Dulcimer Week
Western Carolina University is currently accepting applications for its annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held June 24-29. The mountain or Appalachian dulcimer is a stringed instrument that is indigenous to the Southern Appalachians. WCU’s Mountain Dulcimer Week, now in its second year, is the country’s most comprehensive program of […]
WCU Responds to State Budget Crunch
WCU was recently asked to submit a plan to the state for a potential budget reduction that reflected a seven percent cut in the budget for the years 2001-2003. These cuts are only WCU’s response to the state’s request to formulate a budget cut plan; no cuts are definite at […]
Ill-Planned War On Drugs Ruins More Lives
The menacing sound of a helicopter made its way through the Cullowhee valley Sunday night, furthering, no doubt, the looming power of the US government’s war on drugs. This happened just as a reporter on TV told how Peruvian planes shot down a plane carrying two American missionaries. The plane […]
Women’s Track Claims Third Straight Title
The women’s track team came back to Cullowhee Saturday night with more hardware than the stock at Lowes. For the third-straight year, the Lady Cats captured the Southern Conference Outdoor Track Championship. The event held last weekend in Lexington, Va., proved to be an exhausting yet rewarding three days. The […]
Rivers Follows Trend of Football After Cullowhee
Contrary to popular belief, there is life outside of the Cullowhee Valley. And part of that life away from the tests and papers that academia entails is football. Several former student-athletes of Western Carolina University have taken their game to the next level, playing professionally in some way, shape, or […]
