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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Paul Turner, a UNC Asheville graduate who got his start at Western Carolina University, now thrives as a television broadcaster in Philadelphia, Pa. Before transferring to UNC Asheville, Turner attended WCU from 1986 to 1988 and majored in Radio Television. While reminiscing on his time in Cullowhee, Turner said it […]
The 2011-12 Arts and Cultural Events series at Western Carolina University continues with “The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. With many students not having been able to grow up with Miles Davis’ music or understand […]
Western Carolina University’s original radio broadcast adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula” will be staged at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Tickets to the event, which begins at 7:30 p.m., are $10 and went on sale Tuesday, Nov. 1. “This generation […]
#8220;World’s Largest” was the latest film to air as part of WCU’s Southern Circuit Film Series at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1. It is a documentary that follows directors Amy Elliott and Elizabeth Donius as they tour the U.S. to witness 58 small towns’ individual claims to the “world’s largest” […]
Students from Western Carolina University’s Nutrition and Dietetics Program have been working with faculty and staff at Cullowhee Valley School to educate elementary students on the connection between local food and healthy eating. Olivia Jacobs, a senior in the Nutrition and Dietetics Program at WCU, is working with Appalachian Sustainable […]
The Tuition and Fees Committee announced at two recent open forums that the projected cost of attendance would rise above their previous estimates. The new proposal, announced at forums at the UC Theatre on Nov. 16 and 17, places an increase of 17.34 percent on North Carolina resident undergraduates, and […]
The Campus Recreation Center this fall is now offering “Nutrition Counseling with Elayna Roberts”. Roberts, a graduate student at Western Carolina University who has completed the school’s nutrition program, is a registered dietician and has previously interned at the Recreation Center. Last fall, the Campus Recreation Center introduced drop-in nutrition, […]
Flu season is beginning to rear its ugly head in the ‘Whee, and many students have already felt the nasty effects of its potent virus. Western Carolina University’s Health Center, headed up by Director Pam Buchanan, has already taken preventative measures by stocking up on flu shots in hopes of […]
Apart of Western Carolina University since 1989, the University Club has worked to promote the bond of community both with WCU and the surrounding area. In June, however, the club experienced an obstacle to their goals when a tree was struck by lightning and fell onto the meeting house. Five […]
Chip Smith has been relieved of his duties as director of athletics at Western Carolina University. As first reported on The Western Carolinian’s Facebook page, WCU Chancellor David O. Belcher sent out an e-mail to university faculty and staff on Monday morning announcing that Smith would no longer be athletic […]
