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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which first began almost two months ago, has been deemed the worse oil disaster in American history. The damage and expenses that have accumulated during the past weeks surpasses every previous oil related disaster. Because of the speed and quantity of oil […]
An exhibit at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center explores the culture and history of North Carolina barbecue—where it came from, why North Carolinians argue about it and how it brings people together. “Feeding the Social Fire: Slow-cooked Culture through North Carolina Barbecue” will be on display until Oct. […]
Graduate students from Western Carolina University’s communication sciences and disorders department worked with Julie Ogletree, a speech-language pathologist in Jackson County, to develop a social skills group for children with autism. Children with autism have difficulty with communication and social interaction, and have trouble reading social cues and being sensitive […]
Western Carolina University student Shaneé Sullivan went with a hearing-impaired seventh-grader to lunch after tutoring him for the first time and was moved when he started signing words for their food—words they had just covered. “Without being prompted, he took the lesson I taught him and applied it,” said […]
Western Carolina University is proud to be having one of our own starting his fifth term as the state Senate representative for Davie and Rowan counties. Andrew Brock won the primary election in early May, and will continue his political career in January 2011. Brock graduated from Western in […]
22 year-old Sylva native, Mandi Smith, was murdered early Tuesday, May 18. Shortly after midnight, a 911 call was placed at 1:18 am reporting that a woman was dead after being shot. The call came from a townhouse community in the Rough Branch area of the Cherokee Indian […]
