Amy Kunst, an earth sciences education student, is the first recipient of a scholarship started by geology professor Steve Yurkovich for geology and earth sciences education students.
Western Carolina University’s Office of Admission has extended the tuition deposit deadline for the 2008 fall semester by one full month to help prospective freshmen who are just now receiving notification about eligibility for financial aid.
It was commencement-times-two on the campus of Western Carolina University on Saturday, May 10, as the university held two ceremonies to accommodate the largest graduating class in its history.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will exhibit a portfolio of regional photographs by Ken Abbott that it recently acquired as part of its permanent collection. “Hickory Nut Gap Farm Portfolio: Photographs by Ken Abbott” will run from Tuesday, June 3, to Saturday, June 28, at the museum, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The Fine Art Museum on the campus of Western Carolina University will begin its summer series with an exhibit featuring the fine furniture of three regional artists. “Contemporary Furniture: Innovation in Wood from Appalachian Traditions” will run from Tuesday, June 3, to Saturday, June 28, at the museum, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The College of Fine and Performing Arts at Western Carolina University presents the lineup for the 2008-09 Galaxy of Stars Series, eight shows of theater, music and dance from September to May in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center opens an exhibit focused on furniture handmade in Western North Carolina during the 1800s and early 1900s on Friday, May 30, and co-hosts a related symposium Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31.
A scholarship fund started from scratch slightly more than a decade ago to benefit students enrolled in Western Carolina University’s Honors College has been growing substantially, just like the college’s enrollment, and recently achieved a major point in its development – “endowed” status.
Jessica Funke, an athletic training and sports medicine student from Marion, said the $400 she won in a raffle designed to reward Western Carolina University students who complete online course evaluations was the easiest $400 she ever earned.
Students entering Haywood Community College's new entrepreneurship degree program this fall will be able to transfer seamlessly to Western Carolina University and complete a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship two years later under an articulation agreement recently signed by leaders of the two institutions.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music recently initiated its own chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor fraternity, in a ceremony in the recital hall of the Coulter Building.
Kevin Schilbrack, professor and chair of the philosophy and religious studies department at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., will become head of Western Carolina University’s philosophy and religion department effective July 11.
WCU presented its top faculty and staff awards for teaching, research and service for the 2007-08 academic year Friday, April 25, at its annual spring General Faculty Meeting and Awards Convocation.
Three WCU interior design students recently took top honors at the annual National Kitchen and Bathroom Association’s Carolinas Chapter student design competition in Flat Rock.
A Western Carolina University faculty member who organized a trip to help the impoverished people of rural Honduras has been honored for her efforts by the WCU office that oversees service learning.
Western's Honors College presented the first-ever RODIN Awards this spring to three faculty members for their support of undergraduate researchers. RODIN stands for the Recognition of Distinguished Instruction and Nurturing.
Will Peebles, professor of music at Western Carolina University, has been named one of the best teachers in the University of North Carolina system, earning praise for helping students discover how to teach themselves.
Two Western Carolina University students recently received awards for their interior design entries in the first biennial Waters for Life student-design competition.
Western Carolina University’s police department will implement a new traffic flow plan on campus beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, to deal with the large number of visitors expected to attend the university’s undergraduate commencement, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. that day.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University seeks artist entries for a summer art exhibition titled “Fragile Earth: Reflections on the Environment.”
Western Carolina University will host its fourth annual symposium on service learning and civic engagement from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the A.K. Hinds University Center.
Elementary and middle school students from the Western North Carolina region are invited to attend the sixth annual Cullowhee Creativity Camp, to take place in the Killian Building on the campus of Western Carolina University from Monday, June 16, through Friday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Western Carolina University will host “Creating Businesses that Rock,” the first seminar in the Educational Outreach Business Lunch Series, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in Room 143 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Madison County resident Carey Burda, a Western Carolina University senior majoring in natural resource conservation and management, recently presented a poster at the National Association of American Geographer’s meeting in Boston.
Western Carolina University is among the recipients of the state’s first Energy Efficiency Reserve Fund grants designed to help state agencies, University of North Carolina system campuses and N.C. community colleges implement power-saving projects.
A national search for the next dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University has narrowed to three finalists who will take part in a series of open sessions on campus as part of the selection process.
The Raleigh Ringers, an acclaimed community handbell choir, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Kyle R. Carter, provost of Western Carolina University, was inducted as the first honorary member of the Mu Epsilon chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda national honor society during the annual ceremonies held recently at WCU’s A.K. Hinds University Center.
The North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center has tapped Western Carolina University-based disaster recovery counselor Adrianne Gordon to manage the state’s two disaster recovery loan programs.
Western Carolina University is inviting community members to join incoming freshmen this summer as they read New York Times bestseller “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time.”
