If you hold Mountain Heritage Day, they will come. Despite a gasoline crunch and forecasts for a rainy day, a healthy crowd turned out Saturday (Sept. 27) for the 34th edition of Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s annual celebration of Appalachian culture.
Western Carolina University presented its Mountain Heritage Awards for 2008 on Saturday (Sept. 27) to a fiddle and guitar duo that performs “Appalachian swing” and to a clogging troupe that has been kicking up its heels in its own unique style for 37 years.
A team of students from the master’s degree program in nurse anesthesia at Western Carolina University recently took first place in the 2008 North Carolina State Anesthesia College Bowl, beating teams from five other N.C. schools for the title.
Western Carolina University is among 302 public four-year colleges and universities taking part in a new initiative designed to provide high school students, parents and guidance counselors with access to basic, comparable information about student characteristics, costs, student experience and learning outcomes, presented in a user-friendly online format.
Images of extensive damage to the Texas Gulf Coast by Hurricane Ike captured by Western Carolina University’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines are now available for online public viewing.
Western Carolina University has announced its three winners for the 2008 U.S. Constitution Day Essay Contest.
A Western Carolina University undergraduate student will present his research paper at the 80th annual Southern Political Science Association conference.
Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design will continue its fall 2008 Visiting Artist and Event Series with featured artists’ lectures throughout October.
Western Carolina University Chancellor John Bardo announced today that classes and offices are open for business as usual, in spite of the severe gas shortage in the western part of the state.
Twenty-five Western Carolina University student teams are among a total of 578 Western North Carolina college students participating in Juicy Ideas, a collegiate competition that challenges students to combine entrepreneurship with environmental responsibility.
Western Carolina University students are invited to participate in a campuswide project to create works of original art intended to raise awareness about the importance of registering and voting in the November election.
Mark Rogers, a Western Carolina University senior, recently represented the Kappa Alpha Order, a national men’s fraternity headquartered in Roanoke, Va., when he presented a check totaling $165,931 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association during its 43rd annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon.
Western Carolina University alumna Beth Tyson Lofquist, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, has been named the university’s associate provost.
If there’s a silver lining to be found in the lack of rain clouds during an extended period of dry weather across the mountains of Western North Carolina this spring and summer, it may come in the form of above-average leaf color this fall.
Western Carolina University’s in-house mosquito expert is warning residents of some Western North Carolina counties to be on the lookout for a species of mosquito known for its painful and persistent bites.
Jack Sholder, director of the motion picture and television production program, will present a workshop and introduce “The Hidden,” a movie he directed, on Oct. 9 at the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia held near Barcelona.
The Western Carolina University board of trustees unanimously re-elected Joan MacNeill of Webster to a second term as chair as part of its first meeting of the 2008-09 academic year.
“Cherokee Pottery: People of One Fire,” a collection of Cherokee pottery that spans centuries of cultural change, will be on display at Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center through Sunday, Nov. 16.
Invoking the words of President John F. Kennedy, who urged Americans to ask what they could do to help their country, U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler challenged Western Carolina University students to get involved in their campus and home communities, instead of simply sitting back and letting government do all the work.
Western Carolina University will offer “Learning for Fun: Stained Glass” from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 9 through Oct. 21, in the Cordelia Camp Building.
Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions has unveiled a new Web site designed to provide prospective teacher education students with the information they need to get them on the path to earning a degree in education.
Western Carolina University’s voice and musical theatre faculty and advanced students will present two vocal recitals, including solos, duets and other ensembles, Sunday, Sept. 14, and Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Western Carolina University will offer “Using Outcome-Based Performance in Online Learning” as a part of the Digital Sharing Workshop Series, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Room 143 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Western Carolina University presents “Plaza Suite,” a comedy by Neil Simon, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 17-20, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at Hoey Auditorium, on the WCU campus.
Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute will sponsor a series of Constitution Day events on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Amy Laughead-Riese, senior lighting designer for Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores, will make a presentation from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center, on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will host “Creating Businesses that Rock,” as part of the Educational Outreach Business Lunch Series, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in Room 143 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Representatives of Western Carolina University will be hitting the road across North Carolina in September to help shed some light on the sometimes-confusing college admission process for prospective students and their families.
Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design will continue its fall 2008 Visiting Artist and Event Series with featured artists’ lectures throughout September.
Music of a traditional tone will be echoing around the Western Carolina University campus on Mountain Heritage Weekend – Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27 – as the bluegrass band Balsam Range presents a performance at WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center and the university holds its 34th annual Mountain Heritage Day festival.
Mountain Heritage Weekend events at Western Carolina University, including a bluegrass concert this coming Friday, Sept. 26, and the university’s Mountain Heritage Day festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, will go on as scheduled despite gasoline supply problems in Jackson County and across Western North Carolina.
The second annual Faculty Enrichment and Education Day will be held Tuesday, Sept. 23, at A.K. Hinds University Center.
The mountain rock band Cullowhee, named for the community where its sound was born, will reunite for a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University.
Local residents are invited to enter their canned, dried or baked goods in “A Gathering In,” the traditional foods competition that is just one of the contests held in conjunction with Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s annual celebration of traditional mountain culture.
The choral ensembles at Western Carolina University will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the Coulter Building Recital Hall.
Henry Rollins – musician, author and activist – will bring his spoken-word performance to Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center as part of the 2008-09 Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series.
The dean of Western Carolina University’s Honors College is hoping his seventh bicycle ride to raise pledges for the college’s student scholarship fund will turn out to be the lucky seventh – and help the fund grow to the $100,000 mark.
An award-winning string band from New Zealand will be featured in a free performance Sunday, Oct. 5, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Western Carolina University fans and supporters will gather Oct. 3-5 to celebrate Homecoming 2008, themed “Catamounts…Our Time to Climb,” at events ranging from fireworks and football to the inaugural Last Lecture address.
Western Carolina University students, faculty, staff and alumni will participate in a food drive and Campus Kitchen Garden expansion project to combat hunger and food insecurity as part of the Homecoming 2008 Community Service Day.
Mark Russell, a comedian and musician whose career has centered on skewering U.S. politics and politicians, will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Don Livingston will share wisdom and insights from his life and experiences teaching political science for nearly 30 years at Western Carolina University when he delivers the inaugural address for the new Last Lecture Series at WCU.
Children can learn and have fun while their parents reminisce during a production of “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” from the musical theater program at Western Carolina University.
Ronald A. Johnson, dean of the College of Business at Western Carolina University, will lead a team of business faculty members in a presentation about the current national economic crisis from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University Center.
The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble will feature music of the 1920s during its season-opening concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Twenty-six top high school marching bands from five states will assemble for Western Carolina University’s eighth annual Tournament of Champions, an invitational competition hosted by Western’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band at E.J. Whitmire Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 11.
The department of social work at Western Carolina University will hold an open house for prospective students from 2 until 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Western Carolina University will offer a “Youth Swim Review” course for children ages 5 and above from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Oct. 20-23 in Breese Gym.
There is reason to be extra afraid this Halloween season as Martians invade the Earth when Western Carolina University presents a historically accurate re-creation of the radio drama “The War of the Worlds” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Western’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the best-selling author whose mystery novels inspired the hit Fox television series “Bones,” will visit Western Carolina University in November as part of the 2008-09 Chancellor’s Speaker Series.
