Month: June 2006

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SoCon Golfer of Year Matt Cook wraps up year in NCAA East Regional

After winning the SoCon golf championship, sophomore Matt Cook had bigger fish to fry as he headed for the NCAA East Regional Championships at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida. Cook finished with a three-round score of 237 to finish 123rd in a 141-person field. After going […]

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Summer visitor information

Summer is here at last and with it the time for summer orientation for the upcoming students to WCU. New students will be able to begin experiencing what college life will be like and learn valuable information about some of the programs offered. Before going on a summer visit, there […]

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Summer concerts at WCU

For the ninth year, WCU will host free summer concerts on the UC lawn and atrium. Concerts of varying music and talents will continue through the months of June and July. The bands range from rock n’ roll and pop to one of WCU own bands called After Dark. The […]

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My day out with the NOC

Have you ever thought, “Man, college would be so much better if we didn’t have to go to class”? I was driving down Hwy 74 yesterday when it dawned on me-summer break is the college away from college. There’s still very little responsibility, and as long as we pass in […]

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Information Technology Improvements at WCU

This spring and summer the Information Technology Division has been instituting a number of changes that will enhance services for students. First, we are finalizing arrangements to include students in the University’s Microsoft license agreement. What this means is that WCU students will be able to get the Office Professional […]

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Inaugural Softball season ends

The inaugural season of the Catamount Softball season was one for the history books. They won their first ever Southern Conference regular season championship and tallied a total of 41 wins and 20 losses.The team looked to continue their dream season in the Southern Conference Tournament. However, the season came […]

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Art camps at WCU

What better way is there to involve the community in a fun, yet educational, activity on campus than to offer summer art camps for elementary and high school students? Spread throughout the summer, each of the five sessions will be held in room 150 of the University’s new Fine and […]

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Fine arts make a fine date

Students at Western are always complaining that there’s nothing to do in Cullowhee, but that’s not really the case. There’s plenty to do; you just have to be a little more open-minded here than in most other college towns. Take the Fine and Performing Arts Center which just recently opened. […]

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WCU Bloggers

There is a new site offered to students and the public that reflects WCU in a different light. Instead of visitors reading about Western by someone paid to make the campus sound perfect, the WCU Bloggers is a site about the opinions of the campus through the eyes of fellow […]