Western Carolina University student Daniel Davis Brown II of Durham recently received one of three North Carolina Athletic Trainers’ Association Presidential Scholarships for Leadership. Brown graduated from Northern High School in 2006 and his parents are Ken and Rhonda Brown. He expects to graduate in May 2010 with a bachelor’s […]
Month: May 2009
WCU to Hold Two Spring Commencements
Western Carolina University will hold two spring commencement ceremonies to accommodate the largest graduating class in university history, with activities set for Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. A record-breaking number of WCU students, approximately 1,110, is currently completing academic requirements to receive […]
WCU to offer Tenth Annual Mountain Dulcimer Weekend
Western Carolina University is accepting registrations for its 10th annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held June 21-26. “The mountain or Appalachian dulcimer is a stringed instrument that was developed by the pioneers who settled the Southern Appalachian Mountains,” said Lois Hornbostel, Mountain Dulcimer Week director. “It is easy to […]
Communication Student Selected for Prestigious Media Sales Institute
For the sixth time since 2006, a Western Carolina University broadcasting student has been selected to attend the prestigious Media Sales Institute at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Terrence Tipps, a senior from Conover, was selected this spring through a competitive application process and will attend the institute May 11-21 […]
The Day The Music Died
Remember back in the day when MTV would still give the illusion that they played music videos? Yeah, me neither, but at least at one point they did show these things called music videos and for a brief second they were in fact seen as a new and cool art […]
Scott Huler at WCU’s Literary Festival
During the week long festivities of the Literary Festival this spring, I was fortunate to hear a reading from Scott Huler’s latest book, No Man’s Land. A journalist and previous National Public Radio (NPR) contributor, Scott Huler is said to have written about everything “from the death penalty to bikini […]
Linda Gentille to Bring “American Piano Show” to WCU
Entertainer Linda Gentille, whom the late Liberace called the “piano princess,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.? Gentille’s “American Piano Show” features music of the great American composers, including George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Leonard […]
Softball Falls 1-2 in Weekend Series vs. Samford
Western Carolina’s softball team recorded one victory against Samford during their three-game series in Cullowhee on April 18 and 19. The Catamounts fell to 11-27 and 7-11 in the Southern Conference while the Bulldogs improved to 15-24 and 8-13 in the SoCon. The Lady Catamount split its doubleheader with Samford […]
