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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
It was another rainy day on Sunday, Jan. 24, when the perfect thing to do was be an audience member at the “Rodgers and Hammerstein Gala – A Celebration of their Greatest Songs” at FPAC. Western Carolina’s musical theatre program put on a lively show dedicated to Richard Rogers and […]
Entertainer Tom Mullica will pay tribute to the gentle sweetness, improvisational skills and comic genius of Red Skelton, America’s beloved clown, in a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University. Mullica embodies Skelton through characters including Clem Kadiddlehopper, the […]
Western Carolina film students were given a golden opportunity. Some were cast and sixteen were crewmembers for the John Jackman directed film “Wesley.” Based on the life of the co-founder of the Methodist church, the film was a perfect way for students to gain experience. “I think that this experience […]
Big things are still going on at the Mountain Heritage Center during the spring 2010 semester. Some of the same exhibits and events that were going on last semester will continue, however, we have new and exciting things to look forward to, such as Student Band performances as well as […]
On Thursday, Jan. 28, students and faculty at Western Carolina University staged a multimedia presentation in the Niggli Theatre on the WCU campus honoring the late Josefina Niggli, a former instructor at the university. The “Niggli Celebration Premiere” included a performance highlighting Niggli’s career and professional life as well as […]
#8220;Richard Ritter: 40 Years in Glass,” a retrospective of work by the master glassblower, is on exhibit through Saturday, March 13, at the Fine Art Museum on the campus of Western Carolina University. A reception honoring the artist was held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, with […]
Due to wintery weather in western North Carolina, delivery of the Western Carolinian is delayed until Monday, Feb. 8. The Western Carolinian apologizes for any inconvience this may cause.
Did you know parking services give out more parking permits than there are spaces? Did you know that Western Carolina University is one of the very few college campuses in the United States where freshman are permitted to park on campus? As I approached the office of Earnest Hudson, assistant […]
Western Carolina University’s online bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice once again has received a No. 1 national ranking in affordability by the distance education information clearinghouse GetEducated.com WCU’s program is listed first among a group of 19 “Best Buys.” The rankings are based on a fall 2009 survey of […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is a part-one of an ongoing series about the state of tobacco at Western Carolina University.) Western Carolina University already has a 50-foot smoking ban around buildings, but they may move one step further by eliminating smoking from campus altogether. For now, those wanting to smoke […]
