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Saturday, April 20, 2024
With the current state of the economy, students are all but optimistic about securing a job after graduation. Newly deemed alumni, Acacia Brijalba and Megan Jones, were both able to find jobs utilizing their degrees and are now “open for business.” Brijalba and Jones both came to Western Carolina University […]
By December, the mound of Carolina clay should be gone from between the Alumni Tower and the new residence hall of Blue Ridge. Replacing the bull dozers and fencing will be a large paved walkway, bountiful trees, and an underground fountain. All of this is a part of the three-step […]
Visitors to Western North Carolina’s mountains can look forward to a vibrant display of color this autumn, predicts Kathy Mathews, Western Carolina University’s fearless fall foliage forecaster. That’s because weather conditions during the spring and summer point to an above-average fall color show, said Mathews, WCU associate professor of biology […]
Creating the 8-by-16-foot wide hand-painted murals that replaced faded billboards on Old Cullowhee Road was exhausting—physically and mentally—as well as inspiring, said one of the five students who helped design and paint them. “I share the Cullowhee Revitalization Endeavor’s vision, and this sign is kind of symbolic of what CuRvE […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is the fourth part of a series of articles looking at the lives of WCU faculty and staff before they were educators.) What was your high school mascot? The Tigers? The Bulldogs? The Mustangs? Western Carolina University’s assistant professor of Spanish and French Dr. James […]
For the second time, WCU hosted a fun-filled concert that featured the acoustic talent of Corey Smith who performed in the Ramsey Center on Thursday, Sept. 10. Once again, students near and far arrived to the Ramsey Center in style to eagerly await a performance that certainly didn’t disappoint. […]
Western Carolina University will mark five years of art and entertainment at the Fine and Performing Arts Center with a gala featuring art, music and a theatrical revue of songs by George and Ira Gershwin on Friday, Oct. 22. Tickets for the event are on sale now. “It is time […]
On Sept. 10 and 12, Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen, and the Musical Theatre Program presented the musical performance of ‘Seven Deadly Sins and Other Vices.’ The production was split into two parts. The first half of the show spotlighted songs from popular musical theater that illustrated […]
