Day: February 24, 2011

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Graduate exam to see changes later this year

The Graduate Record Exam will be revised in August 2011 to challenge students who wish to continue their academic career as graduate students. In August, the test will be given differently, will have a different scoring method, and will have new questions in two sections. According to Scott Higgins, Dean […]

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WCU students crusading to make feature film a success

You might think that three Western Carolina students would never be able to band together and create their own feature film, but it has recently become the goal of three Motion Picture and Television Production seniors who are determined to create a film that will “wow” WCU and prove to […]

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Eric Church, The Band Perry to perform at WCU’s Ramsey Center

Tickets went on sale Monday, Feb. 28, for a concert featuring two up-and-coming acts in the world of country music appearing soon at Western Carolina University. Eric Church will be performing live with special guest The Band Perry at WCU’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 14. […]

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“Reasons to be Pretty” made a pretty premiere

If you were proactive enough to snag a ticket for WCU’s School of Stage and Screen “Reasons to Be Pretty” on opening night, then chances are you enjoyed it. Romantic songs were played before the opening, and the audience buzzed with excitement. The lights dimmed. Two actors exploded from the […]

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Hunter Library hires two new department heads

Mark A. Stoffan has joined Hunter Library as head of digital, access, and technology services, and Peter Johnson is the new head of access services. Stoffan comes to WCU from The Florida State University in Tallahassee, where he was associate director for library technology at Strozier Library for the past […]

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Chancellor search committee narrows field

The 16-member search committee tasked with helping select Western Carolina University’s next chancellor met Tuesday, Feb. 15, to discuss the top candidates for the job and determine who will be invited to participate in off-campus interviews. The committee, working with the Baker and Associates executive recruitment firm and with Ann […]

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Tax credit for private school costs sought by state legislators

N.C. Republican legislators are beginning to push for a law that could help pay for some North Carolina students to attend private or home schools beginning from kindergarten and going through the 12th grade. Paul Stam, of Apex, N.C., the G.O.P. leader in the state House, is behind the proposal, […]

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WCU faculty and students react to Facebook cyberbullying case

A high school student recently dissed his teacher on his Facebook status and got away with it thanks to his First Amendment rights. According to the Los Angeles Times, when Donny Dunlap from California called out his biology teacher for giving too much homework on the favored networking website Facebook, […]

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Volunteers needed to help with WCU’s Rivercane Restoration Project

Volunteers are being sought to help relocate rivercane from the Western Carolina University area to a site near Cherokee as part of the university’s Rivercane Restoration Project. The work to transplant the rivercane will take place in March and April as volunteers pitch in to move the plants from locations […]