If the Government implements a shutdown on Friday night, nearly the entire Great Smoky Mountains National Park would be closed beginning Saturday, April 9, including visitor centers, campgrounds, picnic areas, trails, concession operations, restrooms, and all roads, with the exception of the Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee. Newfound […]
Day: April 8, 2011
Belcher to succeed Bardo as WCU’s chancellor
Dr. David Belcher was announced Western Carolina University’s 11th chancellor in the school’s 122 year history at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, April 8. The announcement was made at the end of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors bi-monthly meeting in Chapel Hill and was telecast to the Blue Ridge […]
Spring musical “Kiss Me, Kate” spices up Cullowhee
Spring is in the air, which means WCU’s spring musical has taken the stage once again to feature this year’s Department of Stage and Screen’s production, “Kiss Me, Kate” – a lively Broadway show that surely added some spice to the Cullowhee valley. The play placed a dramatic emphasis on […]
Greek Week featured Whee Rock at Ramsey Center
At the peak of Greek Week excitement, teams of organizations joined together for a dance competition on Thursday, March 24, in the Ramsey Center. The show was full of excitement and the dances were both entertaining and hilarious. The teams were given one-word themes (such as “Baby” and “Magic”) to […]
Artwork needed for UC Showroom
If you have been to the University Center recently, you may have noticed an empty showroom on the second floor by the Catamount Gifts and Clothing store. This room should be filled with student artwork on display for others to admire and appreciate, but lately applications of artwork have been, […]
WCU students win honors at national collegiate sales competition
A Western Carolina University business student claimed second place among 122 competitors in a prestigious national collegiate sales competition, while he and his WCU teammate placed seventh out of 61 schools in team competition. Nathan Hunzaker, a senior majoring in sales and marketing and computer information systems, finished second in […]
WCU robotics team wins award at regional conference
A student robotic team from Western Carolina University’s Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology recently participated in a competition at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Southeastern Conference and won a third place award. Nine WCU students worked together to build a solar powered robot in the […]
Jackson County Public School administrators preparing for budget crisis
Administrators with the Jackson County Public School system are warning their teachers and principals the state budget crisis will have a serious impact on schools. School administrators say the nearly $4 billion state budget crisis could result in millions of dollars in cutbacks and the loss of faculty and staff […]
Fenton becomes president of Milton Society of America
Western Carolina University English professor Mimi Fenton recently became president of the Milton Society of America, an organization with hundreds of members from around the world committed to furthering scholarship on and promoting the exchange of ideas about English poet John Milton. “It is a tremendous honor to serve in […]
Clinical Science Program eliminated at WCU, but not in 2011
In order to become more efficient and prepare for drastic budget cuts for the 2011-12 school year, the UNC System axed 60 programs across the state in March across its 17 campuses. Ten universities saw program eliminations according to a released report by system officials, which also had Western Carolina […]
