Lauren Gray was named Social Media Coordinator of the Western Carolinian during the 2011 spring semester. Lauren manages all of the newspaper’s social media platforms and is also a staff writer, primarily covering the news beat. She got her start at the newspaper during the 2010 fall semester, when she […]
Day: October 23, 2011
Campus leaders accept challenge to eat on $1.50 a day
Inspired by a Global Poverty Project presentation on campus, the president of Western Carolina University’s Student Government Association and the wife of Chancellor David O. Belcher will eat off of $1.50 per day for five days. To help raise awareness of global poverty, student TJ Eaves and Susan Brummell Belcher […]
Contributing Writer
Jared Ponton is a contributing writer at the Western Carolinian. He got his start at the newspaper during the 2011 fall semester and primarily covers the news beat. Jared is a sophomore majoring in English at Western Carolina University with a concentration in Professional Writing and a minor in Journalism.
Oct. 27 concert to mark debut for new choral activities director
The Western Carolina University School of Music will present its annual Fall Choral Concert on Thursday, Oct. 27, a performance that will mark the campus debut of WCU’s new director of choral activities, Michael Lancaster. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall of the Coulter Building, […]
Cartoonist
Jeffery Wilson was named the cartoonist for the Western Carolinian during the 2011 summer semester. He is an art major at Western Carolina University with a minor in Biology.
Photographer/Designer
Ceillie Simkiss was named a photographer at the Western Carolina during the 2011 fall semester. She became a staff writer in the Arts and Entertainment beat in the fall of 2012. In August 2013, she signed on for one of the designer positions. She and Jamie North work with InDesign […]