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Sunday, April 28, 2024
Originally published in the Western Carolina Journalist Mold is a fickle fungus that WCU has battled with. Hunter Library had a mold growth issue, and many infected books were thrown away. The CAT studios were cleaned for mold on March 15 after two years. Dehumidifiers are in many school buildings, […]
April is Earth month, a time to check up on our planet. Part of that checkup is air quality. WCU’s Whee Breathe will add an analysis for the air quality on campus retrieved from Purple Air (.com) monitors by the end of the semester. Whee Breathe is a club started […]
Originally published on the Western Carolina Journalist Mold is being noticed in buildings around campus. One building was Hunter Library and now, the TV and recording studios in the Center for Applied Technology (CAT) building. The TV and recording studios are small rooms and are used very often. During the […]
Mujeres con un Proposito (MCP) is a student lead club for Latinas to create an empowering and welcoming space for women of color and to help the Latinx community. “Being able to have that sense of community and women around me that inspire me to be a better version of […]
Aleaha Waldroup, a fine arts major, is trading her paint and brushes for ink, needles and human canvases as an apprentice at a tattoo shop in Hayesville, North Carolina. Waldroup enrolled at WCU in 2018 hoping to get a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in painting. Instead of finishing […]
WCU students experienced picture day once again as they lined up to have their aura photographed. Aura photography is a portrait, usually a polaroid, that shows colors around the person, or subject, representing their aura in that moment. According to spiritualism, an aura is an energy field that surrounds every […]
A mold outbreak in the Hunter Library building and on certain books is close to being resolved. Facilities management was first notified of mold in April 2022. The molding of printed materials, books and journals, was first noticed in the summer of 2022. Upon first notification of the mold outbreak, […]
WCU’s University Participant Program (UP) has high chances of being the first inclusive postsecondary education program (IPSE) to gain accreditation in the country. The UP Program is a two-year, on-campus living and learning experience for college-aged students with intellectual disabilities. UP students audit college classes, have an internship or job […]
WCU’s Phi Mu Alpha (PMA) Sinfonia will perform commissioned serenades on Tuesday, Feb. 14 for anyone you want to impress or embarrass on campus. Students can purchase a serenade for their significant other, a friend or professor. The fraternity’s choir will show up and perform, “A Serenade To A Girl.” […]
On Nov. 17, in the UC, the Office of Accessibility Resources (OAR) and Disabled Students United (DSU) hosted “Don’t Dis My Ability,” an event for advocacy and awareness for students with disabilities on campus. The event included a resource fair in the UC Illusions room and a presentation and panel […]
