Forecasters say a heat wave has been moving south into North Carolina bringing with it humidity that will make 90 degree mountainous areas, such as Cullowhee, feel even hotter. With the heat, and the sun, and the added bonus of humidity, there are many risk factors that come in to play when spending time outside, whether it’s in the pool, hiking, or while grilling.
Western Carolina University computer science faculty members are capitalizing on student interest in the latest smartphones and their Internet and e-mail capabilities as a way to teach programming. In a new course to be offered this fall, WCU students will write programs for mobile phone applications and test them on Motorola Droid phones, 15 of which were donated by Google.
Western Carolina University student Shaneé Sullivan went with a hearing-impaired seventh-grader to lunch after tutoring him for the first time and was moved when he started signing words for their food—words they had just covered. “Without being prompted, he took the lesson I taught him and applied it,” said Sullivan, a senior biology major from Raleigh.
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