Louis E. Buck Jr., the Wesley Elingburg Distinguished Professor of Business Innovation and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Western Carolina University, will serve as interim dean of WCU’s College of Business. Announcement of the appointment was recently made by Linda Seestedt-Stanford, WCU’s interim provost.
After months of planning and behind-the-scenes work, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) launched its new website, DoIT.wcu.edu, Tuesday, August 3. DoIT.wcu.edu provides WCU students, faculty, staff, families and guests with a main point of entry to IT services and help.
Earnest R. Hudson Jr., assistant chief of police at Western Carolina University since July 2006, has been named director of university police and traffic services at WCU. Hudson is filling a vacancy that was created by the departure of Tom Johnson, who stepped down from the post after five years to join the faculty of WCU’s department of criminology and criminal justice.
So, there was a rumor buzzing around Sylva that a Cook Out restaurant was soon going to be built. How delicious! So many different flavored milkshakes, warm hush puppies, crispy chicken tenders, and fat hamburgers. Alas, though, this rumor is false. In fact, no one seems to know anything about it.
Gov. Bev Perdue has signed Senate Bill 836 to protect North Carolina’s coastline by lifting the cap on damages that can be recovered as the result of an offshore oil spill and strengthening the review process related to the permitting of offshore fossil fuel facilities. The legislation will protect North Carolina’s coastal communities from potential disasters such as the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
While North Carolina may be known for its beautiful beaches and quaint mountain towns, the Tar Heel State now another distinction, though not quite as appealing. North Carolina now leads the nation in copperhead snake bites according to a recent report by the Carolina’s Poison Center.
A mundane hurricane season so far in the United States is still expected to reach an active level according to an update to a spring forecast released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).