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Friday, June 27, 2025
A landscaped plaza featuring brick walkways, grassy lawns, a single-plume fountain and a recently constructed series of steps and platforms linking the center of Western Carolina University’s campus to Centennial Drive is fully open, just in time for the 9,600 students expected to arrive this fall. The plaza’s tiered steps […]
The Student Government Association at WCU is ready for change this year. With new leadership in Student Body President TJ Eaves, Vice President Alecia Page and a new Senate of 13 members, things around the office and around campus will quickly change. SGA has quite a few new goals this […]
Dr. Michael Murray, Jackson County Schools’ new superintendent, has hit the ground running. He’s been unpacking boxes, visiting schools, meeting with folks – even having a chance to hang out with some students. And, just a month after he has started, the ‘new guy’ has a report on his desk […]
The 28-year-old co-founder and CEO of a global organization committed to eradicating extreme poverty will visit Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to inform campus and surrounding community members about the issues and inspire them to take action. Hugh Evans of the Global Poverty Project will present an interactive […]
Western Carolina University recently won a three-year, $1.23 million grant to expand the nurse anesthesia program and develop a high-fidelity simulation laboratory at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Enka campus. During the first year of the grant from the Health Resources Services Administration, WCU’s School of Nursing will purchase a […]
Not many people can say that they have worked on a feature film, even less people can say they have worked on numerous cinematic pieces of high caliber. Among that select few is Arledge Armenaki, associate professor of cinematography at Western Carolina University. Born in Portland, Oregon, the son of […]
As students and faculty prepare for the upcoming school year at Western Carolina University, the staff at the University Center is still busy organizing the annual Valley Ballyhoo event, where students will get an opportunity to become involved in campus activities and learn a little bit more about their new […]
Robert Edwards, Western Carolina University’s longtime internal auditor who has been serving as interim vice chancellor for administration and finance since Jan. 1, is interim no more. Chancellor David O. Belcher recently announced that Edwards now is filling the role of vice chancellor for administration and finance on a permanent […]
As construction on Western Carolina University’s new Health and Human Sciences Building enters its final phases, Linda Seestedt-Stanford, who has been serving as WCU’s interim provost since July 1, 2010, is returning to her previous position as dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences. Chancellor David O. Belcher […]
Lifelong Jackson County resident Steven D. Lillard, a Gulf War veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, is Western Carolina University’s new assistant chief of police. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and a 1996 graduate of WCU with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, Lillard comes […]
