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Saturday, June 28, 2025
Budget cuts and budget cut disagreements are the center of discussion across the United States and in North Carolina. The N.C. legislature recently passed a final budget after overriding a veto by Gov. Bev Perdue, which is good for two years and includes cuts to education and other sectors. In […]
A $15.5 million renovation of a nearly 40-year-old residence hall at Western Carolina University set to begin in mid-July features enough energy-saving and sustainability features to qualify the building for LEED certification. “As part of our campus planning, we have evaluated all residence halls and determined which facilities need to […]
On August 1, Western Carolina University will prepare to lose one of its greatest assets as Robert K. “Bob” McMahan, Dean of the Kimmel School, will be leaving for Flint, Michigan’s Kettering University to become the school’s president. Kettering announced that McMahan would be their new president last month after […]
The recent filming of mask-and-music theater group Whimzik marked the first production on a Western Carolina University’s new motion picture stage in Ramsey Regional Activity Center. “The Whimzik production allowed us to get a sense of the space and how to use the new equipment,” said Arledge Armenaki, associate professor […]
Bob Buckner, who will be turning in his director’s baton this summer after leading Western Carolina University’s marching band program for 20 years, received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award in recognition of his contributions to the state of North Carolina. N.C. Rep. Phil Haire presented Buckner with […]
Western Carolina University soon will be opening up its doors to kick off the University Theatre’s Mainstage season. The 2011-12 season includes four shows – two musicals and two comedies. This season will open with the play “I Hate Hamlet,” directed by faculty member Claire Eye and written by Paul […]
Taking part in a surgical mission trip to Honduras so moved a Western Carolina University student nurse anesthetist that she and a classmate have centered their graduate research project on involving more students in international clinical rotations. Kylee Baquero, a student registered nurse anesthetist in WCU’s nurse anesthesia program, participated […]
Kefyn Catley has a thing about spiders – studying and appreciating them, not smashing them with newspapers or shoes. But while Catley, associate professor of biology and coordinator of the secondary science education program, has seen his share of arthropods, not even he was prepared for the specimen he recently […]
Tony “T.J.” Eaves, president of the Student Government Association at Western Carolina University, took the oath of office Friday, June 3, as the newest member of the university’s Board of Trustees. Eaves, a senior from Hamlet, was elected 2011-12 WCU student body president during the spring semester, a position that […]
At a special called meeting on Tuesday, May 24, the Southwestern Community College Board of Trustees confirmed the selection of Dr. Donald Tomas of Aledo, Texas, as the college’s sixth president. His appointment was approved by the State Board of Community Colleges on May 20. Tomas, who will assume the […]
