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(Editor’s Note: The following is the seventh part of a series of articles looking at the lives of WCU faculty and staff before they were educators.) Before becoming The Director and Associate Professor of Recreational Therapy B.S. Degree Program, Peg Connolly graduated from the former St. Thomas Aquinas High School […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is part one of a two-part series looking at WCU’s new mobile phone policy. Part one outlines the policy and part two will cover faculty and staff reaction of the policy.) Today, smart phones for students and professionals seem to be a necessity. They provide access […]
Picture this. You’re sitting in a room, surrounded by walls of clip art and graffiti. Your best friend is by your side, and the artist asks your preference. After the decision, the buzzing begins. It’s a constant buzzing. If the pain does not get you the sound will. Then it […]
Franklin, N.C. native Brent Douthit believes that the versatility WCU provided him with inside of his degree has played a substantial part in his career. Douthit graduated from Western Carolina in 2008 with a major in Sport Management with a concentration in exercise science. He currently lives in Asheville where […]
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office say they have discovered an “active, working” meth lab in an office behind the counter at Moonshine Mini-Mart, which also serves as a BP gas station, on Hwy. 107 South in Cullowhee, about three miles from campus. On Saturday and Sunday, officers from the Sheriff’s […]
Western Carolina third-year offensive coordinator Keith Heckendorf will be relieved of his coaching duties, the school announced today. The decision by Catamount head football coach Dennis Wagner came on Tuesday. With the change, Wagner will assume the role of offensive coordinator for the 2011 season. He also plans on determining […]
Tom Ross, President-elect of the UNC System, has one simple requirement for the committee tasked with helping find the next chancellor of Western Carolina University—deliver him a superhero. Ross used the words “Superman” and “Superwoman” in summarizing his desired characteristics and qualifications for WCU’s new chancellor on Nov. 16 in […]
When Jack Summers’ research adviser encouraged him in his early days as a scientist to focus on the big questions, he hesitated. “The big questions were the ones of societal importance that had eluded the best efforts of hard-working scientists for years,” said Summers in an article he prepared for […]
Western Carolina University saw a $572.80 increase this semester. Next year, the university should be prepared for another tuition increase, at least $500, and a five percent overall budget cut according to school administrators. Last week, UNC system schools began putting in their budget request plan for next year. The […]
One woman was arrested and another sent to the hospital on Saturday, Oct. 30 in a case involving an assault on campus. Debbie Arletha Long, 21 and listing a campus address, was apprehended by the WCU Police Department and transported to the Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) at 5:56 p.m. […]
