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Monday, December 2, 2024
Western Carolina University’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) held their annual pride celebration Sunday April 16 in the University Center following inclement weather. The celebration involved multiple vendors local to the Sylva and Asheville area and clubs at WCU that provide safe spaces, children’s story hour, adult story hour, BIPOC […]
April is Earth month, a time to check up on our planet. Part of that checkup is air quality. WCU’s Whee Breathe will add an analysis for the air quality on campus retrieved from Purple Air (.com) monitors by the end of the semester. Whee Breathe is a club started […]
Sylva Police Department and Western Carolina University have partnered to change how policing is done with the new Community Care Program. This program is designed to fuse policing with social work. Senior or graduate level students studying social work are hired as interns. These interns, known as community care liaisons, […]
A lot separates Western from other campuses. The NC Promise Plan, the smaller, more manageable student-faculty ratio, the resources offered, and our beautiful campus. All are instrumental in distinguishing WCU from other universities. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains and sitting on Cherokee ancestral land, the location is a huge […]
Originally published for The Western Carolina Journalist Stephanie Elizondo Griest came to WCU’s campus to share with students her life’s story and the motto that has inspired her work. The motto, which she calls her trifecta, involves a life of wanderlust, social Justice, and art. Her life has consisted of […]
Originally published on the Western Carolina Journalist Mold is being noticed in buildings around campus. One building was Hunter Library and now, the TV and recording studios in the Center for Applied Technology (CAT) building. The TV and recording studios are small rooms and are used very often. During the […]
One of the most rewarding things during a student’s time in college can be engaging with their campus’ culture and community. The WCU Creed encourages Catamounts to immerse themselves in the cultural, academic, and artistic life of Western, along with valuing diversity and embracing one’s responsibilities to the community. It […]
#8220;ChatGPT, the cutting-edge AI language model developed by OpenAI, is revolutionizing the way people interact with technology, offering instant and accurate responses to an ever-growing range of queries.” That specific technology wrote that description of itself, proving just how innovative this technology can be. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence model […]
With a final vote from the UNC Board of Governors on Jan. 19, WCU’s out-of-state freshman cap has increased from 18% to 25%. This ruling effectively loosens the restraint on WCU admissions. Mike Langford, director of undergraduate admissions for WCU said the UNC system was designed to make higher education […]
A mold outbreak in the Hunter Library building and on certain books is close to being resolved. Facilities management was first notified of mold in April 2022. The molding of printed materials, books and journals, was first noticed in the summer of 2022. Upon first notification of the mold outbreak, […]
