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Monday, July 7, 2025
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Entertainment is sometimes a hard thing to come by at Western Carolina University. Last Minute Productions, WCU’s source for entertainment through movies, concerts and other events, has a full schedule this year packed with new events for students. LMP’s big event this fall will be a comedy show featuring Bo […]
No Name Comedy — a new, weekly, Monday-night comedy open mic — kicked off Monday, Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. at the No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Anyone is welcome to sign up and perform. “We want to provide a place West of Asheville for people to enjoy and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
