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Western Carolina University announced Friday, June 3, that John W. Bardo’s name will be permanently affixed to its Fine and Performing Arts Center in recognition of the retiring chancellor’s efforts to make the $30 million, 122,000-square-foot facility a reality. Announcement of the honor was made during the WCU Board of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The majority of students and faculty/staff members have left Western’s campus, but one group still remains for the entirety of summer: the construction workers. Phase 3 of The Quad is now taking place as well as the completion of the Health and Human Sciences building. The expected project of making […]
Western Carolina University has announced the lineup for its 2011 Summer Concert Series. The concerts, sponsored by A.K. Hinds University Center, will be held on the University Center lawn at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in June and July. The events are free and open to the public. A full schedule […]
The new Pride of the Mountains Marching band director is David Starnes, the current director of bands at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Kennesaw, Ga. Starnes replaces the award-winning Bob Buckner, who will be retiring July 1 after 20 years as director of athletic bands at WCU. “We are extremely […]
Could the UNC school system start implementing an attendance cap on enrollment? According to the Charlotte Observer, with all of the budget cuts and an anticipated $500 million cut for the 2011-2012 year, Bradley Wilson, a former chairman of the UNC system’s Board of Governors ,said “We’ve always said we […]
A Western Carolina University alumnus will soon take the helm of the Jackson County Public School System. The Board of Education for Jackson County Schools recently elected Dr. Michael Murray unanimously as their new superintendent. Murray graduated from Mars Hill College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree and […]
