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Monday, July 7, 2025
On the heels of an already devastating tornado season and a stormy spring, forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) are calling for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season this year. Across the entire Atlantic Basin for the six-month season, which begins June 1 and lasts until Nov. 30, […]
A Western Carolina University faculty member who has been recognized as one of the University of North Carolina system’s best teachers delivered the primary address on Friday, May 6 as WCU held commencement exercises at Ramsey Regional Activity Center to honor the accomplishments of approximately 325 graduate students. In his […]
Western Carolina University has been honored with a national award from the American Society of Safety Engineers for best student chapter of the year, which comes with a $6,000 prize to be used for scholarships and student research. WCU’s chapter was selected from a record 17 submissions for the 2011 […]
Twenty Western Carolina University students recently were inducted into Theta Sigma chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, an international English honor society. Sigma Tau Delta recognizes outstanding students with a major or minor in English who have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher in their English courses and who rank […]
Western Carolina University student Casey Icenhour will attend the international Student Technology Conference at Yale University in June on the Senti-Merriman Scholarship, which is awarded to one student across the country each year. Icenhour, a junior from Lenoir majoring in electrical engineering, works with the student computing team at WCU […]
At an age when many young people are preparing to go to college, 18-year-old Brittany Amber Nicole Burke has graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree. The daughter of Tim and Wendy Burke of Forest City completed her academic requirements last spring semester to earn her degree in […]
Western Carolina University student Lauren Gray was elected vice president of the Public Relations Student Society of America’s national committee at the organization’s recent meeting in Seattle. As vice president for 2011-12, the senior public relations major from New London will assist with publishing the organization’s annual report, managing chapter […]
Have you ever been hustling to class when you look up, only to make eye contact with that person you have never seen before in your life? Awkward. Within seconds, they look away, but something catches your eye. A pig. You’re hooked. What does his shirt say? You can’t help […]
Western Carolina University held a pair of commencement ceremonies at Ramsey Regional Activity Center on Saturday (May 7) to honor the academic accomplishments of approximately 925 undergraduate students, while also taking time out to recognize the service of outgoing Chancellor John W. Bardo. Commencement for the colleges of Arts and […]
Synchronized students marching around campus wearing cloaks and masks on Tuesday, April 12 was definitely a peculiar sight to see – at least until students were able to see the showing of “The Atrainplays Vol. 2” from Wednesday, April 13 through Sunday, April 17 and understand what characters they were […]
