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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Scenic shop assistants and students in a scenic technology class taught by Luther Jones, technical director for Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen, recently traveled to Vonore, Tenn., where the movie “Alone, Yet Not Alone” was being filmed and met with the film’s producer. A period film, the […]
Emily Ball, a graduate student in Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in public affairs, is gaining hands-on experience this fall through an internship with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. The council is the government agency responsible for developing and implementing the Obama administration’s recently released strategic plan to […]
For anyone who has never experienced a live Broadway play, seeing “Rent” at the WCU Fine and Performing Arts Center was probably the next best thing. As the FPAC ticket box sold out of orchestra seating, the seats filled up at each premiere of “Rent”, beginning on Wednesday Nov. 17, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Changes and renovations are happening around Western Carolina University besides the obvious mound of Carolina clay in the middle of campus. In the Hunter Library, Java City is going through a move and expansion and the Campus Bookstore is having a massive makeover. By sometime in December, Java City will […]
With the results of the 2010 mid-term elections now tallied, the United States once again stands in the midst of a divided government. The Republican Party has taken control of the House of Representatives with 239 seats as opposed to the 185 seats controlled by the Democratic Party. With a […]
The Community Table, located in Sylva, is preparing for a much needed move to a larger, more accommodating space. Currently located right off of Main Street on Bartlett Street, The Community Table will soon find its new home just a few blocks away in the former Golden Age Center. Executive […]
During his undergraduate studies, Western Carolina University alumni Charlie Price never imagined he would land a career that would send him jet setting all around the world. In December of 2007, Price graduated Western with a major in Engineering Technology. Almost immediately after graduation, Price was offered a job as […]
