Miles Komuves, the coordinator of alcohol and drug education with student community ethics at Western, is making a big effort to reach out to WCU students who have alcohol and substance abuse problems. Komuves received $8,557 from the Town of Sylva recently to enhance some of the programs that the […]

Western Carolina University’s academic programs in motion picture and television production, musical theatre, theatre arts and dance officially have been “schooled.” That’s because what had been an academic department since its inception in 2007 is elevated to the School of Stage and Screen, thanks to action taken by the WCU […]

Western Carolina University will begin offering a new bachelor of arts degree in international studies this fall following official approval of the program by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors earlier this spring. The new program is being developed as a “coordinate major” that will draw from existing […]

A Western Carolina University faculty member recognized as one of the University of North Carolina system’s best teachers delivered the primary address Friday (May 7) as WCU held commencement exercises to honor the accomplishments of current and former graduate students. About 270 students currently enrolled in WCU’s Graduate School were […]

What happens when Western Carolina’s own Bradley Martin is awarded $103,960 by the Roanoke Island Commission? You perform a two-hour piece to your love of Irving Berlin and figure out what is up with Charlie Brown, of course! For June and July, Martin along with seven Western student actors, eight […]

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A long lasting legal battle was put to a close when county officials voted to settle all pending lawsuits with Duke Energy on June 21. The vote during a regular meeting of the Jackson County Commissioners resulted in 4-1, as Commissioner Joe Cowan casted the one “no” vote. Duke Energy […]

#8220;The police are everywhere and they tend to arrest anyone, even if the circumstances are ridiculous. We are told not to trust them either,” said Jessica Harless, the only Western Carolina University student who is currently studying at Tecnológico De Monterrey, a university located in northern Mexico. The U.S. Department […]

This winter’s abnormally cold weather may not have only gotten you out of class—it may have affected your sandwich. Florida, the United States’ leading supplier of fresh winter tomatoes, lost an estimated 70 percent of this year’s crop during a January cold snap. While restaurants on or near campus are […]

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians may take legal action against Duke Energy after learning about the utility company’s plans to place an electric substation near the Cherokee tribe’s most sacred site, Kituwah mound. In November, Duke began bulldozing part of a mountainside region to prepare for construction of the […]