Western’s annual Jazz Festival is scheduled for April 16 through April 18. This year will feature Fred Hamilton and Kat Williams. All events at the festival are free and open to the public. This will be a great opportunity for folks interested in jazz, or music in general to learn […]

TIP: To use this calendar, scan on the left for the date and familiar band names, or scan down the right for the type of live music you like. If you aren’t familiar with the venue, there is a list at the bottom of this page to inform you of […]

Students and residents of Western North Carolina who want to experience the wild areas of the region while learning new skills will have a chance to do that later this spring as Western Carolina University offers a course in kayaking and a Wilderness Education Association Steward expedition course. A course […]

Western Carolina dropped game one 10-1, and game two 8-0 in a doubleheader against Georgia Tech (17-6) on Tuesday, Mar. 17 on the road. Georgia Tech broke game one of the doubleheader open using a nine-run bottom of the four inning to defeat the Lady Catamounts 10-1 in game one […]

With a loss to the College of Charleston Cougars in the Quarterfinals of the 2009 Southern Conference Tournament, the Western Carolina men’s basketball season came to an end. The Catamounts traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee with a coveted first round bye after tying for first in the SoCon, which allowed them […]

Dr. Stephanie Dykes has many of the same concerns as middle-aged women all over America. She worries about finding love in middle-age, coloring her hair, and mammograms. She worries about the economy and her personal finances, as she was displaced from her Vice-President position at the bank formerly known as […]

While many students were away from campus on Spring Break, WCU and local emergency services participated in an emergency preparedness drill on Tuesday, Mar. 3 when a simulated “active shooter” incident was held in The Village. The drill was run by EnviroSafe, an emergency consulting agency, and funded by a […]

On Mar. 30, WCU will host John Wright, a nationally recognized criminologist from the University of Cincinnati, for a lecture on the role of biology and life experiences on criminal behavior. The event will take place at 7:00 pm in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University and is part […]

A dozen Western Carolina University staff members and students headed off to Tennessee for their spring break, except for them it wasn’t a break. Instead, they chose to participate in a five-day service project during which they volunteered at various local community agencies in Tennessee. Since 2005, WCU’s Center for […]