Western Carolina University English professor Mimi Fenton recently became president of the Milton Society of America, an organization with hundreds of members from around the world committed to furthering scholarship on and promoting the exchange of ideas about English poet John Milton. “It is a tremendous honor to serve in […]
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Clinical Science Program eliminated at WCU, but not in 2011
In order to become more efficient and prepare for drastic budget cuts for the 2011-12 school year, the UNC System axed 60 programs across the state in March across its 17 campuses. Ten universities saw program eliminations according to a released report by system officials, which also had Western Carolina […]
WCU students create “Cullowhere” to promote area’s events
Two Western Carolina students have started a website to promote community activities for students to get out of their dorms, but also to stay at Western over the weekends. WCU senior Nathan Hunzaker originally started a WordPress website dedicated to showing students what activities were being planned in Cullowhee and […]
Bridges speaks out about SGA election debacle
(Editor’s Note: The story that describes the voting issues with last week’s SGA election in detail can be found here.) Doug Bridges, the Presidential candidate with the least amount of votes in last week’s Student Government Association (SGA) election, spoke to The Western Carolinian in an exclusive interview Wednesday night […]
Voting issues plague SGA election; Eaves wins final tally
(Editor’s Note: Please check back online and in our next print edition (April 7) for updated content on this report.) Though not reaching the magnitude of what happened during the 2000 Presidential election in Florida, voting issues plagued last week’s Student Government Association (SGA) election, forcing a recount of the […]
SLIDESHOW – Kiss Me, Kate at WCU
Scenes from the student production of Kiss Me, Kate at the Western Carolina University Fine and Performing Arts Center from March 24 – 27, 2011.
Before They Were Educators: Dr. Kenneth Price
(Editor’s Note: The following is the ninth part of a series of articles looking at the lives of WCU faculty and staff before they were educators.) Before becoming an Assistant Professor of English at Western Carolina University, Kenneth Price moved around the country from Texas to Alaska, to California and […]
DSCE holding forums to raise awareness of academic dishonesty
The Department of Student Community Ethics (DSCE) is holding a student-only academic integrity forum on April 2 at 9 p.m. in Scott East. The Writing Center, Western PEAKS, graduate students, and Holly Taylor will be presenting a discussion on being ethical and general academic integrity issues. Taylor, who has been […]
WCU board OKs financing for Harrill Hall energy renovations
The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees authorized the issuance of special obligation bonds to jumpstart renovations to a 38-year-old residence hall, including energy efficiency improvements that would enable the building to qualify for LEED certification. Approval of the bonds as a bridge loan came during the board’s regular quarterly […]
IT Services responds to Internet complaints
NetFlix, YouTube, Facebook, Flikr, Blackboard, and WebCat— students want their websites, all of them, and in a quick manner. Unfortunately though, Western Carolina University’s bandwidth is not able to support them all. Complaints have been popping up at every dormitory this year that the Internet is not working or is […]
