A musical comedy penned by Laurel Vartabedian, assistant professor of communication and theatre arts at Western Carolina University, has been accepted for FringeNYC, the seventh annual New York International Fringe Festival. Often called the largest multi-arts festival in North America, Fringe NYC attracted some 48,000 people last year. Vartabedian’s play, […]

(www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/print/20010809-1.html) Embryonic stem cells- Embryonic stem cells, which come from the inner cell mass of a human embryo, have the potential to develop into all or nearly all of the tissues in the body. The scientific term for this characteristic is “pluripotentiality.” Adult stem cells- Adult stem cells are unspecialized, […]

Western Carolina University will offer a special graduate-level environmental health course this summer covering the timely issues of biosafety and bioterrorism. The course, “Biosafety, Bioterrorism and Public Health,” will be taught by Burton Ogle, a new faculty member in Western’s program in environmental health. It will be offered as a […]

Western Carolina Stage Company, the newly formed summer theatre troupe at Western Carolina University, will hold open auditions for an original musical comedy that will run at Western before traveling to New York City for FringeNYC, the seventh annual New York International Fringe Festival. Titled “Mother Divine,” the play was […]

Western Carolina University’s department of communication and theatre arts and Division of Continuing Education and Summer School are ready to raise the curtain on a new summer season of theatre beginning in June. The newly formed Western Carolina Stage Company, the brainchild of veteran WCU theatre professor and director Stephen […]

Alexa Marrero is spokeswoman for Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. “Lack of Accountability Results in Fewer Qualified Teachers, Lower Quality Education” N e w s A n a l y s i s May 22, 2003 – Testifying before the House Subcommittee […]

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education has decided to continue accreditation of all teacher education programs offered by Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions. The Unit Accreditation Board of NCATE voted to continue Western’s accreditation at the undergraduate and graduate levels during a recent meeting […]

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They pop up on the lawn across the Western Carolina University campus when warm weather arrives in the mountains, like giant dandelions of stone, steel and wood. “They” are the winning entries in Western Carolina’s annual Outdoor Sculpture Program. Now in its 10th year, the program is designed to draw […]

Western Carolina University student Christopher John Bochicchio, a junior from Weaverville, is one of 12 college students from across the nation chosen to participate in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Bochicchio will spend eight weeks this summer conducting field research and participating in […]