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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
The Fine Arts Museum at Western Carolina University will host a number of new exhibits this summer. Interim Director of the Fine Arts Museum Denise Drury gave The Western Carolinian a sneak peak at a few of the exciting new displays. Opening first was “RE+ constructed,” which opened Thursday, June […]
Brandon Kirkley and the Firecrackers, known as BKTF, came to Western Carolina University on June 7 to kick off the annual UC Lawn Summer Concert Series. Each concert in the series will start at 7 p.m. and will last 90 minutes. The series started June 7 and will run until […]
Imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from. You may live in a civilized town or go to Western Carolina University, but with school bills and housing you cannot afford to purchase a healthy, well-balanced meal three times a day. For Jackson County, this is true for a […]
NCDOT plans to reconstruct the bridge on Old Cullowhee Road near Wayehutta and Cullowhee Auto Service. At a public meeting on Tuesday, June 12, community members gathered in the Ramsey Center Hospitality Room to preview two alternative plans and give comments to NCDOT staff members about two construction plans. Both […]
The John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Museum will open its doors to the second Western North Carolina Art Educators Exhibit on June 7 and will last through August 3, tying in the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference to be held on July 18-21. Participants must be professional art educators […]
Western Carolina University honored its top faculty and staff at the annual spring Awards Convocation on April 27. Chancellor David O. Belcher presented the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching to Lisa Briggs, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice. Briggs has been a […]
Smoky Mountain High School’s theater department presented the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University from May 11 to May 13. The production was colorful, exciting and family-friendly with many musical talents like senior Elena Cope, junior […]
The movie “Dark Shadows” is based off of an old soap opera by the same name. Both the movie and the soap opera follow Barnabas Collins, a former aristocrat turned vampire, as he returns to his manor Collinwood in the 1970s. The movie starts with a brief, yet dramatic, overview […]
The Quad, an area of campus extending from the bell tower down through the amphitheater, is one of the most picturesque areas of Western Carolina University’s Cullowhee campus. The highlight of The Quad is the Cata-fount, the waterspout that frequently blasts water upwards of 15 feet in the air. The […]
Western Carolina University alumni Paige Roberson is set to become Sylva’s new town manager on July 1. Roberson graduated from Western Carolina in May 2011 and has quickly climbed the ladder in the Town of Sylva Administration department. In August 2011, she began in a part-time position as the Main […]
