Chancellor John W. Bardo convened a town hall meeting Tuesday, Nov. 11, to discuss the impact of the economic downturn on the state of North Carolina and Western Carolina University.
An adaptation of the Christmastime classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” set as a “live broadcast” from a 1940s-era radio station takes the stage this holiday season at Western Carolina University.
A Western Carolina University faculty member and 10 of her students will use a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to travel to South America in early 2009 to work on a project testing the remote sensing applications of a new type of radar satellite technology.
Students from WCU’s department of communication will lead an introductory workshop for senior citizens interested in learning about the popular MySpace social networking Web site.
Forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs will discuss a career that has taken her from crime labs to best-selling crime fiction when she visits Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Nov. 18, as part of the 2008-09 Chancellor’s Speaker Series.
Western Carolina University will showcase the legendary Smothers Brothers, with a special guest appearance by the Yo-Yo Man, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The multitalented Art Rosenbaum, painter, illustrator, muralist and collector and performer of traditional American folk music, will be on the campus of Western Carolina University in November as part of the School of Art and Design’s Visiting Artist Series.
A collection of photographs of domestic violence will be on exhibit from Thursday, Nov. 6, through Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University.
Naughty scenes from popular musicals are on the playbill for a showcase production by Western Carolina University students.
The living dead are the order of the day for the thesis art exhibition of nine Western Carolina University candidates for their bachelor of fine arts. An opening reception for “Nine Lives: Zombies for Art” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the Fine Art Museum on the WCU campus. The show will run through Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Western Carolina University will offer a SAT preparation workshop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in Room 137 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Western Carolina University’s University Chorus, Early Music Ensemble and Concert Choir will present a School of Music concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, in the recital hall of Coulter Building on Western’s campus.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present its final Wind Ensemble concert for the fall semester at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the performance hall of WCU's Fine and Performing Arts Center.
An updated spin on Shakespeare’s tragic “Othello” takes the stage Wednesday, Nov. 12, through Sunday, Nov. 16, at Hoey Auditorium on the campus of Western Carolina University.
An information session will be held in Asheville on Monday, Nov. 17, for individuals interested in earning a doctor of education degree in educational leadership through Western Carolina University.
Amy Kunst, an earth sciences education student, is the first recipient of a scholarship started by geology professor Steve Yurkovich for geology and earth sciences education students.
The second annual Jingle Bell 5-K race, sponsored by Western Carolina University’s Sport Management Association and held on the WCU campus Tuesday, Nov. 4, raised more than $1,100, organizers said.
Western Carolina University students may have played a small part in Western North Carolina’s record-breaking voter turnout for this year’s elections, with help from a 2008 North Carolina Campus Compact Vote Initiative grant the university recently received.
Two years after relocating to Western Carolina University from its longtime home at Duke University, a program known worldwide for its use of science to influence public policy affecting management of U.S. shorelines is establishing a permanent beachhead in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
Faculty members and students from the athletic training program at Western Carolina University will take part in the inaugural “Mountain Jug Run for Research” beginning Friday, Nov. 21, and ending Saturday, Nov. 22.
Western Carolina University student Adrian Rose, a 2005 graduate of McDowell High School, is featured on a series of billboards introducing the university’s new logo and the theme, “Your climb starts here.”
If you can’t go to Broadway, bring Broadway to you. Such is the thinking behind the Western Carolina University musical theater program’s new initiative to bring working theater professionals into the classroom.
Artists from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently were able to harvest river cane needed for baskets through the revival of a 60-year-old agreement by staffers with the Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources, an initiative operated through Western Carolina University’s Cherokee studies program.
Western Carolina University will offer “Learning for Fun: Stained Glass” from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 6 through Dec.18 in the Cordelia Camp Building.
Western Carolina University will offer the fourth annual Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend Thursday, Jan. 8, through Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Lambuth Inn at Lake Junaluska.
The 21st annual Hard Candy Christmas Arts and Crafts Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, November 28, and Saturday, November 29, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present a concert of gamelan music at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the recital hall of Coulter Building on Western’s campus.
Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design will continue its fall 2008 Visiting Artist and Event Series with featured artists’ lectures throughout November.
Western Carolina University will offer “Electronic Records and Employment Law” from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in Room 143 of the Cordelia Camp Building.
Western Carolina University’s Office of Career Services will be hosting a career poster night from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Ramsey Center concourse on Western’s campus.
