If you go to the bottom of the main stairs in Stillwell and take a right as you come out of the staircase, you will find yourself standing in front of the DNA Sequencing Lab. If you walk through the threshold of the lab and look to your left, the GS Junior System will be […]
Archives for January 2016
Week of events celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 16, 2016 by
A Unity March around Western Carolina University’s campus will kick off a week of events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his day, Monday, Jan 18. The Unity March, which will begin with a presentation in the University Center Multipurpose room at 5 p.m., is a tradition that the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity […]
Waka In the Whee
January 15, 2016 by
The sounds of Waka Flocka Flame yelling “POW, POW, POW, POW, POW!” could be heard as you walked around the concourse of the Ramsey Regional Activity Center to find your seat for the concert. Western Carolina University’s Campus Activities and Residential Living invited rapper, Waka Flocka Flame, to perform on Jan. 14. The Ramsey Center was […]
WCU receives grant for two-semester biology course
January 15, 2016 by
Story co-written with Alexandra McQueen Freshman and transfer students eagerly waited to take Biology 493- Phage Hunters with Dr.Wallen and Dr. Gainey after hearing about it at freshman orientation. “Nothing builds confidence more than being able to just do something,” said Dr. Maria Gainey. And that is what their students do. The class is designed around […]
Sex trafficking awareness at Western Carolina University
January 14, 2016 by
Women across the United States are being tortured, abused, and degraded each day thanks to the booming industry of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is “When people are forced or coerced into the commercial sex trade against their will, ” according to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. What is the problem at Western Carolina University? Awareness. We […]
WCU students and staff react to President Obama’s final State of the Union Address
January 13, 2016 by
President Obama gave his final State of the Union Address on Jan.12. In his address to the nation the president discussed key issues including climate change, terror threats, cheaper college and immigration reform. “If anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate change have at it. You will be pretty lonely because you will […]
