This post was previously published on CandidCeillie, Ceillie Simkiss’s personal blog. I am disappointed and disgusted with my state this week. For those of you who don’t know, North Carolina’s General Assembly wasted $42,000 yesterday calling a special session in order to pass an “anti-discrimination bill” that gives homophobes and transphobes the ability to be […]
Archives for March 2016
“Your adventure helps others find theirs”
March 20, 2016 by
Edited by Haley Smith “Everything started with one shoe,” said Molly Davis, a WCU alumna and the social outreach coordinator of BANGS, a shoe company with a mission – to help! Around 80 WCU students had a chance to learn what it is like to start a successful business from scratch from guest speakers Hannah Davis (CEO) […]
Apartheid exhibit features new additions
March 18, 2016 by
WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center held a reception on March 16 to showcase their exhibit, ‘From Apartheid to Democracy’. The reception included South African food and music, as well as several new additions that have been made to the exhibit since it opened on Feb. 1. Some of the foods included in the reception were peri […]
No surprises in the NC primaries
March 18, 2016 by
The North Carolina primaries went without any surprises. The NC Connect Bond passed with 65 percent of the voters’ support. This means Western Carolina University will receive $110 million for a new science building along with many other projects included in the bond. “This is a big day in our institution’s history and a big day in the history of […]
Blackbeard makes an appearance at WCU
March 17, 2016 by
Pirates, Nazis, war, oh my! “Blackbeard’s Ghost and The Queen Anne’s Revenge”, a radio show brought to stage, offered a swashbuckling adventure to the audience present at its one-time performance in Western Carolina University’s Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on Thursday evening. The history-based production was written and produced by WCU’s Communication Department Head, […]
WCJ Wheekly Update 3/16/2016
March 16, 2016 by
In this edition of the WCJ Wheekly update we cover the NC primary results and the result of the NC bond, racial tensions on WCU’s campus and a sports update from Calvin Inman. Below is the entire interview Veratta Pegram-Floyd from the Intercultural Affairs office at Western Carolina University.
