Archives for January 2017

MLK week designed to create unity in WCU communities

WCU community will honor MLK with a week jam-packed with many events from a march to a couple of noteworthy speakers who had the honor of meeting Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. The office of Intercultural Affairs hosts Martin Luther King Jr. week along with the Black Student Union (BSU), Last Minute Productions and […]

Asheville proves that recycling doesn’t have to be difficult

Have you ever tried to figure out where to recycle your old cell phone only to give up and just throw it in the trash? Greenworks in Asheville found a solution to make recycling hard items easier for their citizens and those from surrounding areas. Hard 2 Recycle, which is now 11 years old, is […]

Comedian D.J. Demers performs stand-up at WCU

Many WCU students were lucky this Friday, Jan. 13, to see D.J. Demers deliver a witty and gritty stand-up show in the UC Illusions room. The comic jumped between a wide array of topics ranging through public restroom experiences, romantic relationships and living with a hearing impairment, among much more. Demers is Canadian-born and moved […]

Democrat loses TWSA seat

This story was written by Haley Smith and Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. Republican Commissioner Mickey Luker denied party politics were involved in Monday’s successful ouster of a prominent local Democrat from the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority. “There isn’t a bit of it politically motivated,” Luker said during the Jackson County Board of Commissioners meeting. […]

Almost there: the stresses of a soon to be graduate

The life of a non-traditional college student may seem more hectic then most business professionals’. It’s Thursday morning. You get up at 8 a.m. and go to class. After a short lunch break you go to another class, and then another. At 3:15 p.m. you get out and run to your car in order to […]

Classes suspended in wake of winter weather

From Provost Alison Morrison-Shetlar WCU’s face-to-face classes in Cullowhee and Biltmore Park-Asheville have been suspended for Monday, Jan. 9 because of lingering icy road conditions resulting from the recent round of winter weather. As this is the first day of the semester, students should contact their faculty to receive information and instructions through Blackboard and/or email. […]