By Geoff Cantrell, WCU media relations specialist A recent field trip for nursing students at Western Carolina University provided some heartwarming and heartbreaking moments during a day of health care outreach. The 10 students traveled this month to assist with free dental services in Clarkston, Georgia, a small town within the greater Atlanta metro area […]
Archives for November 2021
Spoken word at Western with Ashlee Haze
November 27, 2021 by
Poetry provides an emotional catharsis, as Ashlee Haze, an accomplished spoken word artist and the author of “Smoke”, showed Thursday. Last Minute Productions brought Haze to Western on Thursday, Nov. 18 in the University Center. According to her website’s biography, Haze, whose nickname is “Big 30” after her consistency in getting a perfect score, is […]
Vulnerability in relationships are critical to our health
November 22, 2021 by
The story co-written with Chloe Ettinger Relationships are what make us human. That’s what Dr. Candy Noltensmeyer, 2021 student nominated faculty of the year award winner, said during the “Last Lecture” presentation on Thursday, Nov. 18. Noltensmeyer is an associate professor at Western Carolina University in the Communications Department. Her research focuses on forms of […]
Students isolating in Madison upset; WCU health and dining services look to improve
November 21, 2021 by
“It felt like I was in a prison,” said Karey Peeler. Peeler, a senior emergency and disaster management major, was admitted to Madison on Oct. 27, 2021, along with her roommate Holly Dowell. Both were experiencing COVID-like symptoms and chose to report to the Bird Building to get tested. Although Peeler and Dowell are roommates, they had […]
Sun rises on first climate change action meeting
November 19, 2021 by
All social change begins with people, and people on our campus want change. The WCU chapter of the Sunrise Movement held their first meeting in Hunter Library on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Six students gathered to join a nation-wide movement fighting back against climate change. Together, they watched a video about the Sunrise Movement, discussed their […]
Indigenous students and community members “rock their mocks” to bring awareness
November 16, 2021 by
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have been on this land for much longer than Western Carolina University. This is something that the WCU Cherokee Center and Native American Student Organization wanted to make very clear on Nov. 15 as they marched around campus for the Rock Your Mocks walk. “Rock Your Mocks is significant […]
