Version of the story first published in print for The Western Carolinian. WCU’s Whee Breathe will add an analysis for the air quality on campus retrieved from Purple Air monitors by the end of the spring 2023 semester. Whee Breathe is a club started by Dr. Sara Duncan, a biology professor and expert on air […]
Archives for April 28, 2023
39th annual Tuck River Cleanup highlight reel
April 28, 2023 by
With 405 volunteers and 2500 pounds of trash collected this year 39th Tuck River Cleanup is in the books as a success. The Tuck River Cleanup is one of the nation’s largest single day river cleanups. The event stretches 20 miles of the Tuckasegee river from Cullowhee to Whittier, NC. This year, they removed 500 […]
Tuckasegee River has more than just garbage
April 28, 2023 by
In the early afternoon, with mist still clinging to the waters of the river, hundreds of WCU students descend to the banks of the Tuckasegee river for the Tuck River Cleanup. Throughout the day, thousands of pounds of trash are removed. Digging through the muck and traversing slime covered rocks, students remove old tires, beer […]
A touch of Japan comes to Bridge Park
April 28, 2023 by
Story originally published in The Sylva Herald, April 19 edition Sylva hosts its first Japan Fest Saturday, April 29, from 2-5 p.m. at Bridge Park. Attendees can eat, dance and practice calligraphy and get to know more about Japan. The Sylva Japan Fest is organized by the Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator for Western Carolina University, […]
