Archives for April 2023

Greening Up the Mountains festival celebrates 25 years

The dogwoods are blooming and the festival that kicks off the warm season returns. The Greening Up the Mountains Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday, April 22 beginning at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The festival is held in historical downtown Sylva, with the Town of Sylva and the Main Street Sylva Association […]

Catamount Eats food truck gets a makeover

Version of story originally published in the Western Carolinian Many students enjoy the good food and convenient location of the Catamount Eats food truck. That is easy to see from the lines that wrap around the small sidewalk between the McKee and Killian building. The food truck is nothing new and has been going around […]

Fiber Folks bringing back textile arts to WCU

Want to learn how to crochet, but don’t know where to start? Or what if you just want to do something with your hands to relieve stress? Fiber Folks can help. Though this is the focus of the “club”, many different kinds of art styles are discussed and celebrated at meetings. Each attendee only needs […]

Mujeres Con Un Proposito; a place of belonging

Originally published in print in The Western Carolinian. Mujeres Con Un Proposito “Women with a purpose” (MCP) is a student lead club for Latinas to create an empowering and welcoming space for women of color and to help the Latinx community.  “Being able to have that sense of community and women around me that inspire […]

Diversity bringing people together through community engagement project

In a quiet classroom, tables are unevenly shoved together, and each table is lined with a collection of ceramic pots. No one pot looks the same, coming in a range of sizes and shapes. Each blank pot stands proudly waiting for a colorful arrangement of rainbow themed paint. “What should we paint on them?” a […]

A WCU professor’s small step for making space travel history

After many decades, humans are exploring the stars again, and one WCU professor got the chance of a lifetime to help them reach the Moon again! Dr. Amy Fagan is a geology professor who also teaches astronomy courses. It’s clear from the LEGO lunar lander on her desk that her interest in the project goes […]