The Catamounts played the Furman Paladins in the last home series of the season for the softball team this past weekend, April 26 and 27. The Cats also celebrated the five players graduating this May. Here is the recap of the games from this weekend. Coming into the series, the Catamounts were 20-27. There was […]
Archives for April 2025
Greening Up the Mountain festival great success
April 30, 2025 by
Version of the story was originally published in The Sylva Herald April 30 edition Music, food, beer, arts, crafts, bugs and critters and plenty of people were present at the 27th annual Greening Up the Mountain Festival last Saturday. Officials estimate 11,000 people attended on a glorious day weatherwise. The festival aims to be environmentally […]
Famous regional authors come to campus to guide WCU students
April 29, 2025 by
The WCU English Department held its annual Spring Literary Festival featuring multiple writers coming to campus to talk with students about writing and how to get published. According to the Literary Festival website, the Spring Literary Festival was originally the Visiting Writers Series before it became the Literary Festival, which was the oldest series in […]
Students embrace AI, but are universities falling behind?
April 29, 2025 by
“AI may not take your job, but the person who knows how to use it is,” said Kyla Parks, a construction management major at WCU. Parks talks about how in her field utilizing AI as a constructive tool is useful for safety purposes and that it’s not a replacement for the work in her field. […]
WheeLife Eps. 5: Special edition on religion, faith and students
April 27, 2025 by
Welcome to WheeLife, the radio news magazine for Cullowhee, Jackson County and the region. This is the fifth show and is a collaboration between the Western Carolina Journalist and 95.3 WWCU. This weeks episode is brought to you by Callia Addikis and Morgan Korson. You will hear us every Friday at 4 p.m. until the […]
WheeLife Eps.4: College life and mental health
April 27, 2025 by
Welcome to WheeLife, the radio news magazine for Cullowhee, Jackson County and the region. This is the fourth show and is a collaboration between the Western Carolina Journalist and 95.3 WWCU. This weeks episode is brought to you by Max Poku-Kankam and Hannah Butler. This week magazine is bringing topic on college living and mental health.
