WCU hosted a legendary football coach as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. appreciation week. Herman Boone was the inspiration for the blockbuster, Remember the Titans. Over 250 people were in attendance at the University Center at WCU. Boone became the head football coach at T.C. Williams High School in 1971, in Alexandria, Virginia. […]
Free HIV/AIDS testing at WCU in honor of World AIDS Day
Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) administered free HIV/AIDS testing at Western Carolina University on Monday, Nov. 28. The event took place in honor of World AIDS Day, Dec.1. A total of 25 students and two faculty and staff took advantage of the opportunity before the tests ran out. Prevention specialist with WNCAP, Tracey Childers, said […]
Good start for early voting at WCU
Western Carolina University kicked off its first day of early voting in the University Center on Thursday, Oct. 27. Professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Chris Cooper, said in an email message, that 465 ballots were cast. Over 130 more ballots than at the Cullowhee Recreation Center, which had […]