The story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 10. The small radio station that at one time could only broadcast to a few Western Carolina University buildings will soon reach more the 100,000 people in the Western North Carolina area. The student run station, WWCU, on the WCU campus is switching frequencies […]
Silent march on WCU campus
April 6, 2021 by
Story co-written with Marina Cooper Many were gathered at Western Carolina University on March 30 to participate in the Silent March for AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) community. The attendees gathered at the Catafount at 2 pm in anticipation of the silent march that went through campus. SGA along with the Matthew Tuten helped […]
Cullowhee man invents a better greenhouse
April 1, 2021 by
The story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on April 1 Story co-written with Lili Stapel Transformer greenhouses invented by Bob Houghton, a retired Western Carolina University professor and former elementary school teacher, are more affordable than standard greenhouses and make all-year-round gardening an easily attainable goal. In Houghton’s new book, “Transformer Greenhouses: Multi-season […]
Second Annual Southeastern LatinX Student Leadership Conference at WCU
March 26, 2021 by
Western Carolina University is hosting the second annual Southeastern Latinx Student Leadership Conference (SL-SLC) from March 26 to 28. The conference is virtual and will be held on Whova, an app similar to Zoom. The conference starts on Friday afternoon with Rumba Latinx with DJ Ode. Saturday consists of workshops and networking hour with the […]
Silent vigil for Catamount Care Day
March 23, 2021 by
Story co-written with Autumn Pine The center of campus that is usually loud with noise and excitement was silent in honor of over 500,000 people who died from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The silent vigil was hosted by the Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning at 8 p.m. at the Catafount […]
New WCU science building is scheduled to be completed by Jan. 2022
March 17, 2021 by
This story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on March 11 publication. The new WCU science building Apodaca will open in the fall semester with available classrooms. Classes are expected to begin in the fall of 2021. Curtis Monteith, an engineer for WCU’s Department of Facilities Management said that the construction of the new […]
