Jackson County Green Energy Park (JCGEP) will host an artist open house competition from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. “The artist open house competition is an incentive to get the artists out to the JCGEP and experience our brand of studios,” said Timm Muth, director of JCGEP. JCGEP is searching for artists […]
Harvey Gantt to keynote April 10 ‘North Carolina in Dialogue’ symposium at WCU
April 7, 2015 by
From WCU Office of Public Relations Harvey Gantt, an architect and civil rights activist who formerly served as mayor of Charlotte and was a candidate for the U.S. Senate, will be the keynote speaker for a daylong symposium at Western Carolina University – “North Carolina in Dialogue: Our Past, Present and Future.” Set for 8 […]
WCU faculty not receiving equal pay
April 2, 2015 by
For years, women around the world have actively participated in a battle for equal rights and treatment in professional settings. Women have been doing the same amount of work, sometime more, as men yet they still receive less pay. This issue has been noted and demonstrated in many large cities, but it was a surprise […]
North Carolina’s Supreme Court justices speak and inspire WCU students
March 30, 2015 by
The NC Supreme Court will be 200 years old in three years and Western Carolina University had the honor of hosting a forum with three of the seven women who have ever served on the state’s Supreme Court. Justices Robin Hudson, Barbara Jackson and Cheri Beasley spent the Saturday March 28, touring the campus and talking […]
Local veteran programs make their mark on WNC
March 27, 2015 by
Western Carolina University was recently designated a “top school” in the Military Advanced Education 2015 Guide to Colleges & Universities. It’s no wonder why the university grabbed that distinction with people like Tom Baker from the Vet to Vet program. Baker, a chief organizer of the Vet to Vet program, has been interviewing with local […]
A lesson for a safe spring break
March 19, 2015 by
“Have you ever driven a car drunk?” “Have you ever been the passenger in a car with someone who was driving drunk?” “Have you ever killed your three best friends in a car wreck?” These were some of the beginning questions that Mark Sterner asked the 450 students who were in attendance to hear him […]
