This past weekend Western Carolina University celebrated the areas music, crafts, tradition and of course food, at the 39th Annual Mountain Heritage Day. Every year area restaurants and catering businesses come to the festival to share their food with the thousands of visitors who come to the festival each year. There was an array of […]
Mountain Heritage Day draws crowds celebrating the mountains and its diverse culture
September 30, 2013 by
The annual Mountain Heritage Day festival is always an event that many members of the community look forward to. Located on the WCU intramural fields, in just a few hours community members came together to celebrate the culture and history of the mountains. It has a special place in the hearts of those who return […]
Cullowhee nondenominational interfaith conference closes diversity week at Western
September 30, 2013 by
The Department of Intercultural Affairs held the Cullowhee Nondenominational Interfaith Conference in the UC, Sept. 21, as its last event of WCU’s Diversity Week. The turn out was low, but the speakers and attendees made the most out of the people who did show up by turning what would have been an opportunity for guests […]
Unintentional racism at WCU
September 20, 2013 by
“You are all odd!” This was a central part of the message Dr. John Habel imparted unto students at the Unintentional Racism seminar Monday afternoon in the UC Multipurpose room. The seminar, one of many events being hosted by WCU’s intercultural affairs office, lasted nearly two hours and was an interactive discussion on several aspects […]
An apple a day… helps support the local economy
September 7, 2013 by
The 67th annual NC Apple Festival began under cloudy skies on Friday, August 30. But a little threat of rain and thunderstorms all weekend wasn’t enough to deter people from packing both sides of the street, moving at a snail’s pace akin to rush hour on a Friday afternoon. “The apple has been called the loveliest […]
Board of Trustees hears about record enrollment, budget cuts at WCU
September 6, 2013 by
The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees opened it’s first quarterly meeting by accepting new members. The meeting began with a room full of congratulations and smiling faces as five new members of the Board were sworn in by the assistant secretary to the Board, Terry Welch. These members are: Phil Drake, Phillip Byers, Joyce Dugan, […]
