Western Carolina University has not only been rated as one of the top environmentally responsible schools, but are also continuously working to make changes in reducing energy consumption on and off campus. The Princeton Review has rated WCU as one of the top environmentally responsible colleges for the sixth consecutive year in North America. Click […]
Free HIV/AIDS testing at WCU in honor of World AIDS Day
December 5, 2016 by
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 […]
WCU parking changes; residents are not happy
May 17, 2016 by
Changes are coming to parking at Western Carolina University beginning this fall. These changes will impact residents who live on campus, commuters, and visitors to WCU. “Residential halls will be enforced from 7 o’clock in the morning to 11 p.m. at night,” said WCU’s Director of Parking and Transportation, Frederick J. Bauknecht. WCU will have a […]
The gender pay gap in education
May 8, 2016 by
Women, and what they are being paid for their work, is now on the political agenda. Both of the presidential candidates on the Democratic side, Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have discussed the issue of women’s pay as a part of their individual platforms. As the election season is heating up, the gender pay gap […]
Perspectives on education: through the eyes of a female teacher
May 4, 2016 by
In an effort to see what it is truly like to be a woman working in the education field, the Western Carolina Journalist sat with local Smokey Mountain High School teacher Kristen Holt. This interview is a part of a multi-story project that attempts to bring to light the realities of being both a teacher […]
Inequality in the work place is unfair; WCU is no different
May 4, 2016 by
Women’s inequality in the workplace, specifically in education, is a widely discussed topic these days. Western Carolina University was requested by the WCU branch of the Tar Heel Chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to do a campus gender equity study in 2011. The study was completed in 2014 and presented in an open […]
