In our years of education, from the very beginning of preschool, to being college students now, we often remember our female teachers acting as “mother-figures” throughout our school years. A lot of the time we don’t think about our teachers’ lives outside of school with their family, children and how hard it sometimes is when they decide to […]
Students and staff take 3D printing to a new level
April 21, 2016 by
Western Carolina University’s Technology Commons in the Hunter Library started a new technological era with 3D printing in Oct. 2015. Since then the students and staff have been very creative. According to Mark Stoffan, head of Digital Access and Technology Services, students have been printing some interesting things and a number of faculty have used the printers for […]
WCJ Wheekly Update 3/16/2016
March 16, 2016 by
In this edition of the WCJ Wheekly update we cover the NC primary results and the result of the NC bond, racial tensions on WCU’s campus and a sports update from Calvin Inman. Below is the entire interview Veratta Pegram-Floyd from the Intercultural Affairs office at Western Carolina University.
Multimillion dollar science building coming to WCU….maybe (Update)
February 28, 2016 by
Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher will host an educational forum beginning at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, to address the regional importance of the Connect NC bond proposal. The event will be held in the theater of WCU’s A.K. Hinds University Center. On Tuesday, March 15, North Carolina voters will decide on the […]
South African Apartheid exhibit offers a lesson of forgiveness
February 13, 2016 by
An earlier version of this story did not give credit to Hilary Lindler for providing the loan of the Amy Biehl materials and the 1994 election ballot to the exhibit. It has been corrected. Living in a country where democracy is so often taken for granted, it’s difficult to imagine a time and place where […]
WCJ Wheekly Update
February 10, 2016 by
This is the second episode of WCJ Wheekly Update. In this newscast we cover the Yikyak on Western’s campus, an interview with Intercultural Affairs counsel member, Mali Guna, some inexpensive Valentines Day date idea and a update on the WCU Men’s Basketball team’s season . Check back every Wednesday for the next episode of WCJ […]
