“Remembering A Different King.” This was the title of the presentation that Melissa V. Harris-Perry delivered in front of a packed UC Grand Room on Wednesday night. As the keynote speaker for the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration, a week filled with events in honor of King’s legacy, Harris-Perry conveyed a message that not […]
Let the celebration begin!
January 23, 2014 by
The Cullowhee community huddled into the University Center Grand Room Thursday afternoon to get the party started in style. Festivities began on the catwalk as university students, alumni, faculty, and staff modeled clothing designs ranging from the late 1800’s to now. A brand new line of clothing closed out the show, with a variety of […]
WCU ready to celebrate 125 years
January 20, 2014 by
It was August 5, 1889 that Western Carolina University began to take shape. 18 aspiring teachers filed in for the first day of class at what was then a primary school called Cullowhee Academy. At the time, Cullowhee Academy was nothing more than an unpainted schoolhouse with two rooms. The only instructor, Robert Lee Madison […]
Mike Hill isn’t stopping to rest
January 2, 2014 by
Mike Hill originally came to Western Carolina University for the band, but as he plans for graduation in May 2014, he will be graduating with a degree from the Film and Television Production program. “I sort of wanted to do music, I sort of wanted to write – I didn’t really know what I wanted […]
Fall graduates commence to new part of their lives
December 16, 2013 by
Western Carolina University now has a new crop of alumni to spread the word around the world about their Alma Mater after their fall commencement ceremony in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center on Dec. 14. WCU’s fall and summer class includes about 700 students who completed academic requirements to receive their degrees, and […]
WCU’s campus safety initiative
December 12, 2013 by
In collaboration with Dustin George With a record enrollment of 10,106 students and an estimated growing population, it can be hard to keep up with every detail or rule break that occurs daily. According to the WCU campus police website, between 2010- 2012 there has been a total of 70 Burglaries, 12 forcible sex violations […]
