Service Learning at Western Carolina University has great opportunities for students to get involved and practice the real world skills of their major. Visit servicelearning.wcu.edu for more information.
The future of the WCU marching band
At the end of the Spring 2011 semester the band will be searching for new leadership following director Bob Buckner’s retirement
How you can get involved
The annual Service Learning Fair is organized so that representatives from local organizations come and inform people about how they can get involved in particular organizations. This year there were 42 organizations that participated in the event at WCU. Service learning is a major part of a college curriculum that many students know nothing about. What […]
Semester kick off for the First Amendment
The Western Carolinian hosted the first celebration of the semester for the First Amendment. Guest speaker Attorney Frank LoMonte, Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center, presented his thoughts on our right to express ourselves and talked about several laws that are limiting that freedom. LoMonte explained the provisions of the Hazelwood law, established […]
Just snowin’ around
The forecast may call for snow, but for Western Carolina University students that means a call for fun and two snow days. While most people stayed snowed in during the first big snow of 2011, the students of Western Carolina University found a way to dig themselves out and get to the nearest hill of […]
Budgets “cut” WCU student athletes future
With budget cuts rising, Western Carolina Univeristy’s student athletes future may take a major effect due to the changes that will take place. Such changes are scholarship awards, amount of money invested into student athletes, and study hall.



