Western Carolina University Athletics is trying hard to have the busy spring season happen in a safe way keeping its athletes, coaches and staff healthy. This task increases in difficulty when, this semester, there are 11 sport seasons. Western has cancelled meets and games due to COVID-19 infections, forcing the entire teams to go in […]
WCU club sports struggle with low attendance during COVID-19
March 25, 2021 by
Club sports have been a popular activity for students at WCU for decades. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, club sports were put on hold last semester and resumed practice at the start of March. And people are not participating as much as anticipated. Club Sports director, Michael Birch, believes that this is due to […]
Silent vigil for Catamount Care Day
March 23, 2021 by
Story co-written with Autumn Pine The center of campus that is usually loud with noise and excitement was silent in honor of over 500,000 people who died from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The silent vigil was hosted by the Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning at 8 p.m. at the Catafount […]
Zoom cooking classes amidst COVID-19
March 16, 2021 by
A new local non-profit organization has had to find new ways to operate amidst COVID-19. Uncomplicated Kitchen is a local non-profit organization with the goal to improve food security through educational outreach. The organization was only operating for a few months before they had to change the way they operated due to COVID-19. Jenna Kranz […]
WCU COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic working full speed
March 4, 2021 by
WCU COVID-19 Clinic continues with vaccinations and if you are in the current vaccine group you can get in line to receive one fast. Call (828) 227-8222 or make an appointment online. Cortnee Lingerfelt, Director of WCU Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, said the clinic has only been open since Feb. 24 and has already distributed […]
WCU COVID-19 vaccine clinic starts this week
February 25, 2021 by
The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will begin this week at WCU. The director of WCU’s regional COVID-19 vaccine clinic, Cortnee Lingerfelt, said for The Sylva Herald, that the state has been allotted 600 Moderna vaccines. “We’ll do 150 on Thursday, 250 on Friday and 200 on Monday,” Lingerfelt said. In the first two to three […]
