David O. Belcher stepped into the role as chancellor at Western Carolina University at a tough time. The economy is the lowest it has been in decades, the athletic department isn’t producing to expectations, and opinions of the college are very strong throughout the community but these obstacles haven’t slowed chancellor Belcher’s vision of the […]
Chancellor Belcher predicts a bright future for WCU
December 7, 2011 by Logan Sherrill
Filed Under: Campus News, Home, Interviews, News Tagged With: Athletics, budget cuts, Chancellor, David Belcher, Western Carolina Students, Western Carolina University News
Catamounts making an impact
December 5, 2011 by Jean-Marie Jonell
Students at Western Carolina are making an impact on each other, sharing their love of knowledge along the way. Junior Sofia Lilly is a Chemistry tutor, part of a special task force on campus reviewing the liberal studies, and a Biology and English double major. Along the way, Lilly hopes to change a few lives […]
Filed Under: Community, Home, Interviews, Real Dreams Real Success Tagged With: Catamounts, impact, Sofia Lilly, students, WCU, Western Carolina, Western Carolina University
The man behind the camera
November 28, 2011 by Jarrett Frazier
It’s Saturday night in a deserted office building. The game is over. All of the fans have gone home, except for Mark Haskett. He sits editing photos from the game, making sure they are received in a timely manner before deadlines for newspapers and online articles. Mark Haskett has been photographing events at Western Carolina […]
Filed Under: Home, Interviews Tagged With: Bob Waters, Cullowhee, Mark Haskett, NC, Photography, WCU, WCU Student Activities, Western Carolina University
Waiting for a dream
November 16, 2011 by Jean-Marie Jonell
Catamount Roger Cote is waiting for a phone call that should have come in July, but as each day passes and November is nearly halfway through, the phone call still hasn’t come. Cote is waiting for a call from NBC to determine whether or not he will be interning with NBC at the 2012 Summer […]
Filed Under: Campus News, Home, Interviews, News, Real Dreams Real Success Tagged With: London 2012, NBC, olympics, Roger Cote, Western Carolina University
Study Abroad fair trade for WCU students
October 19, 2011 by Fern Lulham
WCU typically sends between 15 to 20 students to study abroad every semester. From the The staff of the International programs and services office describe the opportunity as a life-changing experience that the students will remember forever. John Schweikart is the International advisor at WCU. His job is to encourage Western’s students to spend some […]
Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Study Abroad Fair, WCU International Programs and Services, WCU News
The highs and lows of being WCU’s International Student Advisor
October 11, 2011 by Fern Lulham
Western Carolina University’s International Student Advisor, Chris Pedo, has just started his third year in this position on the Cullowhee campus. He is there to help students who are studying at Western and who come from other places all around the world, both before they arrive and during their stay in North Carolina. This semester, […]
Filed Under: Home, Interviews Tagged With: Chris Pedo, student advisor, study abroad, WCU International Programs and Services, WCU News
