In order to become more efficient and prepare for drastic budget cuts for the 2011-12 school year, the UNC System axed 60 programs across the state earlier this month across its 17 campuses. Ten universities saw program eliminations according to a released report by system officials, which also had Western Carolina University as losing a […]
Television production students take a trip
April 2, 2011 by
Western Carolina University’s television production students got an opportunity last Monday to get an inside view of the Events Center in Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. Professor, Mark Mattheis took this resource and used it as a learning tool for his students. Jo Blaylock, President of Human Resources and Neal Morgan, Entertainment Manager, showed the students around […]
Communication students receive a “Golden” internship opportunity
March 29, 2011 by
WCU student Tucker Horn was interning during the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010 Students who are Communication majors at Western Carolina University have an excellent opportunity to receive real world experience. NBC is looking for students to work as interns in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics. According to Gabe Nucci, assistant professor of […]
Elimination of prejudice
March 25, 2011 by
Pi Lambda Phi fraternity at Western Carolina University held a philanthropic event this week. The event took place on the UC lawn on campus. A wall was built and placed on the lawn for students to write their remarks on after donating money towards their philanthropy based around religious discrimination. At the end of the […]
“Kiss Me Kate”
March 22, 2011 by
Western Carolina University presents a Cole Porter play, Kiss Me Kate; It will be held at the Fine and Performing Arts Center March 24-26 at 7:30p.m. and on March 27, at 3p.m. Casey Weems and Patrick Detloff, play the two main roles in the play. They share their excitement about the performance with us as […]
WCU’s Japanese program raises money for Japan
March 18, 2011 by
Students in WCU’s Japanese program are raising money and collecting encouraging messages for those hit by the severe earthquake and tsunami in the northern part of Japan. Last week Japan was hit with one of the strongest earthquakes in history. More than 10,000 people have died or gone missing and the numbers are rising. CNN […]
