Story from the University of North Carolina System. Originally published on Dec. 10. The University of North Carolina System announces the launch of a new service that gives students at every constituent institution access to licensed mental health support, including after-hours when campus counseling centers are closed. ProtoCall Services provides students telephonic access to crisis […]
WWCU GM Lyndan Jones supports and serves the community
December 11, 2020 by
WCU senior Lyndan Jones puts the light into a now dim radio station where COVID-19 has taken over. The motivated student has been leading WWCU FM as the student general manager for three years, beginning only as a sophomore. Jones originally learned of the station from Valley Ballyhoo during her freshman year in 2017. She […]
WCU student organizations react to 2020 election results
December 5, 2020 by
This story was co-reported by Nate Hadley. As the reporting of election results has come to a close, Joe Biden has been named the 46th President-Elect of the United States. With President Trump having yet to concede, many politically active student organizations on WCU campus have their own views regarding the election process and the […]
WCU will have pass/fail grading for Fall 2020
December 2, 2020 by
WCU students will have an option to change the grades from their letter grade to S/U (Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory) the same way as in spring 2020. The Student Government Association of Western Carolina University approved a resolution on Nov. 3 and Faculty senate supported it and passed their own on the last week of classes, Nov. […]
Western Carolina University student creates his own clothing brand
December 2, 2020 by
How did a junior engineer major get interested in created a clothing brand? Isaiah Lipscomb, a student at Western Carolina University, began his own line of clothing, iblcustoms, in March 2019. Lipscomb is currently a junior majoring in engineering technology with a minor in art. He considers himself to be more artistic than mathematic and […]
Profile: WCU residential case manager Maeve Kirby
December 2, 2020 by
Maeve Kirby has been a Residential Case Manager for WCU Residential Living for four years and her job is to help. Before COVID-19, Kirby would regularly reach out to students and meet with them in-person to get to know them, hear about their experiences and offer support and connections to resources on campus. Because Kirby’s position […]
