Cats for the Constitution educates voters on how to get civically involved

Under the midday Cullowhee heat, the large purple Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning tent glistens in the sunlight. Under the shaded tent are pocket constitutions, voter registration forms, baked goods and other information aimed at encouraging civic engagement among Western Carolina University students. This was WCU’s way to mark National Constitution Day on Sept. 17. […]

Why WCU’s civic dialogues are important

In today’s United States it seems there is a lot of disagreements being dealt with aggression instead of understanding. WCU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning wants to change that by hosting a series of civic dialogues throughout the school year on a variety of topics. The civic dialogues are nonviolent conversations in which […]