A group of protesters gathered at Western Carolina University staged a silent protest to bring awareness to racial tensions on campus. WCU community standing with Black Lives Matter, April 4, 2016. Photo by Alec Simkiss. A group of about 30 to 40 people gathered around the fountain with hand-made signs on Monday evening, April 4, writing […]
Students & faculty protest to bring awareness to racial tensions at Western Carolina University
April 7, 2016 by
WCJ Wheekly Update: Decision 2016 special
March 8, 2016 by
In this edition of WCJ Wheekly we go over the results of the primaries so far and the results of Super Saturday. Stay tuned weekly for more episodes of WCJ Wheekly Update.
Student government association seeks four new senators
February 15, 2016 by
Corrected 2:40 p.m. Feb. 16: An earlier version of this article had the senator application deadline as Feb. 16, it has been corrected to Feb. 17 The Student Government Association (SGA) at Western Carolina University is replacing four senators in the spring 2016 semester. Faculty adviser, Karen Farmer, said the four did not meet semester […]
First snowfall of the year livens up WCU campus
January 21, 2016 by
Updated: 12:15 p.m., Jan 22 Today, Jan. 22, all Western Carolina University face-to-face classes are canceled. University officials warned students not to travel on the roads due to ice in an email early this morning. The first snow of the year fell in Cullowhee Wednesday, Jan. 20, leading to snowball fights, sledding and excitement. […]
WCU to ‘revamp’ scholarship programs
December 5, 2015 by
The story produced/written with Alexey Rybakov and Kayla Riek. It’s no secret that attending college in the United States can be quite expensive. Western Carolina University is part of the University of North Carolina system and is one of the most affordable colleges in the state. Many students say it isn’t affordable enough. For this […]
Chancellor Belcher receives raise, faculty gets small one-time bonus
December 5, 2015 by
Chad Grant co-authored this article. Western Carolina University Chancellor, David Belcher, received a 19 percent pay raise in late October while WCU faculty pay remains stagnant. The University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors voted in a closed-door meeting on Oct. 30, 2015 to give 12 of 17 chancellors in the UNC system significant […]
