WCU moves closer to beer, wine sales at sporting events; trustees OK tailgate...
Catamount athletics fans will find two noticeable changes to the gameday experience at Western Carolina University when the fall football season rolls around in September, including the sale of beer...
View ArticleFaculty members receive support from CFC, and each other, as they shift to...
WCU associate professor Enrique Gomez gives an impromptu session for colleagues on how to record lectures online. One of the many enjoyments Western Carolina University faculty members receive from...
View ArticleWCU adopts optional satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading system for spring...
Undergraduate students at Western Carolina University will have the option to request that they receive grades of “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” for their 2020 spring semester classes, which have...
View ArticleCampus mail delivery changes to take effect April 1
Print shop Because of a reduction in the number of faculty and staff who are working on campus as Western Carolina University implements stricter measures designed to help limit the spread of COVID-19,...
View ArticleStudents eligible for prorated housing, dining refunds because of coronavirus...
Most students who were living in on-campus residence halls prior to the onset of the coronavirus health crisis have followed WCU officials’ recommendations to return to their permanent homes for the...
View ArticleOn eve of retirement, longtime psychology professor has ‘last lecture’...
Retiring psychology professor Bruce Henderson is with daughters Heidi Buchanan (left), a professor and research and instruction librarian at Hunter Library, and Holly Pinter, an associate professor of...
View ArticleBaShaun Smith officially becomes dean of students
BaShaun Smith After serving as Western Carolina University’s interim associate vice chancellor and dean of students since June 2019, BaShaun H.L. Smith had the interim tag removed May 1, allowing him...
View ArticleLarge events, gatherings curtailed for fall 2020 semester at WCU
Valley Ballyhoo, the university’s annual welcome back festival, is one of several fall events that have been canceled. Several events typically on the fall semester calendar at Western Carolina...
View ArticleALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge begins efforts for voter registration
A local push to register voters and get out the vote is being spearheaded by a group at Western Carolina University, as part of the national ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. WCU’s Center for...
View ArticleFace coverings, sanitizer, thermometers will be provided to faculty, staff in...
Chancellor Kelli Brown (left) and husband Dennis (right) prepare PPE bags for WCU faculty and staff. Western Carolina University faculty and staff soon will be receiving bags of personal protective...
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