A $10.4 million investment in the construction management program sparked three years ago by a pledge of nearly $7 million by Joe and Cynthia Kimmel has funded scholarships, professorships and academic opportunities.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized Western Carolina University’s emphasis on community engagement and its link to engaged teaching, research and service by selecting the university for its “community engagement classification.”
Prospective students can learn about the 100 courses Western Carolina University will offer in Asheville during the upcoming spring semester as the university holds an information session and registration from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8.
Prospective nursing students will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss their futures with Western Carolina University nursing faculty from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, as WCU’s School of Nursing sponsors an open house on Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Enka campus.
Dirk Herr-Hoyman is the new director of the Office of Web Services at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will host the fourth annual Community Service-Learning Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center.
A marketing major from Western Carolina University’s College of Business recently captured first place in a regional sales competition, marking the first time a WCU student has earned the top honor in such a contest.
Health sciences students at Western Carolina University recently contributed more than 800 nonperishable food items to the Community Table in Sylva.
Trevor Jones, a native of St. Cloud, Minn., is the new curator at the Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University’s museum of Southern Appalachian natural and cultural history.
It’s a “like-father, like-daughter” scenario for Western Carolina University Honors College Dean Brian Railsback and Cadence Railsback when it comes to raising money for worthy causes at WCU.
The 2008-09 old-time and bluegrass music concert/jam session series at Western Carolina University will continue Thursday, Jan. 8, with a concert by the Stuart Brothers of Canton, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
Patricia Bricker, assistant professor of elementary and middle grades education, received the 2008 Jo Duckett Wallace Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Service in Science Education at the Elementary Level, an award given by the North Carolina Science Teachers Association.
Tickets are now on sale now for a performance by the venerable Lipizzaner Stallions at Western Carolina University. The famed “dancing white stallions” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, at Ramsey Regional Activity Center on the WCU campus.
Western Carolina University’s Kimmel School is partnering with the Center for Business and Technology Incubation at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to provide free engineering and development consulting services for area business owners who need assistance with developing their products or prototypes.
WCU will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a week of service, essays, art, a movie discussion, a theatrical performance, poetry, musical tributes and a guest speaker.
Western Carolina University paid tribute to a graduating class of approximately 710 students on Saturday, Dec. 13, as the university held fall commencement exercises at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
Perry L. Schoon, senior associate dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the next dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s board of trustees unanimously approved proposed tuition and fees for 2009-10, including an increase in local tuition to improve the quality of undergraduate education by giving students opportunities to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world settings.
Amanda Hayes, a first-year student in Western Carolina University’s physical therapy program, is among eight recipients nationwide of a $1,000 scholarship from the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions.
Mary Deck, professor of counseling at Western Carolina University, received the 2008 Ruth McSwain Distinguished Professional Service Award for Outstanding Contributions to the School Counseling Profession, the highest award given by the North Carolina School Counselor Association.
The Western Carolina University board of trustees welcomed Betty L. Siegel, president emeritus of Kennesaw State University in Georgia, as its newest member, filling a vacancy created when Bob Burgin, retired president and chief executive officer of Mission Hospitals in Asheville, stepped down as a trustee earlier this year.
Jayne Zanglein, assistant professor of business law, is co-author of the third edition of “ERISA Litigation,” an 1,800 page book about Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation recently published by the Bureau of National Affairs.
Researchers conducting a dialect study at Western Carolina University are seeking lifelong residents of Western North Carolina between the ages of 9 and 13, and age 50 and older to volunteer to participate.
Kefyn M. Catley, an associate professor of biology and head of the secondary science education program at Western Carolina University, recently secured a $665,247 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to research ways of improving high school and college biology curricula.
The verdict is in – book critics across the country are falling in love with “Serena,” the latest novel penned by Ron Rash, Western Carolina University’s Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture.
It took Western Carolina University students Drew Tolliver of Atlanta, Ben Plowman of Waynesville, and Josh Kirkland of Hendersonville just 10 days and dozens of discarded plastic bottles to design and build a product that is original, innovative, creative, useable – and award winning.
Western Carolina University is among American colleges and universities featured in the 2008-09 edition of “Colleges of Distinction,” a guide for prospective students that focuses on four areas of academic quality – student engagement, great teaching, vibrant communities, and successful outcomes.
Western Carolina University recently named 20 top faculty members as recipients of the 2008 Chancellor’s Meritorious Award for Engaged Teaching.
Keith Wells, an assistant professor of health sciences in Western Carolina University’s emergency medical care program, recently won the 2008 Founders Award from the Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine.
Western Carolina University junior Kerri Elizabeth Bernhardt has been named the Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student for 2008 by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
