Gridiron Gals: WCU program teaches women football tactics
Female fans of Western Carolina University athletics know three things — which player the quarterback is, when a touchdown is scored and, more importantly, how to tailgate.
WCU weighs merits of majors in light of funding challenges
Western Carolina University will erase 10 degree programs, including women’s studies and the graduate music courses, from its books during the next few years.
WCU hires regional expert to lead hospitality, tourism program
Well-known regional tourism expert Steve Morse has been hired by Western Carolina University to head its hospitality and tourism program.
Cat-Tran could be nixed for off-campus students
Western Carolina University’s off-campus Cat-Tran may soon go the way of the horse and buggy.
WCU neighbors chagrinned by sprawling student apartments — and the cars they bring
Adam Cartwright walked a thin line on the way back to his home in Cullowhee. He hugged the side of Ledbetter Road, feet on the white paint, and frequently stepping off the pavement onto the scrubby grass if he heard a car approaching.
WCU retirees organize to renew old bonds
While many professors and staff members enjoyed their careers teaching, assisting students and helping to keep the ever-growing Western Carolina University operating on a daily basis, retired life inevitability beckons. But a movement afoot hopes to maintain a stronger connection amongst former workers at the institution far into their golden years.
Battle over degrees at WCU could heat up
Western Carolina University is grappling with whether to cut unpopular or obsolete majors, posing a conundrum as it and other universities examine their deeper role in society: to provide a well-rounded, liberal arts education or steer students toward degrees in promising career fields?
The curriculum at Western Carolina University is fluid — every year, degrees are added and subtracted from its list of offerings to meet shifts in student demand.
WCU invites student and faculty input on campus master plan
Western Carolina University is open to suggestions — from students, faculty and the general public — as it undergoes a campus-wide planning process that will steer infrastructure at the institution for the coming decade.
In search of the right word: Literary icons to converge on WCU
Showcasing the finest in Southern Appalachian and national writing talent, the Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival comes into its 20th year with bevy of events, author appearances, readings and talks from April 8-11.
WCU study to determine faculty satisfaction rate
Employees at Western Carolina University are distilling the recently released results of a Harvard University study to see if regional comprehensive universities have lower faculty satisfaction rates.
