Letters are going out to 555 graduates of WCU’s College of Business to inform them that personal information stored on a server used by the College of Business may have been compromised. There is no reason to believe the information has been used for unauthorized or illegal purposes.
When Mark Holliday, professor of computer science, pondered how to participate in The Campaign for Western, his thoughts turned to John Proffitt, one of his first students at Western. Proffitt started a scholarship fund two years ago to benefit computer science students.
Two WCU nursing students, Brianna Bridges of Asheville and Leslie Elliott of Marion, claimed both of Mission Health and Hospitals’ “Extern of the Year” awards for 2006-07.
Marty Ramsey, alumni affairs director and 1985 WCU graduate, wanted his participation in The Campaign for Western to help academics and athletics, so he is directing his gifts to the Alumni Association Scholarship, the Loyalty Fund and summer school scholarships for student-athletes.
Susan Foringer-Burk is the first recipient of a new $1,500 scholarship for graduate students studying communication sciences and disorders at WCU awarded through a fund established by Margie Gibbs Motsinger, a Western alumna and the founder of a Greensboro-based communication and rehabilitative therapy clinic.
Julia Ann Barnes, associate professor of mathematics and computer science at WCU, has been named one of the best teachers in the University of North Carolina system, earning praise for using creative ways to help her students understand difficult mathematical concepts.
When Susan Parrot Ward and her husband returned to Western recently for the dedication of a ceramics studio in their names, it was only the latest development in a long and rewarding association with Joan Byrd, professor in what is now the department of art and design.
WCU has chosen Microsoft’s Windows Live as its new e-mail system for WCU students. Once implemented, Windows Live will replace current server-based e-mail accounts, becoming students’ official university-business account system.
Amanda Buchanan is the first member of her family to go to college. Now with a bachelor’s degree from WCU, she has become the first student from Cherokee County to be admitted to North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh.
WCU political science and public affairs students will hear how a major corporation lobbies state and federal government officials when Doug Bailey, a graduate of the WCU program, returns to his alma mater as keynote speaker at a departmental end-of-year banquet.
WCU Chancellor John W. Bardo officially launched on Tuesday, Feb. 20, the first comprehensive fundraising campaign in the university’s 118-year history, a drive to raise at least $40 million in private support to help meet a renewed emphasis on academic quality.
Gurney Chambers, dean emeritus of the College of Education and Allied Professions at WCU, is recipient of the Stiltner Distinguished Service Award presented by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.
WCU announced Tuesday, Dec. 5, establishment of the Myron and Barbara Coulter Fellowship Fund for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, which will provide resources for faculty members and graduate students involved in research to improve learning outcomes for WCU students.
If the WCU Web site looks a little different to you, don’t worry--it‘s a treat, not a Halloween trick! After months of planning and behind-the-scenes work, the university officially launched its new Web site today (Oct. 31).
WCU paid tribute to alumni Oct. 14, honoring a Haywood County teacher, one of the most influential CPAs in the nation, and a featured vocalist with Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpet player Chris Botti.
