WCU is a University of North Carolina Campus
H. Samuel Miller Jr., Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Scott East
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Ph: 828-227-7147
Fx: 828-227-7036
Recent Stories
- WCU to host outdoor summer concert series
- Campaign: Geology professor starts scholarship
- WCU extends deadline for tuition deposits to May 31
- WCU honors 1,140 students during spring commencement ceremonies
- Song inspires "Galaxy of Stars" performances for 2008-09
- Mountain Heritage Center to open 'plain-style' furniture exhibit, co-host symposium May 30-31
- WCU Honors College scholarship fund grows to $85,000, endowed level
- New partnership expands entrepreneurship degree opportunities
- WCU initiates new chapter of national music honor society
- Kevin Schilbrack joins WCU as philosophy, religion department head
- Western presents top teaching, research and service awards for 2008
- Students take top honors in kitchen design competition
- Faculty member receives honor for service-learning trip to Honduras
- New WCU award honors faculty for supporting undergraduate research
- Will Peebles named one of UNC system's top teachers
- WCU interior design students win statewide competition
- University planning two May 10 commencements due to record class
- New traffic pattern planned for WCU's undergraduate commencement on May 10
- WCU sets May 9 Asheville info session for graduate programs in business
- Fine Art Museum seeks entries for environmental exhibit
- Service learning, civic engagement symposium June 12
- 2008 Children's Creativity Camp to be held on WCU campus
- WCU to host "Creating Businesses that Rock," May 15
- WCU student presents at national conference
- WCU receives NC energy efficiency grants
- WCU announces finalists for dean of education and allied professions
- Raleigh Ringers handbell choir to perform June 21
- Provost is first honorary member of national honor society at WCU
- WCU-based employee to lead statewide disaster recovery program
- WCU invites community to read 'Three Cups of Tea'
- International beach preservation trust names Rob Young to advisory board
- Geology faculty, students present at regional meeting
- Academic tutoring center earns international certification
- Student receives athletic trainers' scholarship
- Student wins state award for political science paper
- Stephen Brown joins WCU as applied criminology department head
- Franklin Resident wins WCU scholarship
- Mountain Heritage Center exhibit features work of Laura Nelle Goebel
- Entrepreneurial students participate in contests
- Professor wins prize at scholars conference
- Students traveling to Maryland for national research conference
- WCU hosts high school math contest
- Ground-breaking ceremony held for $50.2 million residence hall project
- English graduate student wins international honor society scholarship
- WCU First Book donates $2,500 for child literacy
- Biology students awarded scholarships
- "Know Your Region" project gets accolades from federal agency
- WCU nursing program puts students on fast track
- Professor, students teach "survival Spanish" to Jackson County officers
- Work by WCU's art education students on display at library
- WCU accepting applications for Mountain Dulcimer Week
- Local high school students win honors at WCU's foreign language contest
- Rash named PEN/Faulkner finalist for short story collection "Chemistry"
- Students earn high ranking for National Conference on Undergraduate Research
- WCU broadcaster wins national radio award
- Faculty and staff win more than $490,000 in grants
- WCU wins multiple awards from education council
- Artist Emily Thompson to judge student contest
- Craft revival photo exhibit on display in Hunter
- Professor selected to judge international film festival
- Faculty research suggests need for more education on postpartum mood disorders
- Students to volunteer in Central America projects
- Student volunteers to spend spring break in Chicago
- WCU's online payment options to change beginning April 1
- Old-time, bluegrass jam series to feature Charles Shuler and Friends
- WCU museum to debut "Kristallnacht" prints
- Annual WCU science fair announces winners
- WCU to offer Advanced Excel workshop
- Governor's Office recertifies WCU's Agricultural Mediation Program
- WCU to hold memory workshop
- WCU travel courses available this summer for interested students
- New transfer specialist is headquartered at A-B Tech
- "Inspired" explores what it means to be American
- WCU names first dean of library services
- WCU’s regional development efforts featured in Public Purpose magazine
- Expert in teaching writing skills to keynote WCU conference
- Data breach sparks concern
- WCU to host literary panel discussion Feb. 25
- WCU selected to test sustainability rating system
- WCU entrepreneurs dream big for fun, profit
- WCU named to national honor roll for service
- UNC Tomorrow: WCU holds campus forum, launches Web site
- WCU receives official word of successful accreditation bid
- University police chief earns doctorate
- Forensic professors, students help search for clues in murder case
- Feb. 24 Heritage Center program to give visitors a taste of Kentucky burgoo
- Tickets available for student production of "Guys and Dolls"
- English students support, write about KIDS Place
- Professor to judge campus, community photo contest
- Feb. 12 folk life program to focus on Center for Cherokee Plants
- WNC students to compete at Science Fair Feb. 13-14
- WCU to host lunar eclipse party at Jackson airport
- Western honors local school system partners
- Short story collection by WCU's Ron Rash named "notable" book for 2007
- WorldCom whistleblower to visit WCU for speaker series events March 11
- Students gain experience as professor is interviewed for History Channel, A&E
- Student, staff cancer survivors speak at Relay For Life events
- State technology adviser McMahan appointed dean of Kimmel School
- Theatre students to stage musical "Guys and Dolls" at arts center Feb. 21-24
- Boys chorus to bring American music to WCU
- Campus forum centered on UNC Tomorrow Final Report held Jan. 31
- Free French film fest through April at WCU
- Former Con-Ed executive Louis Buck directing entrepreneurship center
- Old-time, bluegrass jam series to feature Chuck Norris and Daybreak
- Accounting profession leader to speak Feb. 11
- Appalachian cultural series to feature author Casey Clabough on Feb. 6
- Applications for freshman class are up 62 percent
- School of Music to host all-district band festival
- Center for Rapid Product Realization hires former U.S. Air Force engineer
- Historic photo exhibit shines light on farmstead restoration project
- "Vagina Monologues" to stage Feb. 5 and 6
- Feb. 1 benefit show planned for students' European concert tour
- Veteran FBI scientist to lead Western's forensic science program
- Henry Rollins performance in March at WCU cancelled
- WCU to offer "Wired Wednesdays," a series of computer software classes
- Magical illusionists appear at WCU Feb. 1
- Free workshop to focus on world of high definition
- Mountain Heritage Center to display donated quilts through March
- WCU joins national dialogue for global warming solutions Jan. 31
- Artist Ken Sedberry to lead Feb. 14 pottery workshop
- WNC organizations participate in Jan. 29 service-learning fair
- Museum to exhibit faculty work, recent acquisitions
- Mathematical ecologist to guest lecture Jan. 29
- Music faculty showcase on Jan. 29 has its first sponsor
- Students inducted into honor society in education
- Civil rights activist to keynote Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
- Director of athletic bands wins education award
- Web site by student wins regional design award
- Student center director wins regional award
- Western Carolina names Dennis Wagner head football coach
- Talent Search Program to hold financial aid workshops in January
- WCU awards honorary doctorate during fall commencement
- Doctoral dissertation draws national attention
- Community Table, Shops With Cops benefit from student fundraisers
- Major trumpet festival set for Jan. 18-20 at WCU
- WCU to offer aqua fitness class
- Jan. 15 folk life program to focus on sustainable forest management
- Musical theatre camp auditions scheduled for Jan. 19 at WCU
- Weather-related schedule changes
- Cooks of Jefferson's Monticello to be focus of Jan. 15 program
- WCU to present asthma management workshop
- WCU to offer time management workshop
- Endowment established for Mountain Heritage Day
- WCU Programs in Asheville to hold Jan. 10 information session
- WCU to present stained glass workshop
- Crisis preparedness report cites communication needs
- WCU to present Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend
- WCU environmental health seniors receive awards from U.S. Public Health Service
- WNC native to lead WCU's economic development arm
- Western's Board of Trustees approves proposed 2008-09 fees
- WCU's Peter Bates honored for assistance provided to local towns
- Professor named Fulbright peer reviewer
- WCU's old-time, bluegrass jam series to feature McDowell Family Jan. 3
- English professor's book wins state poetry award
- Season's Greetings from Chancellor Bardo
- FCC awards first of $417 million in grants to WCU, Cherokee health care project
- 400 attend WCU summit addressing emergency planning, preparedness
- National survey gives WCU high marks for students' academic engagement
- WCU's Small Business Center offers free financial analysis
- Gastle is new associate dean of graduate school
- WCU economist: Get ready for best shopping season ever
- WCU to present swing and salsa workshops
- Asheville Symphony to perform holiday concert at WCU Dec. 15
- Canton Faire event Dec. 10 will link WCU, town
- WCU drumline to perform Dec. 6 with Keith Urban at BiLo Center
- Old-time, bluegrass jam series to begin Dec. 6 at Heritage Center
- Dec. 4 program at Heritage Center to feature music scholar Betty Smith
- Dec. 6 program to focus on women photographers of World War II
- WCU to present "Sounds of the Season" concert Dec. 2 at arts center
- 5-K "Jingle Bell Run" to be held on campus Dec. 5
- WCU music professors to join resident brass quintet in recital Nov. 27
- WCU to offer lawsuit workshops
- Students compete, place at Federal Reserve Bank contest
- WCU to host AIDS Memorial Quilt Dec. 3-6
- WCU faculty awards highlight engaged teaching
- Students recognized at American Democracy Project conference
- Red Cross to hold blood drive at WCU Dec. 4-6
- Children's crafts program set for Dec. 2 at Mountain Heritage Center
- College Bowl team prepares for regionals
- Students plan 'Who's Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' event
- Craft Revival Project receives funding, thousands of online visitors
- Teacher education program wins national Christa McAuliffe Award
- Palliative care survey raises questions, provides answers for student
- WCU Wind Ensemble to perform Dec. 4
- WCU researcher: sexist humor no laughing matter
- WCU to present gamelan recital
- WCU to present second annual Art Days
- Students present at N.C. Campus Compact Conference
- The Animal Band to perform at WCU
- Student ensemble invited to trumpet festival in Italy
- Book artist to visit WCU for lecture Nov. 19
- Tennessee marching band wins WCU's Tournament of Champions
- WCU announces U.S. Constitution essay winners
- Nov. 13 folk life program to feature Smokies ranger
- CIA senior analyst to speak at WCU on Nov. 13
- Marching band hosts annual concert Nov. 16
- WCU to host emergency preparedness summit Nov. 15
- Labor activist to present singing lecture Nov. 14
- Western hosts GIS Day
- Session for doctor of education program to be held in Asheville Nov. 13
- Student receives Community Impact Award
- Faculty, students present research to Geological Society of America
- Author Robert Morgan to present lunchtime program Nov. 7 at Heritage Center
- Southern Fried Chicks coming to WCU
- Dean completes pledge ride to Mount Mitchell
- WCU to offer "Learning for Fun: Shag Dancing"
- Professor helps win grants for post-hurricane projects
- University Players to present "Lucky Stiff" Nov. 8-11
- Asian artist to visit Nov. 12
- WCU's Honors College to co-sponsor Nov. 10 book fair in Sylva
- Community service tops 16,000 hours in honor of Homecoming
- Awards honor trustee, businessman, biologist and baseball consultant
- WCU to hold information session for Gerontology Program
- Aprons to be topic of program at Mountain Heritage Center
- Honors dean reaches mile 90 of pledge ride, makes plans to finish
- Professor selected to Olympic Park Institute board, N.C. coastal panel
- Hip-hop dancer Bill Shannon to perform at WCU Nov. 1
- Environmental health students recognized for research
- Professor serves on advisory council for UNC Tomorrow Commission
- Theatre professor and student to present at national conference
- Homecoming queen and king crowned at WCU
- WCU marching band to perform in Charlotte area
- Spanish/Latin American films to be shown through November
- Students, faculty members give up vacation to volunteer
- Tech Thursdays Series Continues at WCU
- Western introduces Japanese outreach program
- WCU to host fall 2007 Carolina TESOL Conference
- Music professors to perform clarinet, piano concerts in Nov.
- Area students urged to become "teachers of today" at WCU gathering
- Dean plans 10th anniversary pledge ride to benefit Honors College
- WCU invites community to Homecoming celebration
- WCU to present "Learning to Harness the Power of Google"
- Comedian Jamie Kennedy to perform at WCU Oct. 26
- Campaign: Staff Forum at WCU awards first scholarship
- College of Business offers graduate seminar series
- WCU adopts innovative faculty reward policies
- WCU and ICC to offer Elementary Education program
- Heritage Center program on gourds set for Oct. 21
- Volunteers needed for AIDS Quilt display
- Fine Art Museum to feature Cherokee children's book illustrations
- WNC students to gather at WCU for Oct. 16 Teachers of Tomorrow Day
- WCU's Branding, Marketing Initiative launch to be streamed live at 1 p.m.
- Mountain Heritage Day contest results announced
- Art students participate in art senior portfolio exhibition
- WCU to present Cherokee Health Symposium
- Fine Art Museum exhibits photos of migrant workers
- Catamount Club hosts Basketball Rouser at Broadmoor Golf Links
- Campaign: Scholarship helps student-athletes
- Student plans community walk for cancer awareness
- Homecoming 2007 expands service event
- Tournament of Champions band competition set for Oct. 13
- Program on photography to be held Oct. 7 at Mountain Heritage Center
- WCU's 33rd annual Mountain Heritage Day was "resounding success"
- Oct. 9 Heritage Center program to feature ethnographer
- "Southern Stews" exhibit opens Oct. 4 at Mountain Heritage Center
- Mountain Heritage Awards presented to master fiddler, Cherokee dance group
- Several area youths attend WCU's Construction Camp
- Western launches institute to study watershed issues
- Photographer Tim Barnwell to present lunchtime program Oct. 3
- Hunter Library to host Banned Books Week film festival
- Faculty join global team studying water pollution in South Africa
- WCU to hold blood drive Oct. 8-10
- Choral ensembles to take fall tour Oct. 7-9
- WCU to present PowerPoint Workshop
- Online scholarly archive edited by WCU professor goes live
- Wind Ensemble to present first concert of season Oct. 2
- Campaign: SunTrust gift marks a first for Catamount Club
- Regional coalition honors Women's Center director
- Constitution Day events held throughout September
- Theatre season to open with "The Nerd" Sept. 26-30
- Hunter Library hosts fall book sale
- WCU to offer Computer Workshop Series
- WCU program raises funds for Hurricane Felix victims
- Student production sweeps film festival awards
- Performance schedules announced for WCU's 33rd Mountain Heritage Day
- Honors College awards medallion to Asheville author
- WCU "On Location" in select NC cities in September
- WCU's fall foliage forecaster says WNC leaf color could be spectacular
- Heritage Weekend to include Sam Bush concert, big Saturday festival
- "Prince of Dark Corners" film to be premiered at WCU Sept. 23
- "African-Americans of Jackson County" exhibit on display at Heritage Center
- Student enrollment tops 9,000 to set new record
- Mountain Heritage Day to include 5-K race
- Mountain Heritage Day to include traditional foods contest, other competitions
- Sam Bush to take stage at WCU Sept. 28
- University Chorus presents evening of music Sept. 20
- 'Wall of Oppression' event kicks off Diversity Week
- WCU offering water aerobics through Dec. 6
- Online criminal justice program ranked No. 1 "Best Buy"
- WCU begins using biodiesel, E10
- Grant-writing workshop to be offered Sept. 27
- UNC Tomorrow Commission to host listening forums across state
- WCU's entrepreneurship program recognized as one of five best
- Western sets open house for Saturday, Sept. 15
- WCU's brass quintet to give Alzheimer's benefit Sept. 16
- WCU, Shuler discuss strategies for working together to help region
- Sept. 11 program to focus on mountaintop removal
- Students, teams propose ideas in WCU competition
- Accountancy program to hold fall banquet Sept. 21
- Board elects officers, welcomes newest member
- Mountain Heritage Center extends exhibit featuring William Bartram
- Dean of College of Education and Allied Professions stepping down
- Service Learning program grows from department into center
- WCU announces cultural arts series for 2007-08
- Carolinas Photonics Consortium announces funding program
- Catamount Mail for students goes live this fall
- Shuttle bus to serve off-campus housing
- "Alice" star Linda Lavin to open performing arts series Sept. 8
- Asheville city workers earn fellowships to study at WCU
- WCU's improvement plan will benefit region and campus, Chancellor says
- Rob Neufeld to open lunchtime series Sept. 5
- Nursing professor receives state award
- Star power leads to WCU radio series, special prize for Valley Ballyhoo
- WCU shines spotlight on 2007-08 theatre season
- Professor to offer lunar viewing Aug. 28
- Alum Tony White to bring DNA technology experts to campus
- Summer commencement draws audiences in Cullowhee, Jamaica
- Faculty member earns professional certification
- Superior Court mediation course is set for Oct. 7-11
- WCU researchers use radio transmitters to track elusive timber rattlesnakes
- Western trustees to meet Aug. 31
- Art museum to open 2007-2008 with ceramics by Norm Schulman
- Campaign: Macon Bank honors late VP with scholarship gifts
- WCU to offer new certificate program in project management
- State budget includes $46.2M for health sciences building at WCU
- Ron Rash to talk about inspiration for novel at Freshman Convocation
- Catamount Football to host annual Meet the Cats event Aug. 22
- Public affairs degree program topic of WCU session in Franklin
- WCU Programs in Asheville to hold Aug. 16 info session
- Campaign: Alumna establishes communication disorders scholarship
- Freshman move-in day set for Friday; faculty, staff ready to lend helping hands
- Broadway camp features Tony Award nominee Charlotte d'Amboise
- Nursing student named one of top nurses in the state
- WCU to host Aug. 14 symposium on the future of photonics
- WCU to host planning institute Aug. 8-10
- Summer commencement set for Aug. 3 at Ramsey Center
- Student cyclists organize "Catamounts Against Cancer" team
- Demolition of residence hall makes way for new dining hall
- Bobby Moranda named head baseball coach
- WCU to be featured in service-learning guidebook
- WCU to offer new residential program for first-year students
- WNC students study math, science at WCU's Pre-College Program
- Successful writing course has dean, advisory board looking to future
- WCU to lead Charlotte area agencies in federal disaster response project
- Campaign: New scholarship helps WCU students afford to research
- WCU one of three finalists for national teacher education award
- WCU, SCC announce partnership for program in Macon County
- WCU joins four other Carolina universities in photonics consortium
- Grad student wins state's speech-hearing award
- Campaign: Professor supports scholarship started by student
- WCU receives grant for online education program
- WCU to offer grant-writing workshop July 20
- WCU to host annual mountain art festival July 7-8
- Summer Concert Series to continue at WCU
- Nurse practitioner program prepares students for the region
- Sylva businesses express opinions in professor, student survey
- WCU, Duke Energy to improve river access on Tuck
- WCU creates center to study mountain biodiversity
- Administrative appointments top WCU trustees' agenda
- WCU to offer "Mini-Camp for "Middle Schoolers"
- New payroll deduction system approved for WCU parking permits
- Professor and wife team author river remediation book
- Professor Susan Swanger wins state educator award
- "Bartram's Journey" exhibit opens at Heritage Center
- WCU to offer "Mountain Mysteries" camp
- WCU to host info session for gerontology program in Shelby
- WCU to offer swim programs
- Fine, Performing Arts Center announces 2007-2008 Galaxy of Stars Series
- Catamounts' NCAA Baseball Championship Regional run cut short
- Talent Search plans cultural, service trip to Montana
- WCU board approves contract extensions for coaches Hunter, Harper
- MFA Program to host conference, guest artists
- WCU means business
- WCU offers gerontology courses in eastern Tennessee
- Western Carolina advances to NCAA regional championship
- WCU announces new dean of arts and sciences
- New master's program cross-trains scientists for business world
- Western Carolina earns at-large bid to 2007 NCAA Baseball Championship
- Campaign: Alumni affairs director makes gifts to academics, athletics
- WCU announces new vice chancellor for student affairs
- Local singer, songwriter to kick off Summer Concert Series
- WCU community encouraged to give blood June 5
- WCU inducts students into honor society
- Local teachers learn about craft revival at WCU
- Whittier resident receives WCU scholarship
- WCU to offer construction camp for middle schoolers
- Yancey County students visit WCU's science labs
- Music instructor to present in Bangkok
- Students win business honor society awards
- Reynolds High assistant principal works toward degree from Iraq
- WCU announces first dean of College of Health and Human Sciences
- WCU, N.C. community colleges unveil comprehensive transfer plan
- Heritage Center to sponsor "Salamander Stroll" May 20
- Nursing students recognized by Mission Health and Hospitals
- "Broadway in the Mountains" summer camp announced at WCU
- Service Learning Symposium set for June 14
- WCU class visits mountain wetland for training
- Six WNC community agencies win WCU partnership awards
- WCU to co-host Asheville Chamber event May 24
- N.C. Symphony, folk musicians to share stage May 23
- New program trains nurses in anesthesia study
- WCU presents two honorary doctorates at spring commencement
- Web site redesign update
- Board of trustees to meet June 1
- Cherokee students follow Pathways to WCU for day of nursing
- WCU taps Ronald Johnson as College of Business dean
- WCU team joins state experts in examination of slope failure
- Student Jennie Dowdle awarded Rotary scholarship
- WCU to bestow honorary doctorates, alumni award at spring commencement
- WCU survey: WNC first responders not getting sufficient support
- WCU offers Tiny Tot Swim Program
- Program on toy-making to be held May 6
- Faculty member, student receive national awards for radio work
- WCU to partner with Asheville, Yancey schools on grant-funded project
- WCU, Alleghany schools receive $125K science education grant
- WCU announces edible book fest winners
- Students help create exhibit at library
- Students selected to attend prestigious Media Sales Institute
- Bob Buckner to direct community band May 13
- WCU lands national grant to help Canton with flood recovery efforts
- Campus pauses to remember nine students who died in past year
- SCC, WCU partner on program to prepare provisional students for college
- Barnes named one of UNC system's top teachers
- WCU's brass quintet planning Carnegie Hall arts weekend
- WCU presents top teaching, research, service awards
- WCU to celebrate spring with campus carnival April 27
- Student Jason Coggins wins state scholarship
- Campaign: Ceramics studio named in honor of benefactors
- WCU to roll out new student e-mail system this summer
- Fraternity members Rogers, Wheeless win prestigious honors
- WCU professor helps Mississippi land $1.7M federal grant
- Heritage Center program to focus on Cherokee basket collecting
- Student conductors, soloists to be featured in April 26 concert
- WCU reacts to Virginia Tech tragedy
- Dance faculty, students to hit stage April 26-27
- Catamount Club Auction moving to Hickory
- Vet school another first for outstanding Western alum
- Eco CATS sponsoring Earth Day event, showing of "Inconvenient Truth"
- Students to host Recycled Fashion Show April 23
- Fine Art Museum honors rock 'n' roll photographer at reception
- British art critic Derek Guthrie to present public lecture
- Campaign: Outreach dean supports Loughlin Scholarship Fund
- WCU to present concerts at 26th annual choral clinic
- University Players to stage "All in the Timing"
- Heritage Center sponsoring wildflower walk April 22
- Still time to sign up for Tuck River Cleanup April 21
- WCU announces three candidates for student affairs vice chancellor
- Finalists announced for dean of College of Arts and Sciences
- Fine and Performing Arts Center announces summer events lineup
- Five students to participate in "Research in the Capital"
- Historians to speak on "Color Lines" at April 19 program
- International Festival at WCU planned for April 18
- Search for business dean narrows to three finalists
- Bryant elected president of N.C. Political Science Association
- Hunter Library to celebrate anniversary of Appalachia encyclopedia
- Base Camp Cullowhee schedules 23rd annual river cleanup
- Different paths take students to head of class through NC TEACH
- WCU sets April 12 session in Asheville for business, management programs
- Local teachers invited to apply for "Invest in Teachers Scholarship"
- WCU accepting applications for Mountain Dulcimer Week
- Children's Creativity Camp to be held on WCU campus
- Students, faculty heading to national research conference April 12
- WCU to present art workshops
- Anheuser-Busch lobbyist to speak to political science group
- Cherokee legend comes to life April 19, 21
- Renowned flutist William Bennett to present concert, masterclass
- WCU announces winners of high school math contest
- Student Chris Douglas recognized at state conference
- Grad student Lauren Drerup honored for research
- Hinder, Puddle of Mudd to rock Ramsey Center
- "Take Back the Night" March set for April 10
- Annual Honor Band Festival at WCU April 13, 14
- Atlantic Ballet of Canada to perform April 15
- Buckner to direct first-ever, high-school All-American Marching Band
- McDowell High wins top honors at WCU's Computer Science Contest
- Oscar nominee to help launch new documentary festival at WCU
- Western to present gamelan recital April 11
- Cherokee language icon to give presentation April 4
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faire to be held April 2-3
- WCU Relay for Life to take place April 13, 14
- Teacher Support Program seeks teachers of deaf-blind students
- Educational Outreach names Regis Gilman associate dean
- Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet to perform April 3
- Campus, community musicians to join for recital April 1
- Board OKs cell antenna for top of residence hall roof
- WCU parking fines increased for habitual offenders
- Chancellor launches The Campaign for Western
- Spring student art exhibit, sale to be held March 29 - May 4
- Gender Research Conference set for March 28
- Undergrads' work to be displayed at March 26-29 expo
- Trombonist Sacha Witt advances to national competition
- Nobel Laureate to visit WCU April 2
- Catamount Chamber Singers, Instrumental Ensemble to play April 2
- Students treat nursing home residents to "senior prom"
- Gradison, of Accounting Oversight Board, to present talks March 28
- Local students win honors at WCU's Foreign Language Contest
- WCU's Literary Festival to feature Gish Jen, Charles Baxter
- Computer Science Programming Contest set for March 27
- WCU to recognize Youth Art Month winners March 25
- 500 of region's top mathematics students to compete March 29
- WCU to offer Tiny Tot, Youth Swim programs
- WCU to offer adult swim lessons
- Challenges facing first-year students are topic of presentation
- Lady Cats fall in second round of Women's NIT
- WCU wins multiple awards from education council
- Major arts festival at WCU March 23-24
- Crisis Communication Day to be held March 23
- WCU, A-B Tech sign agreement to foster teacher education
- Annual Jazz Festival at WCU March 23, 24
- Football task force to hold first meeting March 20
- WCU to celebrate banking concentration with address by Wachovia's Martin
- Graduate Research Symposium set for March 22
- Western trustees to meet March 23
- WCU conference celebrates research in the history of mathematics
- Winners announced from Odyssey of the Mind tourney
- Lady Cats advance in Women's NIT
- Local winners announced from WCU's Science Fair and Festival
- Lady Cats to host ETSU March 15 in Women's NIT
- Area students to test foreign language skills March 15
- Heritage Center programs to focus on weather, Southern Samplers
- Clapsaddle to discuss writing project at lunchtime program
- Bremen Clarinet Quartet to perform March 27
- Cherokee storyteller to be featured in folk life series March 13
- Minority students invited to "Experience Western"
- WCU team ranked eighth in nation
- WCU to offer Pre-College Program for WNC students
- Students spend spring break fighting hunger, homelessness
- Voice students hit high notes
- Student EMS team takes third place in nationwide competition
- Student places first in Charlotte Opera Guild
- Visiting artist to give horn recital, class March 14
- Festival features writers with ties to Western
- Literary festival features community writing workshop
- Art students to exhibit in Fine Arts Museum
- Iron pour to take place at WCU March 23
- "Cullowhee Rocks" to feature famous rock 'n' roll photos
- Count Basie Orchestra to perform at WCU March 23
- WCU to host Youth Art Month exhibit
- WCU sets $40M goal in first comprehensive campaign
- Winter jam session series to conclude March 15
- Basket-making workshop set for March 15
- Kehrberg appointed to lead new College of Fine, Performing Arts
- Pair of weaving programs set for March 4
- Cirque Le Masque, puppet theatre to perform at WCU
- WNC students to gather at WCU for Odyssey tournament
- Programs mark TRIO Day
- Student and Scout leader to meet George W. Bush
- Two books co-authored by WCU's Hatley reissued
- WCU to hold lunar eclipse viewing March 3
- WCU charters new chapter of leadership honor society
- Collaboration fostered at Faculty Enrichment and Education Day
- Jam session to feature Stoney Creek Boys
- WCU to offer youth swim lessons
- Local students to take part in WCU's Youth Congress
- Student Kevin Moore receives prestigious GIS award
- Heritage Center holds exhibit open house, reception Feb. 25
- Poet/Actor/Musician Saul Williams to perform March 20
- WCU's Railsback co-edits monumental Steinbeck work
- Costumes a big part of WCU's "Music Man"
- WCU to offer VIP seats for "Music Man" opener
- WCU students win state awards at residence hall conference
- Swanger named director of Master of Accountancy Program
- WCU to offer "Portfolio Bookmaking" Feb. 22
- WNC student scientists to compete at WCU Regional Science Fair
- Live stream of Chancellor's State of the University address at 3 p.m. today
- Program to show film focusing on Jackson County's Queen Family
- Author of Blue Ridge Parkway history to speak Feb. 21
- WCU strengthens region's ties to S. Korean university
- WCU to offer mediation training Feb. 22-24
- Art Club to offer "Hula Hoop Making" Feb. 19
- WCU holds Open House Feb. 17
- Program to focus on raptors of Southern Appalachians
- Students earn study abroad scholarships
- Jam session series continues with Cullowhee Creek performance
- Book by Fenton explores connections between hope, land
- Films to be shown as part of Black History Month
- WCU to present "The Music Man"
- East Tennessee photographer to give lecture Feb. 12
- Choral groups to perform Feb. 13
- Student earns TV operator certification
- Heritage Center to welcome artist Susan Leveille
- Rash novel named a top 10 read for young adults
- WCU named approved provider of nursing continuing education
- WCU to host annual WNC All-District Band Clinic
- Heritage Center's newest exhibit features hand-woven coverlets
- Party foods of 1920s to be topic of Arti-Facts! program
- WCU hosts Service Learning Fair Feb. 8
- Broadcast students pass national radio bureau exam
- WCU creates entrepreneurship hub, renames engineering resource arm
- WCU purchases commercial area known as Cullowhee business district
- Dedication to medical research, health care wins student two scholarships
- Professor taking part in global panel to examine elections in Turkmenistan
- Trumpet professor to perform at St. Bart's Music Festival
- Prospective principals earn high grades on national exam
- Jam session series continues Feb. 1
- WCU to offer Art Day
- WCU to offer stained glass course
- WCU-sponsored team wins trophy at regional robotics competition
- Fine Art Museum features Albert Kresch paintings
- The American Spiritual Ensemble to perform Feb. 1
- Cherokee storyteller Davy Arch to speak Jan. 23
- Tennessee poet Darnell Arnoult to speak at lunchtime series
- WCU receives $362K economic development grant
- Students may apply for scholarships in construction management
- Art students share photos from study abroad
- WCU to offer second annual Mountain Dulcimer Winter Weekend
- Youth rally set for Jan. 20 at Ramsey Center
- WCU to honor Martin Luther King
- Clarinetist Lowenstern to present masterclass, recital at WCU
- RFK Jr. to interview Rob Young on national radio show Saturday
- Fifth Annual WCU Trumpet Festival set for Jan. 12-14
- Talent Search to sponsor local workshops on federal financial aid
- WCU's Gurney Chambers earns education honor
- "Dancing White Stallions" to take WCU stage in January
- Legally blind student urges graduating class never to quit
- WCU awards honorary doctorates during fall commencement ceremony
- WCU unveils new precision laser system
- WCU to hold Jan. 4 info session for Asheville courses
- Wintertime jam session series continues Jan. 4
- New Cherokee basket exhibit on display at Heritage Center
- Fraternity sends care packages to men and women serving overseas
- Music faculty give money to create new scholarships
- Construction management students advise on planned church addition
- Former chancellor, wife pledge major gift to WCU
- Cherokee Center program gets $5K boost from Smith Barney
- Season's Greetings from Chancellor Bardo
- Board of trustees approves proposed 2007-08 fees
- Wake, WCU sign agreement with Cherokee's Eastern Band
- Honorary doctorates to be awarded during Dec. 16 commencement
- WCU economist: Holiday shopping will be merry
- Nursing professors win grant for international project
- MBA professor gives assistance to Canadian business group
- WCU's Sheffield wins Continuing Education award
- Hispanic student group to hold benefit dance party
- WCU, Sylva police adopting mutual assistance agreement
- Online "Crisis Communications" course to be offered in spring
- WCU jam sessions to begin Dec. 7
- WCU to offer series on Workplace Violence Prevention
- Nurse anesthesia program gains accreditation, begins in January
- Atlanta Ballet, The Lettermen to perform in coming weeks
- Pledges, anonymous gift give Honors fund $18K boost
- "Telling Mountain Stories" series to continue Dec. 5
- Wind Ensemble concert to feature faculty soloists
- WCU energy summit addresses variety of issues
- WCU professor publishes first book of poetry
- Coburn joins Duke shoreline program in move to WCU
- Philyaw to lead Mountain Heritage Day
- Fine Art Museum features Littleton collection
- WCU, Duke, Fayetteville State collaborate on $1.4M nursing education project
- Cultural series to feature film "Spiral of Fire"
- Graduate students receive music technology award
- Professor Beaudet honored by state association
- New book by Henderson examines "the people's universities"
- Alumni awards go to educator, CPA, vocalist
- College of Business among Princeton Review's "best"
- WCU launches new Web site
- Rivercane project wins $101,000 grant
- Gifts from Greensboro businessman will fund business WCU professorship
- New Release of Student Information procedures in place
- Broadway's Mann to lead musical theatre program
- WCU to award honorary doctorate during Dec. 15 fall commencement
- Campaign: Endowment started for study abroad
- Campaign: Gift supports Speech and Hearing Center
- Annual Gender Conference set for March 26 at WCU
- Graduate Research Symposium set for March 27 at University Center
- Research work of WCU's undergrads to be displayed at March 24-27 expo
- National education leader to discuss changing role of higher education
- Young NYC artist Jo Nelson to host talk
- March 11 program at Heritage Center to focus on environmental history
- March 16 Heritage Center program to focus on cooking, seasonings
- Old-time, bluegrass jam to be held March 20 at Mountain Heritage Center
- WCU to host presentations on improving nursing conditions
- Symphony band to present concert at arts center
- WCU to offer PowerPoint workshop
- Rocks, minerals of WNC to be explored in March 16 Heritage Center program
- Area students to test foreign language skills at WCU contest March 18
- WCU Catamount Concert Series faculty music recital March 11
- Author, WorldCom whistleblower to visit WCU on March 11
- Balladeer to perform in March 12 program at Heritage Center
- Don't Forget: WCU to offer memory workshop March 14
- WCU to offer web page designing class
- Recreational therapy students to host fundraiser
- Masterworks Concert to be presented March 30
- Quilt Discovery Day set for March 30 at Mountain Heritage Center
- Award-winning documentary filmmaker to speak at film festival
- Student writers to be featured in April 2 lunchtime program
- "Take a Stand" radio show to broadcast live from WCU April 3
- WCU to host 38th annual High School Mathematics Contest
- Crisis Communication Day to be held April 4 at WCU
- "Walking Our World" celebration to be held on WCU campus April 5
- WCU Public Policy Institute to sponsor Youth Congress on April 5
- WCU's International Festival to be held April 9 on U.C. lawn
- April 8 folk life program at Mountain Heritage Center to focus on ramps
- Artist Joyce Kozloff to give retrospective of work
- Nursing expert Marianne Jeffreys to speak April 10
- Literary festival features novelists Pat Conroy, Russell Banks
- WCU to host "Century" photos of female form
- WCU to hold Asheville session for college student personnel program
- WCU hosts Women's History Month events
- One O'Clock Lab Band to headline April jazz fest
- Women's rugby team to play Wake in prom dresses
- Students bring "Hardy Boys" to WCU stage April 9-13
- Proposals being accepted through April 14 for September FEEd
- Acclaimed filmmaker to present documentary at WCU April 16
- Artist Brian Bishop to present work April 17
- Jim Witter to play Lennon-McCartney tribute April 18
- WCU, Society for Quality to present seminar April 19
- WCU's Base Camp Cullowhee schedules 24th annual river cleanup, April 19
- WCU to present two concerts during High School Invitational Choral Clinic April 18-19
- Philosopher John Caputo to deliver April 21 Jerry Jackson Lecture
- WCU students help plan Dillsboro growers' fair
- Health care design expert to speak April 21-22
- Comic opera "Barber of Seville" to show April 22
- Atlanta art curator to present at WCU April 22
- Art historian to visit April 23 for lecture on German expressionist
- WCU to hold Take Back the Night on April 23
- WCU to offer information sessions for engineering technology degree program
- WCU community partners to receive service-learning awards on April 24
- Freshman leadership group hosts 5K on April 25 for Cullowhee Revitalization
- WCU employees, students to participate in April 25 Torch Run
- University offices to sponsor April 25 Spring Carnival at Ramsey Center
- "Moveable Feast" dance showcase April 25-26
- Professor hosts conference April 25-26 for Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society
- WCU hosts fourth annual math conference April 26
- WCU ceramics students donate to charity event
- WCU students to march from campus to polling place April 29
- WCU Brass Quintet to perform April 29
- "Meet the Firms Night" on April 29 in Asheville
- WCU, Canton groups to brainstorm on community projects April 29
- Billy Currington to perform at WCU's Ramsey Center May 1
- Student conductors, soloists to be featured in May 1 concert
- WCU student brass quintet to perform at A-B Tech May 2
- Footworks ensemble to perform dance show at WCU May 3
- Children's quilting program to be held May 4 at Mountain Heritage Center
- Professor to judge and present at New Mexico film festival
- Campaign: Scholarship to honor dean of education
- WCU, Charlotte-area emergency responders to reveal study findings
- WCU to offer swing and salsa class May 5-7
Vice Chancellor's Notes
The Vice Chancellor’s Notes are open posts to Western Carolina University students. Written by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, the Notes highlight important information for students and to prompt communication about campus issues. To provide feedback or ask a question, email vc-notes@wcu.edu







