Leaders of Western Carolina University and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College met Monday, July 8, to sign a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions of higher education. The agreement guarantees admission to WCU for all A-B Tech graduates who satisfy specific requ…
Sylva’s Lydia See is a recipient of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s inaugural All For NC Fellowship. Foundation trustees awarded four Fellowships of $75,000 each to four young change makers, all between the ages of 21 and 35. See is an artist and educator who will launch the “Engaging Col…
Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library received over $49,000 as part of $2 million in 2019-20 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants for local North Carolina libraries.
Local high school and college graduates
Casey Taylor (left) and Jonathan Painter, both of Sylva, were honored during a May 13 pinning ceremony for SCC’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Graduates are eligible to take their national certification examinations for practice as certified occupational therapy assistants. They ma…
The highest-achieving students at Southwestern Community College were honored in the annual Academic Awards Ceremony on April 23 in Myers Auditorium.
Sylva’s Lydia See is a recipient of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s inaugural All For NC Fellowship. Foundation trustees awarded four Fellowships of $75,000 each to four young change makers, all between the ages of 21 and 35. See is an artist and educator who will launch the “Engaging Col…
Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library received over $49,000 as part of $2 million in 2019-20 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants for local North Carolina libraries.
Local high school and college graduates
Casey Taylor (left) and Jonathan Painter, both of Sylva, were honored during a May 13 pinning ceremony for SCC’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Graduates are eligible to take their national certification examinations for practice as certified occupational therapy assistants. They ma…
The highest-achieving students at Southwestern Community College were honored in the annual Academic Awards Ceremony on April 23 in Myers Auditorium.
Western Carolina University is accepting nominations for the Mountain Heritage Awards, bestowed on an individual and an organization each year for contributions to or for playing a prominent role in research, preservation and curation of Southern Appalachian history, culture and folklore.
The first people to respond in the case of a medical emergency were honored in a pinning ceremony on May 16 at Southwestern Community College.
Over the past 15 years, the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University has compiled and digitized thousands of Cherokee language documents and media files.
Jim Costa, professor of biology at Western Carolina University and executive director of WCU’s Highlands Biological Station, has been named an Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Scholar at the New York Botanical Garden’s Humanities Institute.
Laura Lindsay of Webster graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing degree at the commencement service from Berea College in Kentucky.
Project SEARCH is a national nonprofit that partners with businesses to create internships for young adults with disabilities. This year’s graduating interns from Southwestern Community College were Shannon Albert of Cherokee, Jesse Crowe of Cherokee, Jamie Grace of Highlands, Ryan Key of Fr…
Three Sylva graduates of Southwestern Community College’s respiratory therapy program were recognized during a May 8 pinning ceremony. From left, Callie Bolick, Susan Burrell and Kennedy Jones were among 14 students from across the region to get pinned.
Southwestern Community College’s Human Services Technology (HST) and Substance Abuse Treatment (SAT) graduates from Jackson County received their honorary pins at a ceremony on May 6. From left: Lori Clancy, SCC’s HST/SAT program coordinator; Dolores Taylor of Cherokee, Trevor Gates of Webst…
Western Carolina University’s forensic anthropology program will be offering a summer day camp course, Tales from the Dead: An Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, for high school students. The course is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 17-21 at WCU’s campus.
Sixty four Southwestern Community College students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, Alpha Beta Gamma or both. Jackson County students accounted for 30 of them. NTHS inductees are nominated by faculty and rank among the top 20 percent of active students in their respec…
After grades from final exams are tallied and academic records finalized, Western Carolina University’s spring class, including recipients of both undergraduate and graduate degrees, is expected to total more than 1,650 graduates, which would be the largest class in university history and WC…
Recognition for four graduating students with perfect GPAs, presentation of an award to one of the University of North Carolina System’s premier teachers and the inspiring success stories of two other graduating students were among the highlights Friday and Saturday (May 10-11) as WCU held a…
When James Buchanan was 18 years old, he started working in the electrical trade.
Tomorrow’s “Ducks on the Tuck” race will provide an interactive way to raise money for Southwestern Community College’s New Century Scholars program.
Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment will be offering summer youth swim programs at Reid Gym on WCU’s campus in June and July 2019.
Thanks to more than 12,000 donors – nearly half of those first-time donors – the Western Carolina University family helped the late chancellor meet his pledge of raising millions of dollars in scholarship support to help WCU students pay for their education.
A professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Nursing is teaming up with an award-winning documentary filmmaker to produce a video series related to the opioid epidemic that will enhance classroom instruction for the university’s nurse practitioner students and assist primary care h…
Western Carolina University’s forensic anthropology program and the Division of Educational Outreach will be offering a comparative osteology (bone identification) course from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. June 3-5, at WCU.
Graduating students who comprise what is believed to be Western Carolina University’s eighth straight record spring class will gather with their families and friends for commencement ceremonies Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11.
With a flourish of trumpets, the clinking of glasses raised in a toast and the soothing tones of piano, flute and clarinet, Western Carolina University officially bestowed the name of late Chancellor David Belcher onto the academic unit that is home to its programs in the fine and performing arts.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School announced recently its honor roll for the second trimester for the 2018-19 school year.
Southwestern Community College will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new health sciences building at noon Monday.
Southwestern Community College is offering a new High School Equivalency Boot Camp where participants can complete their high school credential in only one month.
Research projects by Western Carolina University students numbered fourth highest in the nation and first in the state among higher education institutions having entries accepted for presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
A community celebration will be held at Western Carolina University from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, to announce the final tally of “Lead the Way: A Campaign Inspired by the Belcher Years.”
Western Carolina University will host a ceremony Saturday officially dedicating the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts in memory of WCU’s late chancellor.
Western Carolina University will host an aerospace and automotive workforce summit Friday in the conference room of Blue Ridge Hall.
Western Carolina University’s Opera Ensemble will present the comic one-act opera “Speed Dating Tonight!” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the recital hall of the university’s Coulter Building.
Western Carolina University will host a meet and greet to support the formation of a new chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for Western North Carolina.
A Sylva native recently received Walters State Community College’s highest faculty distinction.
Southwestern Community College’s automotive systems technology program recently received a Master Automobile Service Technology accreditation, the highest level of achievement recognized by the National Automotive Technician Education Foundation.
Erin Adams once had aspirations about moving into a tiny house, and she had big dreams of exactly what she wanted her small-scale abode to be like.
Western Carolina University has been voted the “Top Adventure College” in a Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine online readers’ poll, reflecting the popularity of, and pride in, local outdoor activities.
Nancy MacLean, a Duke University historian and award-winning author, will deliver her views concerning the nation’s radical right political movement, opposition to labor unions, voter suppression and increased privatization of government services at 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in the conferen…
This past fall, Hattie Stanbery – a student in Southwestern Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program – joined other Americans in her age group on a humanitarian trip organized through the Glyfada Christian Center in Greece.
Western Carolina University’s 17th annual Jazz Festival will be held Saturday, April 13, with a free public concert, master classes with professional musicians for students and a general daylong celebration of the distinctive music genre.
The 35th annual Tuck River Cleanup, believed to be the nation’s largest single-day effort to remove garbage from a waterway, will be held Saturday, April 13, between Cullowhee and Whittier.
Western Carolina University Interim Chancellor Alison Morrison-Shetlar testified March 13 before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, describing the NC Promise tuition program as a “game-changer” that is making a college education more affordable and more acces…
Duke University historian Nancy MacLean will deliver a lecture titled “The Campus Origins of Today’s Radical Right –and of the Crisis of Our Democracy.” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11.
Paul Wolf, coordinator of the Outdoor Leadership and Wilderness Therapy program at Southwestern Community College, received the Rebecca L. Carver ABC’s Award last month in Cleveland, South Carolina, at the 2019 Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Experiential Education.
Board members of the Judy Moore Scholarship Endowment Committee announced recently that Megan Crisp was selected to receive the 2018 Judy Moore Memorial Scholarship. Awards are given for tuition, books, room and board and any other directly related educational expenses to candidates who qual…
For Kaitlyn Putnam, attending UNC Chapel Hill seemed like a dream out of her reach.
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors appointed two new members to the Western Carolina University Board of Trustees and reappointed two current board members to serve another term.
Carolina Public Humanities is collaborating with Southwestern Community College to host “(Re)collecting Scottish Gaelic Memories,” from 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, April 4.
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