by Tanner Norman | Sep 24, 2024 | Class Notes
1964 Michael W. Dixon ’64 retired in 1998 from a career in the denim industry and later became CFO of a retirement center, which grew significantly under his management. He continues to enjoy life and has three grand-daughters, one of whom is a nuclear engineer. 1977...
by Tanner Norman | Oct 13, 2023 | Class Notes
1971 Steve Armstrong ’71 and Al Kesler ’71 reconnected several years ago when they both showed up as volunteers at a Kairos Prison Ministry event. Kairos Prison Ministry is a non-denominational Christian ministry that aims to address the spiritual needs of...
by Tanner Norman | Feb 24, 2023 | Class Notes
ALUMNI ADIEU Homecoming at Western Carolina University will have a different feel this fall, as the individual who helped organize one of the biggest campus events for the past 19 years will no longer be serving as master of ceremonies. Marty Ramsey ’85, WCU’s...
by Tanner Norman | Feb 23, 2023 | Class Notes
1984 Monica Henson ’84 has been appointed superintendent of schools for the Oxford Hills School District, the fifth-largest school system in Maine. Henson is a member of the WCU Alumni Association board of directors and the Madison Legacy Society. Joanna Helms ’84 was...
by Tanner Norman | Feb 22, 2023 | Class Notes
1961 Chuck Holmes ’61 is the author of “The Sing,” a novel released by Deeds Publishing of Athens, Georgia. The book, set in the 1950s in a segregated small town, tells the story of a woman’s efforts to get her church’s black choir entered into a local singing...