by Laura Overby | Sep 28, 2026 | Events, Student Features
On September 12, 95.3 WWCU and Whee-TV teamed up to create a live remote broadcast during Jackson County’s 175th Anniversary Celebration. Between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., student club members of these organizations met to set up, record, facilitate the broadcast, and...
by Laura Overby | Sep 7, 2026 | Service Learning, Student Features
This summer, The Solutions Journalism Network selected The Western Carolinian and the Western Carolina Journalist to be one of the eight college media organizations to participate in this year’s Student Media Challenge reporting project and to receive a $7,500 grant...
by Laura Overby | Aug 31, 2026 | Department News Slider, Recent Updates, Student Features
For the first time ever, 10 WCU students had the opportunity to take two COMM 493 Special Topics courses on a week-long trip to Vienna and Prague in May this year. The courses, International Communication: Democracy & Media and Social Media Storytelling: On...
by Laura Overby | Aug 31, 2026 | Faculty Focus, Service Learning
Professors of Communication Vincent Russell, Grace Cheshire, and Gabriel Wisnewski-Parks will bring public deliberation to WCU through the new Deliberative Student Fellowship, offered through the Deliberative Citizenship Network (DCN). The DCN is a new national...
by Laura Overby | May 7, 2026 | Faculty Focus
Vincent Russell, assistant professor of communication, was presented the Excellence in Community Engagement Award at the Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards and Recognitions at Western Carolina University on April 28, 2026. “I am incredibly honored to receive the...
