by Mykala Anderson | May 8, 2026 | Faculty Focus
Betty Farmer, professor of communication, will be professor emeritus starting July 1, after 33 years at Western Carolina University. Throughout her career, Farmer has developed and taught 27 different courses and founded the PRSSA chapter at Western. She served as...
by Mykala Anderson | Apr 29, 2026 | Faculty Focus
Donald Connelly, broadcast communication professor, received the Broadcast Education Association’s Best of Competition Award, the week of April 18, in Las Vegas, Nev. The BEA national convention is held every April in Las Vegas, bringing together thousands of...
by Mykala Anderson | Mar 31, 2026 | Events
Students taking Public Relations Campaigns at Western Carolina University have developed a “Stigma Hurts, Empathy Heals” campaign to increase empathy and reduce the negative stigma around mental illness. COMM 460 Public Relations Campaigns is the capstone course in...
by Mykala Anderson | Feb 28, 2026 | News
The Department of Communication at Clemson University hosted its annual Social Media Week Conference, Monday, Feb. 23, to Thursday, Feb. 26, and for the first time, invited other universities. Western Carolina University invited communication students from all...
by Mykala Anderson | Jan 31, 2026 | Events
WWCU 95.3 is a student-ran radio station that serves the Western North Carolina region and provides a variety of programming. “Our main goal is to increase our visibility to not only the broader Jackson county community, but to the student body and staff at WCU,” said...