by Laura Overby | Oct 20, 2026 | Department News Slider, Events
Hurricane Helene was a once-in-a-1000-years storm that devastated Western North Carolina. The land of the sky became islands in the sky. Towns and communities were washed away, but the people remained. Now, a new Appalachian comic book is bringing stories of the...
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 | Apr 29, 2026 | Department News Slider, Events, News
Western Carolina University’s Department of Communication held its third annual “Speak Your Mind” public speaking competition on Thursday, April 23. This competition is intended to showcase and encourage the public speaking skills of students who have taken the Comm...
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 | 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...
by Laura Overby | Sep 30, 2025 | Events
Western Carolina University’s radio station, 95.3 WWCU, celebrated mountain heritage by producing a live remote show during the Mountain Heritage Day Festival on Sept. 27. The remote show allowed people that couldn’t make it to the festival to tune in and stay...
