by Mykala Anderson | Feb 28, 2024 | Events
Marrah Ste. Marie, Event Coordinator for SPJ, is organizing a joint bake-off fundraiser with HomeBase on April 17 in the University Center. The fundraiser is an event where different clubs and organizations at Western will compete against each other to discover who...
by Mykala Anderson | Feb 28, 2024 | Alumni Spotlight
Lili Stapel, a Western Carolina University communication alumna, became the Multimedia Content Specialist for the North Carolina Forest Service, NCFS, on January 8, 2024. Stapel graduated from Western in the fall of 2022 with a concentration in journalism and a minor...
by Anna Bowie | Feb 28, 2024 | News
The Beloved Community Center, BCC, presented its initiative to organize a North Carolina Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (NC-TJRC) on February 8, 2024, in Apodaca 201. According to Dr. Vincent Russell, communication professor and contact point, the...
by Anna Bowie | Jan 30, 2024 | News
Western Carolina University’s TV studio installed a new Allen and Heath DLive C3500 audio board in the Center of Applied Technology over 2023’s Winter Break. The new audio board offers “more features, modern design [and is] more relevant to the current state of live...
by Phuong Vo | Jan 30, 2024 | Faculty Focus
Dr. Candy Noltensmeyer, Associate Professor of Communication, serves as a Faculty Relations Fellow at Western Carolina University, WCU, together with Dr. Siham Lekchiri, Department of Human Services, CEAP for the academic year of 2024. Noltensmeyer grew up on a farm...
by Mykala Anderson | Jan 30, 2024 | Student Features
Reaghan Wiltbank, junior at Western Carolina University, presented at the Carolina Communication Association conference at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro over winter break, and was a finalist for the Mary E. Jarrard Award, top undergraduate paper....
by Mykala Anderson | Dec 14, 2023 | News
Greetings from the Communication Department here at Western Carolina University! It’s Finals Week here in Cullowhee with just a few days more to go before the end of the Fall 2023 semester and graduation! It was a very busy Fall with so many exciting things happening...
by Mykala Anderson | Dec 14, 2023 | News
The Western Carolinian celebrates its 90th anniversary as well as the joint collaboration between English and communication department advisors. Liam Bridgeman, second-year editor-in-chief of The Western Carolinian, explained what this milestone means to him. “90...
by Mykala Anderson | Dec 14, 2023 | Faculty Focus
Dr. Melinda Weathers, health communication professor, received the Provost’s Scholarship Development Award on November 17 at the Western Carolina University Provost Office. Weather’s research addressed Assessing College Students’ Perceptions of Digital Dating Abuse...
by Maci Cooper | Nov 29, 2023 | News
The Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA, chapter here at Western attended a field trip to the Cherokee Indian Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 7 to learn about the public relations department. “We wanted to give our members the opportunity to connect with...
