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 Mykala Anderson | Nov 29, 2023 | Alumni Spotlight
Lucy Jones graduated from Western Carolina University with her degree in Communication and concentrations in public relations and journalism in December 2018. Jones was drawn to communication because of its enormous range of career opportunities that are built upon...
by | Nov 29, 2023 | Events, Recent Updates
The Department of Communication at Western hosted a Communication Weekend celebration on Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28 to honor the 75th anniversary of WWCU FM 95.3 radio station. “It was great to see all the alums and find out what they have been doing and...
by Mykala Anderson | Nov 29, 2023 | Faculty Focus
Gabriel Wisnewski-Parks, communication professor, presented at the National Communication Association Convention, in Harbor, Maryland, Nov. 16-19. Wisnewski-Parks started at WCU in the Fall of 2022, teaching Foundations of Communication. He has continued to work on...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Faculty Focus
Associate Professor, Dr. Vincent Russell, gave a virtual presentation called “Radical Community-Based Learning: Tapping into Students’ Sense of Justice” on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 to the Department of Economic and Management Sciences at North-West University in...
