by Beth Young, WCU Faculty | Dec 11, 2019 | News
“Adolescent substance use is on the rise across the country. Access to drugs (including opioids) and alcohol has increased exponentially, and the risks associated with substance use continue to grow in this vulnerable population. Again, the argument can be made that...
by Geoff Cantrell | Oct 11, 2019 | News
A regional problem calls for a regional solution, Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown said in her opening remarks at an opioid and addiction town hall hosted by WCU on Thursday, Oct. 3. The immediately recognizable fact is that Western North Carolina...
by Cory Vanillancourt | Sep 25, 2019 | News
It’s been said time and time again after forums, panels and public meetings held in communities across the country over the past dozen-odd years: if we could talk our way out of the nation’s opioid crisis, it would have been over a decade ago. An upcoming opioid town...
by Bill Studenc | Sep 20, 2019 | News
Western Carolina University will host a town hall Thursday, Oct. 3, featuring a series of discussions and sessions focused on the national opioid and addiction crisis and on identifying potential solutions. The free event is a partnership between WCU’s Center for the...
by Geoff Cantrell | Aug 21, 2019 | News
The Free Enterprise Speaker Series returns to Western Carolina University with an event featuring Charlie Duke, an Apollo astronaut and the youngest person to walk on the moon, Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 5:30 p.m. in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center....
by Geoff Cantrell, WCU Office of Public Relations | Mar 19, 2019 | News
Western Carolina University’s Free Enterprise Speaker Series will conclude for the semester with a discussion on race neutrality and ethnic economic disparity at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Room 101 of the Forsyth Building. The event, titled “Race Inequality: A...
