“The Liars Bench,” a program devoted to preserving, promoting and performing materials dealing with Appalachian heritage and culture, will present a show at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the ground floor auditorium of Western Carolina University’s H.F. Robinson Administration Building.
Brian Railsback, chair of Western Carolina University’s Faculty Senate, completed a mission to ride his bike from Cullowhee to Raleigh to raise awareness about that faculty group’s new Student Support Fund, and then he topped it off with a meeting with N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper.
Staff members in Western Carolina University’s Coulter Faculty Commons learned in October 2016 that renovation of their work space in Hunter Library was set to begin.
Western Carolina University is fortunate to have many high-quality international partnerships with other universities, including 32 bilateral partnerships in 16 countries as of this spring, says Ling LeBeau, director of the university’s Office of International Programs and Services.
Western Carolina University’s Concert Band and Symphonic Band will take the stage at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, for their final performance of the spring semester.
A regular business meeting of Western Carolina University’s Faculty Senate will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the Multipurpose Room at A.K. Hinds University Center.
A “Public Practice” class taught by Art Department faculty member Tom Ashcraft has been commissioned to produce a work of art for the new embassy in Niamey, Niger.
For Western Carolina University’s Laura Wright, being an English professor isn’t just teaching students about words upon a page. Wright, a member of WCU’s English Department faculty since 2005, was recently named one of the top teachers in the University of North Carolina System.
Gladys Knight and her husband, William McDowell, are coming to Western Carolina University on Tuesday, April 17, to benefit the Reynolds High School Community Foundation.
Western Carolina University’s Department of Chemistry and Physics is hosting a telescope viewing party from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Jackson County Airport.