Western Carolina University News

PRESS RELEASE Cynthia Sellinger, a 30-year education veteran who has most recently led Vance Elementary School in West Asheville through an unprecedented period of both academic and enrollment growth, will become the new principal of Asheville Middle School on July 1st, Superintendent Allen Johnson announced today.

Courtney Carol Phillips graduated cum laude from Western Carolina University and WCU Honor's College on May 5. Courtney graduated with a special education degree and with a dual license in general curriculum and adaptive curriculum.

Gayle Baity fell in love with the luscious greenery and beautiful mountains that make up western North Carolina when she first came here 27 years ago.

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Country Music Hall of Fame member doesn't have a record... He didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as a writer who told the truth about... Athlete Lindsay Simpson: Franklin senior Lindsay Simpson, state athlete of the year, works hard for her dreams.

FILE John Bardo has been named the new WSU president. Photographed at Morrison Hall on the WSU campus Friday.

After day one of the NCAA East Prelim in Jacksonville, Fl., three Charlotte tracksters have qualified for the quarterfinal round in their respective events.

Brittany Randolph/The Star Students from Polk, Cleveland, Rutherford, Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy and Gardner-Webb received scholarships from the Lutz Foundation, Inc.

An online course that addresses topics related to surviving accidents and dangerous encounters in the wilderness will be offered beginning Friday, June 1, by Western Carolina University's Office of Continuing Education.

May 24, 2012 - Southport, NC - Tuesday, June 5th is the next meeting of the Round Table.

Asheville does not lack for quality when it comes to higher education. UNC Asheville is nationally recognized both for its liberal arts excellence and its affordability.

Park Ridge Health is excited to welcome Leigh Angel, M.S.N., R.N., C.N.M.L., as Director of the Medical-Surgical Unit.

Irene Hooper presented to Autumn Skye Baird the Elmer & Irene Hooper Civic Leadership Scholarship Award on May 18 at the graduation ceremonies of Blue Ridge Early College in Glenville.

Emily McGeorge of Gastonia has been hired as the conference planning manager at the multi-use, 30,000-square-foot facility downtown.

Looking West from the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest.

This opportunity quilt will be among those raffled at the NC Quilt Symposium in June in Cullowhee.

The acquisition of two additional state-of-the-art pieces of DNA sequencing instruments positions Western Carolina University's Forensic Science Program to establish a DNA sequencing core facility on campus.

A local church billboard reads: 'Simply having a right to something does not make it right.' That sums up nicely the news that John Bardo, ex-chancellor of Western Carolina University, will continue to collect his $280,000 North Carolina salary while employed as president of Wichita State University.

A former teacher and museum director will take over the reins as executive director of the Wilton Historical Society.

College graduates who are interested in a teaching career but don't have a degree in education now have a new fast-track option available.

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- For those who prefer getting into the ocean one toe at a time, the Hangout Music Festival Kick-Off Party Thursday night offered early arrivals the chance to immerse themselves in the festival before the crowds arrive today.