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Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded
April 14A federal program created by Congress in 1987 to help America’s farmers navigate economic challenges that threaten their livelihoods and endanger the nation’s food supply by providing them with access to mediation services as a way to resolve legal disputes should be continued and, in fact, expanded.
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ĢƵfree enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research
April 11ĢƵ’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, founded in 2015 as a hub for interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry and community engagement in the areas of economic development, applied research and the role of free enterprise in a flourishing society, is in the early phases of a metamorphosis with a new director and a focus on undergraduate student research.
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Engineer Your Own Future
March 31Cristian Trujillo Tavera is a senior in ĢƵ's College of Engineering and Technology majoring in mechanical engineering.
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Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life
March 17Kara Jean Spindle is a musical theater major at WCU. Follow along to see what a day in the life of KJ looks like!
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Campus priorities identified for inaugural ‘One Day For Western’
March 9ĢƵ is making plans for its inaugural all-in day of giving to the institution, a 24-hour fundraising event to be held March 29.
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Abigail Gulley | Day in the Life
March 3Abigail is a student at ĢƵin the interior design program. Tag along with her as she shares her experience as a student at WCU!
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BaShaun Smith
February 27Manifestation is the conscious creation of circumstances and outcomes that make for a fulfilling life. Raised in a single-parent household of four out of inner-city Cleveland, Ohio, BaShaun Smith understood at a young age what hard work looked like. “I learned early on that I didn’t have to run through a brick wall to know it hurts,” Smith said.
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Carol Burton
February 27Once referred to as a “campus fixture” by beloved late ĢƵChancellor David Orr Belcher, Carol Burton, vice provost, has dedicated 33 years to learning and leading with compassion and obligation. Raised by Jamaican parents Reuben and Yvonne Burton, Burton’s journey to higher education was predestined by her matriarchal, fearless, powerful and entrepreneurial mother. “An American degree is the way of the future,” Yvonne Burton told her.
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Patrice Brown
February 20Named after her late father, John L. Brown, Johnnifer Patrice Brown, assistant professor of interior design at WCU, spent her childhood watching her father master the art of upholstery in Montgomery, Alabama. Completing her BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee University, and time spent working in both the automotive and commercial design industry, Patrice soon realized she was unfulfilled and needed a change.
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Jeff Hughes
February 20Life in threes. That’s how Jeff Hughes, director of the Department of Campus Activities, patterned his decades-long career at ĢƵ. Holding a master’s in public administration and a bachelor’s in sociology from Georgia Southern University, the native of Lake Hartwell, Georgia, set out with ambitions of becoming a city planner.