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  • Employee watering a field

    Games On

    October 14

    Those whistles blowing from E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field last spring were not from football coaches during spring practice. They came from officials as ĢƵ’s football team actually played a pair of Southern Conference games.

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    Japanese Program Newsletter - Vol. 9, 2021

    August 19

    Hello everyone, This is the ĢƵJapanese program newsletter, Fall 2021. It has been such a challenging year and I am sure that we have all struggled. I really hope this academic year will be better in many ways. Here, I am sharing five video messages in Japanese with English subtitles. They were made by the students from JPN452: Advanced Conversation – Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) prep in spring 21. They talk about themselves regarding studying Japanese language, culture, and MORE. These are their stories. For those who are thinking about starting to study Japanese, those students were there as you are now. For those who have just started Japanese, they struggled a lot as you have. For those who have been studying Japanese for a while, you are heading for the level these students are exemplifying here. They are sharing their stories with you and conveying their messages with care and enthusiasm to encourage you in your studies. I hope you enjoy them. - The Japanese Program

  • Donors with the Chancellor

    Native Plants Symbolize New Giving Societies

    June 14

    Native plants symbolize investment in Madison and Cullowhee giving societies. Nestled in the hillside between Bird Building Lane and the back of Brown Hall are five newly planted species of native flora, chosen specifically to mark the beginning of an annual tradition to honor new and current members of two ĢƵ giving societies.

  • Bryant Kinney

    Bryant Kinney leaves leadership post confident in WCU’s strength to lead region

    June 8

    From high school drum major to Duke Energy to owner of his own company and chair of the ĢƵ Board of Trustees — plus a few stops in between — Bryant Kinney has led a life of sheer leadership, no ifs, ands or buts about it.

  • BaShaun Smith with a mask and text that says Essential WCU

    Essential WCU

    February 2

    We successfully wrapped up one of the most difficult semesters in our university’s history and began a new one with many known and unknown challenges ahead. Our employees and students have worked harder than ever amid the challenging circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic to achieve their goals and to make a positive difference in the world.

  • Dawn Brown at a conference table

    Master of Project Management puts IT employee on a path of upward trajectory

    February 1

    A few years back, ĢƵ’s Division of Information Technology added a project management office. Because IT employee Dawn Brown worked closely with the project office, she thought it might be beneficial to learn more about project management. She enrolled in WCU’s Master of Project Management (MPM) Program. Not only has it proven to be helpful in her IT role, but Brown said she now has a complete understanding of the entire project management process.

  • Chancellor Kelli R. Brown and Husband Dennis

    Chancellor Brown’s late mother honored with namesake scholarship

    January 12

    Charlene Leontine Francis McCormack married young, worked hard, loved her family and her church, and ultimately laid the groundwork for the success of her three children, especially her oldest, ĢƵ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown.

  • Veterans Day service honoring Oscar Metcalf

    ĢƵlaunches Veterans and Military Alumni Society

    November 11

    Melissa Metcalf Le Roy believes her father, the late Oscar William Metcalf Jr., would have been the first to apply for membership in ĢƵ’s new Veterans and Military Alumni Society. Metcalf, a decorated Vietnam War vet, died Oct. 18, at the age of 72 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. “He dearly loved Western,” said Le Roy. “He was proud of his alma mater, the opportunities it gave him. He went to college while working full time and raising a young family. The university supported him, and (his bachelor’s degree) really meant something.”

  • Close up of a touchless candy despenser

    Engineering Treats

    October 26

    Engineering students find creative ways to distribute Halloween candy. The traditional ways to celebrate Halloween will be the next victim of the global pandemic, COVID-19.

  • Jake Robinson

    Bank Shot

    October 24

    Jake Robinson ’10 has come a long way from the days he got paid in honey buns for picking up aluminum cans in the auction ring after a sale at his grandfather’s stockyard.