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Mountain Heritage Days earns NC green travel designation
September 26ĢƵ keeps its nature in mind. Situated as our lush campus is in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the importance of environmentally-minded, sustainable action is easily understood to all who visit and dwell here. And every day presents a new opportunity to take that action further. The latest efforts, spearheaded by passionate faculty, staff and students, have earned this year’s Mountain Heritage Days celebration the NC Green Travel designation.
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Roger Smoker, Jackson County Public Libraries named 2025 Mountain Heritage Award recipients
September 23ĢƵ will honor the recipients of the 2025 Mountain Heritage Awards during the Mountain Heritage Days Afternoon Concert, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Bardo Arts Center.
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Mountain Heritage Days to spotlight Appalachian language, history and music
September 16ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Days will be a weeklong celebration of Southern Appalachian culture, featuring a compelling lecture on the Appalachian dialect, the annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium and a Friday evening concert. The week of events will lead up to the Saturday heritage demonstrations, music and food everyone has loved for the past 50 years.
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Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
September 3For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.
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Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center
May 20Effective May 1, Peter Koch was promoted from the position of museum education associate to associate director of ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center.