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2006 NEWS RELEASES

• WCU welcomes more than 1,500 students at Freshman Convocation

• WCU pilots master-apprentice Cherokee language program

• WCU to offer course in Native American healthcare

• WCU in alignment with UNC direction, says Chancellor at opening address

• WCU faculty, staff and students prepare for fall semester

• Dan Southern wins national Clinical Laboratory Sciences award

• WCU Professor David Shapiro wins International Fluency Award

• WCU welcomes Michael Jorge as health services director

• Student, faculty complete fellowships at Oak Ridge Institute

• WCU's Annette Debo receives AAUW grant of $6,000

• WCU wins $95,000 grant to help beginning teachers across region

• Western board of trustees to meet September 1 at WCU

• Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit, speak at WCU

• WCU awards honorary doctorates during summer commencement

• Speakers to present at Cherokee Language Revitalization Symposium

• Fine Art Museum opens Hazel Larsen Archer exhibit

• WCU announces 2006-07 theatre season

• Area's teachers learn how to "do science" at WCU institute

• WCU participates in new exchange agreement with Japanese schools

• WCU institute surveys WNC residents on availability, cost of Internet access

• Fine Art Museum to feature alumni paintings

• Local school teachers invited to apply for "Invest in Teachers Scholarship"

• Forensic research facility at WCU to aid police, student training

• Folkmoot USA dancers to perform at Western Carolina University

• Leading economist James F. Smith joins faculty at WCU institute

• WCU to host teachers' seminar examining East Asia art, culture

• WCU professor wins NC award of clinical laboratory science

• WCU geosciences professor leads Elwha tribal education project

• IBM Transition to Teaching program partners with WCU

• Monsters on Mainstreet coming to Ramsey Center

• High school student broadcasts live from WCU for Cherokee Youth in Radio Day

• MFA program to present series of visiting faculty lectures

• Shaker boxes demo to kick off Heritage Center's summer series

• WCU's Gary Jones teaches in Egypt

• Civil War exhibit on display at Hunter Library

• MFA candidates to present thesis exhibitions at WCU

• Student wins national writing award for father-son story

• WCU's Fenton named recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award

• Distance education program helps WNC entrepreneurs earn degrees

• WCU students give hands-on help to WNC businesses

• WCU authorized to start master's program in teaching English as second language

• Scholarship fund at WCU honors choral director

• WCU scholarship fund to assist communication disorders majors

• Students to team with faculty in UNC System-sponsored research

• Students help businessman study impact of lightning strikes

• WCU national survey reveals concerns of homeland officials

• Program nominated again for national teacher ed award

• Theatre arts program earns national accreditation

• WCU supports development of Cherokee immersion schools

• WCU student from Iredell Co. selected for Media Sales Institute

• WCU's Millennial Initiative wins approval of UNC Board

• Western professor, students compose music for UNC awards

• Gaston Co. student is first recipient of Malcolm Loughlin Scholarship

• Western Carolina University holds commencement for 935 students

• New forensic science program officially on the books for WCU

• WCU student to participate in state government internship program

• Entrepreneurship students donate proceeds from class projects to REACH

• Two WCU student vocalists rank high at regional contest

• WCU unveils 2006-07 season events for Fine, Performing Arts Center

• WCU partners with NC Outward Bound School

• Psychology students take honors at regional event

• WCU construction honor society provides shelter for humane society

• Scott Philyaw named one of UNC system's top teachers

• WCU announces guaranteed admission to N.C. community college graduates

• WCU presents top awards for teaching, research and service

• Parks, recreation management students take initiative to refurbish Cullowhee

• Small Business & Technology Development Center honored for loan assistance

• WCU, Pardee Hospital to examine interior design for seniors

• Theatre in Education Co. entertains, educates about Cherokee stories

• WCU explores history of math, hosts Undergraduate Research Conference

• UNC board approves new program in movie, TV production for WCU

• WCU gets green light and local sponsorship for Safe Ride campaign

• Discussion at WCU Futures Forum looks at global competitiveness

• WCU online nursing program offers options to WNC nurses

• WCU records Cherokee anthem, helps with language revitalization

• WCU announces new directors of planning, research, assessment

• Scott Philyaw named to lead Mountain Heritage Center

• Perdue touts raising teacher pay during a visit to WCU campus

• Student to spend 10 weeks serving Pentagon internship

• City, County Managers Association awards scholarship to WCU student

• WCU students participate in UNC Washington Internship Program

• Broadcasting student Nichols wins national radio award

• Students mentor Cherokee youth, explore heritage through program

• Librarian chosen to attend prestigious immersion program

• WCU, Alleghany Co. Schools receive $250K science education grant

• Futures Forum April 4-5 to examine molecular bioscience

• WCU to host gala evening fund-raiser for Student Affairs

• Broadcasting professor Connelly earns national certification

• LeBaron nabs Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to work in Helsinki

• WCU's NC TEACH program prepares non-teachers for education careers

• WCU students gear up for expo, national conference in Asheville

• Professor assists town with citizen satisfaction study

• Book by history professor examines student activism in the '60s

• Construction management students aid Maggie Valley Police Dept.

• WCU joins researchers from Ohio, Wisconsin in $1.7 M dialects study

• WCU hosts first Social History in the Mountains Conference

• WCU to offer Certified Financial Planner certificate program

• WCU assisting Cherokee youth with radio program

• WCU helping meet need for registered nurse anesthetists

• WCU, Asheville schools receive literacy grant

• WCU Public Policy Institute to sponsor American Youth Congress

• Radio station installs new emergency communications system

• Western elects new president of Inter-Fraternity Council

• Costa picked to head Highlands Biological Station

• Western teacher education program is recipient of national award

• New regional coordinator named for Western's programs at TCCC

• Fund-raising campaign, video win awards from education council

• New master's degree at Western combines science, business

• Western student from Burnsville called a rising voice of talk radio

• College redesign under discussion at Western Carolina University

• Western expands annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faire

• OneStop Center to celebrate first anniversary with open house

• Western appoints senior fellows to Institute for Economy, Future

• Western students take high road to gauge access to radio tower

• New collection brings old materials into sharp focus at library

• Students providing $4.2 M in volunteer work to local communities

• Western accounting student wins new minority scholarship

• Western announces new directors for MBA program, selling center

• Locker room renovation started, major donor appeals for support

• Nursing professor to receive award from national allergy group

• Acclaimed potter Jeff Oestreich to give demonstrations at Western

• WCU LCE Series features civil rights speaker, movie and play

• Western Carolina University to honor Martin Luther King

• Western to re-start series of jams, dances in 2006

2005 NEWS RELEASES

• Phi Beta Delta Honor Society honors students, faculty, staff

• National radio advertising exam no problem for students

• Communication student finds life in the fast lane

• Western holds commencement for 500 students

• Western students put brains and brawn to work in Marion

• Model United Nations team takes top honors at conference

• Western Distinguished Professor Ron Rash wins NEA fellowship award

• Danny Grube named University Physical Education Teacher of the Year

• Six Western students perform construction-based volunteer work

• Western's trustees adopt resolution seeking funding for staff pay raises

• Western community folds paper cranes in support of restaurant workers

• Theater in Education program hosts workshops for Cherokee students

• Western's board of trustees approves proposed 2006-07 fees

• International construction honor society inducts new student members

• Construction management crisis prompts $10.4M effort at Western led by gift

• Kwanzaa celebration at Western December 6

• Western delegation attends Campus Compact Conference

• Carrier Corporation donates equipment to Western

• Homeland security official to speak at Western Dec. 5

• Construction students place third in regional communication

• Western students to produce free crisis communication plans

• Board of trustees of Western Carolina University to meet Dec. 2

• SACS liaison: Western is making good progress

• Library group offering cultural weekend in Atlanta

• 500 gather at Western summit to tackle meth problem

• Book co-edited by Western's Blethen receives Wolfe literary award

• 50 regional authors to be featured at 2nd annual book fair Nov. 19

• Western to offer online programs in video game design, development

• UNC Board of Governors approves sport management masters

• Western professor named president of international honor society

• Three students take prizes in U.S. Constitution essay contest

• International festival at Western Nov. 14-18

• Western's SACS liaison to visit campus November 14

• History seminar room named in honor of former Highlands couple

• Hurricane impact researcher called to testify in Congress Nov. 8

• Western presents annual alumni, service awards at Homecoming 2005

• Western professor Connelly awarded national radio certification

• Western marks opening of new hall, breaks ground on student rec center

• South Carolina Marching Band wins Tournament of Champions

• Five women, five men selected to 2005 Homecoming Court

• Students, faculty lend assistance to Katrina victims on Gulf Coast

• Western, Eastern Band of Cherokee sign agreement of collaboration

• Fine and Performing Arts Center officially opens with Jay Leno

• Western's hurricane expert to appear on PBS program "Now"

• Western nursing professor named one of state's "Great 100"

• Western to unveil new facilities as part of Homecoming '05 activities

• Western presents Stompfest '05 at Homecoming Weekend '05

• Western student earns television operator certification

• Nearly 600 attend "sneak preview" of Fine, Performing Arts Center

• Friends, family of Martha Queen endow social work scholarship

• New Fine Art Museum to celebrate grand opening October 23

• Homecoming 2005 at Western set for October 27-30

• Fine Art Museum receives major gift from professor, spouse

• Three students enroll at Western due to Hurricane Katrina impact

• Emergency management instructor appointed to team to examine Katrina response

• New Student One-Stop Center marks end to "campus run-around"

• Western Carolina University names director of continuing education

• Western senior Christie Walters receives state math award

• Mission, WCU, A-B Tech introduce Duke-funded medical simulation lab

• Mountain Heritage Award presented to HCC's Professional Crafts Program

• Fujia Lu is director of Western's new polling, research center

• Ribbon-cutting set Sept. 30 for Western's renovated Killian Annex

• Western to host hurricane relief effort September 30

• Western's Carlisle wins DAR chapter Man of the Year Award

• Ample rainfall means less colorful leaves, says Western's fall foliage forecaster

• Numbers are in: WCU enrollment is up 3.4 percent over last year

• Western's 31st Mountain Heritage Day coming up Saturday, Sept. 24

• Western, BRCC to offer degree, licensure program in special education

• Students spend summer on Cherokee preservation projects

• Cherokee culture remains important part of Mountain Heritage Day

• Residence hall delayed by weather now open to students

• New Orleans evacuees find shelter from Katrina in WNC

• Western students, faculty, staff discuss Katrina aftermath, relief

• UNC Board of Governors approves School of Technology at Western

• Western's hurricane researcher calls Katrina "worst" he's ever seen

• Western and BRCC to offer elementary education program

• "La Hora Latina" to air on Western's radio station, WWCU-FM

• Former Jackson Co. teacher to lead Western's new teacher support efforts

• Western launches new institute for economy and future to assist WNC

• Board of trustees elects Asheville's Steve Warren as chair
  
• Board approves football coach contract extension

• UNC Board of Governors' new members tour Western

• Western's Ron Rash honored by Southern Book Critics Circle

• Anonymous donor makes $2,000 gift to Staff Forum Scholarship Fund

• Book by history professor examines impact of tourism in WNC

• Western to co-sponsor Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

• India a land of respect for diversity, ambassador tells freshmen

• Hollywood scribe to teach screenwriting classes at Western

• Western Carolina University announces 2005-06 theatre season

• Chancellor: University must maintain its past while looking to future
  
• Staff salary, impact of campus growth on assembly agenda

• Music, drama, lectures highlight WCU cultural art series for 2005-06

• Fletcher couple endows scholarship at Western Carolina University

• National whitewater organization moves headquarters to Western

• Chancellor to ask trustees to extend football coach contract

• Health radio show to air on WWCU-FM

• Western to kick off 2005-06 year with assembly Thursday, Aug. 18

• Wet summer forces delay in opening of new residence hall at Western

• Western to accept WPCC students in New Entry program

• Construction management major receives scholarship and internship

• Bridgers, Kinsland receive honorary degrees at Western's commencement

• Talent Search director looks back on Lewis and Clark trek

• Western to accept TCCC students in New Entry program

• Western to offer Academically, Intellectually Gifted licensure for teachers

• Western unveils inaugural season events for Fine, Performing Arts Center

• Western's Jeanne Dorle earns Fulbright Research Chair

• Environmental health students, faculty win national research competition

• Dianne Lynch named chief of staff at Western Carolina University

• Family of late Charlotte businessman adds to Burke scholarship fund

• Kim Elliott begins service as director of Office for Rural Education

• Dates announced for music jams, dance gatherings at Western

• Western to award honorary doctorates during summer commencement

• Fine and Performing Arts Center launches official Web site

• Former state Senators Little, Metcalf appointed to Western board of trustees

• Fine Art Museum receives $39,500 gift from Cherokee Foundation

• New "Purple and Gold" alumni magazine launched at Western

• Catawba County student receives scholarship to Western

• National Park Service monitoring project kicks off at Western

• WCU assesses leadership skill of WNC's future school principals

• Western, ICC to offer engineering degree program

• SACS matters at Western, workshops explain why

• Western, Western Piedmont Community College to offer degree programs

• H. Gibbs Knotts named associate dean of Graduate School

• Western establishes center to support beginning teachers

• Western students earn spots on national whitewater team

• Western's Ron Rash honored by Southeast Booksellers Association

• Jay Leno to perform at Oct. 22 opening of Fine and Performing Arts Center

• Cullowhee Creek restoration begins on Western campus

• A.J. Grube named assistant vice chancellor for operations and research

• Higgins named interim dean of Western's Graduate School:

• Western, Hickory Center to offer degree programs beginning this fall

• Western hosts inaugural Service Learning Symposium

• Western Carolina University, BRCC to offer entrepreneurship degree

• Statement by John Bardo, Chancellor, Western Carolina University

• Western student wins national writing contest

• Western's new fine arts museum receives gift of major painting

• Western Carolina University campus welcomes new top cop Johnson

• Elders-in-residence helping Native American students transition to Western

• Tri-County students get new options to continue study at Western

• Western, Forsyth Tech to offer summer biotech workshop for teachers

• Harrah's contributes $100,000 to inaugural season of performing arts series

• Kehrberg named interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Western

• Sylva computer software designer establishes scholarship fund at Western

• Western's School-University Partnership a finalist for Christa McAuliffe award

• Students in Western's EMC program honored for reviving patients

• WCU-based Small Business Center working to hand out flood relief

• Construction management students build wheelchair ramp

• Student interns provide tech support for Jackson County schools

• Whitmires awarded honorary doctorates at spring commencement

• Danny Gift this year's men's Western intramural MVP athlete

• Smith to lead Western's Teaching Fellows Program

• Western psychology cohort presents at annual professional meeting

• Business students earning "dough" making calls for bakery

• Dean of Graduate School stepping down from post

• Major traffic changes coming to Western Carolina campus

• Name game is no joke at Western commencement May 7

• Student to participate in U.S. National Handball Team Championship

• Western campus pauses to remember four students who died in past year

• Western unveils human movement science laboratory

• Western elected newest member of Oak Ridge Associated Universities

• Western and BRCC to offer elementary education program

• Western taps U.S. Air Force veteran to lead military education program

• Heritage Center exhibit examines Appalachian craft revival

• Western celebrates Bardo's 10th anniversary as chancellor

• Western presents top awards for teaching, research and service

• Western to present two honorary doctorates at May 7 commencement

• Western's Model UN team captures award at New York conference

• Western's literary magazine wins print industry award

• Western Carolina University to expand gerontology offerings

• Western Carolina to offer course on writing Cherokee history

• Mountain music, dance gatherings going on strong at Western Carolina

• Graduates of MPA program are among police officers promoted in Asheville

• Western's Relay (April 8-9) raises thousands of dollars for cancer research

• Carolina Day, Roberson, N. Buncombe take team titles at math contest

• Hundreds of "thought leaders" gather to envision region's future

• Western's LeVon Wilson named one of UNC system's top professors

• Western and A-B Tech to offer birth-kindergarten program

• Western and BRCC to offer entrepreneurship program

• New book by faculty member explores "Digital Radio Production"

• Advancement and external affairs staff members win CASE awards

• Western to celebrate 10 years of John Bardo as chancellor

• Arts and Sciences dean at Western named V.P. at Eastern New Mexico

• Five faculty members vying for Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

• Interior department awards $118,000 to Western for geologic resource manual

• 2 Western student journalists take part in NY Times symposium

• "Battle of Laptops" part of i7 Futures Forum at Western

• Staff named to lead 2005 Mountain Heritage Day at Western

• Western grad students bring Christmas packaging home to NC

• Western and TCCC to offer birth-kindergarten degree program

• New laser-based microscope to give biology students 3-D view of cells

• Western and BRCC to offer elementary education program

• Charlotte businessman launches fund for Western athletes

• Literary awards coming fast for Western's Ron Rash

• Western's Gordon Mercer wins state public service award

• Western's Humanities program launches Web site

• Writer, wilderness activist Rick Bass to headline Western's Literary Festival

• Region's future is topic of April 13 brainstorming session at Western

• Western's Base Camp Cullowhee, Outward Bound become partners

• CIO Franke takes UNC assignment; former UNC-C CIO Stahl named interim head

• Western, A-B Tech water heater project attracts notice of President Bush

• Western Carolina University's Undergraduate Expo is biggest ever

• Western building new residence hall, studying long-range needs of campus

• Western's Division of Student Affairs staff members taking Spanish lessons

• Wallace Hyde gift to Western to endow social work professorship in wife's honor

• March a busy month for award-winning director of Western's Marching Band

• Cherokee Program launches Sequoyah Initiative with $200,000 grant

• Provost Carter's Academic Forum opens up campus dialogue

• Western receives state grant to improve literacy education

• Western's tutoring center, professional exams office launch Web site

• Western Provost Kyle Carter provides forum for university dialogue

• Western Carolina athletics program receives certification from NCAA

• Western carries out $1.5 million tech upgrade, partners with Enterasys in wireless project

• Western students, professors helping in restoration of abandoned cemetery

• Western doubles size of its campus, moves forward with Millennial Initiative

• Western's sport management program receives approval by NASSM

• DNA equipment on wheels moving science forward

• Western's Robert Caruso honored by professional association

• Western Carolina University begins reaccreditation process

• Interior design student captures third place in national competition

• Western grad slams, attracts national media attention in Iraq

• Entrepreneurship graduate program named national model by USASBE

• NC TEACH program opens doors to a career in education

• Western names new associate vice chancellor for academic affairs

• Western gets UNC system OK for degree in health systems administration

• Former Catamount David Patten to go to Super Bowl Feb. 6

• All-campus champs play in national flag football tournament

• Western's nursing honor society inducts new members

• Western nursing graduates post 88 percent pass rate

• Western's Ronald Hunter to lead Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

• History student's work in Canton blends past, present

• Two former Catamounts in AFC Championship, a third on the side

• WNC real estate firm donates to Western Carolina University

• Western student selected for NASA Cooperative Education Program

• Western's Ron Rash wins O. Henry Prize for short fiction

• National grant enables Western to create program to preserve Cherokee resources

• UNC, Western identify "opportunities for synergy"

• Town of Clyde honors Western students for flood-related work

• Western's 2003 fund raiser recognized with "STAR award"

• $1 million professorship, cleaner creek to result from developers' gifts

• Business honor society awards scholarship to Western student

• High-tech initiatives to address broadband Internet, adaptive devices

2004 NEWS RELEASES

• Entrepreneurs with master's expected to boost mountain economy

• Western holds commencement for 500 students Dec. 18

• Western students learning to untie ergonomic knots

• Western's poster campaign puts fresh face on student recruitment

• Eggs and exams over easy for Western's exam-stressed students

• McHargue, Carroll to discuss integrity, ethics on Asheville radio show

• Chancellor to address gathering of educators in Asheville

• Season's greetings from Western Chancellor John W. Bardo

• Western students are elves and engineer for "Polar Express" ad campaign

• Dec. graduates to include nation's first recipients of master's in entrepreneurship

• All-campus champs to play for national flag football crown

• International construction honor society installs new chapter at Western

• Construction management program granted candidate status for accreditation

• Western's radio station WWCU-FM (Power 90.5) to carry Metropolitan Opera

• Student-volunteers teach Haywood children through Junior Achievement

• Western joins WLOS-TV, WBSC-TV in saluting community organizations

• Western students launch "Free Speech Cullowhee" radio show

• Fine Arts Center calendar features work of award-winning photographers

• Hollywood scribe to offer "Diagnosis: Mystery" at Western

• Western English professor wins National Arts fellowship

• Host Families Program opens hearts and homes for the holidays

• Western's board of trustees approves proposed 2005-06 fees

• Western, Jackson County invited to try on Angel Wings

• Western to offer emergency management seminar in Asheville

• Closing of Forest Hills Road on Western's campus postponed

• Western seeking volunteers to assist with national AIDS quilt

• Hickory banking exec spearheads scholarship for Catawba students

• Playhouse built by students to be auctioned with Christmas smile

• Hollywood scribe to teach screenwriting classes at Western

• Construction management team places third in regional competition

• Veterans' Day speaker campaigns for recognition of war dogs

• Western learning community students help Macon Co. flood victims

• 50 regional authors to be featured at inaugural book fair

• Summit at Western examines community, civic engagement

• Western, TCCC to offer education degree, licensure program

• Veterans' Day program set for Nov. 11 at Western

• Western Carolina faculty visit partner school in Ireland

• Regional development center analyzes Western's economic impact

• Western's NCAA review team to visit campus Nov. 15-17

• Western to hold online chats on engineering programs Nov. 15-16

• Western gives behind-scenes tour of new art department facilities

• Western takes part in pilot project to address illegal music downloads

• Chancellor to chair national committee on economic development

• Book by Western professors examines WNC school leaders

• Western moves ahead with infrastructure upgrades

• "Cold Mountain" author endows scholarship fund at Western

• Western's Dan Southern wins clinical lab science honor

• Western students initiate "Wellness Across the Ages" project

• Western biology labs receive new microscopes from alum gift

• Railsback completes 110-mile bike ride for scholarships

• Western, ICC to offer degree, licensure program in special education

• Construction management master's degree approved for Western

• Nominations sought for Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

• "Elm Street II" director to screen his movie at WCU for Halloween

• Western student receives N.C. tourism scholarship

• Western presents alumni, service awards at Homecoming

• Western band director honored with national award

• Western unveils 2 housing facilities, renovated gym

• Western saves money to give more to Combined Campaign

• Western to hold open house Nov. 4 for fine arts facilities

• Nation's new poet laureate to give reading at Western

• Western's Ron Rash serves on NEA fellowship panel

• Retired education professor endows scholarship to honor parents

• Western unveils new center for professional selling, marketing

• Western Carolina University campus fired up over SPARC

• Western Carolina, ICC to offer degree and licensure program

• Five women, five men selected to WCU '04 Homecoming Court

• Western, Gatlin Education Services to offer three new programs

• Homecoming project to build houses for Habitat for Humanity

• Western to host summit on renewing America November 8

• Head of Western's nursing program wins national research award

• Western to offer online degree in emergency management

• Governor reappoints Chancellor Bardo to board of science, technology

• Homecoming '04 set for October 20-24 at Western Carolina University

• Western's Mountain Heritage Day draws crowd of 31,500 to campus

• Western advisory council to tackle state's teacher shortage issues

• Mountain Heritage Award presented to Cherokee traditionalist Calhoun

• Emmy-winning movie director, editor joins faculty at Western Carolina

• WCU geology professor to take part in Pacific Northwest dam removal study

• It's official: Western enrollment is up 11 percent over last year

• UNC Board of Governors approves master's in social work for Western

• Central Missouri State's Kyle Carter named first provost at Western Carolina

• Western Carolina University cancels classes through weekend

• Western Carolina University announces 2004-05 theatre season

• Chancellor announces establishment of Hurricane Relief Fund

• Descendants of Western's founder create scholarship fund

• Western music professor Mario Gaetano wins ASCAP award

• Western-EPA agreement provides internships for Cherokee students

• Western's Cooper, Knotts contribute essay to new book

• Western and TCCC to offer degree and licensure program

• Increases in retention rate, freshman class, grad students drive enrollment boom

• Hickory banking executive re-elected chairman of Western Carolina board

• Ample rainfall means less colorful leaves, says Western's fall foliage forecaster

• Music, dance, lectures highlight WCU cultural art series for 2004-05

• Western names Morehead State's Chip Smith director of athletics

• Western, ICC to offer degree, licensure program in education

• Western Carolina offers reduced-cost study to those 65 or older

• Western Chancellor: University leading new renaissance in WNC

• Author of Western's reading selection winning high marks for his latest novel

• Western, Microenterprise Fund to sponsor seminar for increasing Web traffic

• Marching band boosters group being formed at Western Carolina

• WNC business leaders share insights with Western MBA students

• Western Carolina to launch new on-campus shuttle service

• 2 candidates for athletics director at Western to visit campus for interviews

• Western Carolina biology professor wins native plants award

• New audiobook by David Sedaris features segment recorded at Western

• Western holds summer commencement exercises for 415 students

• Western biology professor selected for prestigious Harvard fellowship

• Western receives Reynolds grant to launch human movement science lab

• Governor signs statewide package including health sciences school for Western

• Western names Lormand director of Fine and Performing Arts Center

• Three candidates announced for athletics director at Western

• Western to hold summer commencement exercises August 6

• 31 percent rise in freshmen in 2 years driving Western's enrollment boom

• Weapons of mass destruction training set Aug. 17 at Western

• General Assembly approves partial funding for major health care initiative for WNC

• Western's child development agency to celebrate 40th year with open house

• State's writers to gather on Western's campus for conference July 31

• Talent Search students, staff complete 2004 segment of rediscovery expedition

• Fred Cantler named interim director of athletics at Western

• Western searches for athletics director as Compher moves to U. of Washington

• Western Carolina University to offer gerontology program

• Grant to enable Western, A-B Tech to study energy-efficient water heater

• Western, ICC to offer degree and licensure program in elementary education

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning's MountainRise has new mission

• Western taps Greensboro educator for Botner Professorship

• Three Western police officers complete Police Law Institute

• Western announces "Sneak Peek," an early start for freshman class '05

• Davidson woman named editor of Western Carolina newsmagazine

• Roche Diagnostics partners with Western clinical lab sciences program

• Haywood residents can earn Western teaching degree at HCC

• Western Carolina launches N.C. Construction Career Academy

• U-Mass technology leader named Jay Robinson Professor

• Western announces new academic department heads

• Catamount Club scores a huge success with annual auction

• Western graduate wins assistantship for graduate study in Hawaii

• Western Carolina names director for athletics development

• Western business students outperform Dow Jones, S&P

• Western helps develop assessment of Jackson Co. health needs

• Talent Search students head to Montana for "Expedition of Rediscovery"

• Western to open gift shop in A. K. Hinds University Center

• Western's Regional Roundtables conclude with stop in Catawba

• Western holds emergency preparedness drill on campus

• Cherokee hosts Chancellor's Regional Roundtable

• Chancellor's Roundtable takes place in Jackson County

• Western technology students keep local potter in action

• Western, WPCC to offer engineering technology degree
  
  
• Western's computerized mannequins provide real-life scenarios
  
  
• Western taking part in two major grid computing projects
  
  
• Estate gift from Kinston woman to benefit Jackson County students
  

• Western Chancellor holds roundtable in Asheville, Buncombe County

• Chambers, Crocker awarded honorary doctorates at Western commencement

• Western's Center for Regional Development issues report from WNC survey

• Western and HCC to offer courses in childhood education

• Western's Phi Beta Delta honor society named best chapter in Southeast

• Western student receives prestigious Fulbright Student Scholarship

• Western, Pardee Hospital honored for geriatric "best practices" program

• Western tourism students help plan Heritage Walk for Dillsboro

• Western professor studies reasons behind dog breed popularity

• Chancellor appointed to NCAA Minority Opportunities Committee

• Western students take 2nd prize in American Express challenge

• Western professor named to state task force on genomics, receives award

• Western students make beach trip for hurricane impact research

• Western presents top awards for teaching, research and service

• Western's Mimi Fenton named one of UNC system's premier teachers

• Western to award two honorary doctorates at May 8 commencement

• 8 Western Carolina University students win safety scholarships

• Art students take awards in Western's annual exhibition

• Arts Center Director candidates to visit Western for public talks

• Western student tapped for computer science mentorship program

• Western, Isothermal Community College to offer degree, licensure program

• Newly formed fraternity at Western wins kudos for recruitment strategy

• Western and Pardee Hospital award Care-Giver Series certificates

• Construction management students assist with Purdue Habitat house

• N.C. Biotech grant to fund summer DNA workshop at Western

• Focus on communities continues with Chancellor's visit to Swain County

• Western art student Patrick Schneider wins scholarship

• "Cyber faculty," students in federally funded program get together

• Western officials meet with Haywood County students, leaders

• Western's NCAA study committee to hold campus open forums

• Student-written "On the Front Lines" to be premiered April 2-4

• Industry reps to help lead Western's Construction Management program

• Western police official attends Carolina Command College

• Western Carolina officials meet with Madison County students, leaders

• Western taps business, technology vet to lead regional development arm

• Western, 5 WNC school systems receive "No Child Left Behind" grant

• Jim Harrison, Robert Morgan headline Western's Spring Literary Festival

• Catamount Club publication wins award from higher ed organization

• State Board of Education Chair calls Western "a cutting-edge university"

• Western's summer arts fest expanding, moving from summer to fall

• Radio promo by Western student receives first place award

• Provost search at Western Carolina University

• Public Policy Institute to convene American Youth Congress March 20

• Western Carolina launches N.C. Construction Career Academy

• Western's Brian Railsback pens eco-thriller, "The Darkest Clearing"

• Western to hold information sessions across N.C. for prospective students

• Education chairman Howard Lee to visit Western Carolina March 16

• Cullowhee artist's work enhanced with high-tech help from Western

• Chancellor's Round Tables continue in Mitchell, Yancey counties

• Western Carolina University moves nursing facilities to Enka

• Western-Pardee Hospital program selected as Geriatric Best Practice

• Grant to allow Western to study new professional science master's degrees

• Western Carolina University joins $2.4 million alcohol abuse research effort

• Master's program in entrepreneurship takes 2nd place in national competition

• Wayne State College names Western's top academic officer its next president

• Western Carolina names new dean of distance education programs

• Speech-Language-Hearing group honors Western's David Shapiro

• Western's Chancellor donates bonus for employee scholarship fund

• Western pledges to help region, state overcome plant closings, job losses
  
• Western's Certified Financial Planner program to be offered in Asheville

• Chancellor Bardo to present "State of the University" address Jan. 29

• "CSI Cullowhee": Western launches new program in forensic sciences

• Verizon gift to give construction students access to latest technology

• Western's physical therapy program receives national accreditation

• Latest Western expansion provides sanctuary to student groups

• Chancellor Bardo on UNC-TV's "North Carolina Now" January 13

• Chancellor Bardo addresses athletic integrity at NCAA meeting

• UNC Board approves Western's electrical engineering degree

• Western students, faculty take part in worldwide grid computing project

2003 NEWS RELEASES

• Franklin woman's estate to enable professorship in communication disorders

• Season's greetings from Western Chancellor John W. Bardo

• New transportation service pilot program at Western to begin Jan. 12

• Degrees conferred on 430 graduates at Western's fall commencement

• New cell phone antenna approved for roof of Western residence hall

• Former UNC system administrator joins Western as planning director

• Blanton, Margaret Whitmire make $1 million gift annuity to Western

• Western breaks ground for new on-site Greek housing complex

• Proposed fees for 2004-05 approved by Western's board of trustees

• New distinguished professorship to honor late education dean Botner

• Western Carolina University Foundation selects new officers

• New book by Western's Ron Rash subject of national radio program

• Western to offer course in wilderness emergency medical care

• Fruits of bond vote celebrated with unveiling of Bird, McKee

• UNC-TV program to showcase Western, Mountain Heritage Day

• Western summit examines impact of small business, entrepreneurship

• Eaton Electrical facilities win Western Industry Appreciation Scholarships

• Western Carolina University's water wins rave reviews, state award

• Western to cut ribbons on Bird, McKee Buildings Friday, November 21

• WNC leaders share ideas for new research, technology park at Western

• Western Carolina unveils new Center for Applied Technology

• Western gearing up for research park, seeking input from WNC leaders Nov. 5

• Marion family funds scholarship in memory of deceased Western student

• Western faculty, students to present research at national geological meeting

• Chancellor John W. Bardo visits Burke, Caldwell, and McDowell counties

• Western Carolina University to initiate NCAA study of athletics program

• Western's alumni, service awards go to ex-trustee, A-B Tech president, lawyer

• Western music professor Mario Gaetano wins N.C. composition contest

• Western accepting applications for new master of fine arts program

• Western recreational therapy students score perfect pass rate -- again

• Western Carolina University taps Martin DeWitt as 1st art museum director

• Community conversations continue with Chancellor's round tables series

• Western receives $1.25M grant to aid teachers of students with severe disabilities

• Cherokee Center director to serve on State Advisory Council on Indian Education

• Western's Regional Development Center to conduct public opinion poll

• New athletic training program approved for Western Carolina University

• Four Western Carolina history professors land book publishing deal

• National math program selects Western professor Erin K. McNelis

• Western to hold graduation events in two Jamaican cities Sept. 27-28

• Western history professor wins Creighton Sossomon Professorship

• Ron Rash named Western Carolina's Parris Professor

• Five new members join Western Carolina University's board of trustees

• New emergency call boxes installed on Western Carolina campus this fall

• Western researchers delving into mystery of Appalachian heath balds, climate change

• Chancellor John W. Bardo addresses Western Carolina's growth

• SAT scores, enrollment records shattered this fall at Western Carolina

• Western's musical play "Mother Divine" goes on the air in New York City

• Western's Scholarship of Teaching, Learning initiative kicks off August 19

• Western student receives award from national health sciences association

• Degrees conferred on 450 graduates at Western's summer commencement

• Western Carolina's MAT program provides alternative route into teaching

• Western Carolina University to take part in the American Democracy Project

• Commercial and Electronic Music program on a high note at Western Carolina

• Talent Search "Expedition" crew completes 450-mile ride on Lewis and Clark path

• Western announces launch of Cherokee Studies program, Web site

• Western Carolina students re-create Lewis and Clark expeditionary canoes

• Grant enables Western to relocate nursing program to A-B Tech's Enka Campus

• Eight high school girls from WNC paddle the Outer Banks on kayaking adventure

• UNC board member calls Western "role model" for serving region's needs

• Nothing but blue skies for Western Carolina's second annual musical festival

• Western Carolina's Chancellor Bardo hosts regional roundtable discussion groups

• Western employees honored at annual Employee Service Awards luncheon

• Talent Search "Expedition of Rediscovery" to take WNC students on Lewis and Clark path

• Western's Mountain Heritage Center unveils first online exhibit "Southern Appalachian Quilts"

• Western featured in national publication for pioneer purchase of new digital console

• Western student from Saluda heading to Silicon Valley for prestigious internship

• Western theatre faculty, students off-Broadway bound for FringeNYC in August

• Western to offer special graduate-level course in biosafety, bioterrorism

• Outdoor Sculpture Program works on display this summer at Western Carolina

• Biology students to present research at American Society for Microbiology meeting

• Key, Woody awarded honorary doctorates at Western's spring commencement

• Western's teacher education program receives national reaccreditation

• Western Carolina to offer new master's degree program in entrepreneurship

• Sylva alumni donate marker to honor deceased Western Carolina University students

• Western Carolina University taps James Miller to lead fund-raising efforts

• Western student chosen to attend National Science Foundation program in Colorado

• Western Carolina physical therapy program perfect on national test pass rate

• Western Carolina, 5 WNC school systems receive "No Child Left Behind" grant

• WNC, Western Carolina University ready to plug in to high-speed Internet access

• Asheville residents to receive honorary doctorates at Western's May 10 commencement

• Lt. Bob Scott named executive officer for Western Carolina's Police Department

• Collective Soul, Delbert McClinton, Nanci Griffith, Edwin McCain to headline WCU festival

• Western Carolina University to launch Summer Theatre 2003 in Cullowhee

• Western student, Western Carolinian newsmagazine receive Gold Circle Awards

• Western Carolina presents top awards for teaching, research and service

• Section of Highway 107 designated "Dr. H.F. 'Cotton' Robinson Memorial Highway"

• Western Carolina's undergraduate stars shine at research symposium in Raleigh

• Western's inaugural Relay for Life earns thousands for the American Cancer Society

• Eliminate problems before tragedies occur, officials told at WCU Jail Safety Summit

• Western Carolina to offer new course on "Legal Issues in Human Resources"

• Cagle to oversee Asheville office of WCU's Small Business Development Center

• Five finalists named for Western Carolina University's top teaching award

• WCU welcomes former Broadway actor Rudy Roberson as new faculty member

• Western Carolina to offer engineering tech degree completion program