Western Carolina University

WCU faculty, staff visit Hungary through Fulbright Commission

Earlier this summer, Ingrid Bego, director of International Studies at Western Carolina University, and Wes Milner, executive director of WCU Global, were invited by the Fulbright Commission to attend a week-long visit in Hungary to strengthen the partnership between universities in Appalachia and Hungarian higher education institutions.

Munene Mwaniki named WCU interim Global Black Studies director

Mwaniki, an associate professor of anthropology and sociology for the College of Arts and Sciences, was named the interim Global Black Studies director at WCU.

Lisa Briggs (right) works with a HRD K-9 and handler at a WCU training.

WCU human remains detection expert Lisa Briggs debunks false HRD K-9 information surrounding Hurricane Helene recovery efforts

Lisa Briggs, director of Western Carolina University’s Human Remains Detection K-9 training program and Emergency Disaster Management program, and Edwin Grant, an HRD K-9 program instructor and long-time law enforcement officer, have been deployed with their HRD K-9s since the start of the recovery process for missing persons in Western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene's devastation.

WCU hosts second annual STEM event for WNC students

Western Carolina University recently held its second annual STEM Outreach Day for students from around Western North Carolina.

Aaron Hoyle-Rivera poses for photo on campus at WCU

Family heritage inspires SGA president Aaron Hoyle-Rivera to dream big, work hard

Western Carolina University student Aaron Hoyle-Rivera, a senior from Shelby studying psychology, criminal justice and criminology, hit the ground running when he came to campus in fall 2022.

From the Smokies to the Andes, WCU students visit Ecuador as part of tropical ecology and biogeography course

The ecological and biogeographical difference between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Andes Mountains are numerous, but there are few things they do have in common.

New mural in Stillwell combines art and science

There’s a lot of buzz around the new mural on the fourth floor of the Stillwell Science Building.

Students set up bug tents to learn more about the critters in Cullowhee

As part of a field entomology course at WCU, Luiz Lima Da Silveira, biology professor, and Sarah Parsons, professor of geosciences and natural resources, have teamed up to monitor insect populations on campus.

Faculty members receive grant funding from NCInnovation for mosquito-borne infectious disease identification

Brian Byrd, WCU’s mosquito expert and professor, along with Scott Huffman, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, have been approved for grant funding from NCInnovation.

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