SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home EVENTS CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES 2016 Summer Institute for Administrative Support Professionals NOTEWORTHY NEWS April 27, 2016 Email This Post Print This Post Share | ACHIEVEMENTS SAVE THE DATE!! EVENTS 2016 Summer Institute for PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES Administrative Support Professionals July 19, 1:00pm – 4:30pm July 21, 8:30am – 12:00pm CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern REGISTRATION AND SESSION INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON! Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond the Glass Matrix 5/29/2017 Water Portraits: Barbara Tyroler 6/9/2017 Musical Variety Show 'Livin' the Dream' 6/10/2017 Musical Variety Show 'Livin' the Dream' LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2016 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home EVENTS CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES Africa! More Than a Continent events NOTEWORTHY NEWS April 6, 2016 Email This Post Print This Post Share | ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES As you plan the rest of your semester, please be aware of the following events that are linked to our campus theme, Africa! More Than a Continent. CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern If you have any question or additional events to add, please contact Laura Wright at [email protected]. Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond April 4-8, 2016: Serah Mucha and Ronnie Mdawadi the Glass Matrix Serah Mucha (project manager and public relations) and Ronnie Mdawadi (Kenyan country manager) for Kosmos Solutions 5/29/2017 Water Portraits: Barbara Tyroler International, an NGO working on sustainable development, women’s empowerment, etc. in Kenya will be on campus. Details will be Musical Variety Show forthcoming. 6/9/2017 'Livin' the Dream' 6/10/2017 Musical Variety Show April 13, 2016 (Campus Dining Hall): African Menu 'Livin' the Dream' During the International Festival there will be an African Menu offered during the lunch hours in the Campus Dining Hall. Recipes include: Chicken Couscous, Eggplant Curry, Okra and Greens, Futari (coconut-peanut pumpkin), and Chinchin (fried pastries) or Banana LINKS Enrolada (banana rolled in pastry) Calendar April 13, 2016 (4:00-5:30pm; UC Multipurpose Room): WCU Global Spotlight Series: Africa in World Affairs Higher Education NewsWatch Join us for the last Global Spotlight Series of the semester. Presenters include: Dr. Jackie Sievert, Dr. Saheed Aderinto, Dr. Mike McDonald, and Dr. Jennifer Schiff. Sponsored by: Political Science, History, and International Studies. WCU Hub April 21-22, 2016: Professor Kwesi Yankah AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT We are honored to have Professor Kwesi Yankah from Ghana joining us as part of the campus theme celebration. Professor Yankah is a world-renowned scholar on African proverbs. He is currently the president of Central University College, the largest private university in Ghana. Previously, he was the pro-vice chancellor (provost) at the University of Ghana, the preeminent university in Ghana. He is a former professor of linguistics. Professor Yankah earned his doctoral degree at Indiana University. Professor Yankah will give a campus wide lecture, Between 9-11 and national tragedies in Africa: Comparative perspectives, on Thursday, April 21 at 4pm. In addition, he will be available to visit classes on Friday, April 22. If you are teaching a Friday class that addresses issues on Africa and would like for Dr. Yankah to visit your class, please contact Dr. Kofi Lomotey right away. Please encourage students to attend the lecture on April 21. Click here for more information and the complete calendar © 2016 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home NOTEWORTHY NEWS CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES ‘American Idol’ winner David Cook to perform at WCU’s Spring Concert on NOTEWORTHY NEWS April 28 ACHIEVEMENTS April 20, 2016 Email This Post Print This Post Share | EVENTS “American Idol” season seven winner David Cook and Secondhand Serenade will perform during Western Carolina University’s Spring Concert at 8 p.m. PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES on Thursday, April 28. The concert will take place on the Central Plaza. In the event of rain, the concert will move to the Ramsey Regional Activity Center with doors opening at 7 p.m. The free concert is sponsored by Last Minute Productions, Student Government Association and the Department of Campus Activities. WCU students were polled in February, and Cook and Secondhand Serenade were the CALENDAR top two performers chosen. Also performing will be local group Ten More Years. 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds Since winning “American Idol,” Cook’s self-titled debut album has sold 1.5 million 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond copies. His follow-up album, “This Loud Morning,” debuted in Billboard’s top 10, LINKS before Cook became an indie artist. He moved to Nashville in 2012 and became a Calendar songwriter, while continuing to tour. Higher Education NewsWatch In 2014, Cook began recording his current album, “Digital Vein,” in his home WCU Hub recording studio. The project was funded in part by contributions from fans through a PledgeMusic campaign. David Cook will perform in concert at WCU on April 28. AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT In 2012, Secondhand Serenade, otherwise known as musician John Vesely, saw his album, “A Naked Twist in My Story,” peak at No. 58 on the iTunes Top 200 albums list, as well as No. 19 on its top Alternative list. His current album, which was funded entirely by his fans via PledgeMusic, is scheduled to be released this spring. For more information on the Spring Concert, contact Stephanie Sue Rowell at 828-227-3751. © 2016 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home ACHIEVEMENTS CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES Anantatmula’s text about project teams published NOTEWORTHY NEWS April 13, 2016 Email This Post Print This Post Share | ACHIEVEMENTS BEP Business Expert Press has just released a new text by Vittal Anantatmula, professor and director of WCU’s Master of Project EVENTS Management Program, titled “Project Teams: A Structured Development Approach.” PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES The publisher’s description of the work says, “This book creates a structured approach and presents key concepts about the importance of teams, development of teams, team process, management of teams, and transitioning them into productive teams for enhanced project performance.” The book is expected to be in stock on Wednesday, April 27. CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Tags: Vittal Anantatmula Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2016 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home TOP STORIES CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES Autism Awareness Week to include workshop, panel discussion, 5-K NOTEWORTHY NEWS race ACHIEVEMENTS April 6, 2016 Email This Post Print This Post Share | EVENTS Last fall, the number of Western Carolina University students self-identifying themselves as having autism spectrum disorder doubled PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES from the previous year, reflective of a nationwide trend as individuals with autism make up an increasingly higher percentage of the college-age population. WCU’s Office of Disability Services is sponsoring Autism Awareness Week on campus from Monday, April 11, through CALENDAR Friday, April 15, to educate the campus community on best practices for working with individuals with autism, to help prepare faculty and staff for the shift in the student LINKS population, and to increase awareness, Calendar understanding and acceptance, said Meredith Oakley, a graduate intern in the Higher Education NewsWatch office who has been working with Wesley WCU Hub Satterwhite, WCU’s director of disability services, to organize the week of activities. AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT “Students with autism live in residence halls, work on campus, go to the Campus Recreation Center, eat in the dining halls, go to advising meetings, attend classes, and participate in clubs and organizations,” Oakley said. “There are no areas on WCU’s Paws, WCU’s athletics mascot, gets ready for Autism Awareness Week by asking a pertinent campus that are not touched by students, question. staff or faculty with autism. “We are trying to provide support for these Catamounts, their families and their friends through this week and get our campus thinking about the best ways we can support and interact with members of the autism spectrum community.” Activities begin April 11 as staff from the Office of Disability Services join with members of Alpha Xi Delta sorority on the lawn of A.K. Hinds University Center to talk to WCU community members about autism and sign people up to participate in a 5-K race the sorority is sponsoring on April 15. Alpha Xi Delta’s philanthropy area is Autism Speaks, an autism science and advocacy organization, and proceeds from the race will benefit that organization. Tuesday, April 12, will be “Wear Blue Day” on WCU’s campus as members of the university community are asked to wear blue in support of their fellow Catamounts who have autism. A workshop for faculty and staff, “College Students on the Autism Spectrum,” will be held from noon until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, to highlight best practices for working with students with autism. The event in Multipurpose Room A of Hinds University Center will feature Jean Alvarez, former assistant director of disability services at WCU, who is now disability services coordinator at Asheville- Buncombe Technical Community College. Alvarez has been affiliated with the N.C. Autism Society for more than a decade and is extremely knowledgeable about the autistic population, Oakley said. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch. WCU’s College of Education and Allied Professions will host an autism “Diversity Dialogue” panel discussion from 5:30 to 7 p.m.