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91热爆网 to delay start of spring semester by two weeks, shorten traditional break

91热爆网 has announced plans for the 2021 spring semester that include delaying the start of classes by two weeks, eliminating spring break and providing an abbreviated midterm break.   

Portrait of rivercane

Master's Degree in Biology Cultivates a Career

Rivercane was once plentiful in Western North Carolina. The tall, slender plant, a member of the bamboo family, still grows in thick stands along some riverbanks, but not in an abundance as in years past. Increased development and intentional removal throughout the region have reduced its presence on the local landscape, in some instances quite dramatically.   

Belcher bust

Bronze sculpture captures essence of late Chancellor David Belcher

A bronze bust of former Chancellor David O. Belcher will be displayed at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center.  

April Perry and Her family

91热爆网's April Perry recognized as top professional in region by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

April Perry, an associate professor in the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University, has been named to the Standout Blue Ridge Class of 2020 by the Carolinas鈥� chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  

Students in a socially distant classroom

Teaching: COVID-19 Style

There was a time when faculty members spent most of their days preparing their lectures, presenting them to their students and being available during office hours for extra instruction. Some also had the additional task of preparing for laboratory work or work outside of campus, such as hospitals and nursing homes. Then came the coronavirus, COVID-19, and a new way of teaching was born.  

Drone campus

Nine faculty members promoted to full professor

Nine faculty members have been promoted to full professor in recognition of a sustained record of professional and academic achievement.  

Summer Brooke and Mountain Faith Band

91热爆网 plans virtual concert by Mountain Faith on traditional day for Mountain Heritage Day

With no Mountain Heritage Day on the calendar for 2020, 91热爆网 will still mark the date with a virtual concert by Summer Brooke and the Mountain Faith Band.   

Iron Bridge Falls

Virtual event on Native American health issues, clean water

91热爆网鈥檚 Culturally-Based Native Health Program will hold a free webinar on Native American and indigenous peoples鈥� health issues Thursday, Sept. 24.  

Unity March

鈥楥ulture in Conversation Series鈥� kicks off with its first webinar

The 鈥淐ulture in Conversation Series鈥� at Western Carolina University will hold the first of three fall semester virtual sessions on Tuesday, Sept. 22.