| Summary: | The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Materials” field to access recent issues. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 25, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Bill Yang receives a $5,000 Kimmel School Rapid Center Development Grant Bill Yang, assistant professor of engineering and technology, has been awarded a Kimmel School Rapid Center Development Grant in the amount of $5,000 in support of his proposal “Fabrication of Optical Metamaterials Using Oxford Lasers DP100-5s.” The Kimmel School Rapid Center Development Grant program is an unsolicited internal mini-grant program funded by the Kimmel School from funds generated through the external engagement activities of the Center for Rapid Product Realization. The program is designed to provide seed funding in support of programs aligned with the educational and engagement missions of the Kimmel School and the center. Under this program, any WCU faculty or sta???????? member may propose a Rapid Center-facilitated project addressing research or engagement opportunities. Awards of up to $5,000 in internal grant funding may be made under the program, contingent on the number of proposals received and the availability of funds. Interested faculty and staff should contact the Office of the Dean of the Kimmel School at 828-227-2159 for more information. Tags: Bill Yang, grants, Kimmel School CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 19, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Course taught by Chris Cooper in Netherlands becomes highest rated at MCTS for semester The course Chris Cooper, associate professor of political science and public a????????airs, taught at the Netherlands for the Middleburg Center for Transatlantic Studies as part of a three-and-a-half week faculty exchange was the highest ranked course for the semester. Cooper taught “Political Communication in Comparative Perspective,” and his students complimented the questions he challenged them to answer and praised a class ????????eld trip to a police station in Rotterdam. His mean score rankings for all 20 course evaluation questions were 4.2 and above on a 5-point scale. Click here to read more about the experience and the MCTS exchange opportunity. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | David Goss NOTEWORTHY NEWS David Goss named undergraduate advising director David Goss, director of the Advising Center, became the director of undergraduate advising on Dec. 1. Goss will not only direct the Advising Center but also work close with the colleges and Kimmel School in support of their advising-related activities and assure that faculty members have the latest information and training to provide e????????ective advising. Provost Kyle Carter announced formation of a campuswide committee on advisement that Goss will chair. “The committee will provide a forum and a structure for identifying and addressing advising related issues, coordinating adviser training workshops professional development, assessment strategies, Advising Day and the overall campus mission of advising,” said Carter. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 19, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Faculty and staff smoking cessation programs to be held on campus A three-week smoking cessation program for Western Carolina University faculty and staff members will be offered on campus in February and June. In the program, “WHEE LOVE Quitters,” participants explore their smoking habits, find out what resources can help them and learn strategies for addressing withdrawal, triggers and relapse. The first faculty and staff smoking cessation program will meet at 12:05 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays for three weeks starting Monday, Feb. 22. The deadline to register is Thursday, Feb. 18. The second will meet at 12:05 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays for three weeks starting Monday, June 7. The deadline to register is Thursday, June 3. The program’s sessions are held in the Campus Recreation Center. Participants do not need to be members of the CRC to participate. A $20 deposit is required upon registration and will be refunded upon completion of all six meetings. Facilitators are Karrie Joseph, WCU wellness coordinator and a certified health education specialist, and Jane Royse-Roskowski, certified addictions counselor. For more information, check out the smoking cessation program Web site or contact Joseph by phone at 828-227- 7069 or by e-mail at kjoseph@wcu.edu. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Funding continued for SBTDC The Small Business and Technology Development Center awarded $176,537 to Wendy Cagle, director of the Small Business and Technology Development Center at Western Carolina University, to continue funding for the center’s operations and staff. Click here to read more about College of Business Centers. Tags: grants CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Grant awarded to support nursing education partnership The U.S. Department of Veterans A????????airs awarded $81,605 to Vincent Hall, head of the School of Nursing, to continue a partnership with the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. The partnership was formed to provide the highest level of nursing education available to students in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science program while meeting the goals and objectives of the VA Nursing Academy. Tags: grants CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 15, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | TOP STORIES Haiti disaster moves faculty, staff to give Western Carolina University faculty, sta???????? and students are starting to step forward to help after reports of tens of thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless in earthquake-devastated Haiti. A group of senior nursing students is collecting money to send via the American Nurses Foundation to support nursing infrastructure in Haiti. In addition, a group of social work students will be facilitating a fundraising e????????ort this semester in response to the disaster in Haiti. The Center for Service Learning will be coordinating additional efforts. Also, Regis Gilman, associate dean of educational outreach, said she is accepting donations for the Shelter Box USA initiative. Shelter Boxes are approximately 40-gallon green plastic containers that hold a 10-person tent and a three-month supply of tools and items such as water puri????????cation tablets. Each shelter box costs approximately $1,000, and donors who give $200 can track the delivery of the individual box their gift helped support. The Cullowhee Daybreak Rotary Club, which has many faculty, sta???????? and student members, so far have donated two shelter boxes to help survivors in Haiti, said Gilman, club president. “In the midst of the tragedy of the Haiti earthquake, we would like to raise awareness of the Shelter Box USA program and encourage the WCU community to consider a contribution toward this or one of the many other opportunities to provide humanitarian assistance,” said Gilman. “Donations of any amount will make a difference.” CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 28, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS International Programs and Services wins grant to support outreach The Jackson County Arts Council awarded $500 to the Office of International Programs and Services to help support an outreach program in which Western Carolina University international students visit area schools to give presentations about their home cultures and countries. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Janice Holt wins grant to support education initiative The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded $38,000 to Janice Holt, director of the School University Teacher Education Partnership, to increase the achievement level of high school students in the Appalachian Region by providing opportunities that promote college access, career development, teacher recruitment and academic success. Tags: grants CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 25, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | Josefina Niggli The Jan. 28 event will invite vistiors to read about Jose????????na Niggli. TOP STORIES Josefina Niggli celebration premiere to feature exhibit, photos and dramatizations Ami Pisano, a senior theater major from Asheville, never met the late Josefina Niggli, a novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and Western Carolina professor born 100 years ago in Mexico. But Pisano and her fellow Theatre in Education students have come to know her through their research, and, now they want to introduce her to others during the dramatic presentation they prepared for part of the Niggli celebration premiere Thursday, Jan. 28. “She was an amazing person who pioneered a place for women in her ????????eld and who did so much for Western Carolina,” said Pisano. “We’re not spinning her story or ‘performing’ but simply presenting her, who Jose????????na was, and how much she affected students then and today. Three in our class have Niggli scholarships, so, for us, it really hits close to home.” The Niggli celebration event, which starts at 7:30 p.m. in Niggli Theatre, will begin with a segment from a radio panel discussion hosted by Don Connelly, associate professor and head of the department of communication, about Niggli, her life and legacy. Then, in the ????????rst act, titled “Retrospective” and directed by Steve Carlisle, associate dean of the Honors College and a former Niggli student, Honors College students will share a slideshow they prepared about Niggli, and Kathy Wright, retired professor emeritus of communication, will deliver a monologue. “We will attempt to create a show that Miss Niggli would be proud of and one ????????tting of the respect and love that all of her former students and admirers have for her,” said Carlisle. The second act, “Legacy: A Multimedia Journey,” is presented by WCU’s Theatre in Education Company and is directed by Pisano. Students will perform a scene from Niggli’s 1943 play “The Ring of General Macias: A Drama of the Mexican Revolution,” in which two women interact – one stoic about her husband going o???????? to war, the other emotional. In addition, sketches will include dramatizations of Niggli’s poems and monologues of memories of Niggli such as the “Oldest Boy.” “There is a part of the story where she refers to (a former student) as her oldest boy, and we started to refer to this memory as ‘the oldest boy’ in class,” said Pisano. “We understand the person who shared it with us may even be in the audience for the performance.” In addition, an exhibit at the event will feature the full gown, hood, diploma, framed certi????????cate, framed speech and photos from the honorary doctorate that was to be presented in honor of Niggli at the December commencement ceremony. After the event, the display will move to the Fine and Performing Arts Center for the rest of the semester. “The goal of the premier is to help bring more awareness to the Niggli celebration that will kick into full swing in January,” said Glenda Hensley, coordinator of ????????rst-year experiences with the Office for Undergraduate Studies. “Although many projects and course engagements are already under way, spring will bring significant elements to fruition.” Other upcoming events related to the Niggli celebration include: – Jan. 15-Dec. 11, exhibit by Hunter Library’s Special Collections. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT – March 10, a ????????lm screening of “Sombrero,” with screenplay by Niggli and based on a book of her short stories; and a gender conference at WCU, sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program and featuring author and Niggli scholar Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez as keynote speaker. – April 7-May 5, Niggli portrait exhibit, Fine Art Museum. – July 8-10, a reunion of former Niggli students and a performance event. “Josefina Niggli – A Celebration of Culture, Life and Art” is a Quality Enhancement Plan interdisciplinary initiative sponsored by the Office for Undergraduate Studies. For more information, contact Hensley at 828-227-2786 or ghensley@wcu.edu. Tags: Don Connelly, Glenda Hensley, Josefina Niggli, QEP, Quality Enhancement Plan, Steve Carlisle © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Kefyn Catley continues efforts to develop ways to teach ‘tree thinking’ Vanderbilt University awarded $60,918 to Kefyn Catley, associate professor of biology and coordinator of the secondary sciences education program, to create novel curricula to teach “tree thinking” at the undergraduate and high school levels. Tree thinking involves comprehending diagrams developed to help students understand the full spectrum of evolution. Called cladograms, the diagrams illustrate with branching lines the origin of fate of species and natural groups of species, the persistence of some and the extinction of others. A cladogram might provide evidence, for example, of how birds are modern dinosaurs. Tags: grants CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 1, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | TOP STORIES LeBaron and McDonough complete research for global initiative Two Western Carolina University researchers have completed a two-phase meta-review of literature on information communication technology in education as part of a contract with the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative. Both phases of the report were prepared by John LeBaron, the Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor of Educational Technologies at WCU, and Beth McDonough, education reference librarian at WCU. LeBaron was included on a list of researchers invited to develop a research agenda responding to GeSCI’s request for proposals issued in February 2009. Headquartered in Dublin, GeSCI is an international nonpro????????t organization providing assistance to developing countries seeking to harness educational technology to improve schooling. GeSCI was created by a United Nations task force in 2003 arising from a worldwide call for educational improvement through technology in developing countries. Since then, GeSCI has partnered with national ministries of education and leading global organizations to fulfill UNESCO’s shared vision of a knowledge society for all. The initial phase of the analysis was produced in April 2009 as foundation research for GeSCI’s North/South Research Partnership event held in Dublin last spring and has been accepted for inclusion in the federally sponsored Education Resources Information Center database. The major purposes of the ????????rst phase report were to provide a multidisciplinary, multimethodological lens for understanding the global complexity of information communication technology, and to identify relevant themes and trends in information communication technology research. The second report phase addressed global developments in a variety of contexts re????????ected in recent research literature. Completed in November 2009, the document built upon the earlier publication and responded to refined GeSCI declarations of purpose and mission. With assistance from LeBaron and McDonough, GeSCI recently sponsored a live Web-based global teleconference to discuss the ????????ndings and to launch a continuing conversation about future action. This exchange is continuing in two networked forums supported respectively by GeSCI and UNESCO. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Martin Luther King Jr. celebration set for Jan. 18-22 L. Douglas Wilder, the ????????rst African-American elected governor in the United States, will be the keynote speaker for Western Carolina University’s annual celebration in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Wilder, who served as governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center as part of a program sponsored by the O????????ce of the Chancellor. In his speech, “The Movement: Past, Present and Future,” he will chronicle the civil rights movement in the United States and share what life and politics were like in a state that once denied him admission to its law schools. Other events planned at WCU as part of the King celebration include service activities, an art and essay gallery, a screening and discussion about the documentary “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till,” a discussion of the “The Drum Major Instinct” speech that King delivered, a Tunnel of Oppression and a Poetry Grind. Click here to see a full schedule of events. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 31, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Math history conference at WCU wins grant funding The National Science Foundation-Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences awarded $1,200 to Sloan Despeaux, associate professor and associate head of the mathematics and computer science department, to support the ????????fth biennial Smoky Mountain Undergraduate Conference on the History of Mathematics. The conference will be held in Stillwell Science Building on Saturday, March 20. The event will feature a keynote address followed by presentations and posters by undergraduate students about their research of the history of mathematics or mathematics informed by its history. Click here to read more about the conference. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 19, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Musical theatre faculty and students prepare for fundraising show on Sunday, Jan. 24 Faculty and students from the musical theatre program at Western Carolina University will present the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center. The “Rodgers & Hammerstein Gala” will include music from “The King and I,” “South Pacific,” “The Sound of Music” and “Oklahoma!” “They’re the favorite tunes everyone’s sung forever,” said Bradley Martin, director of WCU’s musical theatre program. Terrence Mann, the Broadway performer and WCU Phillips Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre, will sing and serve as master of ceremonies. “Hearing Terrence sing is a rare opportunity in North Carolina because typically you don’t hear him sing unless he’s on Broadway,” Martin said. Mann will appear on Broadway this spring in the musical adaptation of “The Addams Family.” The gala is a scholarship fundraiser for musical theatre scholarships. “If we want to attract top-tier students from across the nation, we need to offer them scholarships that can pay for out-of-state tuition,” Martin said. Ticket prices are $15 for general admission, $10 for senior citizens and the faculty and staff of WCU, and $5 for students. For more information, call the FAPAC box office at 828-227-2479. To order tickets online, go to http://fapac.wcu.edu/. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | Josefina Niggli TOP STORIES Niggli celebration performance set for Jan. 28 Western Carolina University’s celebration of the late Josefina Niggli’s life and contributions to the WCU community and beyond will kick off a semester of events with a performance in Niggli Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28. The show, which is free and open to the public, will introduce Niggli to people who did not take a class with her or work with her on a production in what was the Little Theatre on campus and is now named Niggli Theatre. Niggli, who was born in Mexico, was an accomplished poet, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A collection of her folktales, titled “Mexican Village” and published in 1945, was adapted into a major motion picture titled “Sombrero,” which she co-wrote and which starred Ricardo Montalban. She joined WCU in 1955 as a journalism instructor and director of drama, and during her 20-year career at the university was a beloved, respected teacher and colleague. For the 2009-10 academic year, the Office for Undergraduate Studies is coordinating an organized, campuswide recognition of Niggli’s contributions. “We will attempt to create a show that Miss Niggli would be proud of and one fitting of the respect and love that all of her former students and admirers have for her,” said the show’s writer Steve Carlisle, one of Niggli’s former students and the associate dean of the Honors College. Although Carlisle is keeping details of the show secret, he did reveal the production will be “multimedia, drama, comedy” and will “cover her career and stages of her professional life.” The production commemorating the 100th anniversary of Niggli’s birth is first in a series of celebration events this semester. Hunter Library will host a display beginning in January featuring copies of Niggli’s manuscripts and personal effects, and posters depicting stages of her life and her progression as an author, playwright and instructor at WCU. The display will continue through December. “Sombrero,” the film adaptation of Niggli’s “Mexican Village,” will be screened in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center on March 10. Also in March, Elizabeth Martinez, who published a biography of Niggli in 2007, is scheduled to present at WCU as part of the Women Who Dare! Interdisciplinary Speaker/Workshop Series. Other events will include a Niggli portrait exhibit, and a performance and reunion in July of Niggli’s students. For more information, visit WCU’s Niggli Celebration Web site at http://niggli.wcu.edu. This story is by Bobby Willover, a WCU undergraduate student serving on the Niggli celebration committee. Tags: Josefina Niggli CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 25, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Nominations open for Academic Program of Excellence Nominations for the Western Carolina University Academic Program of Excellence Award may be submitted to Sam Miller, vice chancellor for student affairs, through Friday, March 12. The $10,000 award honors the achievement of excellence by an academic unit and must be used to enhance the effectiveness of the unit. For more information, check out the Program of Excellence Award Web site. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 28, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Nominations sought for Jay M. Robinson eTeaching Award Nominations will be accepted through 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, for the 2010 Jay M. Robinson eTeaching Award. Western Carolina University faculty members, supervising administrator and students may nominate faculty members who have two or more three-credit (or equivalent) fully online courses within the current or previous academic year. The award carries a stipend of $1,000. A full description of the award is posted online in PDF format at paws.wcu.edu/jlebaron/JMR-2010/JMR-TchngAward-Drft.10_100122 (link no longer active). Nominations must include the name of the nominee; the number, title and dates taught of the fully online course; name and position of the nominator; and the nominator’s academic relationship to the nominee; and may include a brief explanation of why the nominee merits the award. Completed nominations should be sent to John LeBaron, who as the Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor of Educational Technologies is chair of the award committee, at jlebaron@email.wcu.edu. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 15, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | One of the most important in????????uences on children’s physical ????????tness and health can be the family. That's one reason the Briggs family (pictured) exercises together. ACHIEVEMENTS Professor and past football coach complete WNC youth health study, advocate for more physical fitness programs, education What began as participation in a Western Carolina University community e????????ort to help promote physical ????????tness and healthy lifestyles among middle school students has developed into a quest for Kent and Lisa Briggs. Based on the couple’s research and results from a survey they conducted of about 1,300 Western North Carolina students, they are advocating more actively than ever before to increase opportunities and encouragement for young people to be physically active. “Our children need our help,” said Kent Briggs, former WCU head football coach and a WCU alumnus. “It is our duty as adults, policymakers and educators to provide avenues and encouragement to foster optimal physical ????????tness for all of our children.” The quest began in the spring of 2008 as Kent Briggs prepared a motivational presentation about the importance of being physically active to deliver to students. The studies he read reported childhood obesity rates had more than tripled in the last two decades, and that if current trends continued, 75 percent of adults in the United States will be overweight and 41 percent obese by 2015. “For 27 years, I focused most of my attention to a physically elite percentage of the population – college football players,” said Kent Briggs. “Unfortunately, I have had on blinders to the reality of the state of health and fitness of our nation.” Briggs worked through the physical education departments at Western North Carolina public schools to be able to present to and interact with students. Together, he and physical education teachers in Jackson, Swain, Graham, Haywood and Buncombe counties administered a ????????tness assessment called the Fitnessgram. Students later received reports about their ????????tness level and individualized recommendations for what they could do to improve their health. Students who scored well on abdominal strength might have been advised to maintain their ????????tness by doing curl-ups and other resistance exercises three to ????????ve days a week, and to remember to keep their knees bent and avoid having someone hold their feet. “We wanted students and their families to know speci????????cally how they could improve,” said Briggs. “While the children in our area scored very well in many areas of ????????tness, some ????????ndings are alarming,” said Kent Briggs. “Twenty-nine percent of the girls and 31 percent of the boys we surveyed are currently in the unhealthy range for percent body fat. In addition, 49 percent of the girls and 54 percent of the boys assessed are in the unhealthy range for cardiovascular ????????tness. Research has shown that children who score low in these areas are more likely to be at risk for serious medical problems.” Neil Rogers, a physical education teacher at Waynesville Middle School, said Briggs’ visit made an impression. “Students have asked if he is coming back and some have wanted to tell him their results,” said Rogers. “They were excited about getting what was essentially a report card on their health, and recently seeing where they have improved – did more push-ups or have a better body composition.” Then, Kent Briggs’ wife Lisa Briggs, a WCU assistant professor of criminology who teaches research methods, suggested they take the initiative a step further and study some of the behavior and attitudes that led to the children’s state of ????????tness. With permission from parents or guardians, 1,287 students who had participated in the fitness testing completed the 26-question survey. The Briggses were concerned but not surprised by some of the ????????ndings: Forty-six percent of the girls and 35 percent of the boys in the seventh and eighth grade reported that they did not complete enough physical activity outside of their physical education class to meet CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 From left, Alex, Kent, Cody and Lisa Briggs walk on treadmills. the 60 minutes of recommended daily physical activity. In addition, 76 percent of the girls and 62 percent of the boys reported skipping meals – breakfast, for most. This worried the Briggses because research suggests teens who eat breakfast are less likely to be obese later in life. “We need to think of physical activity as more than organized sports,” said Lisa Briggs. “Many kids are on sports teams, but many are not, and by high school the opportunity to remain on school sports teams decreases. We have to have other physical fitness options in place.” She added that one of the most important in????????uences on children’s physical ????????tness and health can be the family, and they encourage families to exercise together. For instance, the Briggs family, including children Alex and Cody, make trips to the Cullowhee Recreation Center a family activity. “Everyone bene????????ts, and children who learn physical activity as a way of life early may have a better chance of continuing to be physically active as adults,” said Lisa Briggs. “Sometimes it is the kids who actually motivate me.” One of the most interesting ????????ndings, however, was that more than half of the students whose ????????tness assessment results did not place them in “healthy” categories for cardiovascular ????????tness said they considered themselves physically fit. “The same pattern is also found for percent body fat, body-mass index, and upper body strength/endurance scores,” said Kent Briggs. “While we want our children to have a good self-image, we have to maintain a realistic understanding of our ????????tness status in order to avoid unnecessary health risks.” By Teresa Killian Tate © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | Pat Brown, dean of educational outreach at WCU, receives the Association for Continuing Higher Education's 2009 Leadership Award from association president Rick Osborn. ACHIEVEMENTS Pat Brown wins national leadership award The Association for Continuing Higher Education recognized Patricia Brown, dean of educational outreach at Western Carolina University, with the 2009 Leadership Award at its 71st annual conference held recently in Philadelphia. The Leadership Award is the highest award given by ACHE and recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the field of continuing higher education. “For more than 30 years, Pat Brown’s energized and insightful leadership has in????????uenced university presidents and deans in almost every sector of higher education to adopt distance learning as the core of their institutional growth and service to place-bound adults,” said 2009 ACHE President Rick Osborn. “She is considered a pioneer in the development and administration of distance learning programs.” The award comes as Brown announces her plans to retire on June 30. “Dean Pat Brown has been a strong advocate for distance education and the adult learner,” said Provost Kyle Carter. “During her tenure, WCU’s distance education programming has grown tremendously making us one of the primary providers in the University of North Carolina system.” Brown holds a doctorate of education and master’s degree in education in biological science from Temple University and a master’s degree in public health from Boston University School of Medicine. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing education from Temple University, and her nursing diploma from the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing. As dean of WCU’s Division of Educational Outreach, Brown oversees distance learning and o????????-campus degree programs, professional training and adult learning seminars and conferences such as Mountain Dulcimer Week and the Cullowhee Conference: Native Plants in the Landscape. Prior to being named dean at WCU in 2004, Brown served as senior advisor for strategic initiatives and associate professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston. In her role at MGH, Brown was responsible for the development of new program initiatives, grants and contracts, and institute outreach, including international program development. She also acquired funding to develop online components of the program. Brown also served as division director of distance learning and continuing education at MGH. Her responsibilities included the expansion of the curriculum through distance learning and continuing education, integration of distance learning within the structure of the institute and outreach to new population groups seeking professional development in the health professions. While at MGH, she was instrumental in establishing the nation’s ????????rst online post-baccalaureate certificate program in radiologic technology. From 1995 to 2000, Brown was vice provost and academic dean at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, N.J. As the senior academic o????????cer responsible for the college’s academic programs, policies and standards, Brown created an integrated student support system, including a new student services center, and developed and managed strategic alliances with numerous constituencies including the military, corporations and community colleges. As dean of distance education from 1985 to 1995 at St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine, Brown managed the transition from o????????-campus contract agent to in-house operations – a move that required development of an admissions unit, marketing support, distribution systems, student account management and a computerized infrastructure. She was also a professor of health care administration at St. Joseph’s. In 1982, Brown was appointed assistant vice president for academic a????????airs at Boston University after four years as assistant dean for continuing education at Boston University School of Nursing, where she managed the school’s professional nursing continuing education program, o????????ering an average of 75 workshops, seminars and lectures per year. Prior to her work at Boston University, Brown was coordinator of Environmental Studies and an assistant professor of Biology at Glassboro State College, which is now Rowan University, in Glassboro, New Jersey. She developed and managed an interdisciplinary environmental studies program with tracks in environmental health, science, planning and education and taught anatomy and physiology, biology, human ecology, natural resources, environmental chemistry, environmental planning and managed the environmental practicum and internship. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT By Joni Kenyon © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 25, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | Western Carolina students lead a unity march around the campus Tuesday, Jan. 19, as one of many events scheduled as part of a week of activities celebrating the life and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. L. Douglas Wilder, the ????????rst African-American elected governor in the United States, was the keynote speaker for Western Carolina University’s annual celebration in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The WCU Inspirational Choir performs as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. TOP STORIES PAW PRINTS: 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration photos Western Carolina University celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at events held Jan. 18-22. Click here to read more about the keynote speech L. Douglas Wilder, the first African-American elected governor in the United States, delivered for the WCU’s 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT Western Carolina University students work at the Appalachian Homestead Farm & Preserve as part of Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service activities (Photo courtesy Center of Service Learning). Western Carolina University students work at the Appalachian Homestead Farm & Preserve as part of Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service activities (Photo courtesy Center of Service Learning). © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 15, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | Dr. Tom Archer TOP STORIES Q&A with Dr. Tom Archer Dr. Tom Archer sees an average of 15 to 20 patients each day as one of the physicians working for Western Carolina University Student Health Services. In addition, patients of the health center’s women’s clinic, which re-opened in 2008, bene????????t from Archer’s more than 25 years of gynecological experience. After graduating from the University of Richmond with a degree in biology and chemistry, Archer attended medical school at the University of Maryland, where he graduated in 1981. From 1981 to 1985, he completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Maryland. He spent time on active duty in the military and opened private practices in Virginia and Franklin, N.C. In October 2006, he joined his wife, Sharon, an administrative support specialist at the health center, as a member of the WCU staff. The Reporter: When did you decide to become a doctor? Archer: The earliest I remember was ninth grade. I had a class project in which I had to actually make an appointment with my family doctor and ask him questions about why he became a doctor and what he did. He was like the stereotypical doctor, like Marcus Welby on TV. A few years before I closed my practice in Franklin, I found out that my grandmother who came over from Ireland when she was 16 was a lay midwife in the early ’30s in rural Virginia. I had no idea that she was a midwife when I was in medical school. I actually got a copy of her Virginia state license and her little handbag where she kept her diary and a little vile of silver nitrate they put in babies’ eyes right after birth. The Reporter: What is your favorite part of being a doctor? Archer: In the past, it was delivering babies. I still miss doing OB (obstetrics), even though it can be hair-raising at times and a lot of liability. But it was still a lot of fun. It just amazes me. You know, something like that and seeing the interaction after the delivery … it just never got old. Childbirth is terrifying. It is painful. There’s screaming and yelling and blood. It is nice to help a patient get through that. At WCU, I get a lot of satisfaction taking care of patients. At this age, college students are bright, but they do not always think about their health and medical problems. There’s a good percentage that try to diagnose themselves on WebMD; they come in anxious, thinking they have some deadly disease. It is nice to educate them about their health. The Reporter: Do you watch any of the television shows that portray the medical field? Archer: No. The last one I really watched on a regular basis was “M*A*S*H”, and that was 30 years ago or more. I did see George Clooney in “ER” a few times, but that was a long time ago, too. The Reporter: What is the most common question you are asked at the health center? Archer: When patients hear that Sharon and I are married, they ask about that. And when they see pictures of our dogs, they ask about that. And about the Baltimore Orioles. The Reporter: When you were in the Navy, what was your job? Archer: OB/GYN. At Portsmouth, which is a teaching hospital, I was a sta???????? physician, and I taught the residents who were there. Portsmouth also is CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 responsible for some of the isolated posts. We would relieve OB/GYNs in places like Guantanamo for as long as they were going to be gone. At Gitmo (Guantanamo Bay Naval Base), it was about 10 days, and I was at Keflavik (an air station in Iceland), for about four weeks The Reporter: What do you like to do in your free time? Archer: I read a lot. I like to read fiction. Anne Tyler is a favorite author for me. And I like fishing when the weather is better. And I’m crazy about music. I don’t listen as much as I used to. At work, I always have classical music on my computer, and usually, when I’m relaxing, it is ’70s rock. The Reporter: Last semester, I heard you were stuck in a snowstorm in Wisconsin. What was that like? Archer: Oh, that was great. We went up to see the Packers-Ravens game, but the next day we got stuck in the blizzard. Except for being delayed 24 hours, it was nice to get away for a while. But then we came back here and got stuck in another snowstorm here right before Christmas. Two in one month. The Reporter: What is your favorite meal? Probably Chinese anything. The Reporter: What are your recommendations for people to stay healthy this time of year? Archer: Oh, just like any other time of year. Get enough rest, eat well, exercise regularly. You know, it is amazing what a healthy immune system can do. Especially during flu season, use common sense and wash your hands. The Reporter: Who has influenced you the most in your life? Archer: My father was a good role model. I’m probably a lot like him as far as my personality. Also, Dr. Leftwich, my college professor and my adviser, got me through college and into medical school. The Reporter: If you were trapped on a deserted island, what three items would you want? Archer: Book and tunes. And can I choose my wife? Interview by Bessie Dietrich Goggins and printed in edited and condensed form Tags: Q&A © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 19, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | ACHIEVEMENTS Rob Young to serve on panel at ‘green economy’ conference Western Carolina University coastal geology professor Rob Young will join a U.S. congressman and others for a symposium focusing on climate change at “The New Green Economy,” the 10th national conference on science, policy and the environment, which will be held Jan. 20-22 in Washington. More than 1,000 attendees are expected for the conference, to be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The conference is organized by the National Council for Science and the Environment, and among the sponsors are UPS, Disney’s Animal Kingdom and several federal agencies. Young will serve as a panelist for a symposium titled “Climate Security in an Age of Uncertainty.” Other panelists will be U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee of Washington state; Gary Nabhan, research social scientist at the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona; Joe Romm, editor of Climate Progress; and Todd Baldwin, vice president and associate publisher of Island Press. Those attending the symposium will hear how climate change could negatively a????????ect the world’s economy, national defense and the energy sector. Last year, Young co-authored a book, “The Rising Sea,” that examines the threat posed by sea-level rise brought about by global warming. “My remarks during the symposium will be related to how we can respond to rising sea levels in a way that will be least damaging to the economy,” he said. Young, who also serves as director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at WCU, is widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading experts on the science of hurricane impacts and coastal management. He testi????????ed before Congress several years ago on the use of federal money to rebuild in the most vulnerable coastal areas of the United States, and he is frequently called upon by the national news media for commentary on coastal management issues. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 9, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Staff Senate accepts nominations for representatives Western Carolina University’s Staff Senate will accept nominations for representatives through Friday, Jan. 15. The organization is composed of 20 members based on a proportional distribution from federal job classi????????cations, and nominees are sought this year whose jobs are classified as clerical/secretarial, craftsman, executive/administrative, maintenance/service and professional. Permanent, nonfaculty employees can go to the Web site https://itapp.wcu.edu/staffsenatenominations/ to nominate someone in their same federal job classi????????cation. Nominators will need their 92-number and pin number to access the online form. Paper ballot nominations can be submitted to Donna Welch in Student Affairs at 114 Scott East. WCU’s Staff Senate is an elected body that represents WCU’s permanent, nonfaculty employees, and seeks to improve the quality of life at the university. Sta???????? Senate representative duties include attending regular monthly meetings and special or called meetings; serving on committees; communicating with constituents about concerns and senate activities; and serving as s Staff Senate designees on a university committee if appointed. For more information, contact Welch at 828-227-3055. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 11, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Student Health Services wins grant to enhance pandemic flu preparedness plans The University of North Carolina General Administration awarded $15,094 to Student Health Services to improve pandemic in????????uenza health care preparedness plans. Tags: grants CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: Beyond LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 25, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | Gabe Nucci (left), who will join the WCU faculty in the fall, and Tucker Horne, a WCU broadcast communication student, meet in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they are both working during the Winter Olympics. Tucker Horne, a WCU student completing a broadcast communication internship in Vancouver, British Columbia, stands in front of a countdown clock for the Winter Olympics. TOP STORIES Student, incoming professor work in Canada during Winter Olympics The Winter Olympics do not start until Feb. 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, but a Western Carolina University broadcast communication student and incoming professor are already there. Tucker Horne, a senior from Huntersville, is completing his required professional internship this semester in Vancouver with CTV British Columbia network news. Meanwhile, Gabe Nucci, who will join the WCU faculty in August, is a technical director working for NBC, thanks to his extensive experience helping broadcast national and international athletic events. For Horne, the internship is exactly what he was looking for. He wanted to get experience in local broadcast news and experience the excitement of the Olympics, so he looked for opportunities with local news organizations in Vancouver. “CTV had a pre-screening questionnaire on their Web site, and I completed it and attached the resume that Dr. (Betty) Farmer’s class helped me prepare,” said Horne. “I immediately got an e-mail back. They said it was one of the better resumes they had seen. I’m very excited to see how a local media outlet will be covering an international event in its own community.” Don Connelly, head of the WCU communication department, said Horne will get great experience at this internship that will build on CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT what he has been learning at Western Carolina. “We encourage our students to do their professional internships in the largest market they can,” said Connelly. So far, Horne has taken calls about news tips, participated in news planning discussions, assisted with interviews and monitored news wires. Meeting Nucci has been one of the highlights. Although each has different jobs with different news organizations, they recently found time to meet for lunch in Vancouver. Nucci has been nominated for an Emmy Award multiple times and won for his work as production engineer for the boxing venue at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His credits include coverage of the Athens, Torino and Beijing Olympics; Super Bowl; World Series; Indianapolis 500; ESPN Summer and Winter X Games; World Baseball Classic; PGA Golf; and major league soccer events including the World Cup. He is scheduled to work at the World Cup in South Africa after working at the Olympics. In addition, Nucci speaks Spanish and is conversant in Italian, French and Portuguese. “He is unbelievable,” said Horne. “He is very technical mined and has a way of communicating that students will appreciate and understand.” Connelly said Nucci will be a tremendous complement to the department’s faculty. “He brings a vast array of national and international experience,” said Connelly. Both Horne and Nucci are keeping blogs about their experience, Horne’s “My CTV Olympic Journey” at http://ctvtucker.wordpress.com/, and Nucci’s at the password-protected site media.wcu.edu/users/gabenucci/ (link no longer active). WCU students, faculty and staff can login to read his posts with their WCU login and password. © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 28, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | NOTEWORTHY NEWS Students, faculty to perform with Land of the Sky Symphonic Band Soloists at an upcoming Land of the Sky Symphonic Band concert will include Western Carolina University faculty Michael Schallock, associate professor of tuba and music education, and Will Peebles, professor and director of the School of Music. In addition, several students from the WCU tuba-euphonium ensemble will perform with the band at the concert, which will take place at Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at http://www.dwtheatre.com/. The band, a community group formed in 1990 by Enka High School alumni Rene Simson and Bob Lee, presents traditional concert band music and is under the direction of Jamie Hafner, director emeritus of education at Brevard Music Center and director emeritus of bands at the University of Toledo. Hafner also serves as conductor of the Brevard Community Band. For more information, call 828-645-2367 or e-mail libby.wilfong@gmail.com. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern 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 © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 6, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | TOP STORIES WCU crime information accessible on iPhone Crime information from the Western Carolina University Police Department is now available via a new, free iPhone application that provides local crime and national sex offender data. The WCU department publishes its crime data on the National Crime Map at www.CrimeReports.com, and that information is accessible through the CrimeReports iPhone app, available at the iTunes App Store. “This information is vital to our community safety,” said WCU Chief Tom Johnson. “Providing it to our students, staff and faculty through a mobile device allows even easier access to it than before. We’re pleased to be offering a new advanced tool to foster communication and engagement with community members to prevent and reduce crime. We also feel that this application complies with the spirit of the Clery Act.” The Clery Act is a federal law that requires colleges and universities across the country to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Greg Whisenant, founder and chief executive officer of CrimeReports, said the WCU police department has been a leader in citizen communication by sharing crime data online. “Now they are equipped with another avenue through which to engage the Western Carolina University community to build a safer community,” Whisenant said. The CrimeReports iPhone app, which offers crime data from more than 600 law enforcement agencies across North America and includes registered sex offender data for all 50 states, allows users to: • Filter data by location or address, incident type and customizable date range. • View recent neighborhood level crimes on the map or in a list. • View national sex offender data by location. • Sign up for free, automated, e-mail crime alerts. CATEGORIES | THE REPORTER TOP STORIES NOTEWORTHY NEWS ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS PHOTOS | WCU NEWS SERVICES CALENDAR 5/29/2017 Ancient Forms, Modern Minds 5/29/2017 Print Plus One: LINKS Calendar Higher Education NewsWatch WCU Hub AFRICA! MORE THAN A CONTINENT © 2010 Western Carolina University. SEARCH Search Home About Archives Subscribe Contact WCU Home January 25, 2010 ???????? Email This Post ???????? Print This Post ???????? Share | TOP STORIES WCU-Dillsboro partnership committee to give progress report Jan. 28 Members of a committee coordinating a revitalization partnership effort between Western Carolina University and the Jackson County town of Dillsboro will provide a progress report for the community at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Applegate Inn in Dillsboro. “We’ve held several meetings over the last month to chart our course and identify our immediate objectives,” said Betty Farmer, professor of communication and special assistant to the chancellor for the Dillsboro project. “Now it is time to share those with the larger community to get feedback and determine how best to achieve those objectives.” One of the group’s first tasks was to develop a mission statement for the partnership, Farmer said. The committee agreed to the following: Dillsboro, with assistance from Western Carolina University, will improve the quality of life for its residents, the economic prospects for its businesses, and the opportunity for enjoyment for its visitors while preserving the town’s unique historic character. The group has identified several objectives it believes can be achieved in the immediate future. “Our goal is to tackle ‘the low-hanging fruit,’ have some immediate successes and then move on to some of the more challenging, long-term objectives,” said Teresa Dowd, owner of the West Carolina Internet Café and one of the Dillsboro committee members. Short-term objectives include a comprehensive marketing plan, small business development and increased entertainment activities. “We think the Dillsboro community will be pleased with our initial proposal. We started with areas that we knew were weaknesses and then tried to identify specific objectives that would address those problems,” said Carrie Blaskowski, deputy director of the Jackson County Green Energy Park. Once the immediate objectives are under way, the group will then determine long-range objectives, Blaskowski said. Committee members representing the Dillsboro group are (in alphabetical order): Carrie Bla
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