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North Carolina poet laureate Jaki Green to read, discuss her works

The first African American to be appointed as the state’s poet laureate, she also is a member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame and a recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature.   

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International tuba soloist to perform guest artist recital on campus

WCU's Low Brass Festival will present special guest Oystein Baadsvik for a performance Sunday, Oct. 27, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building.  

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Ten students in the running for titles of Homecoming king, queen

The court will be presented and winners announced during halftime activities at WCU’s home football game against Furman University on Saturday, Oct. 26.  

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Guest lecture, 'plant' conference are upcoming campus theme events

WCU will welcome Alaska attorney Barrett Ristroph for a guest lecture, followed by a question-and-answer session, at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30.   

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Historian Chris Woolley to give talk on deforestation in colonial Mexico

His talk is titled “The Forests Cannot Be Commons: Spanish Law, Environment Change and New Spain’s Council on Forests.”   

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WCU marching band competition moving indoors on Saturday because of rain threat

The rainy weekend weather predicted across the mountains of Western North Carolina has forced organizers of the 19th annual Tournament of Champions to move activities indoors Saturday, Oct. 19, at Western Carolina University.   

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David Kinner named interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences

A member of the faculty since 2006, he has been serving as associate dean of the college since 2014.   

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Jane Schulz, special education pioneer on WCU faculty, passes at 95

The recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane letters at WCU in 2012, she died Oct. 3 at her home in Kingsport, Tennessee.  

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The Nobel Mission - Forensic Anthropology Students Search for Lost WWII Airman

A mission to locate remains of a missing American airman from World War II in Germany was a homecoming, of a sort, for a Western Carolina University student. Anna Maier, a senior majoring in forensic anthropology, is a native of Germany and was part of a research team made up of WCU forensic anthropology faculty and students who, through a U.S. Department of Defense grant, spent three weeks this summer participating in a forensic archaeological search and excavation.  

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