Bardo Arts Center Fine Arts Museum
September 11, 2018-May 3, 2019

Exhibit Reception: September 20, 2018 from 5-7 pm

Degree Plus skill: Cultural Responsiveness 

Defining America
Exhibition: September 11, 2018 – May 3, 2019
Reception: September 20, 2018 5 – 7PM

Inspired by Western Carolina University’s 2018 Campus Theme, Defining America brings together artists with different perspectives on the concept of “America” and asks visitors to reflect on the values, definitions, and assumptions attached to this concept. The exhibition will be on view from Sept 11, 2018 through May 3, 2019. With a reception and gallery talk on Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 5 – 7 p.m.. Gallery talk begins at 5:30 p.m..

More Details
The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.
 

Randy Shull, Simultaneous Pattern, 2011, acrylic on wood panel, 73 x 96 x 8 inches.

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Defining America
Exhibition: September 11, 2018 – May 3, 2019


Inspired by Western Carolina University’s 2018 Campus Theme, Defining America brings together artists with different perspectives on the concept of “America” and asks visitors to reflect on the values, definitions, and assumptions attached to this concept. The exhibition will be on view from Sept 11, 2018 through May 3, 2019. With a reception and gallery talk on Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 5 – 7 p.m.. Gallery talk begins at 5:30 p.m..

More Details
The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.
 

Randy Shull, Simultaneous Pattern, 2011, acrylic on wood panel, 73 x 96 x 8 inches.

School of Art & Design Faculty Biennial
Exhibition: January 15 – May 3, 2018
Reception: Thursday, January 17, from 5-7PM

More Details
The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

 Kevin Kirkpatrick, Vessel-Configuration No. 2, 2016, found mahogany, dimensions variable.

Xanbiletik

Fuimos migrantes: crónica de migrantes indígenas de Chiapas, México

We were migrants: chronicle of indigenous migrants from Chiapas, Mexico

 An exhibition of photo essays that recount the expierences of indigenous migrants from Chiapas, Mexico, who went to the United States and then returned to Chiapas. Produced in conjunction with the Chiapas Photography project. Four individuals of the Tsotsil ethnic group from Chamula (a municipality in the Chiapas Highlands) were invited by Chiapas Photography Project (CPP) to recount how the migrant experience affected them.

NA Seminar

ECET 211-01 class needs extra lab time for Jerry Denton's class

3 sections of ENGR 350 will be meeting for one class time.

Dr. Oai Ha, Dr. Wes Stone and Dr. Martin Tanaka are the instructors.

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Defining America World's Fair will showcase programs and projects that have been carried out over the 2018-2019 academic year. Students, faculty and staff will share their university theme-related ideas, research, writings, artifacts and other creative works in this one-time World’s Fair signature event. Journey through the Defining America World’s Fair with a passport (provided) and engage in interactive, hand-on stations that aim to immerse you in the Americas through variable lenses.

LOCATION: UC Grand Room

Host: Campus Theme

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Defining America: A signature event to celebrate our theme at the end of the academic year.

Visiting Artist Mary O'Malley will give a free-to-the-public lecture on her ceramics in BAC 130. 

HOLD FOR CARE CONFERENCE PLENARY

Starting during WWII, CARE has been meeting the needs of those suffering from poverty, gender based violence, war, lack of education access and other global concerns. CARE is intently focused on efforts to provide empowerment for women and youth, access to education for for girls, providing clean water, healthcare, mitigating world hunger, and fighting the global HIV & AIDS concerns, among others.

Come hear from Whitney Griggs, Director of Regional Advocacy for the Southeast Region and students who have taken part in advocacy on Capital Hill. Learn why our foreign budget is important and how little of it is used for these efforts and what that means for our national security. Learn how you too can get involved and let your voice be heard here locally and on Capital Hill.

Host: CARE Committee

DegreePlus Skill: Leadership; Cultural Responsiveness

A favorite for everyone!! Who doesn't love getting on stage and sharing their favorite songs with their best buddies! Karaoke Night will be at UC Illusions.

Program features Mládi by Leoš Janá"cek and Rustiques by Joseph Canteloube.

Performers:

Eldred Spell, flute

Brian Seaton, oboe

Taylor Massey, clarinet

Shannon Thompson, clarinet and bass clarinet

Will Peebles, bassoon

Travis Bennett, horn

April 3 - 4, 2019 in the Ramsey Center and A.K. Hinds University Center

The Research & Scholarship Celebration at Western Carolina University is made up of the Undergraduate Expo and the Graduate Research Symposium. This showcase academic event is hosted by The Office of the Provost, The Graduate School and Research, and the Honors College.

Undergraduate Research Exposition

The Undergraduate Research Exposition, part of WCU’s campus-wide Research and Scholarship Celebration, provides students with the opportunity to work with faculty to present their research to an engaged audience on campus. The annual expo features over 200 student presenters working with more than 60 faculty sponsors.

Any undergraduate student engaged in scholarly inquiry, creative projects, or research is welcome to register for this event.

April 3: Ramsey Arena

Undergraduate Expo

• Poster hanging period: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (All posters must be up no later than 2:00 pm)

• Poster Preview: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Browse posters created by your peers).

• Welcome Address: 4:00 – 4:05 PM

• Faculty Panel: 4:05-4:55 PM (including Q & A)

• Introduction of Keynote Speaker: 4:55-5:00 PM

• Keynote Address: 5:00 – 6:00 PM

• Reception & Celebration: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

• Undergraduate & Graduate Posters: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Learn more about the Undergraduate Research Exposition

Graduate Research Symposium

The Graduate Research Symposium is made up of three parts, research poster presentations, oral presentations and an academic paper competition. 

Graduate students interested in registering for the Graduate Research Symposium should contact Jan Stanfield in the Graduate School for more information and how to register. All undergraduate students who wish to register for the Undergraduate Expo should complete the registration form available on this page. Registration will open November 30, 2018.

April 4: A.K. Hinds University Center
Graduate Research Symposium

• 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Various presentation in various locations throughout the University Center

• 5:00pm - 6:30pm -  Reception and Awards 

Learn more about the Graduate Research Symposium

Independent Study in Applied Math Short Study

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Join LMP for Hump Day Yum Day. Free food or give-a-ways and learn about upcoming events! We'll be at the Central Plaza or 2nd Floor of the UC!

Math Undergraduate Expo

Come and join us as we learn more about Saudi Arabia from one of our international students! There will be free food, coffee, and tea. This is also a DegreePlus event!

LOCATION: UC Raleigh Room

Host: I-Cats (International Catamounts)

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

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Please join us for a lively discussion on Informing America: Defining Issues and Pursuing Solutions Through Research This year the faculty panel will discuss five main topics, which include migration & Immigration, climate & the environment, healthcare, education & social justice, and technology, economics, & business innovation. Thanks to these faculty scholars for sharing insights into their work and how their scholarship is shaped by their disciplinary perspectives.

Faculty Panelists:

• Jerry Miller, Distinguished Professor, Whitmire Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs
• Jeanne Dulworth, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
• Erin Adams, Associate Professor, School of Art & Design, and Program Coordinator for Interior Design
• Sean Mulholland, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Management and Project Management
• Patrick Gardner, Endowed Professor of Engineering, and Director of the Center for Rapid Product Realization
• Benjamin Francis-Fallon, Assistant Professor, Department of History, and Director of Social Science Education

LOCATION: Ramsey Center Arena Stage

Host: Research and Scholarship Celebration

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Research and Scholarship Celebration (RASC) Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mary C. Waters, The John L. Loeb Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, will give the Keynote Address for the Research and Scholarship Celebration (RASC).

Immigrants generally do very well in the United States, integrating faster than European immigrants did a century ago, but immigration policy debates and deadlocks are still creating large problems not only for immigrants but for our economy and society. Immigration research can lead to better solutions and outcomes for immigrants in the United States.

LOCATION: Ramsey Center Arena

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

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The Research & Scholarship Celebration (RASC)- will be held on April 3 & 4. RASC at Western Carolina University is made up of the Undergraduate Expo and the Graduate Research Symposium. For full details: RASC 2019

Hosts: The Office of the Provost, The Graduate School and Research, and the Honors College. Sponsored by: Defining America Campus Theme

Western Carolina University’s Free Enterprise Speaker Series will host Dr. Steve Ha from Western Carolina University and co-author, Dr. Samuel Myers from Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Topic: Race Neutrality.

Wednesday, April 3, at 5 p.m. in Forsyth Building Room 101.

The event is free and open to the public.

Immigrants generally do very well in the United States, integrating faster than European immigrants did a century ago, but immigration policy debates and deadlocks are still creating large problems not only for immigrants but for our economy and society. Immigration research can lead to better solutions and outcomes for immigrants in the United States.

To learn more about this topic join Dr. Mary C. Waters, the John L. Loeb Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, for a talk on Immigration to the US: Integration Success and Policy Failures, during the 2019 Research and Scholarship Celebration.

Ramsey Arena
April 3, 2019
5:00 – 6:00 PM

MARY C. WATERS is the PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences and the John L. Loeb Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Her work has focused on the integration of immigrants and their children; the transition to adulthood for the children of immigrants; intergroup relations; the measurement and meaning of racial and ethnic identity; and the social, demographic, and psychological impact of natural disasters.  The author or co-author of 11 books and over 75 articles, she is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Her study of the children of immigrants, Inheriting the City: The Second Generation Comes of Age (with Philip Kasinitz, John Mollenkopf and Jennifer Holdaway) (Russell Sage Foundation, 2008) won the 2010 American Sociological Association Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, the Mira Komarovsky Award of the Eastern Sociological Society, and the Thomas and Znaniecki Award of the International Migration Section of the ASA. Waters is currently the chair of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on The Integration of Immigrants into American Society, and she is collaborating on a study of the role of government assistance in the integration of Latino immigrants in three American cities.  She also leads the RISK Study, a longitudinal study of survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Source: https://scholar.harvard.edu/marywaters/home

Free Dinner & Fellowship at Catholic Campus Ministry. Join us for a home cooked meal. Dinner will be followed by a welcome program from our student peer ministers. Catholic Campus Ministry is located half way between the Tree House apartments and the Ramsay Center.

Walk around the Ramsey arena floor to view undergraduate student poster presentations and fine arts exhibits and talk with the students who created them.

NOTE: Students who want a DegreePlus point must pick up a questionnaire at the Check-in table, complete it, and return it before leaving.

LOCATION: Ramsey Center Arena

Host: Research and Scholarship Celebration

DegreePlus Skills: Cultural Responsiveness; Professionalism

Western Carolina University’s next First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Series event will feature Ol’ Dirty Bathtub performing at HomeBase in Cullowhee. The concert and jam session will take place Thursday, April 4, beginning at 7 p.m.

Ol’ Dirty Bathtub is a Jackson County string band led by Brad Boulet on vocals and strings. The band also consists of Jerad Davis, also on strings and vocals, Neil Lippard on guitar, Carter Giegerich on dobro, and Adam Bigelow on bass. These experienced musicians formed this band several years ago and have performed across the region at events including Concerts on the Creek and the “Community Give Back Benefit” in Sylva as well as at Nantahala Outdoor Center and Oscar Blues Brewery. They have also performed at the Hunt House in Marietta GA and Folkmoot in Waynesville. In June, 2018, they released their first cd “Pack Mule.” Their music is steeped in the bluegrass and old time traditions of western North Carolina but they have been known to delve into more modern tunes as well. There’s no telling what you will hear, from traditional tunes to 90s pop, but it’ll be played on stringed instruments and it will be fun.

The First Thursday concert series is free and open to the public. Pickers and singers of all ages and experience levels are invited to take part in the jam session which starts at 8pm. This session is also open to those who just want to listen. HomeBase is adjacent to the WCU campus at 83 Central Drive in Cullowhee. For more information, call the Mountain Heritage Center at 828-227-7129 or visit mhc.wcu.edu.

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Research and Scholarship Celebration (RASC) Keynote Address for the Graduate Research Symposium: "Your Brain on Metaphor: The Art and Science of the Big Picture" with Dr. Laura Wright, WCU Professor of English.

LOCATION: UC Theater

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

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The Research & Scholarship Celebration (RASC)- will be held on April 3 & 4. RASC at Western Carolina University is made up of the Undergraduate Expo and the Graduate Research Symposium. For full details: RASC 2019

Hosts: The Office of the Provost, The Graduate School and Research, and the Honors College. Sponsored by: Defining America Campus Theme

Paper presentation by Hannah Lemacks, Philosophy & Religion student, for RASC--WCU's undergraduate conference.

Stephanie Jones, Ph.D., is Professor in Early Childhood education at University of Georgia. Stephanie will present research from her community-based work in a racially, ethnically, and economically diverse neighborhood. The research stories will illustrate how children are engaged in reproducing and disrupting racism, classism, and misogyny and make the argument that these -isms that are so harmful in our society are unsteady, uncertain, and always in flux and being remade. The concept of ‘What-If’ worlds, or spaces where improvisation and creative ways of being are the rule rather than the exception, open up possibilities for being, thinking, and speaking differently.

LOCATION: UC Theater

College of Education & Allied Professions Diversity Committee Spring 2019 Speaker's Series

Hosts: College of Education and Allied Professions; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Anthropology and Sociology

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

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Ol’ Dirty Bathtub is a Jackson County string band steeped in the bluegrass and old time traditions of western North Carolina but they have been known to delve into more modern tunes as well. There’s no telling what you will hear, from traditional tunes to 90s pop, but it’ll be played on stringed instruments and it will be fun.

The band is led by Brad Boulet on vocals and strings with Jerad Davis, also on strings and vocals, Neil Lippard on guitar, Carter Giegerich on dobro, and Adam Bigelow on bass. These experienced musicians formed this band several years ago and have performed across the region at events including Concerts on the Creek and the “Community Give Back Benefit” in Sylva as well as at Nantahala Outdoor Center and Oscar Blues Brewery. They have also performed at the Hunt House in Marietta GA and Folkmoot in Waynesville. In June, 2018, they released their first cd “Pack Mule.”

Check them out: Ol' Dirty Bathtub

LOCATION: HOMEBASE - 83 Central Drive- up the hill from Hunter Library, next to the Baptist Church and cemetery. 

Host: Mountain Heritage Center

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

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The First Thursday concert series is free and open to the public. Pickers and singers of all ages and experience levels are invited to take part in the jam session which starts at 8pm. This session is also open to those who just want to listen. HomeBase is adjacent to the WCU campus at 83 Central Drive in Cullowhee. For more information, call the Mountain Heritage Center at 828-227-7129 or visit mhc.wcu.edu.

Junior Recital 

Last day to withdraw from the last 8 week session.

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Extra space if extra time is needed for CHEM 139

Tennis vs ETSU

The photography of Jennifer Robin will be featured at Gallery 1 Sylva in the Backstreet Gallery Room beginning with a reception on Friday April 5th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. 

Join Jennifer Robin in a voyage across the continents. Traveling thousands of miles down roads unknown,making an effort to get lost on each turn she makes.  She seeks out adventure while having the patience to wait for the right shot to emerge.  Her passions have led her into the outdoors. Jennifer concentrates on nature and wildlife photography where she feels the  most at home.  She also engages in architecture, automobile, street, and insect photography, finding beauty in even the smallest of creatures. 

Come along on her journey of exploration as she takes you places you would never see.Hiking 28 miles round trip hike through the mountainous jungles of Costa Rica while wading crocodile infested waters. Or for the less ambitious  a 20 mile hike along the Hawaiian coastline, in the blazing sun, to find the endangered Laysan Albatross and  Hawaiian Seals. Of if you prefer,you can join her on her excursions from your cozy chair through the imagery she has captured on her adventures. 

The gallery is open Wednesday and Friday 11-3:00 p.m and Saturday 12-4:00 p.m. weekly.  Located at 604 West Main Street.   Find us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/artinthemountains/

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Holly Barnes (Mus Ed '20) will present her final recital performance with Dr. Lillian Pearson Saturday, 6 April at 3:00PM. Ms. Barnes is from the studios of saxophone faculty Dr. Ian Jeffress and Dr. John West. The recital begins at 3:00 and is free and open to the public.

Recital

Capstone recital - Ben Pierce & Kenzie Richey, horns

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Performance

Catholic Mass is offered every Sunday at the Catholic Campus Ministry student center & chapel. 

Degree recital by music majors on clarinet. Music for clarinet and piano.

NA Seminar

GNR Seminar

CHHS HEA Lunch and Learn

TBL: Tips for Writing Good Multiple Choice Questions

ENGR 350 3 sections will be meeting at one time.

Dr. Wes Stone, Dr. Oai Ha and Dr. Martin Tanaka

Dr. Tami Kim is an assistant professor of marketing at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, where she teaches the marketing core course for the full-time MBA program. She holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard College and a Doctorate of Business Administration in Marketing from Harvard Business School. She received the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research and the HBS Dean's Award. 

Dr. Kim will begin Asian Pacific American Heritage week as the keynote speaker for the opening reception.  She will be discussing how to overcome various challenges as Asians.

LOCATION: UC Theater

This event is part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week

Hosts: ICA Council, Department of World Languages, College of Business, Fulbright Scholar Program

DegreePlus Skills: Cultural Responsiveness

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Stop by the Off Campus Housing Fair for housing information, give-aways and free food!

Off Campus Housing Fair-Rain Location

GNR presentation

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Dr. Inhyuck "Steve" Ha is an Associate Professor of Economics and the MBA program director at Western Carolina University.  He will be conducting a lecture and Q and A following the film screening of "Confidential Assignment,"  which follows a North Korean crime detective as he works with his South Korean counterpart to take down a mob boss.  He will draw parallels from the movie to discuss issues relating to North and South Korea.

LOCATION: UC Theater

This event is part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week

Hosts: ICA Council, Department of World Languages, College of Business, Fulbright Scholar Program

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Recital

Annual International Festival with booths, musical, flag parade, etc. showing international student and faculty and study abroad activities

Festival is held in fountain area but need Grand Room in case of rain

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Independent Study in Applied Math Short Study

NOTE: To receive a DegreePlus point, students complete a questionnaire available at the DegreePlus table. Look for the DegreePlus sign.

For the 40th Annual International Festival, the WCU community will come together to celebrate the diverse cultures and traditions of the international community at WCU, including international students, faculty, staff and visiting scholars.

LOCATION: Catafount (Rain Location: UC Grand)

Hosted by WCU’s Office of International Programs and Services, the festival is designed to foster cultural awareness, appreciation and understanding of the world’s diversity through music, food, dance, arts and crafts.

Host: Office of International Programs and Services

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Guest Speaker

Student Recital

Panel presentation and discussion on the effects of the illicit global trade in drugs and human beings, including causes, consequences, and potential solutions.

LOCATION: Forsyth 101

Hosts: Department of History, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Global Spotlight Series

Dr. Manjula Bharathy is a professor from India and currently a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Women and Gender Studies Department in Rutgers University, New Jersey. She has been teaching for 20 years in one of the premier State Universities in India, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centered, ecologically sustainable and just society. Her area of research interests includes Gender and Inclusive Development, Women collectives in India, Governance Institutions and Citizenship Rights, Political Economy of Media and Cultural Studies.

She is also a documentary film maker and her documentary XXWhy on transgender issues in India was selected as the best documentary in international and national film festivals.  The documentary will be screened and Dr. Bharathy will host a Q and A session after the film.

LOCATION: UC Theater

Hosts: ICA Council, Department of World Languages, College of Business, Fulbright Scholar Program

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

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This presentation is conducted through the Fulbright Scholar Program’s Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF). OLF enables Visiting Scholars to share their research interests, speak about their home country, and exchange ideas with U.S. students, faculty, and community organizations. Through these lectures, universities forge relationships with the Fulbright Scholar Program, Visiting Scholars, and the Visiting Scholar’s home and host institutions.

This event is part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week

Despite its initial promise, AI (Artificial Intelligence) may actually exacerbate existing healthcare disparities!  Advances in AI are proving to be especially beneficial in mental health contexts. These technologies are often able to predict outcomes such as suicide, depression, or dementia further in advance and more accurately than human clinicians. Moreover, AI-enabled technologies are celebrated for their potential to improve the delivery of clinical services to under-served populations, such as rural communities.  And yet, there are a range of ethical issues that arise when using AI to predict mental health outcomes. 

LOCATION: HHSB 209 - Health and Human Sciences Building

Host: Department of Philosophy & Religion

DegreePlus Skills: Cultural Responsiveness; Professionalism

A lecture by Bioethicist, Dr. Gus Skorburg.  Dr. Skorburg writes about the talk: Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are proving to be especially beneficial in mental health contexts. These technologies are often able to predict outcomes such as suicide, depression, or dementia further in advance and more accurately than human clinicians. Moreover, AI-enabled technologies are celebrated for their potential to improve the delivery of clinical services to under-served populations, such as rural communities. In this talk, I identify a range of ethical issues that arise when using AI to predict mental health outcomes. I conclude by suggesting that, despite its initial promise, AI may actually exacerbate existing healthcare disparities.

Dr. Skorburg completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Oregon. His research is in applied ethics (bioethics, neuroethics, data ethics), moral psychology (virtue theory and feminist ethics), and the philosophy of cognitive science. In addition to the Master in Interdisciplinary Data Science (MIDS) program, he is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke. He is currently working on a number of theoretical and empirical projects about the nature of self and identity.

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Free Dinner & Fellowship at Catholic Campus Ministry. Join us for a home cooked meal. Dinner will be followed by a welcome program from our student peer ministers. Catholic Campus Ministry is located half way between the Tree House apartments and the Ramsay Center.

Open Mic Night

We're looking for anyone on this campus who wants to come and showcase their hidden talents in front of their friends and fellow Catamounts! Everyone Welcome! Open Mic will be at UC Illusions!

The Sex Myth: A Devised Play

Recital

Lecture Series

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Visiting artist Michael Byron will give a free-to-the-public lecture about his artwork. 

Studio Recital

Dr. Ling Lebeau, WCU Director of International Programs and Services/Senior International Officer, will lead a film screening of "Crazy Rich Asians" and discussion about the differences and similarities between Asian American and Singaporean/Chinese cultures.

Bio: Dr. Lebeau provides strategic vision, leadership, advocacy, and expertise on international education and services at WCU. She leads and implements campus-wide internationalization initiatives and oversees various areas. Before WCU, Ling was an international educator at Indiana University Bloomington, and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Ling serves on various leadership committees of AIEA and NAFSA, and frequently presents and publishes on issues of international higher education. Ling holds a PhD in Higher Education and MS in Language Education from Indiana University Bloomington. Ling’s research interests include but are not limited to: global learning, curriculum internationalization, international partnerships, assessment, and mobility.

LOCATION: UC Theater

This event is part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week

Hosts: ICA Council, Department of World Languages, College of Business, Fulbright Scholar Program

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Humanities Initiative Visiting Scholar.

Thursday, April 11, 2019, 7:30pm Coulter Recital Hall

This concert is part of WCU's 40th annual International Festival. The evening will include performances by the WCU Concert Choir, WCU Inspirational Gospel Choir, and the MUS 303 Class (Balinese Gamelan Angklung, music from Indonesia). The event will feature special guest Free Planet Radio (renowned world-fusion trio based out of Asheville). They are: 

- Chris Rosser, dotar, electric oud, piano, guitar, melodic
- Eliot Wadopian, bass
- River Guerguerian, hybrid multi-percussion setup

Sponsors: WCU Campus Theme Committee, WCU International Programs and Services, Jackson County Arts Council

The event is free and open to the public!

Duke University historian Nancy MacLean will present a public lecture based on her book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. A finalist for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction, Democracy in Chains recounts the history of what MacLean describes as a relentless campaign by the radical riight to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize everything from schools to Medicare and Social Security, stop action on climate change, and alter the U.S. Constitution. The Guardian called Democracy in Chains "the missing chapter: a key to understanding the politics of the past half century.”

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

LOCATION: Blue Ridge Conference Center

Host: College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Initiative 

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Faculty Member Terrence Mann

Free concert of world music featuring Asheville-based world fusion music group Free Planet Radio.  The WCU Low Tech Ensemble will also perform, along with Dr. Tyler Kinnear's World Music class.

Catamount Classic Track & Field

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

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The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Lunch & Learn

Lightning Location

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Festival

Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Faculty Member Terrence Mann

Lightning Location

Catamount Classic Track & Field

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 Tennis @ Wofford

Festival

Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Faculty Member Terrence Mann

Lightning Location

Lightning Location

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Recital

Performance

Beauty and the Beast

Recital

Catholic Mass is offered every Sunday at the Catholic Campus Ministry student center & chapel. 

Recital

NA Seminar

GNR Presentation

ENGR 350 classes  Dr. Stone, Dr. Tanaka and Dr. Oai

will be talking about diversity in the workplace with the 3 classes

CS Poster Session

CS Poster Session

Western Carolina Civic Orchestra Spring Concert featuring the winners of the 2019 Jackson County Arts Council Solo Competition.

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

No Classes

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Independent Study in Applied Math Short Study

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Free Dinner & Fellowship at Catholic Campus Ministry. Join us for a home cooked meal. Dinner will be followed by a welcome program from our student peer ministers. Catholic Campus Ministry is located half way between the Tree House apartments and the Ramsay Center.

High School Softball Game

Limitless Snowflakes; seeing a utopia of equity and accountability

This student-organized art exhibit reflecting the campus theme of Defining America, will be on display in Gallery 130 of the Bardo Art Center from April 18, 2019 through May 2, 2019. 

There will be a reception hosted at the gallery on April 25, 2019 from 5-7pm.

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

SoCon Tennis Championships @ Chattanooga, TN

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Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

SoCon Tennis Championships @ Chattanooga, TN

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SoCon Tennis Championships @ Chattanooga, TN

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Sunday service

Catholic Mass is offered every Sunday at the Catholic Campus Ministry student center & chapel. 

NA Seminar

GNR Presentation

Math 146 Test Review Session

CatBash 2019 Rain Location

Performance

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

This is a service learning project with PSY 326 class and Lifespan Services

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CareZone is a two-hour program that provides instruction in understanding mental illness in day-to-day life.  Participants will have an opportunity to develop a basic understanding of the disorders recognized in the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) and to learn to be effective allies of people with mental illness.

LOCATION: UC Cardinal

CareZone is open to WCU faculty, staff and students.

Seating is limited. To register, contact Jessica Zellers at jhzellers@wcu.edu or 828-227-3801.

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Senior Recital

This is a service learning project for PSY 326 with the Arc of Haywood County

Join ICA to paint some Jeans for Justice, and get all the info about how to be involved in The Sex Myth, A Devised Play happening in Fall 2019!

recital Principal Trumpet of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Independent Study in Applied Math Short Study

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

Mount Trashmore

Please join the Department of Anthropology and Sociology for Engaged Learning Experience presentations by our students.

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Free and open to the public.

Fireside chat with Phil Drake of Drake Enterprises.

Phil entered the accounting arena and began developing Tax Software in 1977. His company now has over 900 people employed either full-time or part-time in Macon, Clay and Haywood counties of NC, in Nashville TN, in Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.  Those businesses include accounting, retail, software, dining, theater, golf, printing, internet service, family entertainment, construction, and fiber optics.
 
Drake Enterprises has teamed with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to build a fiber ring that connects the far western counties of North Carolina via a fiber backbone.
 
The software division of Drake serves over 55,000 tax preparers throughout the United States, and will electronically file 17 million federal tax returns and 14 million state returns this year.

The Distinguished Lecture Series is designed to engage the campus and community in dialogue on national issues, with perspectives from leading figures in education, arts and music, politics, business and economics. The series is co-sponsored by WCU’s Division of Academic Affairs and Center for the Study of Free Enterprise.

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Free Dinner & Fellowship at Catholic Campus Ministry. Join us for a home cooked meal. Dinner will be followed by a welcome program from our student peer ministers. Catholic Campus Ministry is located half way between the Tree House apartments and the Ramsay Center.

Performance by Wind Ensemble

All the winners of the Best of the West catagories come back to compete for the title of Best of the West! BOTW will be in the UC Grand Room.

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

GNR Presentation

The Mountain Heritage Center is hosting a closing reception for our current main-floor exhibit "I Want You: Western North Carolina During World War I" on April 25th. The reception will take place from 4:30-6:30pm inside the first-floor gallery in hunter library located beside Java City. Please join us as we celebrate the closing of our exhibit. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit mhc.wcu.edu, search "Mountain Heritage Center" on Facebook, or call the Mountain heritage Center at 828-227-7129. 

Reception for MFA Thesis Exhibition

Thursday, April 25 from 5-7PM

The Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) program at WCU is pleased to announce the 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibitions. The exhibitions spotlight works by three graduating artists and represent a synthesis of each student’s experience at the WCU School of Art and Design MFA Program in Studio Art.

The MFA Thesis Exhibitions features work in a variety of media and surveys a range of conceptual themes and creative approaches that characterize the global cultural landscape and contemporary art practice. 

MFA candidates represented in this WCU Fine Art Museum exhibition are Chelsea Dobert-Kehn, Lauren Medford, and David Skinner.

Music for clarinet and piano by music major clarinetists.

The Catamount Singers and Electric Soul invite you to "Made in America". With the hits of some of America's biggest pop stars. You won't want to miss this exciting show. Some of our featured artist will include Earth, Wind, and Fire, James Brown, Zedd, Pentatonix, Pink!, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and the queen of soul herself, Aretha Franklin! Don't miss out on this night of incredible music.

The Catamount Singers and Electric Soul, a Western Carolina University student ensemble, will present the spring concert “Made in America” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at WCU’s John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center.

The concert will feature songs best known from performances by Aretha Franklin, The Pentatonix, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Sam Cooke, Pink, and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Admission to the show is $10 for WCU faculty and staff, $5 for students, and $15 for all others. Tickets are available by calling the Bardo Arts Center box office at 828-227-2479. All proceeds from the event benefit student scholarships in WCU’s School of Music.

For more information, contact Bruce Frazier at 828-227-2400 or Jon Henson at 828-227-2711.

SUTEP Grant Sharing Day

Outspoken: Paintings by America Meredith

Exhibition Dates: January 15 - May 3, 2019

This exhibition draws particular attention to the importance of language in America Meredith's work, bringing together paintings that incorporate Cherokee syllabary, reference Cherokee oral histories, and pair found-object text with visual imagery.

More Details

The WCU Fine Art Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10-4PM and Thursday 10-7PM. Free parking is available on site.

Image copy: America Meredith, Adisgalodi (To Hide), 2003, acrylic on board, 24 x 31 inches, Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the artist.

A Jerry Jackson Lecture in the Humanities by Dr. Ed Hackett "Philosophical Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Idea of Love in Several Sermons" co-sponsored by the Honors College and the Department of Philosophy and Religion.

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Colin Whiteley (BM Music Ed '21) and Allister Frankle (BM Performance '21) will present a concert of music for saxophones and piano, accompanied by Dr. Lillian Pearson. The Concert will begin at 5:30PM and is free and open to the public.

Concert

Foam Party with DJ

Meeting to discuss potential financial literacy events.

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Sidney Caldwell and Tyler Townson will present their final undergraduate recital performances. Caldwell and Townson are saxophone students from the studios of Dr. Ian Jeffress and Dr. John West. The recital begins at 3:00 and is free and open to the public.

Recital

Everyone is welcome at the CommUnity Square Dance, Saturday, April 27, 7-9 pm, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville. Caller Aaron Ratcliffe will teach and call all dances to live old-time music featuring fiddler William Ritter. No experience necessary!

Recital

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Ben Grochowsky (BM Music Ed '20), saxophone, and Hudson Moore (BM Music Ed '20), flute, will present their final undergraduate recital at 3:00PM on Sunday, April 28 2019. The concert will be free and open to the public.

Catholic Mass is offered every Sunday at the Catholic Campus Ministry student center & chapel. 

Concert

ICA will be providing wholesome and energizing grab and go snacks and beverages during the week before finals. Stop in and feed your brain! 2nd floor of the UC across from the mail room.

NA Seminar

Candidate for Instructor of Physics position will give a lecture on one of topics in Introductory Physics.

Math 146 Test Review Session

Recital

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Performance