Student presentations for CS summer capstones

Public performance of Triple Arts Camp Production

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger labeled the eastern dialect of Cherokee as severely endangered in 2010. There are roughly 226 fluent speakers of the Cherokee language. Instructors Roger Smoker and Micah Swimmer are working diligently to change that.

This class is an introduction to the Cherokee Syllabary, pronunciation of sounds, and greetings. The class will be 2 nights a week for 3 weeks. Each student will be given a syllabary to take home.
 

Last day of classes.

Clinical Seminar

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger labeled the eastern dialect of Cherokee as severely endangered in 2010. There are roughly 226 fluent speakers of the Cherokee language. Instructors Roger Smoker and Micah Swimmer are working diligently to change that.

This class is an introduction to the Cherokee Syllabary, pronunciation of sounds, and greetings. The class will be 2 nights a week for 3 weeks. Each student will be given a syllabary to take home.
 

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

Through December 2019:  Mountain Heritage Center gallery at Hunter Library 161, M – F 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Free of Charge

NOTE: To receive a DegreePlus point, you must complete the questionnaire at the Mountain Heritage Center.

On loan from Exploring Joara Foundation, the exhibit is the first formal museum exhibit showcasing Fort San Juan and Joara, a large Native American town in the late 16th century. It was developed as part of the celebration of the 450th Anniversary of the Juan Pardo Expeditions, during the 1560s, and tells the story of Spanish exploration and the founding of a fort in what is present-day Burke County.

Archaeologists identified the site near Morganton as the location of Joara, one of the largest Native American towns in what is today western North Carolina. The town was occupied from approximately A.D. 1400 to A.D. 1600. Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo, Spanish explorers, visited the town in the 1560’s. In 2013, archaeologists confirmed that the town was also the site of Fort San Juan, established by Juan Pardo in 1567, nearly 20 years before the English settlement at Roanoke on the coast of North Carolina and 40 years before the English settlement at Jamestown in Virginia. The discovery of the fort, the earliest European settlement in the interior of what is now the United States, has changed history books.

Host: Mountain Heritage Center

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Driver Training - Classroom portion

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger labeled the eastern dialect of Cherokee as severely endangered in 2010. There are roughly 226 fluent speakers of the Cherokee language. Instructors Roger Smoker and Micah Swimmer are working diligently to change that.

This class is an introduction to the Cherokee Syllabary, pronunciation of sounds, and greetings. The class will be 2 nights a week for 3 weeks. Each student will be given a syllabary to take home.
 

Nutrition and Health for the EMT

Clinical Seminar

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Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

Chancellor's Opening Assembly

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

Research Class with Ann Hallyburton

• Taste beer samples
• Meet staff
• Try new menu items

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger labeled the eastern dialect of Cherokee as severely endangered in 2010. There are roughly 226 fluent speakers of the Cherokee language. Instructors Roger Smoker and Micah Swimmer are working diligently to change that.

This class is an introduction to the Cherokee Syllabary, pronunciation of sounds, and greetings. The class will be 2 nights a week for 3 weeks. Each student will be given a syllabary to take home.
 

Residence Halls open for students

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

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Come meet with recognized clubs, departments, and community partners to find your areas of involvement for this year. You’ll make connections, gather information to review and make plans for the year, and leave with a lot of free items! For more information about Week of Welcome.

Join Last Minute Productions for an evening of comedy as we host the winner of StandUp NBCs national comedy scouting program which identifies the up-and-coming comedians in the industry. Mike E. Winfield and Ali Clayton will keep you laughing all night!

The Bridge Church Sunday Service: Sunday, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

It's the first movie on the lawn of the school year! We'll be featuring the 2019 Aladdin!

Come to ICA to participate in a service activity to help local domestic violence organizations. 

Inspired by the 2019-2020 One Book, We Need to Talk, Intercultural Affairs invites you to jump in to the Conversation Pit (ball pit) to engage in dialogue with a fellow student.  This interactive gallery display will be open during business hours from August 19th through September 27th, and will have conversation prompts specific to different theme.

Themes
August 19th – August 23rd: We Need To Talk
August 26th – August 30th: Red Zone
September 2nd – September 20th: The Six Weeks That Changed Everything (Lavern Allen)
September 23rd – September 27th: Pride

Add-Drop

First day of classes for all students.

Guest speaker on substance abuse

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger labeled the eastern dialect of Cherokee as severely endangered in 2010. There are roughly 226 fluent speakers of the Cherokee language. Instructors Roger Smoker and Micah Swimmer are working diligently to change that.

This class is an introduction to the Cherokee Syllabary, pronunciation of sounds, and greetings. The class will be 2 nights a week for 3 weeks. Each student will be given a syllabary to take home.
 

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

ECET 231 lec/lab needed for Dr. Ritenour

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Inspired by the 2019-2020 One Book, We Need to Talk, the Office of Student Transitions invites you to jump in to the Conversation Pit (ball pit) to engage in dialogue with a fellow student.

Facilitated by student members of the ICA Council.

ENGR 350  70 - 71  Dr. Stone and Dr. Tanaka combined courses

LMP is hosting a painting party Bob Ross style!

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

A reception and performance for Gauge will be on Thursday, September 5th from 5-7 PM.

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

• Ribbon Cutting at 11:15 a.m.
• Complimentary buffet style lunch
• One (1) ticket to sample beer
• Tour facility
• Networking
• Door Prizes

Inspired by the 2019-2020 One Book, We Need to Talk, the Office of Student Transitions invites you to jump in to the Conversation Pit (ball pit) to engage in dialogue with a fellow student.

Facilitated by student members of the ICA Council.

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger labeled the eastern dialect of Cherokee as severely endangered in 2010. There are roughly 226 fluent speakers of the Cherokee language. Instructors Roger Smoker and Micah Swimmer are working diligently to change that.

This class is an introduction to the Cherokee Syllabary, pronunciation of sounds, and greetings. The class will be 2 nights a week for 3 weeks. Each student will be given a syllabary to take home.
 

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

Speaker

The invitation is as always: come if you can, stay a while, bring just yourself or friends and family, share a meal whether or not you bring anything.

7:00 - 8:00 pm: Stephen Owusu, graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, will have a presentation about Ghana culture.

We'll talk about upcoming intercultural events and next month's service project. And enjoy each other's company. Many people share a traditional dish from their cultural backgrounds. However, if you are in a hurry and run by Ingles on your way that is OK! And if you don't have time to stop and get something, that too is OK. We should have plenty to share! We value your presence and will be honored that you have carved out some time from your busy lives and schedules to spend some time with us!

LOCATION: WCU Camp Building - (One story building across the street from Bardo Performing Arts Center; When you face the building, Admissions is at the end on the right; Campus Parking is in the middle; Enter the door on the LEFT END)

HOST: WWT (We Walk Together) campus-community group

DegreePlus Skill: Cultural Responsiveness

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Join us for LMP Movie Night! $2 for WCU Students/$5 Everyone else. Popcorn and drinks are FREE! #wesharethepopcorn

Showings are 7pm & 10pm at the UC Theater!

Making a stop on their Finding It Hard to Smile Tour! Come see lovelytheband with special guests Arts Fishing Club for FREE!

Come see lovelytheband on the Central Plaza! 

If it rains, we'll be in the UC Grand Room!

Join our intrepid DJ/hosts as they push ‘the big red button’ and launch the Throwback Time Machine, the craziest video dance party this side of the 21st Century. You’ll be transported back in time by our resident spinner as he drops the biggest tracks and the most memorable pop videos from the past five decades.

We'll be in UC Illusions!

Volleyball Exhibition Match

Join us for LMP Movie Night! $2 for WCU Students/$5 Everyone else. Popcorn and drinks are FREE! #wesharethepopcorn

Showings are 7pm & 10pm at the UC Theater!

The Bridge Church Sunday Service: Sunday, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

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Late Registration

Are you a poet who likes to perform?  Join us for the first Best of the West Competition featuring Spoken Word.  You will have 7 minutes to give us your best poems.  We will name one audience choice and one Best of the West!  Winners receive prizes and go on to compete with other Best of the West winners in the series finale held during Student Appreciation Week.

Sign up at the UC Guest Services desk - 2nd Floor AK Hinds University Center.  Limited to the first 10 students to sign up!

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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!

We'll be in UC Illusions!

Are you a poet who likes to perform?  Join us for the first Best of the West Competition featuring Spoken Word.  You will have 7 minutes to give us your best poems.  We will name one audience choice and one Best of the West!  Winners receive prizes and go on to compete with other Best of the West winners in the series finale held during Student Appreciation Week.

Sign up at the UC Guest Services desk - 2nd Floor AK Hinds University Center.  Limited to the first 10 students to sign up!

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Speaker

A TED Style presentation by Mr. & Mrs. Gifford Pinchot III, American entrepreneur, author, inventor, and president of Pinchot & Co. They are credited with inventing the concept of intrapreneurship. Pinchot & Co. has served over half of Fortune 100 & helped clients launch over 800 new products and businesses. In 2002 they founded the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, now merged with Presidio Graduate School. BGI was the first graduate school in the U. S. to offer an MBA in sustainable business. Gifford III is also the grandson of the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service & 28th Gov. of Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot Sr. Pinchot III has been recognized for carrying on his grandfather's work in conservationism, which has deep connections to our region, George Vanderbilt & Biltmore Estate.

This interview from The Today Show gives an overview of the Pinchots' work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcdmYeoP8iY

Campus Theme: https://www.wcu.edu/learn/academic-enrichment/campus-theme/

Picture Credit: (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)

Join us in the ICA Lounge for a service day for Red Zone, in conjunction with REACH of Macon County and CAPS.

Are you a poet who likes to perform?  Join us for the first Best of the West Competition featuring Spoken Word.  You will have 7 minutes to give us your best poems.  We will name one audience choice and one Best of the West!  Winners receive prizes and go on to compete with other Best of the West winners in the series finale held during Student Appreciation Week.

Sign up at the UC Guest Services desk - 2nd Floor AK Hinds University Center.  Limited to the first 10 students to sign up!

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

A reception and performance for Gauge will be on Thursday, September 5th from 5-7 PM.

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Join us in the ICA Lounge for a Bystander Intervention and Prevention workshop.  

Festival

Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

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Are you a poet who likes to perform?  Join us for the first Best of the West Competition featuring Spoken Word.  You will have 7 minutes to give us your best poems.  We will name one audience choice and one Best of the West!  Winners receive prizes and go on to compete with other Best of the West winners in the series finale held during Student Appreciation Week.

Sign up at the UC Guest Services desk - 2nd Floor AK Hinds University Center.  Limited to the first 10 students to sign up!

Census Date

Gauge: Raven Chacon 

August 20th - December 6th, 2019

Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment

August 20 - December 6th

Auspicious Behavior: Chakaia Booker - August 20th - October 25th, Exhibit Reception October 10th

About the exhibition: 

Auspicious Behavior features 19 prints, 3 wall sculptures, and one free-standing sculpture. The Ewing Gallery worked with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to secure the loan of 16 prints. An additional three prints were produced in the University of Tennessee printshop by Booker, Blackburn Workshop master printer, Justin Sanz, and University of Tennessee printmaking students. Booker has been making prints with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop since 2009 and has been collaborating with master printer Justin Sanz since 2016. Her utilization of the printmaking process chine collé allows her to create unique prints comprised of collaged lithographs and ink drawings. Booker has developed her own method to create her prints; Taking full advantage of the various tools and materials available in the print studio, Booker cuts into woodblocks with drills, chisels and grinders and paints on paper with gouache, watercolor and film ink to create an array of lively marks: some sharp and rough, others organic, swirling and energetic. A departure from the characteristically dark color palette of her sculptural work, Booker layers thin, hand-painted and printed Asian papers, combining bright reds and yellows with muted earth tones and blues. Once composed, these papers are adhered together through the process of chine collé.

Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.

More about the artist:

Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others. Her work is the collections of the following selected institutions: the Bronx Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Newark Museum and The Snite Museum of Art. Booker lives in New York City and her studio is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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Join us for LMP Movie Night! $2 for WCU Students/$5 Everyone else. Showtimes are at 7pm & 10pm at the UC Theater! Popcorn and drinks are FREE! #wesharethepopcorn

Synopsis 

John Shaft Jr. may be an FBI cyber security expert, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education that only his dad can provide. Absent throughout his childhood, the legendary John Shaft agrees to help his son navigate the heroin-infested underbelly of Harlem, N.Y. Besides, the locked and loaded Shaft has his own score to settle -- both professional and personal.

Are you a poet who likes to perform?  Join us for the first Best of the West Competition featuring Spoken Word.  You will have 7 minutes to give us your best poems.  We will name one audience choice and one Best of the West!  Winners receive prizes and go on to compete with other Best of the West winners in the series finale held during Student Appreciation Week.

Sign up at the UC Guest Services desk - 2nd Floor AK Hinds University Center.  Limited to the first 10 students to sign up!

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Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt is a partnership between the Fontana Regional Library system and local breweries in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. This is the second annual brewing scavenger hunt. Participants visit brewing and library locations to collect stamps throughout the month of August on their punch cards. They can receive one stamp for each location (brewery or library) anytime during the duration of Libraries on Tap - the month of August - they do not have to attend an event to get a stamp. Participants collect stamps to win prizes. 5 stamps = a bottle opener and 8 stamps = a LOT trucker hat.

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Join us for LMP Movie Night! $2 for WCU Students/$5 Everyone else. Showtimes are at 7pm & 10pm at the UC Theater! Popcorn and drinks are FREE! #wesharethepopcorn

Synopsis 

John Shaft Jr. may be an FBI cyber security expert, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education that only his dad can provide. Absent throughout his childhood, the legendary John Shaft agrees to help his son navigate the heroin-infested underbelly of Harlem, N.Y. Besides, the locked and loaded Shaft has his own score to settle -- both professional and personal.

Everyone is welcome at the CommUnity Square Dance, Saturday, August 31, 7-9 pm, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville NC. Doug Singleton will teach and call all dances to live old-time music led by fiddler Ann Whitley. No experience or fancy outfits required.