WCU communication alum gifts $100,000 creates two scholarships

Story by Julia Duvall, WCU Senior Media Relations CoordinatiorA 1984 graduate of Western Carolina University’s communication program who is now senior vice president of operations for Charter Communications-Spectrum Reach has made $100,000 in gifts and pledges to create two new annual scholarships in support of future students in the program. Christopher Faw and his wife, […]

Goodbye Power 90.5 and hello 95.3

Western Carolina’s student radio station, Power 90.5, is moving up the FM band to 95.3 concluding a plan almost ten years in the making. The new frequency will be operational by June 23 of this year but the music format and the new name are still in the works. The current signal has the potential […]

WCU undergraduate student presenting at prestigious D.C. conference

A Western Carolina University communication student is set to present research at two academic and undergraduate conferences. WCU senior Kayla Harasymchuk will present her research on “Communicating Social Support” at the prestigious D.C. Health Communication Conference, April 28 and 29. The D.C. conference is designed for academics, and it is hard to get to for […]