In an effort to see what it is truly like to be a woman working in the education field, the Western Carolina Journalist sat with local Smokey Mountain High School teacher Kristen Holt. This interview is a part of a multi-story project that attempts to bring to light the realities of being both a teacher […]
The history of women as teachers
May 4, 2016 by
Thinking back on your elementary, middle and high school days, you may find that the beloved teachers you learned from over the years were overwhelmingly female. Whether you realized it or not, women make up the majority of primary school teachers, a phenomenon that is only growing with time. According to data from the U.S. Department […]
Gender bias toward teachers? WCU students don’t have that problem
May 4, 2016 by
Will Richards helped in collecting the data and with the multimedia A study at a French and US university showed that students when evaluating professors are biased toward their female teachers. As NPR reported, the French students rated the male teacher better across the board although on the final exam those taught by male teachers scored lower. In […]
Powerful poet, fiction, and non-fiction writer Lauren K. Alleyne
March 31, 2016 by
As the Spring Literary Festival draws closer, the list of attending authors continues to grow. Among that list of authors is poet, fiction, and non-fiction writer, Lauren K. Alleyne, who will be reading from her first collection of poems titled Difficult Fruit on Tuesday, April 5, at 12 p.m. in the UC Theater. Alleyne was […]
Women’s Leadership Conference this weekend
March 3, 2016 by
The 2nd annual Women’s Leadership Conference is this Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 in the A.K. Hinds University Center. Everyone is welcome to attend, and the conference is free to all WCU students, $10 for faculty, and $25 for the public. Valeisha Butterfield Jones will be speaking on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and […]
Sex trafficking awareness at Western Carolina University
January 14, 2016 by
Women across the United States are being tortured, abused, and degraded each day thanks to the booming industry of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is “When people are forced or coerced into the commercial sex trade against their will, ” according to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. What is the problem at Western Carolina University? Awareness. We […]
