Western Carolina University’s School of Nursing recently appointed Ramona Whichello as director of the graduate nurse administration program.
Prospective nursing students will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss their futures with Western Carolina University nursing faculty from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, as WCU’s School of Nursing sponsors an open house on Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Enka campus.
Health sciences students at Western Carolina University recently contributed more than 800 nonperishable food items to the Community Table in Sylva.
Amanda Hayes, a first-year student in Western Carolina University’s physical therapy program, is among eight recipients nationwide of a $1,000 scholarship from the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions.
Keith Wells, an assistant professor of health sciences in Western Carolina University’s emergency medical care program, recently won the 2008 Founders Award from the Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine.
A WCU pennant will hang in a classroom at rival institution Appalachian State University for the rest of the semester because WCU nutrition students won a food drive competition with ASU.