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Page 3. WESTERN CAROLINIAN June 18, 2010 ee WCU (continued from front) must use responsibility every time you decide to consume _ alcohol. ~ Overall, Brisson was said to be a great leader for ev- | eryone in the Greek com-_ loved | his influence and his great | munity. Everyone smile. Justin Caudell | Editor-in-Chief A Cherokee man pleaded not guilty on Monday, June 7 to the murder of his girl- friend. James Ernest Lespier, 31, is charged with one count of murder in. the death of _ 22-year-old Erien Amanda Smith, known as Mandi to friends and family. At the defendants ar- raignment hearing in Ashe- ville, Magistrate Judge Den- nis Howell set an Aug. 9 trial date. LES ] 1 ol1 ORS Tees io report that Smith was dead at his home on Crowe Drive on the Cher- okee Indian Reservation, according to federal docu- ments. He told officers that Smith and their young son had returned to his home af- ter a gathering with friends when the pair got into an ar- gument. graduate found dead in Tuckaseigee River Hannah Weant, a mem- ber of Phi Mu fraternity and a close friend of Brisson, said Allens death defi- | nitely makes a difference. It makes you realize that | youre not invincible and | safety is always important when consuming alcohol. I | learned that you really have to be careful and you cant | take anything for granted. I am sorry for his loss and will-always-remember.him..... Cherokee man pleads not : guilty to girlfriends murder Hy North Carolina prepared if oil approaches (continued from front) Foul the oil spill if it reaches our coast and in knowing that WCU is working first hand to establish environmental and economic security for || our nation in this time of need, He said Smith produced a gun and began shooting at him. As he tried to wrestle the gun from her, he said it | discharged. and killed her. A | medical xaminer later de- termined Smiths cause of | death was a gunshot wound . to the back of the head and | neck area, a wound that was | inconsistent with Lespiers | account, documents state. Lespier is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band | of Cherokee Indians. Smith, | ee : - technologists using state-of-the-art equipment to provide integrated support to focus on student learning. who lived in Sylva, was nota | member of the tribe. WCU trustees approve | of Stage and Screen From Staff Reports Western Carolina Uni- vetsitys academic programs in motion picture and tele- vision production, musi- cal theatre, theatre arts and dance officially have been schooled. Thats because what had been an academic department since its incep- tion in 2007 is elevated to the School of Stage and Screen, thanks to action taken by the WCU board of trustees at its quarterly meet- ing Friday, June 4. With the unanimous ap- proval of the change by the board, the newly named school takes its place along- side the School of Music and the School of Art and Design as units of the College of Fine and Performing Arts. Charles Worley, vice chair of the board, recom- mended the name change in recognition of a diverse department that has come together and that is doing a great job. When the new College of Fine and Performing Arts was created, programs in stage and screen were drawn from various departments within the College of Arts azine has named the Coulter and Sciences. The newly Faculty Center as one of 11 formed department needed [pnovator Award time to integrate programs | in film and television, the- ater and musical theater, said versities across the United States. The Western Caro- lina center, which focuses Kyle Carter, who was | WCUs provost at the time, for teaching and learning, is a winner in the leadership, governance and policy cat- _ egory and enhance its visibility in Robert Kehrberg, founding dean of the college. challenged the departments faculty to increase academic quality, grow its enrollment the region through cultural arts programming. its motion picture students regularly win major film | competitions. We are especially proud | that 30 percent of stage and screen students are designat- ed as honors students, Keh- | rberg said after the trustees | action. Ours is one of the | few programs nationwide that actively integrates mo- | tion picture and television | with theater and dance. WCUs Coulter Faculty Center wins From Staff Reports Western Carolina Univer- _ sitys Coulter Faculty Center and Learning has been recog- : nized for technological inno- vation by a leading national _ publication that covers cam- _ pus technology issues. Campus Technology mag- winners selected from nearly 500 en- tries from colleges and uni- on faculty use of technology The center earned the award in recognition of a recent Enrollment in the depart- _ ments programs by degree- | seeking students has risen by 26 percent, its theatrical and dance productions at- tract audiences from across | Western North Carolina, and _ reorganization that merged several academic technology support services with traditional teaching and learning services to provide a one-stop center of support for faculty. Initiated at the request of WCUs Faculty Senate, which had expressed dissat- | isfaction with existing aca- demic technology services, _ the reorganization effort was led by then-Provost Kyle ' Carter and a planning com- mittee with representatives ' from the divisions of Aca- demic: Affairs, Information Technology and Distance _ Education. Other changes included _ the formation of an adviso- ty board, development of a : for Excellence in Teaching . name change to School strategic plan tied to the uni- versitys mission, and a re- newed focus on teaching and learning support to: enhance student engagement through active learning strategies and proper use of educational technology. At the core of the cen- ter is a revamped Faculty Sandbox, a place where academic specialists work together with educational technologists using state-of- the-art equipment to provide integrated support to focus on student learning. We are so very honored to receive an award that rec- ognizes how WCU has been able to work across the divi- sions of IT and Academic Affairs to help faculty use appropriate enhance teaching and learn- ing, said Anna McFadden, director of the Coulter Fac- ulty Center. Because a ma- jor part of WCUs mission is engagement, academic technology allows. students many opportunities to en- gage with each other, with professionals in the commu- nity and with others around the world, Craig Fowler, WCUs chief information officer, called the collaboration of academic and IT staff a key distinctive feature of the center. It is precisely this approach that has enabled the CFC to have a significant impact on enhancing faculty teaching and student learning via the use and integration of both pedagogy and technol- ogy, Fowler said. technology to, A spring survey of WCU faculty conducted by the center revealed that 78 per- cent of respondents said they changed at least one of their academic practices as a result of their work with the center. Several WCU faculty mem- bers who have collaborated with the Coulter Faculty Center in recent months said the national recognition is well-deserved. IT have worked on a va- riety of student engagement exercises in Second Life, a virtual simulation environ- ment, and received excellent assistance from a number of the Coulter Faculty Center staff, said Carlie Merritt, director of WCUs online programs in criminal justice, and emergency and disaster management. Without the assistance of the CFC staff, -I would not have been suc- cessful in creating these ex- ercises. Merritt is currently offer- ing a course on geographic information systems and emergency mapping. The Coulter Faculty Center of- fered training that enabled me to learn this software and assisted me with manag- ing my course so that each distance student could work within the specific online en- vironment. Without this help, I would have been unable to teach this course, she said. Marsha Lee Baker, asso- ciate professor of English, said the center has helped her design wikiscollab- orative websites that allow easy creating and editing of online content _ tional technology. national recognition for innovation on the beach, Hermit crabs wandered around next to | bubbles of oil while dol- phins frolicked in water that | wasnt quite the right color. | fumes were every- where and oil could be seen | oozing out of the wetlands. - The upcoming weeks are promised to be challenging | for our entire nation, fortu- nately, some comfort can be _ taken in knowing that our state is prepared to handle | Photo Submitted : Western Carolina University professors benefit from the Faculty Sandbox, a place where academic specialists work together with educational where her undergraduate and graduate students can build archives of what they are learning. For instance, participants in my graduate seminar on the rhetoric of nonviolence this past fall created multi- modal documents on wiki, presented them orally to the class, and we now aim to make these collective find- ings available for further re- search in courses scheduled for the coming academic year, Baker said. I am al- ways a late adopter of tech-, nology, probably because of my slow learning curve, yet the Faculty Center always is gracious and generous in working with me. Beth Tyson ~Lofquist, WCUs associate provost, praised the Coulter Faculty Center for being at the fore- front of changes in educa- The exemplary staff members of the center stay abreast of the cutting edge tools and techniques used to facilitate quality instruction and improve processes at WCU, Lofquist said. This award is one of the testa- ments to their sticcess. Representatives from WCU will be recognized at the Campus Technology 2010 conference July 19-22 in Boston and will be fea- tured in the August issue of Campus Technology maga- zine. Please Recycle This Newspaper

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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