Named for Anthony Keith Hinds (1910-1964), former vice president, dean and professor of mathematics, the University Center opened in May 1968 and was renovated in 1997.
This 1941 photograph by W. Newton Turner (1910-1995) shows an aerial view of Cullowhee and Western Carolina Teachers College, now Western Carolina University. Turner began teaching as an assistant professor of geology and geography in 1937 and filled…
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was founded in 1892 by eleven former slaves. In 1929, the building and the surrounding property were sold to Cullowhee State Normal School for a sum of $3,200. The church was relocated to a nearby location…
Completed in 1962, Albright and Benton Residence Halls are named for Anne P. Albright, Dean of Women, and Alice A. Benton, a professor at Western for 37 years. Each residence hall houses 200 students and they are joined by a common lobby.
Alice Benton was a physical education and health teacher. She joined the faculty of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School in 1922 and retired from Western Carolina College in 1959. Benton Residence Hall is named in her honor.
Alice Benton was a physical education and health teacher. She joined the faculty of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School in 1922 and retired from Western Carolina College in 1959. Benton Residence Hall is named in her honor.
Alice Benton was a physical education and health teacher. She joined the faculty of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School in 1922 and retired from Western Carolina College in 1959. Benton Residence Hall is named in her honor.
The 1930 baseball team on the steps of Joyner Building. Back row, left to right: Coffey, Pearl Kitchens, John Crawford, Coach Mitchell Plemmons (1928-32), Elmon Teague; front row: Hooper, Paul Buchanan, T. Ray Gibbs, C. C. Ward, John Hooper. The…