Derrick Harris

Review of WCU Parking Services

First and foremost, you will not find a more beaut...

First and foremost, you will not find a more beautiful campus and natural surrounding than Cullowhee USA! I was a University of Georgia transfer to Western Carolina as a student-athlete and a University of South Carolina intern. After visiting Western, I found a reason to want to continue my education as well as my athletic endeavors. It is true that like many schools, student involvement was difficult at that time due to an athletic program that was struggling overall. There was always a struggle to get students and alumni involved in the athletic program during those years. But as soon as a winning tradition began in other athletics such as men's/women's Track & Field, women's soccer, men's basketball, our tested baseball team as well as ladies softball team, enthusiasm has picked up at WCU over the past couple of decades! Our band has marched in the Rose Bowl parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade while consistently mentioned amongst some of the better collegiate bands in all the country. As we all know that college is about learning and indeed about educating ourselves to become highly productive citizens in our society, our extra curricular activities are how we're marketed most effectively. We have always been recognized as a highly noticeable academic institution throughout prominent magazines across the US for years. We have also been recognized as an economical choice for a quality education compared to other universities our size and scope. If you desire to go to a place where you're not just a number but treated as a student by all of your professors, then Western is for you. No school will ever be perfect but this is by far the best one that I've experienced. As long as I have breath, the Whee and Tuckasegee Valley will always be my home away from home. It simply "draws" you back! Go Cats!