WCU and University Participant Program Magazine Night

City Lights and Western Carolina University are teaming up to host a WCU Magazine night at the bookstore on Friday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. in Sylva.

This event will give community members an opportunity to get a copy of the university’s annual magazine put out by University Communications and Marketing.

In addition to UCM staff, students and program supports from the University Participant (UP) program will be there to talk about their “Nowhere but UP” story, which showcased the inaugural Unite UP basketball game, a campus-wide collaboration that had WCU student-athletes playing alongside UP students in a thrilling basketball game in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center last March. The next game is planned for April 9, 2026.

The immersive story and video can be found on magazine.wcu.edu.

The UP program provides an inclusive, two-year, on-campus living and learning experience for college-aged persons with intellectual disability. The goal of the program is to facilitate UP students' transition from secondary school to adult life with education, employment, and independent living.

The event is free and open to all.

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• Happening on, 24th January, 03:00 pm, Margaret Bender & Thomas Belt present THE NEW VOICE OF GOD in Sylva
• Happening on, 7th February, 03:00 pm, Ralph Ellis presents THE ACCIDENT REPORT with Susan Puckett in Sylva