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Gannett
awards $3,270 to WCU theater ensemble SMN Western Carolina University’s Black Theatre Ensemble is the recipient of a $3,270 grant from the Gannett Foundation to assist in the expansion of the organization’s mission of sharing the African-American experience through performance. The grant was facilitated by the Asheville Citizen-Times, a Gannett newspaper, and was announced recently by Laurel Vartabedian, assistant professor of communication and theatre arts at Western and faculty adviser to the Black Theatre Ensemble. “The communication and theatre arts department and the BTE organization are grateful for the support of the Gannett Foundation,” Vartabedian said. “I believe the grants committee recognized the importance of this program, and they can be assured that students will put the grant to great use.” The Black Theatre Ensemble was founded in 1986 by Al Wiggins, who retired in 2001 from the Western faculty and was recognized for contributions to human relations in the state with a North Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence. |