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Western Carolina University will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 23-25 with a downtown Sylva parade, alumni awards, tailgating and a Southern Conference football matchup.

A faculty member in Western Carolina University’s Department of English Studies who has spent his career studying the works of literary notables Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle has created an endowed fund to ensure that an online collection of their letters and other materials will be preserved at his home campus in perpetuity.

Barbara Jo White, professor of information systems in the College of Business at Western Carolina University, is recipient of the International Association for Computer Information Systems 2026 Ben Bauman Award for Excellence.

A new endowment established by a competitive racewalker from Whittier is designed to help the Western Carolina University track and field and cross country programs overcome hurdles, with a campaign for matching gifts in the starting blocks to help push the effort across the finish line.

Students in the College of Business at Western Carolina University now have access to real-time stock market trading information through laboratory space made possible through a financial contribution from First Citizens Bank.

A new endowed scholarship fund made possible through gifts and pledges from an anonymous donor soon will be hitting all the right notes for future students in the School of Music at Western Carolina University.

Western Carolina University has turned attention to its next philanthropic priority – seeking financial support for scholarships to help students with the cost of attendance.

Western Carolina University has concluded its ambitious “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign with more than $110 million in philanthropic support pouring in to benefit the institution’s academic, student engagement and athletics programs.

A group of Western Carolina University’s newest students will be ceremoniously welcomed as members of the Catamount family by some of their own relatives who previously attended WCU as the university holds its annual Legacy Pinning event Saturday, Sept. 19.

The new hospitality level atrium on the fourth floor of the westside stands expansion at Western Carolina University’s E.J. Whitmire Stadium has been named in recognition of philanthropic support from alumni Larry and Mary Arbaugh.