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Anonymous WCU faculty member creates endowed scholarship for music students
September 3A 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.
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WCU’s annual Faculty-Staff Giving Campaign to focus on scholarship support
September 2Western Carolina University has turned attention to its next philanthropic priority – seeking financial support for scholarships to help students with the cost of attendance.
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‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign tops $100 million in support
August 29Western 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.
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New students’ family connections to WCU to be celebrated at Sept. 19 Legacy Pinning
August 27A 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.
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WCU football stadium atrium named in recognition of gift from Catamount couple
August 27The 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.
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WCU's Pride of the Mountains Headed to London for 2028 New Year's Day Parade
August 14From the mountains of Western North Carolina to the streets of London, the "Baddest Band in the Land" is preparing for its next international performance.
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Record enrollment, transformational impact: WCU Chancellor Kelli R. Brown welcomes campus community back for historic fall semester
August 13As faculty and staff gathered for Opening Assembly on Aug. 12, Brown celebrated a university experiencing unprecedented momentum.
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WCU adds a new staff resource to assist with planned giving needs
August 10Alumni and friends interested in obtaining information about how to support Western Carolina University through a planned gift have a new resource to assist them.
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Anonymous gift results in naming of coaches video balcony in stadium expansion
August 6The new coaching balcony for video operations in the expanded E.J. Whitmire Stadium at Western Carolina University will be named in memory of the late Philip Preston Sr.
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WCU to name softball field in honor of program founder Betty Peele
March 13Western Carolina University is naming its softball field in honor of the late Betty Peele, leader of a core group of female faculty members who guided the early development of women’s intercollegiate athletics at the university.