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An annual effort to encourage faculty and staff members to make financial contributions to Western Carolina University is now underway, including the resumption of a friendly competition among campus divisions and academic colleges.

Josh Dobson and Nora Lynn Finch were sworn in as members of Western Carolina University’s Board of Trustees during the regular board meeting held on Friday, Sept. 5.

For Paxton Myers and Dana Boyer, longtime supporters of Western Carolina University’s athletics program, giving back to their alma mater feels like more than just making financial contributions. It also feels like keeping a promise.

In the midst of ongoing staffing challenges across the healthcare industry, the innovative partnership between Western Carolina University (WCU) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is doing exactly what a great pipeline should do -- it matches local talent with meaningful careers close to home, expands continuing education opportunities, and opens career-ladder pathways for enrolled members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI).

The retention rate of the fall 2024 first-time, full-time freshmen class rose to a record 81.6% as compared to 79.1% for fall 2023.

For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.

Western Carolina Power, the university-owned electric utility serving parts of Western Carolina University and surrounding customers, has been named one of 23 public power communities across North Carolina to receive a 2024 Public Power Award of Excellence.

A public relations professional who has served as a mentor in the Department of Communication at Western Carolina University is now providing support to students in a different way by establishing a new endowment fund to enhance access to extracurricular and professional development activities.

A retired professor in Western Carolina University’s College of Business has created an endowment fund that will provide resources for mentorship programs for current faculty members within the college.

A faculty member in Western Carolina University’s College of Business is facilitating a yearlong effort to provide increased access to broadband and the training needed to take full advantage of the technological resources to underserved populations of rural Western North Carolina.