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  • Woman in purple jacket speaking on stage with plants in foreground against dark background

    Record enrollment, transformational impact: WCU Chancellor Kelli R. Brown welcomes campus community back for historic fall semester

    Julia Duvall
    August 13

    As faculty and staff gathered for Opening Assembly on Aug. 12, Brown celebrated a university experiencing unprecedented momentum.

  • A WCU alumna teaches in a Swain County school.

    WCU’s College of Education, Allied Professions launches new teacher pathways

    Cam Adams
    August 11

    For over a century, Western Carolina University has helped put teachers in classrooms across the region and beyond. Now, looking to address the state’s ongoing teacher shortage, WCU’s impact on education in North Carolina just grew stronger.

  • Alicia Littejohn, an intern on the Facility Utilization and Planning team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, is pictured in the Office of Center Operations looking at carpet samples for an office redesign.

    WCU interior design student lands internship with NASA

    Cam Adams
    August 11

    Alicia Littlejohn has always been fascinated with space, so when there was an opportunity to intern with NASA, she jumped at the chance.

  • Photo of Ben Kees wearing a navy suit and green and navy tie

    WCU adds a new staff resource to assist with planned giving needs

    Bill Studenc
    August 10

    Alumni and friends interested in obtaining information about how to support Western Carolina University through a planned gift have a new resource to assist them.

  • Llate Western Carolina University alumnus Philip Preston Sr. (at right), shown with, from right, wife Catherine and sons Grayson and Philip Jr. (P.J.).

    Anonymous gift results in naming of coaches video balcony in stadium expansion

    Bill Studenc
    August 6

    The 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.

  • WCU students shopping in the Catamount Store

    WCU Bookstore rebrands as Catamount Store

    Julia Duvall
    August 6

    Western Carolina University's campus bookstore is getting a new name.

  • Photo of still made by the late R.O. Wilson of Cullowhee, displayed at the Mountain Heritage Center

    From Stills to Tap: event at Innovation Station

    Peter Koch
    August 4

    The Mountain Heritage Center invites you to an upcoming event at Innovation Station at 40 Depot St. in Dillsboro. The event will take place on Thursday, August 6, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm and is free and open to the public.

  • Rustin Muse squats in front of a Houston sign at the FIFA World Cup.

    WCU alumnus Rustin Muse helps manage global stage at FIFA World Cup

    Cam Adams
    August 4

    Just a few years ago, Rustin Muse was working the Mountain Heritage Day 5K race. Alongside his classmates in his sport management class, Muse helped develop the track, get people interested and schedule police officers for the event.

  • Brandi Hinnant-Crawford

    Hinnant-Crawford returns to CEAP as Bardo Distinguished Professor

    Shane Ryden
    August 4

    This August, Brandi Hinnant-Crawford will join the College of Education and Allied Professions faculty as the John and Deborah Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership. Her return is a homecoming that continues a nearly decade-long tenure as a Catamount and more than 12-year career as a researcher and professor.

  • Incoming students and WCU alumni gather for a group photo at the event in Asheville

    Incoming students get jumpstart on upcoming fall semester from WCU alumni

    Bill Studenc
    August 4

    Western Carolina University alumni and friends from across North Carolina and the Atlanta area gave a warm Catamount welcome to approximately 100 incoming first-year students during several receptions in July.

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