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Catamount Resiliency: Catamounts Fight On

WCU softball player Kennedy Stewman could tell you how special this community is. She’s lived in it her whole life. The Sylva native has seen her home rally together in times of celebration, excitement and, more recently, need.  

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Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call

WCU students majoring in healthcare fields have to do clinicals, which give them real-world experience in their fields. Hurricane Helene gave many WCU students experiences they never thought they would see during college or even in their lifetime.  

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Catamount Resiliency: WCU Mother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand

Lauren Dodgin, a university program specialist at WCU’s Biltmore Park instructional site in Asheville, woke up to her town torn to pieces.  

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WCU alumna records 100,000th person into craftsman database

Isabel Driver knows how important the work she does is. As an intern with the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University, Driver etched 224 craftspeople into the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts’ craftsman database.  

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Macon County couple endows fund to diversify WCU Fine Art Museum collections

The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center will be broadening the scope of artists represented in its holdings thanks to contributions from a Macon County couple.  

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Matt Henley appointed director of the Pride of the Mountains and Athletic Bands

Western Carolina University is excited to announce the appointment of Matt Henley as the next director of Athletic Bands and director of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.  

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Phillips and Jordan Inc. pledges $1 million challenge gift toward WCU athletics facilities upgrades

Phillips and Jordan Inc., a national construction contractor with roots in the Western North Carolina town of Robbinsville and headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, has announced plans to build on its legacy of corporate support for Western Carolina University’s intercollegiate athletics program.  

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Legacy Pinning ceremony honors family connections to WCU

Nearly 90 new first-year and transfer students at Western Carolina University celebrated the powerful bonds of kinship, tradition and alma mater during an annual ceremony Saturday, Nov. 16, as members of their own families who previously attended WCU presented them with special pins signifying their unique connection to the institution.  

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WCU earns ‘most engaged’ student voting honor from ALL IN

Earlier this fall, Catamounts were encouraged to get to the polls, and two weeks after the election, Western Carolina University was recognized for it.  

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