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Catamount Nation Answers the Call on Giving Tuesday

For the fourth time in as many years, Western Carolina Athletics and its fundraising arm, the Catamount Club, put out the call as part of the National Day of Giving, #GivingTuesday. And once again, the generosity of the Catamount Nation brightly shined through. Through fundraising efforts stemming around the Dec. 3 Giving Tuesday initiative, a total of 254 generous supporters ranging from the West Coast to the Southeast – and points in between – answered the Giving Tuesday challenge by raising a record-setting total...  

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Faculty members' disc golf concussion study published in scientific journal

The peer-reviewed study examined impacts to a crash test dummy head by a disc in a laboratory, with variations in velocity, mass, disc type or flexibility as would be found at a typical recreational setting.  

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Freshman Cassidy Burns wins National Student Production Award

It was Halloween weekend and Western Carolina University freshman Cassidy Burns was visiting a friend at Clemson University when she got a phone call from her mother. Burns and her friend were in Starbucks when her phone rang. Her mom told her to check out Twitter where the Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences was live-streaming its 4th Annual National Student Production Awards.   

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BFA Portfolio Exhibition features work of Art and Design students

Exhibiting artist talks will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in Room 130 of the Bardo Arts Center, with a reception following from 5 to 7 p.m.  

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Darrin Hemphill Alumnus of the Month

November 2019 Alumnus of the month  

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Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet to perform seasonal music at fundraiser

Contributions will be accepted to help support Sylva American Legion Post 104's local youth programs.   

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AAUW branch on campus approved by national organization, looking to grow membership

Activities planned for the spring semester include a luncheon celebrating both the WCU group’s new status within AAUW and the installation of Kelli R. Brown as chancellor of the university.   

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Traditional music series to feature guitar styles of Granny’s Mason Jar

A jam session will follow the 7 p.m. performance by Jared “Blue” Smith and Aaron Plantenberg.   

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WCU Board of Trustees to gather on campus for quarterly meeting

The primary meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in the board room of H.F. Robinson Administration Building.  

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