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Recent College of Business graduate Patrick Creech parlayed student internships into an immediate job offer with the Greensboro Swarm.

Internships help pave career paths for College of Business students

Sixty-five students from Western Carolina University’s College of Business recently completed internships designed to help provide them with critical hands-on experience in industries ranging from travel and tourism to professional sports.  

Iyomi Grinan

Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at WCU

Iyomi Grinan was looking for a change. Studying at a large public university in her home state just wasn’t her cup of tea. Classes were way too big, sometimes eclipsing 400 students, and Grinan didn’t feel that her professors were too invested in their students either.  

Susan and Rich Price

$1.25 M gift to athletics pushes ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign past its $100 M goal

A planned gift from a longtime Western North Carolina economic development and marketing professional and his spouse has pushed Western Carolina University’s “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign past its minimum goal of $100 million in philanthropic support.  

Cherokee Center in the 1970s

Cherokee Center to hold 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 4

Western Carolina University’s Cherokee Center will celebrate five decades of outreach and partnership with the Cherokee community on Tuesday, Nov. 4 with an open house beginning at 5:00 p.m. followed by a reception and panel discussion at the Cherokee Youth Activity Center from 6 to 8 p.m.   

WCU students attending a firstgen event on campus

OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants

Western Carolina University is home to students from many different backgrounds, boasting a high percentage of first-generation students and a number of learners with disabilities. Thanks to a pair of federal TRIO Student Support Services grants, WCU is now better set up to support them.  

Meghan Greenly

Recreational therapy senior Meghan Greenly selected for prestigious award

When Meghan Greenly, sitting beside her proud mother, got her offer, she couldn’t help but smile.   

Guests spoon up chili at the second annual cookoff.

College of Business chili cookoff evolves into a campus battle of bowls set for Nov. 15

Chili might not be the entrée that most people think of when discussing weekend brunch options, but that’s exactly what will be on the menu the morning of Saturday, Nov. 15, at Western Carolina University’s fourth annual Faculty and Staff Chili Cookoff.  

Terri Durbin (center) at the spring 2025 commencement at WCU

Nursing school director endows scholarship for WCU’s new master’s degree program

Western Carolina University’s new master’s degree program focusing on increasing the availability of health care in the rural Southern Appalachian Mountains is receiving a financial boost from the director of the school in which the program is housed.  

HHS building

MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee

With its mission to expand access to care and create a healthier community in Western North Carolina, MAHEC announces the opening of a new health center in Cullowhee.  

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