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Catamount Club is going strong after 50 years

The Catamount Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year as the primary fundraising arm for WCU athletics.  

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Fusion Jazz Ensemble performs at jazz conference in Reno, Nevada

The Jan. 9-12 event was billed as “part music festival, part networking, part education and all inspiration.”   

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Online programs receive national rankings from US News and World Report

The publication assesses schools based on four general, weighted categories for online programs: student engagement, student services and technology, faculty credentials and training, and peer reputation.  

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Marshall's Hai-yang Chen selected as next College of Business dean

The national search was led by a campus committee chaired by Jeff Ray, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, and completed with the assistance of the Buffkin-Baker executive search firm.  

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WCU, SCC hosting lunar eclipse viewing at Jackson County Airport

The partial eclipse will begin at 10:33 p.m. on Jan. 20, and totality will start at 11:41 p.m. and last for a little over an hour.  

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Career Center accepting applications for summer internship program

Twenty WCU students will be selected to receive $5,000 each for the 30-hours-a-week internships at various nonprofit organizations across Western North Carolina.  

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Candidate for health and human sciences dean to visit campus Jan. 15-18

WCU is conducting a national search to fill the dean’s position currently held by Douglas Keskula.  

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Alumni and Veteran Finds Peace After 'Journey of a Million Steps'

Graduating veteran finds peace after 'journey of a million steps' | Graduated, enlisted, blown up, hospitalized, released, addicted, homeless, hopeless, rescued, enrolled, graduated, employed, enrolled, graduated, honored, redeemed. Read between those lines a minute, and listen...  

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Grants for WCU projects announced by Research Administration

The summary includes grants awarded at the university during the month of November 2018.  

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