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- Brennan Burke will graduate with degrees in mathematics, finance and accounting
- The Nobel Mission - Forensic Anthropology Students Search for Lost WWII Airman
- Activist David LaMotte to perform concert, hold workshop
- Environmental Health becomes university’s first community engaged program
- Faculty member, student lend helping hand in Cullowhee Community Garden
- ‘I Love WCU Month’ features new weekend of service
- MLK celebration begins with annual Unity March Jan. 15
- Whee Love Voting: WCU Polling Place a Success
- Advising Day - Fall 2022
- Advising Day - Spring 2023
- Capstone Poster Evaluation
- Capstone Research Project
- International Studies Capstone Poster Presentations
- Studying French in Montpellier: Eli Horne
- One of the Best Experiences of my Life
- Alumni News: Greyson Rowlands
- International Studies Club
- Something I'll carry with me Forever
- Congratulations to Our December 2020 Graduates!
- All Roads Lead to Rome
- Study Abroad
- Studying Abroad in Spain - Brice Dalke
- Jack Betkowski on Studying Abroad
- Jessie Hogge on Studying Abroad
- John Crunk on Studying Abroad
- Kendall Rhymer wins award
- Monteyona Sears on Studying Abroad
- Amy McKenzie Attends NCBI Leadership Training for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Papers with PAR students
- Student Led Activities
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 1
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 2
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 3
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 4
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 6
- Japanese Program Newsletter - Vol. 9, 2021
- Graduate Student Philip Warner
- Richard Freeman
- Alumni Updates
- Fall 2021 Graduating Students
- Internships offer Spanish Program students a different experience
- Students show off in language and culture competition
- Mr. David Jons, Spanish Instructor
- Student Profile: Jordan Cuthbertson
- Student Profile: Tori Combs
- Student Profile: William Towery
- November Events
- Good Luck, Sky Sampson!
- From Whee to Wi
- Undergraduate Student Feature: Brittni Price
- Request for Third-Party Accreditation Comments
- CEAP Alumna Caitlin Lambert Named 2022 NCACTE Student Teacher of the Year
- Educational Leadership Program Named CPED’s 2021 Program of the Year
- Crow, Hinnant-Crawford Publish Book
- Denise Morgan named Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Early Literacy
- Tiernan Named Consulting Editor
- Two EOE Graduates Recently Publish Papers
- CEAP to Offer Equity in Education Certificate Program
- Hoffman Publishes Article in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Hoffman Publishes Journal Article
- NC School Executive Leadership Program Receives $4.5 Million Grant
- Strahan Awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award
- NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart WCU Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program
- PRM 354: Outdoor Living and Expedition Skills personifies GRIT!
- Project Discovery celebrates, reflects on 40th anniversary
- Psychology professor lauded for teaching excellence
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for WCU math education students
- Dr. Rob Jackson Named New Buncombe County Superintendent
- Student receives WRESA Dogwood Trust grant
- The Catamount School plans to relocate to Reid
- Call Me MiSTER program graduates its first cohort
- WCU honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- Wells Endows Scholarship in Honor of WCU’s Contribution to Her Life
- Study: AI Helps Students with Test Prep, Interview Practice
- Changing Landscape of College Athletics from Labor Market Perspective
- Study Examines Diversity of Workplace Spirituality
- Customer sensory experiences, behaviors at cartoon-themed restaurants
- Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded
- WCU free enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research
- Marketing professor’s research indicates iconic brands may want to avoid extensive social media
- From ‘Night Court’ to internal auditor: The impact of extraneous factors on perception of competency
- Research Examines Social Media Impact on Hospitality Industry
- New Handbook Aims to Improve Project Performance
- The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Managing Projects
- Research Examining Lingering Impacts of COVID-19 on US Economy
- Recent Book Shines Light on International Arbitration Issue
- New study examines role of personality dimensions in project improvement teams
- Researchers at WCU, CCU investigate pitfalls of alternative financing methods in the Carolinas
- Researcher studying relationship between PTSD, organizational support systems, job performance
- New study on ‘4% rule’ suggests different approaches to retirement strategies
- Shifting Retirement Income Landscape in U.S.
- Sport Organizations Frequently Strike Out When Marketing to Families
- Strategy for Appropriate Use of Generative AI by Students
- Launch of Student Financial Wellness Program
- Students Can Improve Emotional Intelligence
- Increased School Choice May Improve Student Mental Health
- Study of Female Management Consultants
- Inclusive Education faculty focus on improvement efforts
- Rethinking the Professional Doctorate in Education
- New giving society spurs alumni to expand support to students
- 1889 Impact Grant supports survey of recent graduates
- 1889 Impact Grants application process open Aug. 15-Sept. 29
- 1889 Impact Grants application process open Sept. 1-30
- 19th Amendment Centennial Celebration
- $75k gift from alumna will create endowment for WCU’s interior design program
- A Budding Star
- A Call for Empathy: Understanding the Neurobiology of Stigma of Addiction
- A Cullowhee Romance
- A lasting legacy of love
- A New Era Begins
- A Photographer's View
- A Photographer's View
- A Photographer's View
- A Rising Star
- A Season to Remember
- A Student's View
- Abigail Gulley | Day in the Life
- Academic Success Program students visit Argentina with support from Fund for WCU
- Acclaimed college football coach Paul Johnson receives WCU Professional Achievement Award
- Alumnae Give Back by Serving on Accounting Board
- Action Packed
- Graduate Profiles: Adam Gregory
- Master's Degree in Biology Cultivates a Career
- Teaching: COVID-19 Style
- Additional donations boost estate gift, enable patron to see impact on parks, rec students
- Advancement office announces holiday hours for year-end giving assistance
- Advancement office issues year-end giving deadline reminder
- Advancement office sets holiday hours for year-end giving assistance
- African American Society reunion features Greek anniversaries, return of gospel choir
- A Promise Fulfilled: David Walton was hired as director of WCU’s African American Studies minor
- Aimee Gornto Alumna of the Month
- Alan Beck
- MFA Student Alexa Turnbull Uses Her Time and Talents for the Good of Others
- Aliya Bailey named director of development for WCU College of Health, Human Sciences
- Honors College Student Leaps Life’s Barriers on the Way to Fulfilling Her Goals
- Not Just Brick and Mortar
- Welcome to the WCU Alumni Family, Class of 2020
- Alumnus providing leadership gifts for scholarships, athletics
- Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
- Pride of the Mountain Marching Band Snare Drum Player Inspires the Next Generation
- WCU Dance Team Coaches Create Scholarship in Memory of Former Member
- Care, concern shown from WCU Nurse Anesthesia graduate
- Alumna Annalee Blanks named UNC System Presidential Scholar
- A Passion for Literacy Leads to Cross-Cultural Service, an “I Love WCU” Story
- Annie Vasquez: The Value of People
- Annual GivingTuesday campaign to focus on the Fund for WCU
- Annual Legacy Pinning ceremony connects generations of Catamounts
- Annual Planting Day event recognizes philanthropic impact of WCU giving societies
- Antonia Kincaid - Finding Inspiration
- The Many Facets of Science
- The Black Fantastic - Armani Blair
- Science + Art = Winemaking
- The Black Fantastic - Asha Sr., Charlotte
- Asheville banking executive devotes gifts of time, talent, treasure to WCU
- Athletics facilities improvements tip off this fall with renovations for both Catamount basketball teams
- Welcome Home Catamounts!
- Bank Shot
- The Black Fantastic - BaShaun Smith
- Benjamin Frey to give the 2023 Annual James A. Cooper Memorial Lecture
- The Black Fantastic - Benny Smith
- Beyond the Books: Students Shadow Alumni for Real-World Experience
- Black History Month Student Profiles
- Bigger and Better
- WCU ‘spin daddy’ is hanging up his reporter’s notebook
- Biology Professor Mack Powell Discusses Finding a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Black History Month Wrap-Up
- Asheville's Black Lives Matter Mural
- The Black Fantastic - Brandi Hinant-Crawford
- Brennan Burke will graduate with degrees in mathematics, finance and accounting
- Alumni of the Month: Brett Miller
- Scholarships Lead to Success on Stage and Screen
- Catamount Student-Athletes Benefit from Generosity of Alumni
- Highlands residents pledge $2 million for Honors College, undergraduate research
- Brinson Honors College dean launches scholarship fund in memory of father, grandfather
- Brinson Honors College launches new initiative through 1889 Impact Grant
- Brittany Windham finds her place in the Black Student Union
- Bryant Kinney leaves leadership post confident in WCU’s strength to lead region
- Bugs Life
- Calling An Audible
- Campus priorities identified for inaugural ‘One Day For Western’
- CAPS finds way to ‘meet students’ with award-winning videos
- Carlos Dotson: Unlimited Potential
- Campus Fixture Carol Burton Creates Scholarship to Aid International Graduate Students
- The Black Fantastic - Carol Burton
- Coronavirus Sends Family Members to Separate Corners for Online Learning, Teaching
- Freshman Cassidy Burns wins National Student Production Award
- Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines
- Catamount Coloring Contest
- Catamount community gives back during annual service weekend
- Catamount crew crisscrosses Ireland for WCU travel series maiden voyage
- Catamount Philanthropy Council provides student face for donors, alumni
- Catamounts for Recovery offers a safe space for recovering students
- Once a Cat, Always a Cat
- Look Good, Feel Good
- Kayla Patterson blazes a new trail in the Higher Education Student Affairs program
- Impact the present. Shape the future.
- Centenarians Cats Celebrate
- Engineer Your Future
- College of Engineering and Technology Using 3D Printers for COVID-19 Fight
- MFA program checked all the boxes for WCU alum: culture, mountains and academic rigor
- Manifest Your Own Masterpiece
- Chancellor Kelli Brown 4-peats on Business NC Power List
- Chancellor Brown’s late mother honored with namesake scholarship
- Change Maker
- Charlie and Mary Jo Boswell Alumni of the Month
- Meet Chatty Cat Engagement Officer Grace Blizzard
- Chatty Cats to call on alumni, friends with campus updates, philanthropic opportunities
- Chemists and Biologists Partner on Research
- Chemistry classroom named in recognition of gifts from alumnus Peter Newsome
- Cherokee Graduation Ceremony
- Discover Your Own Breakthrough
- Chief diversity officer creates endowed scholarship to honor mother
- Fire Marshal Chris Moore '01: An I Love WCU Story
- Graduate Profiles: Christine McConnell
- Skills learned through hospitality and tourism management program translate to SGA
- The Black Fantastic - C.J. Mitchell
- Congratulations Class of 2020 from the WCU Alumni Family
- Class Notes
- Class Notes
- Clegg combines love for WCU, military as head of new affinity society
- Climbing Capitol Hill
- Club for first-generation WCU students relaunched with financial support from 1889 Impact Grants
- Always Business Ready
- CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee Brewers
- Cody Dalton | Pride of the Mountains
- Coffee and Culture
- Meet the Class of 2024
- College of Business alumnus who appeared on ‘Shark Tank’ shares secrets of success
- College of Engineering and Technology hosts German exchange student for research collaboration
- College of Engineering and Technology to offer new concentrations this fall
- Combatting Addiction: A Second Chance for Veterans
- The Comeback Cats
- 2019 Commencement Speakers
- Students' Classwork Becomes a Pillar for the Community
- Saving A Dying Language
- Construction management students earn industry certification through corporate support
- New Student Convocation 2021
- Conway Scholars meet benefactor, hear from NCDHHS secretary, receive nursing pins
- Coping with Covid-19
- Corporate support from America’s Home Place is helping build Construction Management program
- Pandemic Forces Counseling Students to Find New Ways to See Clients
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 1 Day
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 10 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 2 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 3 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 4 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 5 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 6 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 7 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 8 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 9 Days
- Couple’s blended gift of $367,500 will support WCU athletics facilities improvements, student-athletes
- Understanding Coyotes in Western North Carolina
- Catamount Resiliency: Be the Helper
- Catamount Resiliency: Buddying UP
- Catamount Resiliency: Campus Response
- Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call
- Catamount Resiliency: WCU Mother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand
- Graduate student explores dystopia, literature, and racial bias in journalism
- In the Trenches
- The Black Fantastic - Dana Patterson
- WNBA’s Sparks Turn to Alumna as Team’s Next President and COO
- Darrin Hemphill Alumnus of the Month
- Organizing a Future
- WCU’s Newest Professor Sees ‘virtue’ in Middle Grades Students
- Master of Project Management puts IT employee on a path of upward trajectory
- The Mountains Had Her at Hello
- A Decade in Review
- Success is Defining a Passion and Becoming a Leader
- Denise Drury Homewood, executive director of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, an I Love WCU Story
- A Coaches Determination Helps Define a Student's Story
- Latinx student honored with statewide award
- 2023 Graduates | Day in the Life
- Colleen Heuser | A Day In the Life
- Hayley Sexton | A Day in the Life
- Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life
- Nicole Kanupp | Day in the Life
- Semaija Johnson | Day in the Life
- Vitoria Domingues | A Day in the Life
- Distance learning student fulfills dream of earning degree
- Developing future teachers is what fuels professor Brad Witzel
- Q and A with Alumna Donna Reynolds
- Donna Winbon: We all have the power to make an impact on the next generation
- Donna Winbon to lead WCU Foundation board
- Donors provide emergency support to WCU students, faculty, staff affected by Helene
- Down, But Not Out: WNC Hospitality and Tourism Industry Expected to Bounce Back
- Eastern Band member sees higher education as goal for his community
- Due for an Upgrade
- Saving the Dusky Gopher Frog
- Colorado couple endows scholarship in effort to save environment through education
- Ed and Andrea Cody Alumni of the Month
- Ed Broadwell receives doctorate of humane letters
- Q and A with Ed Holland
- Elements of Wellness
- WCU art student leaves mark in his “dream” country
- Alum of the Month: Elise Holbrook
- ‘Gifted’ graduate grateful for opportunity to maximize her students’ learning
- EMC alumnus honored for work in Operation Warp Speed’s COVID-19 vaccine development
- EMC program alumni establish 2 new scholarship funds to help future WCU students
- Emily Deem, First Place in the Graduate Three-Minute Thesis Competition
- An MBA Brings it All Home for Waynesville Woman
- Student-Athlete Emily Zipay Reaches the Culmination of Her Athletic Career with Southern Conference Presidential Scholarship
- Graduate Profile: Emma Hand
- Engineering students collaborate to design and build a solar tracking array
- Engineering Treats
- Engineering WNC
- English professor picked for NC Literary Hall of Fame
- Entegra Bank Announces $250,000 Contribution for Scholarship Effort
- Classroom spaces named in recognition of Entegra Bank, Vannoy Construction gifts
- Envisioning Championships
- E'Quince Smith: Leaving A Legacy
- Scholarships Mean More than Money to Erin West
- Essential WCU
- The Black Fantastic - Evelyn Rucker
- Ex-football player makes $150K gift to WCU athletics facilities after tour reveals few upgrades in 40 years
- Family Comes First for New Facilities Management Scholarship, an “I Love WCU” Story
- Faculty member provides philanthropic support of WCU athletics, arts programs
- Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement
- Faculty, staff donors recognized at Shetland Society event
- Faculty, staff giving campaign results in participation rate, total donors increase
- WCU employees give back in time, talent, treasure
- Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU
- Apply By February 1st
- Fighting For A Dream
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contributions continue Brown family legacy of support for WCU
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign steering committee announced
- Fill The Western Sky
- Fire Ant Problems Increase in Mountains, Including Higher Elevations of the Region
- First Week of Classes
- New flexible, online program at WCU makes it easier to be a teacher
- Forensic Anthropology Program Gains Prominence
- Former WCU board chair shares her experience as both a scholarship recipient and donor
- Former Catamount kicker splits the uprights with $100k in support for fundraising effort
- Former player’s gridiron memories, love of WCU inspires support for athletics facilities improvements
- Former state senator establishes scholarship fund in honor of retiring student housing professional
- Former underachiever credits WCU for 40-year career in education, future spouse
- Former WCU football players kick off endowed scholarship fund in memory of their coach, Dan Robinson
- Former WCU professor’s motto motivates athletics facilities gifts from alumnus, longtime football coach
- Former WCU tennis player serves up $1 million fundraising campaign gift
- Foundation Board appoints new members, sets executive committee
- Foundation Board honors Belchers with endowed scholarship
- Alumni explores historical, cultural, political and personal connections that cross tribal designations
- From Novel to Big Screen
- From Power Five to SoCon, English professor’s affinity for athletics leads to providing financial support
- Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants provide online safety, success training for new students
- Fund for WCU enables leadership, public speaking training for Chancellor’s Ambassadors
- Fund for WCU generates $40,000 in first-year access scholarship support
- Fund for WCU supports cultural, educational programming to improve student retention
- Fund for WCU supports library’s student art contest; winners now on display
- Fund for WCU supports School of Nursing health outreach efforts in 2 WNC counties
- Funds launched by alumnus support preprofessional health majors, marching band students
- As we learn from 2020, the case for furthering your education in 2021
- Raleigh transfer student hopes NC Promise leads to political career
- Learning leadership skills through the military and veteran community
- Game Changers
- Games On
- Gardner-Webb’s Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club
- Entrepreneurship Alumnus Makes Most of Confidence Starting a Business and Facing the Shark Tank
- Gift from alumnus establishes new scholarship fund to support WCU social work students
- $2.1 million gift provides scholarships for all WCU nursing students
- Gifts for student scholarships result in new name for business dean’s suite
- Gifts in honor of retired physical therapy professor support WCU program, students
- Gifts of $100,000 from communication alumnus create 2 annual scholarship funds
- Native Plants Symbolize New Giving Societies
- Giving Tuesday efforts to focus on band’s trip to Macy’s, student-athletes
- Catamount Nation Answers the Call on Giving Tuesday
- Giving Tuesday 2020
- Giving Tuesday efforts to focus on broadening scholarship support for students
- Six-figure bequest pushes WCU past its Giving Tuesday goal
- GivingTuesday ’24 to focus on increasing Catamount Club membership, athletics facilities
- GivingTuesday campaign blasts past goal, nets $712K from nearly 1,000 donors
- GivingTuesday efforts Nov. 29 to focus on gifts to the Fund for WCU
- GivingTuesday nets record-breaking $6M, sets stage for $1M Catamount Club challenge
- Global Black Studies program shines
- Globetrotting photography duo creates endowed scholarship to support English, world languages students
- Going Viral
- The Shutdown Summed Up
- Graduate Profile: Grace Woodard
- Explore Further. Achieve Goals
- WCU sees growth in graduate programs
- Graduate Student Explores Bacterial Communities in Forensic Science
- Gratitude for education, experiences at WCU inspire decades of support for Catamount athletics
- Love for Cats keep Greeks coming back
- Love for Cats keep Greeks coming back
- Exploration Leads to Career Connections
- Honoring Our Promise
- Hallowed Grounds
- Alumnus of the Month: Hank Henderson
- Psychology graduate student conducts research on issues of gender bias
- Graduate Profile: Hannah Pollard
- Communication Student Spends Summer Covering Washington Politics
- Happy birthday, Katherine: From, Cullowhee
- Happy Holidays from WCU
- Happy Holidays from Western Carolina University
- Wife Endows Scholarship to Honor Late Husband’s Work Ethic
- For young accountant, life is about more than numbers
- Hermes Awards
- Highlands Biological Station receives $150,000 gift to continue renovation of historic building
- Highlands couple establishes funds for study abroad, undergrad research for WCU students, faculty
- Hire Advantage
- Happy Holidays
- Paws on the Street!
- Holidays on the Plaza
- Moss fund supports teaching excellence, honors colleague
- Honoring Our Promise
- The Humanistic Perspective of Nursing and Its Potential to Address the Opioid and Addiction Crisis
- Hundreds of students, faculty, staff demonstrate their affection as ‘I Love WCU’ Month winds down
- Hunter Library Collaborates with UNCA to Merge Digital Collections
- All footsteps lead to WCU for Hutchison family
- Time and Treasure Highlight ‘I Love WCU’
- Donors turn out online to support annual ‘I Love WCU’ month
- ‘I Love WCU’ to celebrate alumni, students and new giving societies
- ‘I Love WCU Month’ features new weekend of service
- Intercultural Affairs Graduation Celebration
- ICA, Project CARE supports students through 1889 Impact Grant-funded projects
- Inaugural 1889 Impact Grants Program provides support for 11 projects at WCU
- An Innovative Cross Discipline Degree Program
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland: Day 4
- Medical director fights COVID-19 with legacy of tenacity
- It’s ‘game on’ at Hunter Library, thanks to support from the Fund for WCU
- Alumnus J. Alan Goggins Hurdles His Way to Success
- The Black Fantastic - Jack Eaddy
- Jackson County couple receives award in recognition of service to WCU, mountain region
- Graduate Profile: Jacob Lewallen
- Jacob Padillo - Supporting Success
- The Black Fantastic - Jane Adams-Dunford
- Jason McMillan: Student-Athlete Overcomes Adversity
- Jeff Dowswell
- The Black Fantastic - Jeff Hughes
- Recreational Therapy Director says Helping Others Helps Her; an “I Love WCU” Story
- Jennifer Yo-Gaddy
- Jim Beddingfield Alum of the Month
- Jimmy Ramsey Alumnus of the Month
- Grateful Student Pays Homage to Dedicated Teacher Through Career, Establishment of Scholarship
- Food For Thought
- John Connet Alumnus of the Month
- Share the Stoke for Geology - How One Student Strives to Protect the World We Live In
- Jordan Strickland: Balancing Act
- Project management is more than just a job description
- Student Sees Parallels in Wilderness Experiences and Project Management
- Online Master's Degree Program in Construction Management Builds a Career
- Julie Miller Denesha joins WCU Advancement to support College of Engineering, Technology
- The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of Juneteenth
- Just for Kicks
- Life Without Baseball
- Kam A. McDonald Alum of the Month
- Kate Murphy Alum of the Month
- Kathleen de la Torre named WCU’s assistant vice chancellor for development
- Graduate Profile: Ke'La Porter
- Keith Elliott Alumnus of the Month
- Alumna Kelly Kent says she really does love WCU
- Ken and Ina Allen Alum(s) of the Month
- First-Generation Student, Kenyatta Fortune Prospers in Graduate School
- Graduating Veteran Finds Peace After 'Journey of a Million Steps'
- Engineering students' ingenuity leads to a trekking pole for the digital age
- Latinx Heritage Month
- Dreams of Hosting a Latinx Student Leadership Conference Come True
- New Latinx Studies Minor Available for WCU Students
- Alumna sees the world thanks to her degree, but finds there’s no place like home
- Scholarship recipient revels in advanced technology, new surroundings
- ‘Lead the Way’ total to be announced May 2 with campus celebration
- ‘Lead the Way’ fundraising campaign total surpasses $60 million goal
- WCU Launches 'Lead the Way' Campaign
- Leaders urge ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign steering committee to ‘ride the momentum’
- Legacy Pinning ceremony honors family connections to WCU
- Lifelong love of libraries leads to couple’s philanthropic support of Hunter Library
- Lifelong respect for nursing profession leads education alumna to endow scholarship
- Lisa and David Hill Alumni of the Month
- Live Western
- Live Western
- Helping Wildlife Safely Cross I-40
- Expert Commentary: Al Kopak, PhD, Criminology
- Longtime faculty member creates new endowment to reward service in CEAP
- Longtime staff donor gives in honor of those who supported him as a WCU student
- Longtime WCU employee supports student emergency fund as faculty, staff giving campaign begins
- Look Good, Feel Good
- Lori and Andy Anderson establish endowed scholarship for HHS students
- Zooming Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost
- Lowering the Debt for WCU Students
- Scholarships Created from Lead the Way
- MFA Student Emerges as a Change-Maker in North Carolina
- Macon County couple endows fund to diversify WCU Fine Art Museum collections
- Made in NC: WCU and Jackson County share deep connection
- Graduate Profile: Madison Hale
- Graduate Profile: Madison Surrett
- Maggie Akin Bare Alum of the Month
- Discover WCU's Main Campus
- Making Music Accessible
- NC Promise "was definitely the yes" for transfer student
- Marianne Leek Alumna of the Month
- Mark Benge Alumnus of the Month
- Mark Chapman Alumnus of the Month
- Mark Haskett Alumnus of the Month
- Marriage Ministry
- From Graduate Student to Project Engineer
- Mary Hill Lewis
- Food. Fire. Friends.
- Graduate Profile: Matthew McDonough
- From Jackson County emergency responder to FEMA
- Nothing is Impossible
- Meltzer scholarship endowment will benefit hundreds of students from array of disciplines
- Memorial scholarship fund to serve as final curtain call for theatre professor, director
- Live Western
- Scholarships Unleash Student’s Potential
- WCU Alumna Blends Project Management with Hospitality
- Teaching Below Zero
- Mission donates hospital beds, IV pumps to WCU as part of ongoing support of health care education
- What MLK Jr. Means to Us
- Why We March
- Alumni keep pieces of WCU close to their hearts and in their backyard
- More than 1,250 donors contribute $1.5 million to WCU on GivingTuesday
- Expert Commentary: Kae Livsey
- WCU ready to host Mountain Heritage Day Saturday, most popular outdoor festival for region
- MPA Alumni on the Front Line of Response to COVID-19
- Master's of Science in Experiential and Outdoor Education: A Unique, Experiential Master's Program
- The Black Fantastic - Munene Mwaniki
- The Black Fantastic - Myron Jackson
- Nancy Liddle, an I Love WCU Story
- Nanoparticles to Detect Cancer Cells
- Drive, Ambition and Entrepreneurship: How One Alumna Stayed Local to Apply Her Degree
- North Carolina budget advances renovations, salaries for WCU
- NC construction management organization provides scholarship funding
- NC Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation provides grant for WCU summer reading program
- NC Innovation
- Students in upper echelon for presentations at national research conference
- May alumnus of the month has head and heart for teaching, and for WCU
- Nearly 1,150 donors make gifts to WCU on ‘One Day for Western’
- New Beginnings
- New Faces
- New Hampshire family establishes nursing scholarship to honor memory of '17 alumna
- New professorship in early literacy established with $1.5M from Goodnight Foundation
- New scholarship for arts, sciences students established in honor of family patriarch
- New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer
- New scholarship fund to focus on diversity, inclusion in physical education
- New scholarship in communication sciences, disorders celebrates retiring professor, spouse
- New scholarship to support students with interest in exploration and travel
- New Thompson Scholar program supports study-abroad for WCU Honors College students
- Former WCU equipment manager recognized for contributions to Indiana University athletics
- Newly established scholarship designed to support military members, veterans
- Nicholas Fasanello, Three-Minute Thesis Competition, People's Choice Award Winner
- No Bones About It
- No More Whiffing
- No Objections Here
- The Nobel Mission - Forensic Anthropology Students Search for Lost WWII Airman
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- Nursing Students Grow Together Through Gardening
- Nursing Residency Pivots Standard Training to Assist During Pandemic
- Nursing Students Assist with COVID-19 Shots
- Class Notes
- One Day for Western challenges include $25K match for POTM Ireland trip, $5K for speech, hearing clinic
- ‘One Day for Western’ was one day to remember, with more than 1,100 donors
- Opportunities for Adults in the Criminal Justice System
- Optimizing Interprofessional Education in Health Care
- Outlaws and Educators
- The Black Fantastic - Patrice Brown
- Alumni of the month- Paul and Vicky Faris
- Pipeline Engineer
- Place - Hybrid Space
- Playing to Win
- Post Graduation 2019
- Spring Class of 2020
- Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will take its talents international
- Setting the Stage
- POTM to Pixar
- The Power of Giving
- Preceptor Spotlight: Lauren Teague
- Preceptor Spotlight: Rebecca Stubbs
- Pandemic Drives Demand for Professional and Graduate Programs
- Professors hope data encourages empathetic approach to treating jail inmates with addiction issues
- Prometheus Barrels
- Promise Kept
- Psychology professor lauded for teaching excellence
- Walk This Way
- Purple and Gold Reunion Weekend alumni event to return July 2024
- Graduate Profile: Rachael Finigan
- Roots Of Rhythm
- Faith in WCU student-athletes leads to fundraising challenge to Greek alumni
- Student Work to be Showcased in Research and Scholarship Celebration
- Rays strive to bring students, STEM together through scholarship support
- Recreational Therapy Students Send Encouraging Cards to Asheville Nursing Home
- Students find old-fashion greeting cards bring joy, comfort to elderly residents in isolation
- Regional nursing outreach, student support among projects enabled by 1889 Grants
- Releasing the Shame: A Story About Opioids’ Impact on Individuals and Communities
- Reliving the Dream
- Reflecting on Sept. 11
- Research classroom in Apodaca Building named in recognition of gifts from Jay, Susan Strum
- Restoring the Roan
- Retired accounting executive named Foundation Board chair, makes additional $500K gift to WCU
- Retired engineer who got his start at WCU creates new scholarship fund
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for WCU math education students
- Robert Gibson Alum of the Month
- Ronnie Carr
- Sport Management Program Helped Jimerson Advance his Career at WCU
- Graduate student tabbed for Council on Collegiate Opioid Misuse
- Rowing in the Same Direction
- Saltz Anderson Endowed Scholarship Honors Family of Educators
- Graduate Profile: Samantha Klaver
- McCracken endows scholarship to accelerate pathway to change
- Sara Mears: Finding an Outlet for Activism with AmeriCorps after Graduation
- WCU graduate student receives Fullerton Medical Scholarship Award
- A Ghost of Christmas Past
- Scholarship established in memory of WCU finance professor
- Scholarship funds to honor careers of retiring accountancy professors Kauffman, Swanger
- COVID’s challenges do not deter WCU’s benefactors from their support of student scholarships
- Scholarship recipients share academic, creative endeavors with donors at Scholars Showcase
- School of Nursing receives $2.1 million boost to launch Conway Scholars initiative
- Science classroom named in honor of Jackson County’s first family of dentistry
- Keeping the Memories, Supporting the Future
- Soon-To-Be Gone, but Not Forgotten
- Second annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for April 3
- Seeking Synergies
- Senior Toast celebrates student philanthropy, ongoing engagement with WCU
- Setting A New Course
- Several are honored at WCU’s Homecoming 2022 celebration
- Shack-lete
- The Black Fantastic - Shamella Cromartie
- Shared experiences inspire graduates nearly 30 years apart to support scholarship funds
- Masters of Arts in Teaching Program leads to study of the intersection of creativity and meditation
- Sherry Fowler graduates from the B-K Program as a non-traditional, first-generation student
- Shetland, 1889 event celebrates impact of WCU student, faculty, staff giving
- Shetland Society faculty, staff giving campaign to kick off Sept. 15
- The Show Must Go On
- Sixth annual 'I Love WCU Month' has new partnership with Tech Commons
- Sky Sampson Alumna of the Month
- Snow Day
- Soccer lovers keep kickin’ long after game is over
- Social and Emotional Learning Built into Morning Meetings
- Social science degrees lead alumni to business success, planned gifts for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign
- Expert Commentary: Emma Miller, Social Work
- Personal experience inspires research into independent students in higher education
- Music education major Kendall Rhymer wins first prize in Sounding WCU art contest
- Special Collections connects with WNC communities through 1889 Impact Grant-funded project
- Undeniable
- It's Spring at WCU and We Miss You!
- Stanberrys continue tradition of supporting Catamount athletics with campaign leadership gift
- Stephanie Cook, Second Place in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition
- The Power of a Peanut
- Stigmatized
- Streaming Now
- Student workers help Catamount Club improve engagement with fans, donors
- Students, donors gather to celebrate the impact of philanthropy
- Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU
- Alumna Spotlight: Sue Lynn Ledford
- Food and Faith Changed Lives of WCU Siblings
- Working Professional Summer McMurry Achieves a Milestone
- Supporting Student Success After Graduation
- Faculty, Students with Chinese Ties Bring Much-Needed Surgical Masks to WNC
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program’s digital switch proving successful
- Graduate Profile: Taylor Luibrand
- Teaching Teachers
- Teasleys’ thoughtful living leads to thoughtful giving
- Terry Price Alumnus of the Month
- The Eyes Have It
- The Fund for WCU supports ‘Whee Belong’ gatherings for distance ed students
- The Power of Giving
- The Rocks
- The View from Here
- Voice of the Cats
- Third annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for March 26
- Road warrior burns candle on both ends to finish degree
- Three-time WCU alumna finds her true calling in community college leadership
- Two Generations of Fundraisers
- It’s ‘stop the presses’ for WCU’s longtime print shop director
- Title reclaimed - The view from the top is great!
- Top Cats
- Tumors Hamper But Don’t Stop Student from Living Her Best College Life
- Total Gain
- Transforming the Future: Community Roles in Adolescent Substance Use
- Turn It Up - WWCU-FM has growth spurt with new tower, expanded reach
- Accomplished First-Generation Student says Scholarships Changed her Life
- Two Faculty Selected as Fulbright Scholars
- Two Sparrows Town
- Giving Back is a Given for Alumnus and Broadway Performer
- Unmasking the Flow
- Value Added
- Vecinos clinic receives tech upgrade through donations to Fund for WCU
- WCU launches Veterans and Military Alumni Society
- Graciella | A Day in the Life
- The Black Fantastic - Vonterius Woolbright
- Walk the Talk
- WCU alumni don’t wait until 60s to make planned gifts to help future students
- WCU alumni help recruit future students through new Cat Eyes Club
- WCU alumnus, ‘Shark Tank’ star Garrett Ozar to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week
- WCU announces FORVIS as new name for its accountancy programs
- WCU announces historic $100 million goal for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign
- WCU bucks national trends with upsurge in philanthropic giving, number of donors
- WCU celebrates lasting impact of philanthropy at second annual Planting Day
- WCU chancellor, ‘first dude’ back the ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign with a $4 million estate gift
- WCU donors shatter fundraising record with more than $35.8 million in FY24
- WCU exceeds Giving Tuesday goal as donors provide more than $443,000
- WCU faculty, staff giving campaign nets nearly 40 new donors
- WCU Foundation Board approves slate of new, reappointed members
- WCU Foundation Board welcomes 2 new members
- WCU giving societies recognized for philanthropic impact at annual Planting Day event
- WCU graduates spanning 55 years return for alumni reunion weekend
- WCU honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- WCU in final planning stages for new travel series to begin in 2024
- WCU mourns loss of former Board of Trustees, Foundation chair Jim Moore
- WCU mourns passing of Honors College benefactor Greg Thompson
- WCU, national estate-planning service offer free service to help create wills
- WCU partners with national estate-planning service for Make-A-Will Month
- WCU presents awards for achievements in law, education, science, economic development
- WCU ranks in top 8.5% on Forbes list of America’s Best Midsize Employers
- WCU students plan and build outdoor steps for HOMEBASE
- WCU to honor regional development leader, three prominent alumni as part of Homecoming ’23
- WCU to paint downtown Sylva purple, kick off Homecoming weekend Nov. 1
- WCU’s 7th scholarship funded by Whitehead family pays tribute to Honors College founding dean
- WCU’s longest serving alumni director to retire this fall
- Week of Kindness
- Welcome Back Cats
- Welcome Class of 2025
- White, Hunter co-chair WCU fundraising campaign, make leadership gift to support athletics
- Wike Scholarship to aid WCU football players, golfers seeking careers in education
- The Black Fantastic - William Moultrie
- Winds of Change
- Wingyan Chung Helps Advance New Knowledge for Managing the Data Deluge
- With online degree programs, the College of Business is keeping the classroom in reach
- Women’s basketball program alumnae reunion supported by Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants
- Women’s, men’s basketball programs receive support from Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- Former Asheville mayor makes gift to help WCU grad students, pushing campaign total past $55M
- Working at Super Bowl 54 Cements Wyatt Burnette’s Decision to Pursue Broadcast Engineering
- Dr. Yanjun Yan: An I Love WCU Story
- The Year Ahead
- Year-end giving pushes WCU's 'Lead the Way' fundraising campaign past $58 million mark
- 2018: A Year in Review
- Yosemite
- Zigs and zags lead alumna on career path as esteemed professor of professional writing
- Zoe | A Day in the Life
- Missing All Things WCU? Download These Zoom Backgrounds!
- hero-test
- Elvis Perez Galarza
- Ariel Colón-Rodríguez
- Julie Miller Denesha joins WCU Advancement to support College of Engineering, Technology
- Justin Pace to lead WCU School of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business LawPage Title
- WCU alumnus Julian Manrique shines as law school grad, attorney
- Highlands couple pledges estate legacy gift in excess of $10M to WCU
- Search underway for new athletics director
- WCU’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center
- CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events
- Peace in action: WCU students bring Nobel ideas to San Diego
- Associate professor, students produce grant-funded documentary about Asheville-based Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective
- WCU construction management students use SPOT to help local community
- Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care
- Partnership on the water: WCU outfitted with new Liquidlogic kayaks
- Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette
- WCU names renovated women’s basketball locker room in honor of program matriarch
- $35K URPA grant will support engineering students to develop AI manufacturing skills
- Martin Tanaka secures NCInnovation funding for new medical device
- Nearly 1,500 donors contribute $1.4 million to WCU on GivingTuesday
- King of the hills: WCU freshman Nassor Ashenafi, father go viral, persevere
- Professor’s challenging path from India to US inspires support for WCU business students
- Student philanthropists feted at fall semester Senior Toast
- WCU’s ‘Our Natural World’ Camp for youngest Jackson County students ignites STEM passion in rural classrooms
- Swiss-born alumnus Simon Gugerli returns home as analyst with UBS bank
- WCU Athletics brings holiday cheer with Education Days for local students
- WCU EMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community
- Student spotlight: Senior Alexis Shafir writes grant for local school’s printing press
- Retired professor, staff member spouse endow scholarship for psychology students
- WCU photography class restores damaged photos lost during Helene
- Scholarships help WCU economic analysis, political science major pursue career goals
- CET students build doghouses for SPOT, donate others to local animal rescue
- Call Me MiSTER welcomes new cohort for 2025-26
- Retired WCU professor brings forest therapy to Jackson County Greenway
- A new home in Poland: Boren scholar speaks on time abroad
- Alumni spanning 50 years honored at Homecoming for achievements, service
- WCU to expand student support services for STEM students
- GivingTuesday ’25 to focus on support for academic excellence, Catamount Club
- Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges
- Daughter’s experience in WCU inclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment
- The Carlyle Letters Online find new home at Hunter Library
- Power of Giving
- WCU faculty, staff add their names to ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign donor list
- Service through adventure: Base Camp Cullowhee’s latest and greatest student expedition
- Keeping Time
- Catamounts Take the NFL
- Service through adventure: Base Camp Cullowhee’s latest and greatest student expedition
- Loving Jackson County
- The Pifer Era Begins
- Road to the Show
- Shoot Your Shot
- 2025 notes from Chancellor Brown
- A Student's View
- Homefield Makeover
- Plastic Rain
- WCU faculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC
- Making (brain) waves: WCU adds neuroscience minor
- Retired PR professional creates endowment to support WCU students
- Young alumni spotlight: Blevins helps the Hornets buzz as account executive
- Internships help pave career paths for College of Business students
- Homefield Makeover
- Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at WCU
- $1.25 M gift to athletics pushes ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign past its $100 M goal
- Cherokee Center to hold 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 4
- OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants
- Economic Impact
- Recreational therapy senior Meghan Greenly selected for prestigious award
- WCU launches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs
- College of Business chili cookoff evolves into a campus battle of bowls set for Nov. 15
- Nursing school director endows scholarship for WCU’s new master’s degree program
- MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee
- Homecoming weekend at WCU set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards
- Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition
- University launches WCU Connect, a guaranteed admission programPage Title
- The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment
- Nowhere but UP
- College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D
- WCU’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine
- WCU astronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community
- WCU to host Echoes Across the Smokies
- Looking Back: Hurricane Helene
- Living history: WCU researchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories
- Donors support Alston Awards for WCU student-athletes’ academic achievements
- All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections
- Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence
- Mountain Heritage Days earns NC green travel designation
- Retired professor creates faculty mentorship endowment in College of Business
- Students Kate Taylor, Jay Brown help new students adjust to life at WCU
- WCU playing role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
- A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown
- Bluegrass in Blue Ridge: WCU students, alumni start Upstream Rebellion band
- From Curitiba to Cullowhee: A Brazilian reunion at WCU
- WCU’s Brett Riggs named honorary member of EBCI
- Pura Vida in practice: WCU Department of World Languages immerses students in Costa Rican culture
- WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH
- WCU launches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration
- From the age of steam to the age of AI, WCU puts students first, serves its region as economic engine
- Randy Collins named to National Engineering Education Committee
- A gift of hope: Supporting students in their mental health journey
- WCU volunteers rally to clean up Catamount Gap
- Student journalists attend national convention with support from the Fund for WCU
- Alumna kicks off post grad life with NCDHHS internship
- Engineering makes national list of best undergraduate programs
- Welcome to the Whee!
- Roger Smoker, Jackson County Public Libraries named 2025 Mountain Heritage Award recipients
- Alec Harris named development director for College of Education, Allied Professions
- WCU Greek Challenge nets $1.5 million for Catamount Club; winners announced
- WCU launches fully online MBA program
- Reinvigorated WCU retirees association elects officers, plans activities
- WCU alumni roll out the welcome mat for new incoming studentsPage Title
- New exhibition celebrating the gifts of Connie Bostic at WCU
- The wonder of North Carolina glass comes to WCU this fall
- Tax law changes lead donors to accelerate giving plans to WCU, other nonprofits
- Mountain Heritage Days to spotlight Appalachian language, history and music
- Senior Tim Thompson makes his mark at Los Angeles studio
- More than music: Inside WCU’s Summer Symposium
- Catamount Club shatters 2,000-member goal to unlock $1 million challenge gift
- Running to help: WCU student-athlete Landey Green helps others through two internships
- CATALYST program ignites passion for research and leadership in honors students
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark comes to Bardo Arts Center
- WCU scholars publish new book on mental illness stigma
- Students get deep dive into Chinese culture, business during WCU summer travel course
- Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for WCU
- Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17
- WCU senior Tayler Franklin helps identify fallen soldiers at Pearl Harbor
- Alumni couple establish endowment for parks, rec program
- Catamount Adventures series takes alumni, friends to Portugal, Spain
- Preservation of an endangered language
- Digging it: WCU senior Jenna Dreyer works archaeology internship in Washington state
- NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding
- WCU professor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction
- WCU instructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth
- Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15
- Couple who met at WCU orientation make ‘Fill the Western Sky’ leadership gift to athletics
- New faces join WCU Foundation Board; departing members recognized
- WCU holds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium
- Mountain Heritage Awards now accepting nominations
- College of Business launches two new graduate certificates for fall semester
- Construction management student invents ‘Dormclaw’
- College of Engineering to offer ACE Machining Bootcamps this summer
- EMS holds christening event for new ambulance
- Alumnus Hank Henderson applies WCU guidance to job, pays it forward
- Student legislature takes home “best delegation” at Raleigh general assembly
- Catamounts start your engines
- Business faculty guide post-Helene recovery study for NC Arboretum
- Alumni participation sought for WCU Battle of the Bands competition
- Young alumni spotlight: Harp passes on guidance as Greek life adviser
- Josh Dobson, Nora Lynn Finch sworn in as members of the WCU Board of Trustees WCU Stories September 10, 2025
- Annual faculty-staff giving challenge resumes this fall
- WCU Mountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contribution feels like a promise to Catamount couple
- WCU astronomers lead 13th annual statewide star party
- WCU–CIHA partnership grows Cherokee’s next generation of healers
- Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center
- Kyle Pifer named WCU Director of Athletics
- MHS program celebrates new graduates
- Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning
- Catamount Club to launch search for successor to assistant director C.J. Mitchell
- WCU sees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment
- WCU to hold groundbreaking ceremony June 12 for stadium renovations project
- Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
- UNC Board of Governors appoints Nora Lynn Finch, Tate Apodaca to Board of Trustees
- Alumna Kinley Cook brings passion to job as park guide
- Gifts from all 50 states help WCU hit ‘One Day for Western’ goal of 1,200 donors
- RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration
- School of Stage and Screen earns NCTC award, set for spring musical
- $100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations
- Brittany Kicklighter named director of development for athletics major gifts
- Catamount grads reflect on graduation cap decor
- From LEGO to launch: Antonson twins look back on their WCU journey
- WCU students present at National Conference on Undergraduate ResearchPage Title
- WNC teacher Lydia Sale continues WCU, education tradition in family
- WCU art student awarded first place in national ceramics exhibition
- First-generation college students reflect on journey to commencement
- Senior Toast honors philanthropy of soon-to-be graduates
- WCU earns 2025-2026 Military Friendly® school designation
- Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground
- Alumnus divides gift to create scholarship honoring educator wife, support athletics upgrades
- Student spotlight: Jones, Rodriguez look forward to term as president, vice president
- University faculty, staff award winners announced for ‘25
- A whole lot of heart: WCU softball bat boy defies odds, cheers on Catamounts
- WCU to introduce Maddie, the virtual engagement officer
- Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles
- Play ball! WCU pitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends
- Nominations are open for annual alumni awards
- Tour of WCU athletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift
- Athletics Gala shines spotlight on Catamount student-athletes, impact of supporters
- WCU engineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent
- College of Education and Allied Professions earns A-plus for elementary math education courses
- April Tallant named director of Coulter Faculty Commons
- African American Alumni Society endows new scholarship fund
- Asheville dentist, wife give WCU student-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation
- Junior Savannah McGlothlin named to ALL IN honor roll
- WCU interior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning
- Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems
- WCU’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon
- NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at WCU
- ustin Pace to lead WCU School of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business Law
- Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU
- RASC 2025: David Joy and campus research presentations
- Alex Gary to resign after nearly five years as Athletics Director at WCU
- Restoring through research: WCU professors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service
- WCU launches engineering discovery program with new director Gretchen Dietz
- Student spotlight: WCU senior Mekeila Santiago stays involved through time on campus
- Electrical engineering students create a portable energy model for Duke Energy
- Restoring through research: professors navigate floodwaters post-Helene
- An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of WCU’s Wildlife and Forestry Club
- Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
- The hills have eyes
- WCU grieves the loss of longtime friend, supporter, community leader Reg Moody
- Students engage in undergraduate research across disciplines
- WCU ranked No. 3 on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list
- WCU mourns passing of Honors College benefactor Greg Thompson
- WCU mourns loss of former Trustee Jeanette Wallace Hyde
- Restoring through research: WCU professors help rebuild after Helene
- WCU and Vance-Granville CC sign memorandum of understanding for guaranteed admission
- WCU sees high retention rate, notable increase in enrollment for spring 2025
- WCU expands Catamount Commitment to include transfer studentsWestern Carolina University is expanding its Catamount Commitment program with a new initiative to support transfer students from North Carolina Community Colleges.
- WCU professor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field
- WCU social work students engage with alumni with help from Fund for WCU
- Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines
- WCU Cherokee Language program receives $223K grant
- WCU set to host the Catamount Climb in April
- Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU
- Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research
- Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp
- Donations to Fund for WCU support student writing contest at annual literary festival
- Fund for WCU supports library’s student art contest; winners now on display
- WCU launches a new guarantee for transfer students
- Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award
- WCU’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs
- SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at WCU earns grant for new year
- Fund for WCU supports symposium on intersection of policing, social work
- Author and alumnus David Joy to give keynote address at WCU Research and Scholarship Conference
- Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
- George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at WCU after a decade of leadership
- Chancellor’s Ambassadors student organization receives leadership training through Fund for WCU
- Donors to Fund for WCU support ASP student trip to Central Europe
- Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC
- WCU students help Durham PD solve 2023 missing person case
- Former WCU Academic All-American pays homage to retired sports communicator
- Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events
- Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
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Wike Scholarship to aid WCU football players, golfers seeking careers in education
February 24A scholarship fund honoring the memories of a longtime Western Carolina University coach and his spouse, also a lifelong educator, will soon provide financial assistance to Catamount student-athletes on the football and men’s and women’s golf teams.
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WCU chancellor, ‘first dude’ back the ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign with a $4 million estate gift
February 21When Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown unveiled plans for a comprehensive fundraising campaign shortly after her arrival in 2019, she prioritized seeking philanthropic support for enhancements to the overall student experience, including academics, athletics, and community and global engagement.
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Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
February 21Western Carolina University alumnus Aaron Speyer doesn’t remember much about his trip to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia when he was six years old — but he remembers that initial fascination with space.
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Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
February 21Western Carolina University alumnus Aaron Speyer doesn’t remember much about his trip to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia when he was six years old — but he remembers that initial fascination with space.
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The hills have eyes
February 19A fresh set of eyes finds a new generation of Catamounts. More than 30 years after Paws’ billboard debut, designers at Western Carolina University continue to update the much beloved symbol off U.S. 23.
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WCU grieves the loss of longtime friend, supporter, community leader Reg Moody
February 19I found this on my phone this morning. I guess my kitten thought it would be a fun surprise. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec in lobortis ante, sit amet vehicula neque. Nulla gravida lorem at urna iaculis semper. Nullam sit amet convallis lacus. Duis eu mauris ut libero ultricies fringilla ut id mauris. Phasellus condimentum pellentesque maximus. Aenean est nibh, bibendum id sagittis vitae, dapibus id odio. Nulla eget magna nec augue rhoncus ullamcorper in at metus. Sed imperdiet finibus ipsum nec congue. Sed a eleifend lorem, sed laoreet nibh.
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The hills have eyes
February 19A fresh set of eyes finds a new generation of Catamounts. More than 30 years after Paws’ billboard debut, designers at Western Carolina University continue to update the much beloved symbol off U.S. 23.
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WCU ranked No. 3 on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list
February 14I found this on my phone this morning. I guess my kitten thought it would be a fun surprise. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec in lobortis ante, sit amet vehicula neque. Nulla gravida lorem at urna iaculis semper. Nullam sit amet convallis lacus. Duis eu mauris ut libero ultricies fringilla ut id mauris. Phasellus condimentum pellentesque maximus. Aenean est nibh, bibendum id sagittis vitae, dapibus id odio. Nulla eget magna nec augue rhoncus ullamcorper in at metus. Sed imperdiet finibus ipsum nec congue. Sed a eleifend lorem, sed laoreet nibh.
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Students engage in undergraduate research across disciplines
February 14Western Carolina University has many opportunities for students to conduct undergraduate research across various disciplines. Students are able to engage in projects that deepen their understanding of course material and build essential skills for future endeavors.
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New Thompson Scholar program supports study-abroad for WCU Honors College students
February 13A life-changing study-abroad opportunity in France for a shy undergraduate student with limited international travel experience helped spark a newfound sense of self-confidence and a successful business career, which inspired a financial contribution that is helping Western Carolina University students follow in his globe-trotting footsteps.
