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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.  

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.  

Paws rides on a float during the 2024 homecoming parade

Homecoming weekend at WCU set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards

A packed slate of weekend events is on tap as Western Carolina University rolls out the welcome mat for alumni and friends to return to campus Nov. 7-8 for Homecoming 2025, including a parade and party in the university’s adopted hometown of Sylva.  

Students visit outside Bardo Arts Center

Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition

Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts Center will host a public reception on Tuesday, October 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in its Star Atrium, recognizing the collaborators and contributors of the Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition, a project supported in part by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.   

WCU students sitting on a bench on campus during the fall

University launches WCU Connect, a guaranteed admission program

Admission to Western Carolina University from North Carolina community colleges just got simpler.   

WCU engineering students and faculty working with the Moldex3d

College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D

Western Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has been given a software licensing donation from Moldex3D worth $4.17 million.   

Jeremy Jones during class

WCU’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine

Western Carolina University English professor Jeremy Jones’s byline is a bit of a mainstay in Our State magazine.   

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