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Charles Volz is a business administration and law major from Granite Falls. Volz will graduate this May and then attend law school in the fall.

How have lingering after-effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic – including labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, interest rate hikes and inflation – combined with the threat of a looming recession affected consumers, entrepreneurs and small businesses across the nation?

On Thursday, March 30, and Friday, March 31, Western Carolina University hosted the 2023 Cherokee Language Summit in the Hinds University Center.

A federal program created by Congress in 1987 to help America’s farmers navigate economic challenges that threaten their livelihoods and endanger the nation’s food supply by providing them with access to mediation services as a way to resolve legal disputes should be continued and, in fact, expanded.

Western Carolina University’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, founded in 2015 as a hub for interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry and community engagement in the areas of economic development, applied research and the role of free enterprise in a flourishing society, is in the early phases of a metamorphosis with a new director and a focus on undergraduate student research.

Cristian Trujillo Tavera is a senior in Western Carolina University's College of Engineering and Technology majoring in mechanical engineering.

Kara Jean Spindle is a musical theater major at WCU. Follow along to see what a day in the life of KJ looks like!

Western Carolina University is making plans for its inaugural all-in day of giving to the institution, a 24-hour fundraising event to be held March 29.

Abigail is a student at WCU in the interior design program. Tag along with her as she shares her experience as a student at WCU!

Manifestation is the conscious creation of circumstances and outcomes that make for a fulfilling life. Raised in a single-parent household of four out of inner-city Cleveland, Ohio, BaShaun Smith understood at a young age what hard work looked like. “I learned early on that I didn’t have to run through a brick wall to know it hurts,” Smith said.