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WCU faculty present during RASC

RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration

The 2025 Research and Scholarship Conference at Western Carolina University took place March 19 and 20 where students, faculty and the community came together to celebrate the academic endeavors of participants.  

Monica Henson and her family

$100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations

Future students majoring in English studies and participating in student media organizations at Western Carolina University will be eligible for financial assistance made possible by a planned gift of $100,000 from a WCU alumna who has enjoyed a lengthy career in the education profession.  

Cora Haste

Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles

As an Entourage tour guide, Cora Haste is the face of Western Carolina University to a group of strangers for about a couple of hours.   

Ballparks and Brews from 2024

Play ball! WCU pitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends

The Western Carolina University Office of Alumni Engagement is stepping up to the plate and taking a swing at a new summer event designed to bring together members of the Catamount family at baseball stadiums across North and South Carolina.  

Melanie and John Davis with a scholarship recipient

Tour of WCU athletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift

A behind-the-scenes tour of Western Carolina University's aging athletics facilities inspired a longtime supporter of the university’s academic programs to direct some of his philanthropy toward Catamount student-athletes.  

Sinus device

WCU engineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent

What started as a project concept ended up coming full circle for one Western Carolina University alumna.   

Betsy and Tim Gillespie

Asheville dentist, wife give WCU student-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation

An Asheville dentist and his wife are giving future Western Carolina University student-athletes something to smile about in the form of gifts and pledges totaling $25,000 toward long-overdue improvements to the university’s athletics facilities.  

Jennifer Higdon

WCU’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon

The lights dim, the audience quiets and the quintet takes their place on stage. A moment later, the air in Coulter Recital Hall comes alive.   

Members of the committee with Gov. Stein

NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at WCU

Nearly six months after Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, the region's recovery efforts continue.  

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