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Students experience the benefits of the outdoors through Nature Rx course

Forest bathing has been shown to decrease blood pressure, be beneficial to a person’s parasympathetic nervous system and protection from infections. It is also known to help combat anxiety, depression and lower stress.  

UP Program Accredited

UP Program becomes first in country to be accredited

WCU’s University Participant Program has become fully accredited by the Inclusive Higher Education Accreditation Council.  

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ICA and interior design program collaborate on ICA lounge redesign

Intercultural Affairs recently collaborated with the Interior Design Club on their lounge redesign.   

Maya Kelnhofer

CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee Brewers 

Maya Kelnhofer is a Western Carolina University alumna who currently works as a ticket sales representative for the Milwaukee Brewers, a major league baseball team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.   

CJ and student leaders

Hospitality and tourism skills translate to SGA

CJ Mitchell credits the WCU hospitality and tourism management faculty with helping prepare him to take on the responsibilities of SGA presidency and for the rigors of graduate school.  

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WCU Cherokee Language Program receives $11,700 donation for ECHT Project

WCU’s Cherokee Language Program recently received a $11,700 donation from the John W. Heisse Fund for Historic Preservation for the Eastern Cherokee Histories in Translation Project.   

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Sherry Fowler graduates from the B-K Program as a non-traditional, first-generation student

Fowler is a 61-year-old Head Start and North Carolina pre-k teacher in Hendersonville.   

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Sherry Fowler graduates from the B-K Program as a non-traditional, first-generation student

Fowler is a 61-year-old Head Start and North Carolina pre-k teacher in Hendersonville.   

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Chancellor Kelli Brown named to Business NC magazine Power List 2023

For the third consecutive year, Business North Carolina magazine included Chancellor Kelli R. Brown of WCU in its Power List 2023 of the state’s most influential leaders.  

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