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Catamounts Care Ambassadors promote positive side of preventing pandemic spread

To encourage proper etiquette during a pandemic, a student-led program is using positive reinforcement to remind fellow students of strategies to help slow the spread of COVID-19.  

Student Life

WCU reports record enrollment, retention

For the ninth time out of the past 10 years – and this fall by a small margin – Western Carolina University has experienced an increase in total enrollment, with a new record of 12,243 students enrolled for the 2020 fall semester.  

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Professor announces annual fall color forecast for mountains

Autumn leaves and the natural beauty of fall colors across Western North Carolina are a seasonal sensation that draw thousands of visitors and locals alike - and prompts an annual prognostication by biology professor Beverly Collins.  

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WCU named to Forbes’ list of ‘Best-In-State Employers’

Now the rest of the country knows what WCU employees have known all along – the university is a great place to work.  

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A message from Chancellor Kelli R. Brown

Dear WCU campus community: I write to provide an update concerning videos that were brought to the attention of university leadership over the weekend.  

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Regional economic impact of pandemic examined by the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise

Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise is conducting an analysis of the economic impact of the pandemic in the region.   

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Hunter Library expands digital holdings with historic Swain County glass negatives photo collection

WCU has obtained a rare photographic glimpse of Bryson City and Swain County in the early 1900s, thanks to a recent donation to Hunter Library’s renowned Special and Digital Collections.  

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WCU updates COVID-19 dashboard to provide more detailed information

WCU has updated its recently launched online COVID-19 dashboard to include additional information about testing, positivity rates, isolation and quarantine.   

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WCU trustees to meet Sept. 3-4 in Bardo Arts Center

The Board of Trustees will hold its quarterly meeting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, and committee meetings at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center.  

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