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Western Carolina University alumni and friends will be returning to the Lenovo Center in Raleigh in February to cheer on the 2026 Stanley Cup-winning Carolina Hurricanes as they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHL action.

Western Carolina University will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 23-25 with a downtown Sylva parade, alumni awards, tailgating and a Southern Conference football matchup.

A new endowment established by a competitive racewalker from Whittier is designed to help the Western Carolina University track and field and cross country programs overcome hurdles, with a campaign for matching gifts in the starting blocks to help push the effort across the finish line.

Beau Carroll was chosen in late August to receive the 2026 Historic Preservation Award from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM), a national nonprofit that celebrates the work of Indigenous scholars and working advocates across the country.

Western Carolina University’s College of Business will welcome alumnus, former Catamount baseball player, country music star and entrepreneur Matt Stillwell as keynote speaker during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November.

Western Carolina University has concluded its ambitious “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign with more than $110 million in philanthropic support pouring in to benefit the institution’s academic, student engagement and athletics programs.

A group of Western Carolina University’s newest students will be ceremoniously welcomed as members of the Catamount family by some of their own relatives who previously attended WCU as the university holds its annual Legacy Pinning event Saturday, Sept. 19.

The new hospitality level atrium on the fourth floor of the westside stands expansion at Western Carolina University’s E.J. Whitmire Stadium has been named in recognition of philanthropic support from alumni Larry and Mary Arbaugh.

For more than 50 years, Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Days has celebrated the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia — and this year the energy is bigger than ever.

Shelley and Kevin King are the founders of Ochre Hill Farms, two Western Carolina University Catamounts who first met as performers of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. But as they’d tell their story, Ochre Hill Farms was as much their children’s project as their own.