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- Brennan Burke will graduate with degrees in mathematics, finance and accounting
- The Nobel Mission - Forensic Anthropology Students Search for Lost WWII Airman
- Activist David LaMotte to perform concert, hold workshop
- Environmental Health becomes university’s first community engaged program
- Faculty member, student lend helping hand in Cullowhee Community Garden
- ‘I Love WCU Month’ features new weekend of service
- MLK celebration begins with annual Unity March Jan. 15
- Whee Love Voting: WCU Polling Place a Success
- Advising Day - Fall 2022
- Advising Day - Spring 2023
- Capstone Poster Evaluation
- Capstone Research Project
- International Studies Capstone Poster Presentations
- Studying French in Montpellier: Eli Horne
- One of the Best Experiences of my Life
- Alumni News: Greyson Rowlands
- International Studies Club
- Something I'll carry with me Forever
- Congratulations to Our December 2020 Graduates!
- All Roads Lead to Rome
- Study Abroad
- Studying Abroad in Spain - Brice Dalke
- Jack Betkowski on Studying Abroad
- Jessie Hogge on Studying Abroad
- John Crunk on Studying Abroad
- Kendall Rhymer wins award
- Monteyona Sears on Studying Abroad
- Amy McKenzie Attends NCBI Leadership Training for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Papers with PAR students
- Student Led Activities
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 1
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 2
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 3
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 4
- Japan with Nanaka - Vol. 6
- Japanese Program Newsletter - Vol. 9, 2021
- Graduate Student Philip Warner
- Richard Freeman
- Alumni Updates
- Fall 2021 Graduating Students
- Internships offer Spanish Program students a different experience
- Students show off in language and culture competition
- Mr. David Jons, Spanish Instructor
- Student Profile: Jordan Cuthbertson
- Student Profile: Tori Combs
- Student Profile: William Towery
- November Events
- Good Luck, Sky Sampson!
- From Whee to Wi
- Undergraduate Student Feature: Brittni Price
- Request for Third-Party Accreditation Comments
- CEAP Alumna Caitlin Lambert Named 2022 NCACTE Student Teacher of the Year
- Educational Leadership Program Named CPED’s 2021 Program of the Year
- Crow, Hinnant-Crawford Publish Book
- Denise Morgan named Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Early Literacy
- Tiernan Named Consulting Editor
- Two EOE Graduates Recently Publish Papers
- CEAP to Offer Equity in Education Certificate Program
- Hoffman Publishes Article in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Hoffman Publishes Journal Article
- NC School Executive Leadership Program Receives $4.5 Million Grant
- Strahan Awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award
- NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart WCU Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program
- PRM 354: Outdoor Living and Expedition Skills personifies GRIT!
- Project Discovery celebrates, reflects on 40th anniversary
- Psychology professor lauded for teaching excellence
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for WCU math education students
- Dr. Rob Jackson Named New Buncombe County Superintendent
- Student receives WRESA Dogwood Trust grant
- The Catamount School plans to relocate to Reid
- Call Me MiSTER program graduates its first cohort
- WCU honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- Wells Endows Scholarship in Honor of WCU’s Contribution to Her Life
- Study: AI Helps Students with Test Prep, Interview Practice
- Changing Landscape of College Athletics from Labor Market Perspective
- Study Examines Diversity of Workplace Spirituality
- Customer sensory experiences, behaviors at cartoon-themed restaurants
- Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded
- WCU free enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research
- Marketing professor’s research indicates iconic brands may want to avoid extensive social media
- From ‘Night Court’ to internal auditor: The impact of extraneous factors on perception of competency
- Research Examines Social Media Impact on Hospitality Industry
- New Handbook Aims to Improve Project Performance
- The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Managing Projects
- Research Examining Lingering Impacts of COVID-19 on US Economy
- Recent Book Shines Light on International Arbitration Issue
- New study examines role of personality dimensions in project improvement teams
- Researchers at WCU, CCU investigate pitfalls of alternative financing methods in the Carolinas
- Researcher studying relationship between PTSD, organizational support systems, job performance
- New study on ‘4% rule’ suggests different approaches to retirement strategies
- Shifting Retirement Income Landscape in U.S.
- Sport Organizations Frequently Strike Out When Marketing to Families
- Strategy for Appropriate Use of Generative AI by Students
- Launch of Student Financial Wellness Program
- Students Can Improve Emotional Intelligence
- Increased School Choice May Improve Student Mental Health
- Study of Female Management Consultants
- Inclusive Education faculty focus on improvement efforts
- Rethinking the Professional Doctorate in Education
- New giving society spurs alumni to expand support to students
- 1889 Impact Grant supports survey of recent graduates
- 1889 Impact Grants application process open Aug. 15-Sept. 29
- 1889 Impact Grants application process open Sept. 1-30
- 19th Amendment Centennial Celebration
- $75k gift from alumna will create endowment for WCU’s interior design program
- A Budding Star
- A Call for Empathy: Understanding the Neurobiology of Stigma of Addiction
- A Cullowhee Romance
- A lasting legacy of love
- A New Era Begins
- A Photographer's View
- A Photographer's View
- A Photographer's View
- A Rising Star
- A Season to Remember
- A Student's View
- Abigail Gulley | Day in the Life
- Academic Success Program students visit Argentina with support from Fund for WCU
- Acclaimed college football coach Paul Johnson receives WCU Professional Achievement Award
- Alumnae Give Back by Serving on Accounting Board
- Action Packed
- Graduate Profiles: Adam Gregory
- Master's Degree in Biology Cultivates a Career
- Teaching: COVID-19 Style
- Additional donations boost estate gift, enable patron to see impact on parks, rec students
- Advancement office announces holiday hours for year-end giving assistance
- Advancement office issues year-end giving deadline reminder
- Advancement office sets holiday hours for year-end giving assistance
- African American Society reunion features Greek anniversaries, return of gospel choir
- A Promise Fulfilled: David Walton was hired as director of WCU’s African American Studies minor
- Aimee Gornto Alumna of the Month
- Alan Beck
- MFA Student Alexa Turnbull Uses Her Time and Talents for the Good of Others
- Aliya Bailey named director of development for WCU College of Health, Human Sciences
- Honors College Student Leaps Life’s Barriers on the Way to Fulfilling Her Goals
- Not Just Brick and Mortar
- Welcome to the WCU Alumni Family, Class of 2020
- Alumnus providing leadership gifts for scholarships, athletics
- Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
- Pride of the Mountain Marching Band Snare Drum Player Inspires the Next Generation
- WCU Dance Team Coaches Create Scholarship in Memory of Former Member
- Care, concern shown from WCU Nurse Anesthesia graduate
- Alumna Annalee Blanks named UNC System Presidential Scholar
- A Passion for Literacy Leads to Cross-Cultural Service, an “I Love WCU” Story
- Annie Vasquez: The Value of People
- Annual GivingTuesday campaign to focus on the Fund for WCU
- Annual Legacy Pinning ceremony connects generations of Catamounts
- Annual Planting Day event recognizes philanthropic impact of WCU giving societies
- Antonia Kincaid - Finding Inspiration
- The Many Facets of Science
- The Black Fantastic - Armani Blair
- Science + Art = Winemaking
- The Black Fantastic - Asha Sr., Charlotte
- Asheville banking executive devotes gifts of time, talent, treasure to WCU
- Athletics facilities improvements tip off this fall with renovations for both Catamount basketball teams
- Welcome Home Catamounts!
- Bank Shot
- The Black Fantastic - BaShaun Smith
- Benjamin Frey to give the 2023 Annual James A. Cooper Memorial Lecture
- The Black Fantastic - Benny Smith
- Beyond the Books: Students Shadow Alumni for Real-World Experience
- Black History Month Student Profiles
- Bigger and Better
- WCU ‘spin daddy’ is hanging up his reporter’s notebook
- Biology Professor Mack Powell Discusses Finding a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Black History Month Wrap-Up
- Asheville's Black Lives Matter Mural
- The Black Fantastic - Brandi Hinant-Crawford
- Brennan Burke will graduate with degrees in mathematics, finance and accounting
- Alumni of the Month: Brett Miller
- Scholarships Lead to Success on Stage and Screen
- Catamount Student-Athletes Benefit from Generosity of Alumni
- Highlands residents pledge $2 million for Honors College, undergraduate research
- Brinson Honors College dean launches scholarship fund in memory of father, grandfather
- Brinson Honors College launches new initiative through 1889 Impact Grant
- Brittany Windham finds her place in the Black Student Union
- Bryant Kinney leaves leadership post confident in WCU’s strength to lead region
- Bugs Life
- Calling An Audible
- Campus priorities identified for inaugural ‘One Day For Western’
- CAPS finds way to ‘meet students’ with award-winning videos
- Carlos Dotson: Unlimited Potential
- Campus Fixture Carol Burton Creates Scholarship to Aid International Graduate Students
- The Black Fantastic - Carol Burton
- Coronavirus Sends Family Members to Separate Corners for Online Learning, Teaching
- Freshman Cassidy Burns wins National Student Production Award
- Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines
- Catamount Coloring Contest
- Catamount community gives back during annual service weekend
- Catamount crew crisscrosses Ireland for WCU travel series maiden voyage
- Catamount Philanthropy Council provides student face for donors, alumni
- Catamounts for Recovery offers a safe space for recovering students
- Once a Cat, Always a Cat
- Look Good, Feel Good
- Kayla Patterson blazes a new trail in the Higher Education Student Affairs program
- Impact the present. Shape the future.
- Centenarians Cats Celebrate
- Engineer Your Future
- College of Engineering and Technology Using 3D Printers for COVID-19 Fight
- MFA program checked all the boxes for WCU alum: culture, mountains and academic rigor
- Manifest Your Own Masterpiece
- Chancellor Kelli Brown 4-peats on Business NC Power List
- Chancellor Brown’s late mother honored with namesake scholarship
- Change Maker
- Charlie and Mary Jo Boswell Alumni of the Month
- Meet Chatty Cat Engagement Officer Grace Blizzard
- Chatty Cats to call on alumni, friends with campus updates, philanthropic opportunities
- Chemists and Biologists Partner on Research
- Chemistry classroom named in recognition of gifts from alumnus Peter Newsome
- Cherokee Graduation Ceremony
- Discover Your Own Breakthrough
- Chief diversity officer creates endowed scholarship to honor mother
- Fire Marshal Chris Moore '01: An I Love WCU Story
- Graduate Profiles: Christine McConnell
- Skills learned through hospitality and tourism management program translate to SGA
- The Black Fantastic - C.J. Mitchell
- Congratulations Class of 2020 from the WCU Alumni Family
- Class Notes
- Class Notes
- Clegg combines love for WCU, military as head of new affinity society
- Climbing Capitol Hill
- Club for first-generation WCU students relaunched with financial support from 1889 Impact Grants
- Always Business Ready
- CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee Brewers
- Cody Dalton | Pride of the Mountains
- Coffee and Culture
- Meet the Class of 2024
- College of Business alumnus who appeared on ‘Shark Tank’ shares secrets of success
- College of Engineering and Technology hosts German exchange student for research collaboration
- College of Engineering and Technology to offer new concentrations this fall
- Combatting Addiction: A Second Chance for Veterans
- The Comeback Cats
- 2019 Commencement Speakers
- Students' Classwork Becomes a Pillar for the Community
- Saving A Dying Language
- Construction management students earn industry certification through corporate support
- New Student Convocation 2021
- Conway Scholars meet benefactor, hear from NCDHHS secretary, receive nursing pins
- Coping with Covid-19
- Corporate support from America’s Home Place is helping build Construction Management program
- Pandemic Forces Counseling Students to Find New Ways to See Clients
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 1 Day
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 10 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 2 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 3 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 4 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 5 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 6 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 7 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 8 Days
- Countdown to Cullowhee: 9 Days
- Couple’s blended gift of $367,500 will support WCU athletics facilities improvements, student-athletes
- Understanding Coyotes in Western North Carolina
- Catamount Resiliency: Be the Helper
- Catamount Resiliency: Buddying UP
- Catamount Resiliency: Campus Response
- Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call
- Catamount Resiliency: WCU Mother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand
- Graduate student explores dystopia, literature, and racial bias in journalism
- In the Trenches
- The Black Fantastic - Dana Patterson
- WNBA’s Sparks Turn to Alumna as Team’s Next President and COO
- Darrin Hemphill Alumnus of the Month
- Organizing a Future
- WCU’s Newest Professor Sees ‘virtue’ in Middle Grades Students
- Master of Project Management puts IT employee on a path of upward trajectory
- The Mountains Had Her at Hello
- A Decade in Review
- Success is Defining a Passion and Becoming a Leader
- Denise Drury Homewood, executive director of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, an I Love WCU Story
- A Coaches Determination Helps Define a Student's Story
- Latinx student honored with statewide award
- 2023 Graduates | Day in the Life
- Colleen Heuser | A Day In the Life
- Hayley Sexton | A Day in the Life
- Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life
- Nicole Kanupp | Day in the Life
- Semaija Johnson | Day in the Life
- Vitoria Domingues | A Day in the Life
- Distance learning student fulfills dream of earning degree
- Developing future teachers is what fuels professor Brad Witzel
- Q and A with Alumna Donna Reynolds
- Donna Winbon: We all have the power to make an impact on the next generation
- Donna Winbon to lead WCU Foundation board
- Donors provide emergency support to WCU students, faculty, staff affected by Helene
- Down, But Not Out: WNC Hospitality and Tourism Industry Expected to Bounce Back
- Eastern Band member sees higher education as goal for his community
- Due for an Upgrade
- Saving the Dusky Gopher Frog
- Colorado couple endows scholarship in effort to save environment through education
- Ed and Andrea Cody Alumni of the Month
- Ed Broadwell receives doctorate of humane letters
- Q and A with Ed Holland
- Elements of Wellness
- WCU art student leaves mark in his “dream” country
- Alum of the Month: Elise Holbrook
- ‘Gifted’ graduate grateful for opportunity to maximize her students’ learning
- EMC alumnus honored for work in Operation Warp Speed’s COVID-19 vaccine development
- EMC program alumni establish 2 new scholarship funds to help future WCU students
- Emily Deem, First Place in the Graduate Three-Minute Thesis Competition
- An MBA Brings it All Home for Waynesville Woman
- Student-Athlete Emily Zipay Reaches the Culmination of Her Athletic Career with Southern Conference Presidential Scholarship
- Graduate Profile: Emma Hand
- Engineering students collaborate to design and build a solar tracking array
- Engineering Treats
- Engineering WNC
- English professor picked for NC Literary Hall of Fame
- Entegra Bank Announces $250,000 Contribution for Scholarship Effort
- Classroom spaces named in recognition of Entegra Bank, Vannoy Construction gifts
- Envisioning Championships
- E'Quince Smith: Leaving A Legacy
- Scholarships Mean More than Money to Erin West
- Essential WCU
- The Black Fantastic - Evelyn Rucker
- Ex-football player makes $150K gift to WCU athletics facilities after tour reveals few upgrades in 40 years
- Family Comes First for New Facilities Management Scholarship, an “I Love WCU” Story
- Faculty member provides philanthropic support of WCU athletics, arts programs
- Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement
- Faculty, staff donors recognized at Shetland Society event
- Faculty, staff giving campaign results in participation rate, total donors increase
- WCU employees give back in time, talent, treasure
- Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU
- Apply By February 1st
- Fighting For A Dream
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contributions continue Brown family legacy of support for WCU
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign steering committee announced
- Fill The Western Sky
- Fire Ant Problems Increase in Mountains, Including Higher Elevations of the Region
- First Week of Classes
- New flexible, online program at WCU makes it easier to be a teacher
- Forensic Anthropology Program Gains Prominence
- Former WCU board chair shares her experience as both a scholarship recipient and donor
- Former Catamount kicker splits the uprights with $100k in support for fundraising effort
- Former player’s gridiron memories, love of WCU inspires support for athletics facilities improvements
- Former state senator establishes scholarship fund in honor of retiring student housing professional
- Former underachiever credits WCU for 40-year career in education, future spouse
- Former WCU football players kick off endowed scholarship fund in memory of their coach, Dan Robinson
- Former WCU professor’s motto motivates athletics facilities gifts from alumnus, longtime football coach
- Former WCU tennis player serves up $1 million fundraising campaign gift
- Foundation Board appoints new members, sets executive committee
- Foundation Board honors Belchers with endowed scholarship
- Alumni explores historical, cultural, political and personal connections that cross tribal designations
- From Novel to Big Screen
- From Power Five to SoCon, English professor’s affinity for athletics leads to providing financial support
- Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants provide online safety, success training for new students
- Fund for WCU enables leadership, public speaking training for Chancellor’s Ambassadors
- Fund for WCU generates $40,000 in first-year access scholarship support
- Fund for WCU supports cultural, educational programming to improve student retention
- Fund for WCU supports library’s student art contest; winners now on display
- Fund for WCU supports School of Nursing health outreach efforts in 2 WNC counties
- Funds launched by alumnus support preprofessional health majors, marching band students
- As we learn from 2020, the case for furthering your education in 2021
- Raleigh transfer student hopes NC Promise leads to political career
- Learning leadership skills through the military and veteran community
- Game Changers
- Games On
- Gardner-Webb’s Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club
- Entrepreneurship Alumnus Makes Most of Confidence Starting a Business and Facing the Shark Tank
- Gift from alumnus establishes new scholarship fund to support WCU social work students
- $2.1 million gift provides scholarships for all WCU nursing students
- Gifts for student scholarships result in new name for business dean’s suite
- Gifts in honor of retired physical therapy professor support WCU program, students
- Gifts of $100,000 from communication alumnus create 2 annual scholarship funds
- Native Plants Symbolize New Giving Societies
- Giving Tuesday efforts to focus on band’s trip to Macy’s, student-athletes
- Catamount Nation Answers the Call on Giving Tuesday
- Giving Tuesday 2020
- Giving Tuesday efforts to focus on broadening scholarship support for students
- Six-figure bequest pushes WCU past its Giving Tuesday goal
- GivingTuesday ’24 to focus on increasing Catamount Club membership, athletics facilities
- GivingTuesday campaign blasts past goal, nets $712K from nearly 1,000 donors
- GivingTuesday efforts Nov. 29 to focus on gifts to the Fund for WCU
- GivingTuesday nets record-breaking $6M, sets stage for $1M Catamount Club challenge
- Global Black Studies program shines
- Globetrotting photography duo creates endowed scholarship to support English, world languages students
- Going Viral
- The Shutdown Summed Up
- Graduate Profile: Grace Woodard
- Explore Further. Achieve Goals
- WCU sees growth in graduate programs
- Graduate Student Explores Bacterial Communities in Forensic Science
- Gratitude for education, experiences at WCU inspire decades of support for Catamount athletics
- Love for Cats keep Greeks coming back
- Love for Cats keep Greeks coming back
- Exploration Leads to Career Connections
- Honoring Our Promise
- Hallowed Grounds
- Alumnus of the Month: Hank Henderson
- Psychology graduate student conducts research on issues of gender bias
- Graduate Profile: Hannah Pollard
- Communication Student Spends Summer Covering Washington Politics
- Happy birthday, Katherine: From, Cullowhee
- Happy Holidays from WCU
- Happy Holidays from Western Carolina University
- Wife Endows Scholarship to Honor Late Husband’s Work Ethic
- For young accountant, life is about more than numbers
- Hermes Awards
- Highlands Biological Station receives $150,000 gift to continue renovation of historic building
- Highlands couple establishes funds for study abroad, undergrad research for WCU students, faculty
- Hire Advantage
- Happy Holidays
- Paws on the Street!
- Holidays on the Plaza
- Moss fund supports teaching excellence, honors colleague
- Honoring Our Promise
- The Humanistic Perspective of Nursing and Its Potential to Address the Opioid and Addiction Crisis
- Hundreds of students, faculty, staff demonstrate their affection as ‘I Love WCU’ Month winds down
- Hunter Library Collaborates with UNCA to Merge Digital Collections
- All footsteps lead to WCU for Hutchison family
- Time and Treasure Highlight ‘I Love WCU’
- Donors turn out online to support annual ‘I Love WCU’ month
- ‘I Love WCU’ to celebrate alumni, students and new giving societies
- ‘I Love WCU Month’ features new weekend of service
- Intercultural Affairs Graduation Celebration
- ICA, Project CARE supports students through 1889 Impact Grant-funded projects
- Inaugural 1889 Impact Grants Program provides support for 11 projects at WCU
- An Innovative Cross Discipline Degree Program
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland: Day 4
- Medical director fights COVID-19 with legacy of tenacity
- It’s ‘game on’ at Hunter Library, thanks to support from the Fund for WCU
- Alumnus J. Alan Goggins Hurdles His Way to Success
- The Black Fantastic - Jack Eaddy
- Jackson County couple receives award in recognition of service to WCU, mountain region
- Graduate Profile: Jacob Lewallen
- Jacob Padillo - Supporting Success
- The Black Fantastic - Jane Adams-Dunford
- Jason McMillan: Student-Athlete Overcomes Adversity
- Jeff Dowswell
- The Black Fantastic - Jeff Hughes
- Recreational Therapy Director says Helping Others Helps Her; an “I Love WCU” Story
- Jennifer Yo-Gaddy
- Jim Beddingfield Alum of the Month
- Jimmy Ramsey Alumnus of the Month
- Grateful Student Pays Homage to Dedicated Teacher Through Career, Establishment of Scholarship
- Food For Thought
- John Connet Alumnus of the Month
- Share the Stoke for Geology - How One Student Strives to Protect the World We Live In
- Jordan Strickland: Balancing Act
- Project management is more than just a job description
- Student Sees Parallels in Wilderness Experiences and Project Management
- Online Master's Degree Program in Construction Management Builds a Career
- Julie Miller Denesha joins WCU Advancement to support College of Engineering, Technology
- The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of Juneteenth
- Just for Kicks
- Life Without Baseball
- Kam A. McDonald Alum of the Month
- Kate Murphy Alum of the Month
- Kathleen de la Torre named WCU’s assistant vice chancellor for development
- Graduate Profile: Ke'La Porter
- Keith Elliott Alumnus of the Month
- Alumna Kelly Kent says she really does love WCU
- Ken and Ina Allen Alum(s) of the Month
- First-Generation Student, Kenyatta Fortune Prospers in Graduate School
- Graduating Veteran Finds Peace After 'Journey of a Million Steps'
- Engineering students' ingenuity leads to a trekking pole for the digital age
- Latinx Heritage Month
- Dreams of Hosting a Latinx Student Leadership Conference Come True
- New Latinx Studies Minor Available for WCU Students
- Alumna sees the world thanks to her degree, but finds there’s no place like home
- Scholarship recipient revels in advanced technology, new surroundings
- ‘Lead the Way’ total to be announced May 2 with campus celebration
- ‘Lead the Way’ fundraising campaign total surpasses $60 million goal
- WCU Launches 'Lead the Way' Campaign
- Leaders urge ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign steering committee to ‘ride the momentum’
- Legacy Pinning ceremony honors family connections to WCU
- Lifelong love of libraries leads to couple’s philanthropic support of Hunter Library
- Lifelong respect for nursing profession leads education alumna to endow scholarship
- Lisa and David Hill Alumni of the Month
- Live Western
- Live Western
- Helping Wildlife Safely Cross I-40
- Expert Commentary: Al Kopak, PhD, Criminology
- Longtime faculty member creates new endowment to reward service in CEAP
- Longtime staff donor gives in honor of those who supported him as a WCU student
- Longtime WCU employee supports student emergency fund as faculty, staff giving campaign begins
- Look Good, Feel Good
- Lori and Andy Anderson establish endowed scholarship for HHS students
- Zooming Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost
- Lowering the Debt for WCU Students
- Scholarships Created from Lead the Way
- MFA Student Emerges as a Change-Maker in North Carolina
- Macon County couple endows fund to diversify WCU Fine Art Museum collections
- Made in NC: WCU and Jackson County share deep connection
- Graduate Profile: Madison Hale
- Graduate Profile: Madison Surrett
- Maggie Akin Bare Alum of the Month
- Discover WCU's Main Campus
- Making Music Accessible
- NC Promise "was definitely the yes" for transfer student
- Marianne Leek Alumna of the Month
- Mark Benge Alumnus of the Month
- Mark Chapman Alumnus of the Month
- Mark Haskett Alumnus of the Month
- Marriage Ministry
- From Graduate Student to Project Engineer
- Mary Hill Lewis
- Food. Fire. Friends.
- Graduate Profile: Matthew McDonough
- From Jackson County emergency responder to FEMA
- Nothing is Impossible
- Meltzer scholarship endowment will benefit hundreds of students from array of disciplines
- Memorial scholarship fund to serve as final curtain call for theatre professor, director
- Live Western
- Scholarships Unleash Student’s Potential
- WCU Alumna Blends Project Management with Hospitality
- Teaching Below Zero
- Mission donates hospital beds, IV pumps to WCU as part of ongoing support of health care education
- What MLK Jr. Means to Us
- Why We March
- Alumni keep pieces of WCU close to their hearts and in their backyard
- More than 1,250 donors contribute $1.5 million to WCU on GivingTuesday
- Expert Commentary: Kae Livsey
- WCU ready to host Mountain Heritage Day Saturday, most popular outdoor festival for region
- MPA Alumni on the Front Line of Response to COVID-19
- Master's of Science in Experiential and Outdoor Education: A Unique, Experiential Master's Program
- The Black Fantastic - Munene Mwaniki
- The Black Fantastic - Myron Jackson
- Nancy Liddle, an I Love WCU Story
- Nanoparticles to Detect Cancer Cells
- Drive, Ambition and Entrepreneurship: How One Alumna Stayed Local to Apply Her Degree
- North Carolina budget advances renovations, salaries for WCU
- NC construction management organization provides scholarship funding
- NC Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation provides grant for WCU summer reading program
- NC Innovation
- Students in upper echelon for presentations at national research conference
- May alumnus of the month has head and heart for teaching, and for WCU
- Nearly 1,150 donors make gifts to WCU on ‘One Day for Western’
- New Beginnings
- New Faces
- New Hampshire family establishes nursing scholarship to honor memory of '17 alumna
- New professorship in early literacy established with $1.5M from Goodnight Foundation
- New scholarship for arts, sciences students established in honor of family patriarch
- New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer
- New scholarship fund to focus on diversity, inclusion in physical education
- New scholarship in communication sciences, disorders celebrates retiring professor, spouse
- New scholarship to support students with interest in exploration and travel
- New Thompson Scholar program supports study-abroad for WCU Honors College students
- Former WCU equipment manager recognized for contributions to Indiana University athletics
- Newly established scholarship designed to support military members, veterans
- Nicholas Fasanello, Three-Minute Thesis Competition, People's Choice Award Winner
- No Bones About It
- No More Whiffing
- No Objections Here
- The Nobel Mission - Forensic Anthropology Students Search for Lost WWII Airman
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- Nursing Students Grow Together Through Gardening
- Nursing Residency Pivots Standard Training to Assist During Pandemic
- Nursing Students Assist with COVID-19 Shots
- Class Notes
- One Day for Western challenges include $25K match for POTM Ireland trip, $5K for speech, hearing clinic
- ‘One Day for Western’ was one day to remember, with more than 1,100 donors
- Opportunities for Adults in the Criminal Justice System
- Optimizing Interprofessional Education in Health Care
- Outlaws and Educators
- The Black Fantastic - Patrice Brown
- Alumni of the month- Paul and Vicky Faris
- Pipeline Engineer
- Place - Hybrid Space
- Playing to Win
- Post Graduation 2019
- Spring Class of 2020
- Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will take its talents international
- Setting the Stage
- POTM to Pixar
- The Power of Giving
- Preceptor Spotlight: Lauren Teague
- Preceptor Spotlight: Rebecca Stubbs
- Pandemic Drives Demand for Professional and Graduate Programs
- Professors hope data encourages empathetic approach to treating jail inmates with addiction issues
- Prometheus Barrels
- Promise Kept
- Psychology professor lauded for teaching excellence
- Walk This Way
- Purple and Gold Reunion Weekend alumni event to return July 2024
- Graduate Profile: Rachael Finigan
- Roots Of Rhythm
- Faith in WCU student-athletes leads to fundraising challenge to Greek alumni
- Student Work to be Showcased in Research and Scholarship Celebration
- Rays strive to bring students, STEM together through scholarship support
- Recreational Therapy Students Send Encouraging Cards to Asheville Nursing Home
- Students find old-fashion greeting cards bring joy, comfort to elderly residents in isolation
- Regional nursing outreach, student support among projects enabled by 1889 Grants
- Releasing the Shame: A Story About Opioids’ Impact on Individuals and Communities
- Reliving the Dream
- Reflecting on Sept. 11
- Research classroom in Apodaca Building named in recognition of gifts from Jay, Susan Strum
- Restoring the Roan
- Retired accounting executive named Foundation Board chair, makes additional $500K gift to WCU
- Retired engineer who got his start at WCU creates new scholarship fund
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for WCU math education students
- Robert Gibson Alum of the Month
- Ronnie Carr
- Sport Management Program Helped Jimerson Advance his Career at WCU
- Graduate student tabbed for Council on Collegiate Opioid Misuse
- Rowing in the Same Direction
- Saltz Anderson Endowed Scholarship Honors Family of Educators
- Graduate Profile: Samantha Klaver
- McCracken endows scholarship to accelerate pathway to change
- Sara Mears: Finding an Outlet for Activism with AmeriCorps after Graduation
- WCU graduate student receives Fullerton Medical Scholarship Award
- A Ghost of Christmas Past
- Scholarship established in memory of WCU finance professor
- Scholarship funds to honor careers of retiring accountancy professors Kauffman, Swanger
- COVID’s challenges do not deter WCU’s benefactors from their support of student scholarships
- Scholarship recipients share academic, creative endeavors with donors at Scholars Showcase
- School of Nursing receives $2.1 million boost to launch Conway Scholars initiative
- Science classroom named in honor of Jackson County’s first family of dentistry
- Keeping the Memories, Supporting the Future
- Soon-To-Be Gone, but Not Forgotten
- Second annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for April 3
- Seeking Synergies
- Senior Toast celebrates student philanthropy, ongoing engagement with WCU
- Setting A New Course
- Several are honored at WCU’s Homecoming 2022 celebration
- Shack-lete
- The Black Fantastic - Shamella Cromartie
- Shared experiences inspire graduates nearly 30 years apart to support scholarship funds
- Masters of Arts in Teaching Program leads to study of the intersection of creativity and meditation
- Sherry Fowler graduates from the B-K Program as a non-traditional, first-generation student
- Shetland, 1889 event celebrates impact of WCU student, faculty, staff giving
- Shetland Society faculty, staff giving campaign to kick off Sept. 15
- The Show Must Go On
- Sixth annual 'I Love WCU Month' has new partnership with Tech Commons
- Sky Sampson Alumna of the Month
- Snow Day
- Soccer lovers keep kickin’ long after game is over
- Social and Emotional Learning Built into Morning Meetings
- Social science degrees lead alumni to business success, planned gifts for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign
- Expert Commentary: Emma Miller, Social Work
- Personal experience inspires research into independent students in higher education
- Music education major Kendall Rhymer wins first prize in Sounding WCU art contest
- Special Collections connects with WNC communities through 1889 Impact Grant-funded project
- Undeniable
- It's Spring at WCU and We Miss You!
- Stanberrys continue tradition of supporting Catamount athletics with campaign leadership gift
- Stephanie Cook, Second Place in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition
- The Power of a Peanut
- Stigmatized
- Streaming Now
- Student workers help Catamount Club improve engagement with fans, donors
- Students, donors gather to celebrate the impact of philanthropy
- Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU
- Alumna Spotlight: Sue Lynn Ledford
- Food and Faith Changed Lives of WCU Siblings
- Working Professional Summer McMurry Achieves a Milestone
- Supporting Student Success After Graduation
- Faculty, Students with Chinese Ties Bring Much-Needed Surgical Masks to WNC
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program’s digital switch proving successful
- Graduate Profile: Taylor Luibrand
- Teaching Teachers
- Teasleys’ thoughtful living leads to thoughtful giving
- Terry Price Alumnus of the Month
- The Eyes Have It
- The Fund for WCU supports ‘Whee Belong’ gatherings for distance ed students
- The Power of Giving
- The Rocks
- The View from Here
- Voice of the Cats
- Third annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for March 26
- Road warrior burns candle on both ends to finish degree
- Three-time WCU alumna finds her true calling in community college leadership
- Two Generations of Fundraisers
- It’s ‘stop the presses’ for WCU’s longtime print shop director
- Title reclaimed - The view from the top is great!
- Top Cats
- Tumors Hamper But Don’t Stop Student from Living Her Best College Life
- Total Gain
- Transforming the Future: Community Roles in Adolescent Substance Use
- Turn It Up - WWCU-FM has growth spurt with new tower, expanded reach
- Accomplished First-Generation Student says Scholarships Changed her Life
- Two Faculty Selected as Fulbright Scholars
- Two Sparrows Town
- Giving Back is a Given for Alumnus and Broadway Performer
- Unmasking the Flow
- Value Added
- Vecinos clinic receives tech upgrade through donations to Fund for WCU
- WCU launches Veterans and Military Alumni Society
- Graciella | A Day in the Life
- The Black Fantastic - Vonterius Woolbright
- Walk the Talk
- WCU alumni don’t wait until 60s to make planned gifts to help future students
- WCU alumni help recruit future students through new Cat Eyes Club
- WCU alumnus, ‘Shark Tank’ star Garrett Ozar to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week
- WCU announces FORVIS as new name for its accountancy programs
- WCU announces historic $100 million goal for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign
- WCU bucks national trends with upsurge in philanthropic giving, number of donors
- WCU celebrates lasting impact of philanthropy at second annual Planting Day
- WCU chancellor, ‘first dude’ back the ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign with a $4 million estate gift
- WCU donors shatter fundraising record with more than $35.8 million in FY24
- WCU exceeds Giving Tuesday goal as donors provide more than $443,000
- WCU faculty, staff giving campaign nets nearly 40 new donors
- WCU Foundation Board approves slate of new, reappointed members
- WCU Foundation Board welcomes 2 new members
- WCU giving societies recognized for philanthropic impact at annual Planting Day event
- WCU graduates spanning 55 years return for alumni reunion weekend
- WCU honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- WCU in final planning stages for new travel series to begin in 2024
- WCU mourns loss of former Board of Trustees, Foundation chair Jim Moore
- WCU mourns passing of Honors College benefactor Greg Thompson
- WCU, national estate-planning service offer free service to help create wills
- WCU partners with national estate-planning service for Make-A-Will Month
- WCU presents awards for achievements in law, education, science, economic development
- WCU ranks in top 8.5% on Forbes list of America’s Best Midsize Employers
- WCU students plan and build outdoor steps for HOMEBASE
- WCU to honor regional development leader, three prominent alumni as part of Homecoming ’23
- WCU to paint downtown Sylva purple, kick off Homecoming weekend Nov. 1
- WCU’s 7th scholarship funded by Whitehead family pays tribute to Honors College founding dean
- WCU’s longest serving alumni director to retire this fall
- Week of Kindness
- Welcome Back Cats
- Welcome Class of 2025
- White, Hunter co-chair WCU fundraising campaign, make leadership gift to support athletics
- Wike Scholarship to aid WCU football players, golfers seeking careers in education
- The Black Fantastic - William Moultrie
- Winds of Change
- Wingyan Chung Helps Advance New Knowledge for Managing the Data Deluge
- With online degree programs, the College of Business is keeping the classroom in reach
- Women’s basketball program alumnae reunion supported by Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants
- Women’s, men’s basketball programs receive support from Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- Former Asheville mayor makes gift to help WCU grad students, pushing campaign total past $55M
- Working at Super Bowl 54 Cements Wyatt Burnette’s Decision to Pursue Broadcast Engineering
- Dr. Yanjun Yan: An I Love WCU Story
- The Year Ahead
- Year-end giving pushes WCU's 'Lead the Way' fundraising campaign past $58 million mark
- 2018: A Year in Review
- Yosemite
- Zigs and zags lead alumna on career path as esteemed professor of professional writing
- Zoe | A Day in the Life
- Missing All Things WCU? Download These Zoom Backgrounds!
- hero-test
- Elvis Perez Galarza
- Ariel Colón-Rodríguez
- Julie Miller Denesha joins WCU Advancement to support College of Engineering, Technology
- Justin Pace to lead WCU School of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business LawPage Title
- WCU alumnus Julian Manrique shines as law school grad, attorney
- Highlands couple pledges estate legacy gift in excess of $10M to WCU
- Search underway for new athletics director
- WCU’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center
- CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events
- Peace in action: WCU students bring Nobel ideas to San Diego
- Associate professor, students produce grant-funded documentary about Asheville-based Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective
- WCU construction management students use SPOT to help local community
- Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care
- Partnership on the water: WCU outfitted with new Liquidlogic kayaks
- Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette
- WCU names renovated women’s basketball locker room in honor of program matriarch
- $35K URPA grant will support engineering students to develop AI manufacturing skills
- Martin Tanaka secures NCInnovation funding for new medical device
- Nearly 1,500 donors contribute $1.4 million to WCU on GivingTuesday
- King of the hills: WCU freshman Nassor Ashenafi, father go viral, persevere
- Professor’s challenging path from India to US inspires support for WCU business students
- Student philanthropists feted at fall semester Senior Toast
- WCU’s ‘Our Natural World’ Camp for youngest Jackson County students ignites STEM passion in rural classrooms
- Swiss-born alumnus Simon Gugerli returns home as analyst with UBS bank
- WCU Athletics brings holiday cheer with Education Days for local students
- WCU EMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community
- Student spotlight: Senior Alexis Shafir writes grant for local school’s printing press
- Retired professor, staff member spouse endow scholarship for psychology students
- WCU photography class restores damaged photos lost during Helene
- Scholarships help WCU economic analysis, political science major pursue career goals
- CET students build doghouses for SPOT, donate others to local animal rescue
- Call Me MiSTER welcomes new cohort for 2025-26
- Retired WCU professor brings forest therapy to Jackson County Greenway
- A new home in Poland: Boren scholar speaks on time abroad
- Alumni spanning 50 years honored at Homecoming for achievements, service
- WCU to expand student support services for STEM students
- GivingTuesday ’25 to focus on support for academic excellence, Catamount Club
- Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges
- Daughter’s experience in WCU inclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment
- The Carlyle Letters Online find new home at Hunter Library
- Power of Giving
- WCU faculty, staff add their names to ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign donor list
- Service through adventure: Base Camp Cullowhee’s latest and greatest student expedition
- Keeping Time
- Catamounts Take the NFL
- Service through adventure: Base Camp Cullowhee’s latest and greatest student expedition
- Loving Jackson County
- The Pifer Era Begins
- Road to the Show
- Shoot Your Shot
- 2025 notes from Chancellor Brown
- A Student's View
- Homefield Makeover
- Plastic Rain
- WCU faculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC
- Making (brain) waves: WCU adds neuroscience minor
- Retired PR professional creates endowment to support WCU students
- Young alumni spotlight: Blevins helps the Hornets buzz as account executive
- Internships help pave career paths for College of Business students
- Homefield Makeover
- Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at WCU
- $1.25 M gift to athletics pushes ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign past its $100 M goal
- Cherokee Center to hold 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 4
- OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants
- Economic Impact
- Recreational therapy senior Meghan Greenly selected for prestigious award
- WCU launches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs
- College of Business chili cookoff evolves into a campus battle of bowls set for Nov. 15
- Nursing school director endows scholarship for WCU’s new master’s degree program
- MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee
- Homecoming weekend at WCU set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards
- Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition
- University launches WCU Connect, a guaranteed admission programPage Title
- The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment
- Nowhere but UP
- College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D
- WCU’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine
- WCU astronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community
- WCU to host Echoes Across the Smokies
- Looking Back: Hurricane Helene
- Living history: WCU researchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories
- Donors support Alston Awards for WCU student-athletes’ academic achievements
- All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections
- Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence
- Mountain Heritage Days earns NC green travel designation
- Retired professor creates faculty mentorship endowment in College of Business
- Students Kate Taylor, Jay Brown help new students adjust to life at WCU
- WCU playing role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
- A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown
- Bluegrass in Blue Ridge: WCU students, alumni start Upstream Rebellion band
- From Curitiba to Cullowhee: A Brazilian reunion at WCU
- WCU’s Brett Riggs named honorary member of EBCI
- Pura Vida in practice: WCU Department of World Languages immerses students in Costa Rican culture
- WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH
- WCU launches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration
- From the age of steam to the age of AI, WCU puts students first, serves its region as economic engine
- Randy Collins named to National Engineering Education Committee
- A gift of hope: Supporting students in their mental health journey
- WCU volunteers rally to clean up Catamount Gap
- Student journalists attend national convention with support from the Fund for WCU
- Alumna kicks off post grad life with NCDHHS internship
- Engineering makes national list of best undergraduate programs
- Welcome to the Whee!
- Roger Smoker, Jackson County Public Libraries named 2025 Mountain Heritage Award recipients
- Alec Harris named development director for College of Education, Allied Professions
- WCU Greek Challenge nets $1.5 million for Catamount Club; winners announced
- WCU launches fully online MBA program
- Reinvigorated WCU retirees association elects officers, plans activities
- WCU alumni roll out the welcome mat for new incoming studentsPage Title
- New exhibition celebrating the gifts of Connie Bostic at WCU
- The wonder of North Carolina glass comes to WCU this fall
- Tax law changes lead donors to accelerate giving plans to WCU, other nonprofits
- Mountain Heritage Days to spotlight Appalachian language, history and music
- Senior Tim Thompson makes his mark at Los Angeles studio
- More than music: Inside WCU’s Summer Symposium
- Catamount Club shatters 2,000-member goal to unlock $1 million challenge gift
- Running to help: WCU student-athlete Landey Green helps others through two internships
- CATALYST program ignites passion for research and leadership in honors students
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark comes to Bardo Arts Center
- WCU scholars publish new book on mental illness stigma
- Students get deep dive into Chinese culture, business during WCU summer travel course
- Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for WCU
- Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17
- WCU senior Tayler Franklin helps identify fallen soldiers at Pearl Harbor
- Alumni couple establish endowment for parks, rec program
- Catamount Adventures series takes alumni, friends to Portugal, Spain
- Preservation of an endangered language
- Digging it: WCU senior Jenna Dreyer works archaeology internship in Washington state
- NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding
- WCU professor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction
- WCU instructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth
- Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15
- Couple who met at WCU orientation make ‘Fill the Western Sky’ leadership gift to athletics
- New faces join WCU Foundation Board; departing members recognized
- WCU holds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium
- Mountain Heritage Awards now accepting nominations
- College of Business launches two new graduate certificates for fall semester
- Construction management student invents ‘Dormclaw’
- College of Engineering to offer ACE Machining Bootcamps this summer
- EMS holds christening event for new ambulance
- Alumnus Hank Henderson applies WCU guidance to job, pays it forward
- Student legislature takes home “best delegation” at Raleigh general assembly
- Catamounts start your engines
- Business faculty guide post-Helene recovery study for NC Arboretum
- Alumni participation sought for WCU Battle of the Bands competition
- Young alumni spotlight: Harp passes on guidance as Greek life adviser
- Josh Dobson, Nora Lynn Finch sworn in as members of the WCU Board of Trustees WCU Stories September 10, 2025
- Annual faculty-staff giving challenge resumes this fall
- WCU Mountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contribution feels like a promise to Catamount couple
- WCU astronomers lead 13th annual statewide star party
- WCU–CIHA partnership grows Cherokee’s next generation of healers
- Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center
- Kyle Pifer named WCU Director of Athletics
- MHS program celebrates new graduates
- Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning
- Catamount Club to launch search for successor to assistant director C.J. Mitchell
- WCU sees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment
- WCU to hold groundbreaking ceremony June 12 for stadium renovations project
- Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
- UNC Board of Governors appoints Nora Lynn Finch, Tate Apodaca to Board of Trustees
- Alumna Kinley Cook brings passion to job as park guide
- Gifts from all 50 states help WCU hit ‘One Day for Western’ goal of 1,200 donors
- RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration
- School of Stage and Screen earns NCTC award, set for spring musical
- $100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations
- Brittany Kicklighter named director of development for athletics major gifts
- Catamount grads reflect on graduation cap decor
- From LEGO to launch: Antonson twins look back on their WCU journey
- WCU students present at National Conference on Undergraduate ResearchPage Title
- WNC teacher Lydia Sale continues WCU, education tradition in family
- WCU art student awarded first place in national ceramics exhibition
- First-generation college students reflect on journey to commencement
- Senior Toast honors philanthropy of soon-to-be graduates
- WCU earns 2025-2026 Military Friendly® school designation
- Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground
- Alumnus divides gift to create scholarship honoring educator wife, support athletics upgrades
- Student spotlight: Jones, Rodriguez look forward to term as president, vice president
- University faculty, staff award winners announced for ‘25
- A whole lot of heart: WCU softball bat boy defies odds, cheers on Catamounts
- WCU to introduce Maddie, the virtual engagement officer
- Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles
- Play ball! WCU pitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends
- Nominations are open for annual alumni awards
- Tour of WCU athletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift
- Athletics Gala shines spotlight on Catamount student-athletes, impact of supporters
- WCU engineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent
- College of Education and Allied Professions earns A-plus for elementary math education courses
- April Tallant named director of Coulter Faculty Commons
- African American Alumni Society endows new scholarship fund
- Asheville dentist, wife give WCU student-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation
- Junior Savannah McGlothlin named to ALL IN honor roll
- WCU interior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning
- Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems
- WCU’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon
- NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at WCU
- ustin Pace to lead WCU School of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business Law
- Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU
- RASC 2025: David Joy and campus research presentations
- Alex Gary to resign after nearly five years as Athletics Director at WCU
- Restoring through research: WCU professors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service
- WCU launches engineering discovery program with new director Gretchen Dietz
- Student spotlight: WCU senior Mekeila Santiago stays involved through time on campus
- Electrical engineering students create a portable energy model for Duke Energy
- Restoring through research: professors navigate floodwaters post-Helene
- An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of WCU’s Wildlife and Forestry Club
- Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
- The hills have eyes
- WCU grieves the loss of longtime friend, supporter, community leader Reg Moody
- Students engage in undergraduate research across disciplines
- WCU ranked No. 3 on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list
- WCU mourns passing of Honors College benefactor Greg Thompson
- WCU mourns loss of former Trustee Jeanette Wallace Hyde
- Restoring through research: WCU professors help rebuild after Helene
- WCU and Vance-Granville CC sign memorandum of understanding for guaranteed admission
- WCU sees high retention rate, notable increase in enrollment for spring 2025
- WCU expands Catamount Commitment to include transfer studentsWestern Carolina University is expanding its Catamount Commitment program with a new initiative to support transfer students from North Carolina Community Colleges.
- WCU professor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field
- WCU social work students engage with alumni with help from Fund for WCU
- Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines
- WCU Cherokee Language program receives $223K grant
- WCU set to host the Catamount Climb in April
- Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU
- Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research
- Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp
- Donations to Fund for WCU support student writing contest at annual literary festival
- Fund for WCU supports library’s student art contest; winners now on display
- WCU launches a new guarantee for transfer students
- Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award
- WCU’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs
- SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at WCU earns grant for new year
- Fund for WCU supports symposium on intersection of policing, social work
- Author and alumnus David Joy to give keynote address at WCU Research and Scholarship Conference
- Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
- George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at WCU after a decade of leadership
- Chancellor’s Ambassadors student organization receives leadership training through Fund for WCU
- Donors to Fund for WCU support ASP student trip to Central Europe
- Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC
- WCU students help Durham PD solve 2023 missing person case
- Former WCU Academic All-American pays homage to retired sports communicator
- Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events
- Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
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Economic Impact
October 15Western Carolina University is a powerful catalyst for economic development in Western North Carolina and across the state. Each year, WCU generates a total economic impact of $682 million statewide and supports more than 5,800 jobs, both directly and indirectly.
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Looking Back: Hurricane Helene
October 1Sept. 27 marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating storm that tore through Western North Carolina. The Catamount community stepped up then and continues to help in the rebuilding process today.
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