• Rome, Italy

    All Roads Lead to Rome

    February 17

    Despite Covid-19 challenges, Samuel Josephson, a Sophomore studying International Studies and History, was able to arrange a study abroad program at the American University in Rome.

  • Brandi Hinnant-Crawford

    Brandi Hinnant-Crawford

    February 7

    Brandi Hinnant-Crawford says that her success makes her humble, appreciative and grateful. She is proud, but not of herself; She is proud of the fantastic community that raised and nurtured here. And her success makes her accountable to that community.

  • Myron Jackson

    Myron Jackson

    February 7

    Myron Jackson is proud of his success because it taught him to be grateful for the help and support of others. One cannot succeed alone.

  • Shamella Cromartie

    Shamella Cromartie

    February 1

    Shamella Cromartie didn’t recall the first time she heard that “if you live by the cheers, you die by the boos,” but it stuck with her and it shapes much of her thoughts around success.

  • Munene Mwaniki

    Munene Mwaniki

    February 1

    Getting a PhD certainly isn't easy and there are few Black professors to model after, but Mwaniki also was fortunate in a lot ways and didn't believe that a degree made him smarter than others.

  • Students

    Exploration Leads to Career Connections

    October 28

    For almost a week this month, 29 students and five faculty members in ĢƵ’s Geosciences and Natural Resources Department went camping and visiting sites across the mountains. It was fun, to be sure, but there was a specific purpose.

  • Kerwin Bell

    Envisioning Championships

    October 16

    To this day, Kerwin Bell remembers vividly the scene in Gainesville, Florida in 1984 when he and his University of Florida teammates returned to campus following a trip to Kentucky after the Gators clinched what was then their first Southeastern Conference championship (a title that was later vacated because of rules violations by coach Charley Pell). Just before landing, the team plane flew over Florida Field where some 40,000 fans gathered to welcome the team home. On the bus ride from the airport to campus, the Gainesville streets were lined with fans.

  • Employee watering a field

    Games On

    October 14

    Those whistles blowing from E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field last spring were not from football coaches during spring practice. They came from officials as ĢƵ’s football team actually played a pair of Southern Conference games.

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    Japanese Program Newsletter - Vol. 9, 2021

    August 19

    Hello everyone, This is the ĢƵJapanese program newsletter, Fall 2021. It has been such a challenging year and I am sure that we have all struggled. I really hope this academic year will be better in many ways. Here, I am sharing five video messages in Japanese with English subtitles. They were made by the students from JPN452: Advanced Conversation – Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) prep in spring 21. They talk about themselves regarding studying Japanese language, culture, and MORE. These are their stories. For those who are thinking about starting to study Japanese, those students were there as you are now. For those who have just started Japanese, they struggled a lot as you have. For those who have been studying Japanese for a while, you are heading for the level these students are exemplifying here. They are sharing their stories with you and conveying their messages with care and enthusiasm to encourage you in your studies. I hope you enjoy them. - The Japanese Program

  • Donors with the Chancellor

    Native Plants Symbolize New Giving Societies

    June 14

    Native plants symbolize investment in Madison and Cullowhee giving societies. Nestled in the hillside between Bird Building Lane and the back of Brown Hall are five newly planted species of native flora, chosen specifically to mark the beginning of an annual tradition to honor new and current members of two ĢƵ giving societies.