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  • ĢƵ’s College of Engineering and Technology will offer two America’s Cutting Edge Machining Bootcamps this summer completely free of charge.

    College of Engineering to offer ACE Machining Bootcamps this summer

    Teresa Tate
    May 29

    ĢƵ’s College of Engineering and Technology will offer two America’s Cutting Edge Machining Bootcamps this summer completely free of charge.

  • Hank Henderson with son, Benny

    Alumnus Hank Henderson applies ĢƵguidance to job, pays it forward

    Cam Adams
    May 23

    Hank Henderson likens his place of work to where he went to college. As a channel client development manager at Granite Telecommunications, the buck stops at the company’s owner. Henderson is never too far away from him. He’s in the cube everyday alongside his employees.

  • ĢƵChancellor Kelli R. Brown helps christen the new campus ambulance

    EMS holds christening event for new ambulance

    Cam Adams
    May 23

    The ĢƵ Emergency Medical Service is among the oldest collegiate EMS services in the country. This year marks the service’s 60-year anniversary, which ĢƵhealth services director Pam Buchanan hopes will be a time of celebration.

  • Student members of the NCSL. ĢƵstudents Adam Harp, fourth from left; and Hayden Burris, third from left.

    Student legislature takes home “best delegation” at Raleigh general assembly

    Shane Ryden
    May 22

    ĢƵ’s chapter of the North Carolina Student Legislature was less than a year old when it took home the statewide title of “best delegation” this April.

  • ĢƵstudent Adam Bryant shows Star Party attendee constellation

    ĢƵastronomers lead 13th annual statewide star party

    Shane Ryden
    May 21

    ĢƵ astronomers brought stargazers of all ages to the Cashiers plateau earlier this spring where the night burned bright for the 13th annual Statewide Star Party.

  • Peter Koch

    Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center

    May 20

    Effective May 1, Peter Koch was promoted from the position of museum education associate to associate director of ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center.

  • Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning

    Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning

    Shane Ryden
    May 19

    ĢƵ interior design students collaborated with seniors at the Givens Great Laurels retirement community this May to discuss and address the realities of aging in place.

  • Master of health sciences faculty and students

    MHS program celebrates new graduates

    Chelsea Weddle and Brook Alemu
    May 19

    The Master of Health Sciences program at ĢƵ was established in 2003, and with an everchanging health science field, the program has continued to adapt to meet the needs of students across the United States with backgrounds in healthcare administration and business, health-related education or clinical practice.

  • Kyle Pifer

    Kyle Pifer named ĢƵDirector of Athletics

    Daniel Hooker
    May 19

    ĢƵ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced today, Monday, May 19, the selection of Kyle Pifer to serve as the director of athletics following approval of his contract by the university’s Board of Trustees during a special-called meeting earlier in the day.

  • Paws Porch

    Catamount Club to launch search for successor to assistant director C.J. Mitchell

    Bill Studenc
    May 16

    The Catamount Club will soon begin searching for a new assistant director of development with the departure of C.J. Mitchell, who had been working with ĢƵ’s athletics booster organization for the past year.

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