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  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents running on campus

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµset to host the Catamount Climb in April

    January 30

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ invites runners of all ages and skill levels to register for the annual Catamount Climb Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday, April 5.

  • Apodaca Building

    Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU

    January 30

    This year's James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies will take place on Monday, Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m., in Apodaca Building Room 201.

  • Keith Gibbs holds a sicklefin redhorse

    Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research

    January 30

    Inside Keith Gibbs’ office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents work with k12 students at a stem event on campus

    Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp

    January 29

    Jackson County isn’t an urban hotbed like the Charlotte’s and Greensboro’s of the state are. It doesn’t have big museums, aquariums or any other spot that might get kids interested in STEM.

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    Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports library’s student art contest; winners now on display

    Bill Studenc
    January 29

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  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents pose for photo during literary festival

    Donations to Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupport student writing contest at annual literary festival

    Cam Adams
    January 29

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Department of English Studies hosted a creative writing competition with divisions for North Carolina high school students and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµundergraduate and graduate students as part of its annual Spring Literary Festival.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty and staff in Ecuador

    Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU

    Bill Studenc
    January 29

    Students and faculty from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Education and Allied Professions expanded ongoing efforts to improve literacy in rural communities of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador using educational materials purchased through an 1889 Impact Grant of $1,500.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents study outside

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches a new guarantee for transfer students

    January 28

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has partnered with Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and is pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity. The Western Phi Theta Kappa Guarantee recognizes and rewards PTK members for their community or junior college achievements.

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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches a new guarantee for transfer students

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµStories
    January 28

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has partnered with Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and is pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity. The Western Phi Theta Kappa Guarantee recognizes and rewards PTK members for their community or junior college achievements.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfootball home game

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµannounces historic $100 million goal for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign

    Bill Studenc
    January 27

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ officially kicked off the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in the university’s 136-year history, an effort to secure $100 million in philanthropic support with a focus on increasing the financial resources necessary for long-delayed upgrades in facilities used by Catamount student-athletes.

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