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  • Sharon Fenchak

    Science + Art = Winemaking

    November 15

    Alumna is head winemaker at Biltmore Wines

  • Heather Smith and Abby Bentley

    Top Cats

    November 15

    Alumnae garner awards for excellence in the classroom

  • ĢƵstudents with Brown Haven Homes reps

    ĢƵConstruction Management Students Partner with Community Leaders to Support Project FIRE

    November 15

    ĢƵ construction management students planned and built four shelters this fall for Project FIRE, which gives firewood to low-income, elderly Jackson County residents who rely on it for heat.

  • wcu nursing students

    $2.1 million gift provides scholarships for all ĢƵnursing students

    Bill Studenc
    November 15

    Every ĢƵ pre-licensure nursing student is now receiving scholarship support through a new program established by $2.1 million from philanthropists William and Joanne Conway via their donor-assisted fund, the Bedford Falls Foundation.

  • ĢƵ alumnus Garrett Ozar and business partner Adelle Archer make their pitch on “Shark Tank.”

    ĢƵalumnus, ‘Shark Tank’ star Garrett Ozar to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week

    Bill Studenc
    November 15

    ĢƵ’s College of Business will welcome alumnus and former Catamount baseball player Garrett Ozar as a keynote speaker during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

  • wcu womens basketball

    Game Changers

    Bill Studenc MPA '10
    November 15

    Former players tip off an effort to name the women's basketball locker room after the program's matriarch

  • Chancellor Brown and Husband

    Walk the Talk

    Bill Studenc MPA '10
    November 15

    Chancellor and husband back the ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign with a $4 million estate gift

  • Stadium Rendering

    Due for an Upgrade

    November 14

    Donors are stepping up to help renovate WCU’s 50-year-old E.J. Whitmire Stadium and other athletics facilities

  • wcu open house

    ĢƵinvites prospective students to campus for Nov. 23 open house

    November 14

    ĢƵ is home to many students, alumni and friends, and it's looking to add more folks to the Catamount family.

  • Faculty staff giving day featuring Shetland ponies

    ĢƵfaculty, staff giving campaign nets nearly 40 new donors

    Bill Studenc
    November 14

    Nearly 40 faculty and staff members now have a new title to go along with their position at ĢƵ, and that title is “new donor.”

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