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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Engineering and Technology professor Bora Karayaka knew it was a shot in the dark — but that shot ended up paying off.

Project Discovery director JennieV. Sorrells has seen her program impact the lives of tons of students. The project, hosted by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, has given secondary students the opportunity to explore careers and colleges and partake in adventure-based learning.

Although the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ campus in Cullowhee avoided any significant damage from the fury of Hurricane Helene as it tore through Western North Carolina in late September, that does not mean that all students, faculty and staff emerged unscathed.

Randa Gardner wrapped her arms around Beth Harmer, an assistant professor of social work inside the College of Health and Human Sciences at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, with emotions flowing out. All day, she was nervous, and all her life, she hadn’t graduated from anything.

Looking back on his time before coming to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, nursing student Isaac Jennings, a sophomore from Franklin, was always told the most important thing was contacting his chosen college’s military services director.

Timm Muth, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Technology at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, looks at glass differently than most. Glass is more than just the material that makes windows.

Jamie Van Pelt’s drive from Florida to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ isn’t the most riveting one. It’s several hours of rural highways, twists and turns and infamous Atlanta traffic, but when Van Pelt crests the hill south of Clayton, Georgia, he smiles.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ paused Saturday, Nov. 2, to honor four prominent alumni – a former automotive industry executive who has supported Catamount athletics for decades, an accounting professional with extensive family ties to WCU, an award-winning educator and an up-and-coming public relations practitioner.

A Tony-nominated actor and spoken word artist will be making his way to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ.

Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵgraduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.