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  • Frances Whitworth competes in a cycling race.

    Pair of Catamounts compete in national cycling races, find home in sport

    Cam Adams
    February 17

    Folks in Frances Whitworth’s hometown of Winston-Salem begged her to give cycling a try. She was reluctant, but when her collegiate track and cross-country career came to a close, she hopped on the bicycle with the Cycling Club at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµconstruction management student Tanner Drum shows SPOT findings

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµconstruction management students use SPOT to help local community

    Cam Adams
    January 12

    At the Southwestern Child Development Commission building, the future is meeting the past.

  • Martin Tanaka works with a student at WCU

    Martin Tanaka secures NCInnovation funding for new medical device

    Cam Adams
    December 16

    Martin Tanaka, a professor of engineering and technology at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, has a knack for creating innovative gadgets as a biomedical engineer. He has two patents for medical devices: one to help with rotator cuff surgery and another for a surgical tool for nasal surgery.

  • SPOT in a dog house

    CET students build doghouses for SPOT, donate others to local animal rescue

    Cam Adams
    November 21

    The aroma of sawdust filled the air for weeks on end inside the construction management lab in Belk. Hammers were banging, drills were squealing and six different teams were looking to make their mark on the College of Engineering and Technology — while helping local dogs in the process.

  • Students crowd around a laptop

    College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D

    October 3

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology has been given a software licensing donation from Moldex3D worth $4.17 million.

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    Bluegrass in Blue Ridge: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents, alumni start Upstream Rebellion band

    Cam Adams
    September 26

    Andrew Bivens strums the strings on his guitar, looking for the right sound in Blue Ridge Hall. He tunes his instrument to find it, sliding his fingers across its neck as he jams out with five of his best friends.

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    Engineering makes national list of best undergraduate programs

    Teresa Tate
    September 24

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology climbed 68 spots to reach No.82 in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings for Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate Not Offered). This places Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµamong the top third of engineering programs from across the country on the list.

  • The College of Engineering and Technology is launching a a new bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a new industrial engineering concentration.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration

    Teresa Tate
    August 15

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology is expanding its engineering programs again this fall with the launch of a new bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a new industrial engineering concentration.

  • Randy Collins

    Randy Collins named to National Engineering Education Committee

    August 13

    Randy Collins, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, has been selected as a member of the executive committee and director of the Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for Engineering Education.

  • Drew Marx with his dormclaw invention

    Construction management student invents ‘Dormclaw’

    Teresa Tate
    June 4

    Drew Marx just wanted somewhere to hang his backpack in his room at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ when he came up with the idea for the Dormclaw, a compact, hook-like device that fits into the unused slots of standard college bed frames.

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