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ĢƵprofessor Brian Byrd receives 2026 BOG Excellence in Teaching Award
March 10This February, Brian Byrd, ĢƵ’s professor of environmental health sciences and resident “skeeter man,” was awarded the 2026 University of North Carolina System Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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WCU’s Drew Hollifield takes talents from gridiron to hardwood, makes a difference
February 13There aren’t a lot of Division I arenas in America where the gym is still rattling with the home team up by 51 on a D-III school. Inside the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center, Drew Hollifield commanded a presence that did just that in October.
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WCU’s Lisa Lefler named honorary member of EBCI
February 13The Qualla Boundary is Lisa Lefler’s second home. Over the course of her decades-long career, the ĢƵ teaching professor has made countless trips to Cherokee, helping the tribe in any way she can through her expertise in health and anthropology.
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Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care
January 12Stability wasn’t something Ebenezer Gyamfi was used to growing up in Ghana. He bounced between different relatives after he said his mother abandoned him from a young age, starting with his grandma and later filtering through a host of aunts and uncles.
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ĢƵEMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community
December 5Every year for career day, Rhonda Summers’ high school had students write three jobs they wanted to hear about as a career. Summers only needed to write down one: pre-hospital medicine.
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Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges
November 12Sarah Matesz’s heart rate rose about as fast as the flood water that submerged her feet. She was frantically moving her belongings to the second floor of her cabin, which was perched on the side of the mountain some 20 minutes away from Burnsville.
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Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at WCU
October 23Iyomi Grinan was looking for a change. Studying at a large public university in her home state just wasn’t her cup of tea. Classes were way too big, sometimes eclipsing 400 students, and Grinan didn’t feel that her professors were too invested in their students either.
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Nursing school director endows scholarship for WCU’s new master’s degree program
October 10ĢƵ’s new master’s degree program focusing on increasing the availability of health care in the rural Southern Appalachian Mountains is receiving a financial boost from the director of the school in which the program is housed.
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MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee
October 9With its mission to expand access to care and create a healthier community in Western North Carolina, MAHEC announces the opening of a new health center in Cullowhee.
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ĢƵlaunches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs
September 30ĢƵ’s School of Nursing has announced the launch of its new Master’s Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN), designed to prepare graduates with a strong foundation in nursing practice and leadership while meeting the critical need for nurses across Western North Carolina and beyond.