CCESL Blog
- 2025 Magazine
- About WCU
- Academics
- Admissions
- Advancement
- Alan Ritchie Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Alumni
- Anthropology
- Appalachia
- Apply
- Arts and Culture
- Athletics
- Awards and Recognition
- Bardo Arts Center
- Barto Arts Center
- Biology
- Board of Directors
- Board of Trustees
- Brinson Honors College
- Campus Development
- Campus History
- Catamount Club
- Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
- Cherokee Center
- Cherokee Language Program
- Cherokee Studies
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Education and Allied Professions
- College of Engineering and Technology
- College of Fine and Performing Arts
- College of Health and Human Sciences
- Commencement
- Community Engagement
- Connie Bostic
- Current Exhibitions
- Current Students
- Current Students and Alumni
- Department of Social Work
- Discover
- Division of Advancement
- Donations
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- Endowment
- English Department
- Enrollment
- Environmental Health
- Events
- Exhibits
- Experience
- Faculty
- Faculty Research
- Faculty Scholarship
- Faculty Spotlight
- Faculty and Staff
- Faulty
- Fill the Western Sky
- Fine Art Museum
- Forensic Anthropology
- Forensic Science
- Forestry and Wildlife Club
- Give to WCU
- Giving
- Graduate Program News
- Graduate School
- Grants
- Hamlet
- Highlands Biological Station
- Homecoming
- Hurricane Helene Recovery
- Ideas with Impact
- Impact Grants
- Jackson County
- MHD
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Psychology
- Mountain Heritage
- Mountain Heritage Center
- Mountain Heritage Days
- NC Promise
- Nascar
- Natural Resouces
- News
- News and Events
- North Carolina Arboretum
- North Carolina Glass
- Parks and Recreation Management
- Physical Therapy
- Pride of the Mountains
- Pride of the Mountains Marching Band
- Regional Impact
- Research
- Research and Discovery
- Research at WCU
- Rooted in the Mountains
- Scholarship
- Scholarships
- School of Music
- School of Nursing
- Service
- Shakespeare
- Student Experience
- Student News
- Student Spotlight
- Student-Athlete Stories
- Study Abroad
- Timbersports
- UP
- Undergraduate Research
- University Participant Program
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµBoard of Trustees
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµClubs
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFine Art Museum
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFoundation Board
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMagazine
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMagazine 24
- World Languages
- alumni spotlights
- blog
- bluegrass
- campus life
- cherokee language
- engineering
- health sciences
- hunter library
- interior design
- mountain heritage day
- pets
- rapid center
- student government association
- wcu global
-
Weiler, Grist receive $70K grant to assist NC School for the Deaf
February 13In partnership with the North Carolina School for the Deaf, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professors Jess Weiler and Cathy Grist were awarded a $70,000 grant from NC Collaboratory to conduct an organizational assessment of NCSD’s administrative structures.
-
Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events
February 4Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s annual Research and Scholarship Conference will be held on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26.
-
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto expand student support services for STEM students
November 14Kristin Daiber, the director of the Office of Student Retention, recently received a TRIO grant from the Department of Education for $1.4 million.
-
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC
October 28As an undergraduate student at North Carolina State University finishing her psychology degree, Malinda Pennington, assistant professor in the Special Education and Inclusive Learning program at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, needed an internship to fulfill the requirement for an abnormal psychology course.
-
CATALYST program ignites passion for research and leadership in honors students
July 18The second annual CATALYST: Summer Research and Leadership Program was held in summer 2025 at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, welcoming 18 enthusiastic incoming honors students. A collaboration between the Office of Research Administration and the Brinson Honors College, the program underscores the vital connection between undergraduate research and leadership.
-
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction
June 30Several cattle tanks filled with swarms of tadpoles were all that kept the dusky gopher frog from going extinct. Now, Joe Pechmann, professor of biology at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, is helping the frogs return to their historical range and populations.
-
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents present at National Conference on Undergraduate ResearchPage Title
May 7Recently, 29 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ students and other students from across the country presented their research at the National Research Conference on Undergraduate Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
-
RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration
April 9I found this on my phone this morning. I guess my kitten thought it would be a fun surprise. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec in lobortis ante, sit amet vehicula neque. Nulla gravida lorem at urna iaculis semper. Nullam sit amet convallis lacus. Duis eu mauris ut libero ultricies fringilla ut id mauris. Phasellus condimentum pellentesque maximus. Aenean est nibh, bibendum id sagittis vitae, dapibus id odio. Nulla eget magna nec augue rhoncus ullamcorper in at metus. Sed imperdiet finibus ipsum nec congue. Sed a eleifend lorem, sed laoreet nibh.
-
RASC 2025: David Joy and campus research presentations
March 12Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ double alumnus and best-selling author David Joy will give the keynote address at the annual Research and Scholarship Conference at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµon Wednesday, March 19 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
-
Restoring through research: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service
March 7In the days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, first responders and volunteers rushed to help their neighbors. Checking in on loved ones, restoring electricity to homes and businesses, and conducting search and rescue missions already looked like a daunting uphill battle.