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  • Timbersports photo

    An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of WCU’s Wildlife and Forestry Club

    Shane Ryden
    January 30

    Timbersports are in full swing on WCU’s campus. And despite a slowdown in the team’s progress post-Covid, current Catamounts are raising money, purchasing equipment and expanding their ranks to raise the university to new competitive heights.

  • Wirt the cat

    Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU

    Cam Adams
    January 29

    Amidst the stress of college, there are a few calming personalities students occasionally run into on their way to class: pets. For a single moment while they stop to pet them, all those worries evaporate.

  • Sarah Steiner

    Library, Marketing Project Shows Value of Effective Interviewing Skills for Students

    Sara Steiner
    January 21

    A recent collaboration between an instruction librarian and a marketing faculty member at ĢƵ sheds new light on the value of teaching effective interviewing skills to students across a wide expanse of academic disciplines. The project demonstrates how the tactics used in gathering oral history can strengthen students’ abilities to conduct meaningful interviews.

  • Steve White

    WCU’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center

    Bill Studenc
    January 16

    Longtime ĢƵ supporters and friends have come together to honor the legacy and dedication of the university’s former sports information director, Steve White, a man many affectionately refer to as “the walking encyclopedia of Catamount athletics.”

  • ĢƵstudents hold MLK banner during unity march

    CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events

    Julia Duvall
    January 14

    ĢƵ’s Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning will host a series of events in partnership with local organizations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19 and Wednesday, Jan. 21.

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    Peace in action: ĢƵstudents bring Nobel ideas to San Diego

    Shane Ryden
    January 13

    This past November, five Brinson Honors College students traveled to San Diego to present their “Partners in Peace” project at the National Collegiate Honors Council’s annual conference.

  • Ebenezer and wife

    Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care

    Cam Adams
    January 12

    Stability 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.

  • ĢƵconstruction management student Tanner Drum shows SPOT findings

    ĢƵconstruction 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.

  • Patrice Brown with students

    Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette

    January 7

    During the fall 2025 semester, 30 interior design juniors from ĢƵ’s School of Art and Design (SOAD) embarked on an experience that extended well beyond the classroom, offering hands-on, real-world design and research opportunities through a collaborative design charette with Auburn University.

  • ĢƵstudent kayaking

    Partnership on the water: ĢƵoutfitted with new Liquidlogic kayaks

    Shane Ryden
    January 7

    ĢƵ students are gearing up for their next adventures with fresh equipment, all thanks to a partnership that brings a new fleet of Liquidlogic kayaks to campus.

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