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  • Bora Karayaka and students

    WCU’s Karayaka, Yu receive $45K grant for research

    November 13

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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 students during a workshop

    Project Discovery earns $175K grant to help expand resources

    November 13

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

  • Fans help fill the truck for Helene relief

    Donors provide emergency support to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents, faculty, staff affected by Helene

    Bill Studenc
    November 12

    Although the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.

  • AWE graduates

    Project AWE graduates six from first cohort

    November 12

    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¶ÌÊÓÆµ, with emotions flowing out. All day, she was nervous, and all her life, she hadn’t graduated from anything.

  • Isaac Jennings with SVA members

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµnursing student, veteran Isaac Jennings shares his higher education journey

    November 11

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

  • Cole Johnson demonstrating glass blowing

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor, alumnus bring glass blowing demo to campus

    November 8

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

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumni award winners

    Alumni return to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfor annual homecoming celebration

    November 6

    Jamie Van Pelt’s drive from Florida to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.

  • Alumni award winners

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhonors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024

    Bill Studenc
    November 5

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.

  • Daniel J. Watts

    Tony and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist to perform at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµas part of Fall Speaker Series

    November 4

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

  • RGB Portrait, a painting by Zack Schneider

    Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU

    Bill Studenc
    November 4

    Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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¶ÌÊÓÆµgraduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.

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