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  • Steve White broadcasting

    Former ĢƵAcademic All-American pays homage to retired sports communicator

    Bill Studenc
    February 4

    Former Catamount football player and two-time Academic All-American Mike Wade leads a growing list of ĢƵ alumni and friends adding their support to an initiative to name the university's new football stadium media center in honor of a legendary sports information director.

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    ĢƵstudents help Durham PD solve 2023 missing persons case

    Shane Ryden
    February 2

    ĢƵstudents assist in recovery of human remains.

  • Headshot of Eliana Cruz

    Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC

    Cam Adams
    February 2

    Eliana Cruz calls herself the “Snoop Dogg” of her friend group, and not just because she shares the same swagger of the D-O-Double G.

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    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.

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