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  • Tim Thompson

    Senior Tim Thompson makes his mark at Los Angeles studio

    Cam Adams
    July 29

    Cullowhee is no Los Angeles, but there’s a little bit of Hollywood on the campus of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.

  • Students at summer symposium

    More than music: Inside WCU’s Summer Symposium

    Shane Ryden
    July 24

    Once more, the hills of Cullowhee are alive with the sound of music. The furious beat of drums and the thunderous roar of brass echo across E.J. Whitmire Stadium as hundreds of music students fan across the field, their faces beaming with pride.

  • Paws Porch

    Catamount Club shatters 2,000-member goal to unlock $1 million challenge gift

    Bill Studenc
    July 22

    Prospective members of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Catamount Club had at least 1 million reasons for joining the university’s athletics booster organization for the 2025-2026 season.

  • Landey Green

    Running to help: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent-athlete Landey Green helps others through two internships

    Cam Adams
    July 21

    Landey Green does it all. She’s a driven psychology student at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and a tireless runner, competing for both the Catamount women’s track and field and cross country teams. The summer season is usually a time to wind down for student-athletes, but not Green.

  • Participants in a faculty-led summer travel course to China fly the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ flag during a visit to the Great Wall.

    Students get deep dive into Chinese culture, business during Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsummer travel course

    Bill Studenc
    July 18

    Participants in a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty-led summer travel course to China say it was more than just a study-abroad program—it was a transformative journey that left students with unforgettable memories, deep cultural insights and a renewed sense of global citizenship.

  • CATALYST participants

    CATALYST program ignites passion for research and leadership in honors students

    Bren Hausler
    July 18

    The 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.

  • E.J. Whitmire Stadium

    Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for WCU

    July 15

    In June 2025, the House v. NCAA Settlement reshaped college athletics by allowing Division I schools to provide more financial support to student-athletes, including backpay for past NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) opportunities and a new revenue-sharing model.

  • Cassie Dickson demonstrates spinning and dyeing at a past event

    Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17

    July 11

    The Mountain Heritage Center, a museum of Appalachian culture at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, will hold a crafts demonstration and music performance from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 17.

  • Photo of Tayler Franklin. **Image does not depict items of evidence. All material present is taken from the DPAA Laboratory anatomical reference collection.**

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsenior Tayler Franklin helps identify fallen soldiers at Pearl Harbor

    Cam Adams
    July 9

    Amidst a second world war, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Lives were lost, others were changed and one day later, the United States entered the largest conflict in human history.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµvisitors fly the school colors while visiting Lisbon, Portugal.

    Catamount Adventures series takes alumni, friends to Portugal, Spain

    Bill Studenc
    July 8

    A collection of Catamounts recently toured Europe’s Iberian Peninsula from Lisbon on Portugal’s Atlantic coast to the municipalities of Merida and Olivenza in western Spain as part of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s second international Catamount Adventures excursion.

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