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Brittany Kicklighter named director of development for athletics major gifts
April 7Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has announced the appointment of Brittany Kicklighter as the new director of development for athletics major gifts.
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Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles
April 4As an Entourage tour guide, Cora Haste is the face of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ to a group of strangers for about a couple of hours.
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Play ball! Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµpitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends
April 1The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Office of Alumni Engagement is stepping up to the plate and taking a swing at a new summer event designed to bring together members of the Catamount family at baseball stadiums across North and South Carolina.
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Tour of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµathletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift
March 31A behind-the-scenes tour of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's aging athletics facilities inspired a longtime supporter of the university’s academic programs to direct some of his philanthropy toward Catamount student-athletes.
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Asheville dentist, wife give Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation
March 27An Asheville dentist and his wife are giving future Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ student-athletes something to smile about in the form of gifts and pledges totaling $25,000 toward long-overdue improvements to the university’s athletics facilities.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµengineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent
March 27What started as a project concept ended up coming full circle for one Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinterior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning
March 25Interior design students at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ recently embarked on a transformative service-learning project integrating cutting-edge research on social determinants of health, WELL Building Standards, and aging in place.
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Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems
March 21H. Kevin Fulk, associate professor of computer information systems at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, has been appointed to the position of Kneedler Distinguished Professor of Computer Information Systems at WCU.
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WCU’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon
March 20The lights dim, the audience quiets and the quintet takes their place on stage. A moment later, the air in Coulter Recital Hall comes alive.
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NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at WCU
March 19Nearly six months after Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, the region's recovery efforts continue.