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  • Olivia Ramos backstage at Bardo Arts Center

    Manifest Your Own Masterpiece

    Julia Duvall
    July 1

    Olivia Ramos, a Charlotte native who studied entertainment design and technology at WCU, knew she wanted to do something involving the arts, but her small high school did not offer a theater arts program.

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    2023 Graduates | Day in the Life

    Sam Wallace
    May 26

    Join Sydney Spivey, Brandon Rice, and Emma Hodes as they soak in their last week as Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents. From enjoying their, "lasts," to walking across the stage at commencement, get an inside look at what it looks like to graduate from WCU!

  • Maya Kelnhofer

    CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee Brewers 

    Brooklyn Brown
    May 9

    Maya Kelnhofer is a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna who currently works as a ticket sales representative for the Milwaukee Brewers, a major league baseball team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • stylized image of Charles Volz

    Always Business Ready

    Brooklyn Brown
    May 1

    Charles Volz is a business administration and law major from Granite Falls. Volz will graduate this May and then attend law school in the fall.

  • Robert Lahm

    Research Examining Lingering Impacts of COVID-19 on US Economy

    Robert Lahm
    May 1

    How have lingering after-effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic – including labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, interest rate hikes and inflation – combined with the threat of a looming recession affected consumers, entrepreneurs and small businesses across the nation?

  • Debra Burke

    Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded

    Debra Burke
    April 14

    A federal program created by Congress in 1987 to help America’s farmers navigate economic challenges that threaten their livelihoods and endanger the nation’s food supply by providing them with access to mediation services as a way to resolve legal disputes should be continued and, in fact, expanded.

  • Sean Mulholland

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfree enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research

    Sean Mulholland
    April 11

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, founded in 2015 as a hub for interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry and community engagement in the areas of economic development, applied research and the role of free enterprise in a flourishing society, is in the early phases of a metamorphosis with a new director and a focus on undergraduate student research.

  • stylized image of Cristian Trujillo Tavera

    Engineer Your Own Future

    Brooklyn Brown
    March 31

    Cristian Trujillo Tavera is a senior in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's College of Engineering and Technology majoring in mechanical engineering.

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    Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life

    Samuel Wallace
    March 17

    Kara Jean Spindle is a musical theater major at WCU. Follow along to see what a day in the life of KJ looks like!

  • One Day for Western

    Campus priorities identified for inaugural ‘One Day For Western’

    March 9

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is making plans for its inaugural all-in day of giving to the institution, a 24-hour fundraising event to be held March 29.

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