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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµand Cherokee County Schools join national network to strengthen new teacher efficacy

    April 26

    On Thursday, April 25, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµannounced its participation in the third cohort of the Learning by Scientific Design Network.

  • senior toast

    Senior Toast celebrates student philanthropy, ongoing engagement with WCU

    Bill Studenc
    April 25

    More than 50 soon-to-be graduates raised their glasses in a celebratory salute to their forthcoming designation as alumni.

  • kenny messer

    Gratitude for education, experiences at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinspire decades of support for Catamount athletics

    Bill Studenc
    April 25

    Kenny Messer, who grew up in rural Haywood County plowing tobacco fields behind a mule, providing philanthropic support to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµis a way to show appreciation for an institution that saved him from a future of staring at the back end of a pack animal.

  • fac staff awards '24

    University faculty, staff awards announced for ’24

    April 23

    On Tuesday, April 24, the university’s faculty and staff were celebrated during the annual Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards ceremony.

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    Communication student crowned Miss North Carolina Collegiate

    April 22

    Kaitlyn Burns, a senior communication major, has been crowned Miss North Carolina Collegiate USA 2024.

  • john riddle

    Alaska to Appalachia: One family’s ties to WCU

    April 19

    When John Riddle came to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, he was worried about the change in lifestyle he would face.

  • one day for western cover

    Nearly 1,150 donors make gifts to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµon ‘One Day for Western’

    Bill Studenc
    April 19

    Nearly 1,150 donors made gifts and pledges totaling more than $494,000 during the second annual ‘One Day for Western,’ an all-in day of giving designed to provide financial support to multiple areas of WCU.

  • dan grube and camille casses

    From anthropologist to educator, alumna shares unconventional journey

    April 18

    Alumna Camille Casses had an unconventional path to becoming an educator, but her journey to becoming a middle school principal in Mexico has proven she was on the right path all along.

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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcelebrates 40 years of cleaning up the Tuck River

    April 12

    On Saturday, April 20, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµwill hold the 40th annual Tuck River Cleanup. The event is one of the nation’s largest single-day river cleanups with hundreds of volunteers working a 15-mile stretch of the Tuckesegee river, from Cullowhee to Whittier.

  • Cherokee Language Summit

    Cherokee Studies Program works to revitalize language

    April 12

    Recently, the annual Cherokee Language Summit brought together students and educators from multiple universities and tribal programs to discuss Cherokee language education and revitalization.

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