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

    ĢƵsenior 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.

  • ĢƵvisitors 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 ĢƵ’s second international Catamount Adventures excursion.

  • Heidi Von Dohlen (right) with Jess Weiler, associate professor in educational leadership

    NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding

    Matt Salerno
    July 3

    Heidi Von Dohlen was an educator and school principal for 27 years before becoming the director of the Principal Fellows program at ĢƵ.

  • Jenna Dreyer at Glacial Lake

    Digging it: ĢƵsenior Jenna Dreyer works archaeology internship in Washington state

    Cam Adams
    July 3

    One of Jenna Dreyer’s favorite things about her field of study is just being outside — but her surroundings this summer look a bit different from the familiar confines of Cullowhee.

  • ĢƵbiology professor Joe Pechmann (standing, center) works with a group of students out in the field.

    ĢƵprofessor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction

    Matt Salerno
    June 30

    Several cattle tanks filled with swarms of tadpoles were all that kept the dusky gopher frog from going extinct. Now, Joe Pechmann, professor of biology at ĢƵ, is helping the frogs return to their historical range and populations.

  • Haywood County School System students Abby Price and Laneice Southers take an industry tour at the local Sonoco facility.

    ĢƵinstructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth

    Bill Studenc
    June 25

    A ĢƵ instructor of management will be leading a weeklong entrepreneurship and leadership camp for underserved youth in Western North Carolina to help them get an early jump on learning some of the steps necessary for starting a business.

  • Mountain Heritage Center

    Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15

    June 19

    ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center (MHC) invites the public to explore a powerful new exhibition, “A Stranger No More: George Masa and His Art,” on display now through August 15.

  • Student-athlete Bright Julamool of the men’s golf team (center) meets with donors Jonathan and Brittany Zapp at the 2018 Athletic Scholarship Banquet.

    Couple who met at ĢƵorientation make ‘Fill the Western Sky’ leadership gift to athletics

    Bill Studenc
    June 13

    Back in 2012, ĢƵ graduates Jonathan Zapp and Brittany Bennefield provided a different interpretation of their alma mater’s status as “an engaged institution” when they had their engagement photographs taken on campus with Paws, the Catamount mascot.

  • Groundbreaking for renovations at E.J. Whitmire Stadium

    ĢƵholds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium

    Bill Studenc
    June 12

    A long-awaited $37 million upgrade to renovate the west side stands of ĢƵ’s aging E.J. Whitmire Stadium is now underway with an official groundbreaking ceremony held Thursday, June 12, in the shadows of the construction zone.

  • Mountain Heritage Day award

    Mountain Heritage Awards now accepting nominations

    Julia Duvall
    June 10

    ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Mountain Heritage Awards, honoring individuals and organizations whose work preserves, interprets, and celebrates the rich cultural traditions and history of Southern Appalachia.

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