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  • Simon Gugerli

    Swiss-born alumnus Simon Gugerli returns home as analyst with UBS bank

    Cam Adams
    December 9

    Like the mountains in Cullowhee often do, Switzerland was calling Simon Gugerli home.

  • STEM campers

    WCU’s ‘Our Natural World’ Camp for youngest Jackson County students ignites STEM passion in rural classrooms

    December 9

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessors are helping Jackson County's youngest learners embrace STEM and understand how science is embedded in rural communities.

  • 2025 winter senior toast

    Student philanthropists feted at fall semester Senior Toast

    Bill Studenc
    December 9

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ leaders raised a celebratory toast to members of the December 2025 graduating class who have already made financial contributions to their soon-to-be alma mater as student philanthropists.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµbasketball player signing autographs for students

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµAthletics brings holiday cheer with Education Days for local students

    Julia Duvall
    December 8

    Earlier this month, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Athletics welcomed more than 1,000 Jackson County Public Schools students to campus for its annual Education Days basketball games—bringing early holiday cheer and an unforgettable afternoon of hoops.

  • Alexis Shafir works with students

    Student spotlight: Senior Alexis Shafir writes grant for local school’s printing press

    Cam Adams
    December 5

    Alexis Shafir rolls paint over a slab of wood she etched into art. She takes it over to the printing press in Bardo Arts Center, presses it down onto a surface and delights in the result on her paper, fabric or whatever else her imagination desires.

  • EMS helmet

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµEMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community

    Cam Adams
    December 5

    Every year for career day, Rhonda Summers’ high school had students write three jobs they wanted to hear about as a career. Summers only needed to write down one: pre-hospital medicine.

  • Heather and Windy Gordon

    Retired professor, staff member spouse endow scholarship for psychology students

    Bill Studenc
    December 3

    An estate gift from a retired Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty member and his spouse, a current Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstaff member, will establish an endowed scholarship fund to provide financial support to students working toward undergraduate degrees in psychology.

  • Hurricane Helene photos

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµphotography class restores damaged photos lost during Helene

    Cam Adams
    November 26

    Amidst the devastation left by Hurricane Helene, Taylor Schenker spent her time looking for memories along the river. Photos floated down the current, creased, ripped and water damaged, lost from those whose lives were shaken by the storm.

  • Joseph Hashem

    How Regulations Affect Emerging Crypto Markets

    Joseph Hashem
    November 25

    How do investors and publicly traded firms in the fledgling cryptocurrency market react when government officials or regulatory agencies propose new protocols, procedures and guidelines designed to monitor the emerging digital assets industry?

  • Weiss and Mulholland

    Scholarships help Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµeconomic analysis, political science major pursue career goals

    Bill Studenc
    November 25

    Thanks to financial support provided by multiple scholarships, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ senior Tryston Weiss is well on his way toward his goal of receiving a college degree before going on to earn both a doctorate in economics and a law degree and becoming a civil rights attorney.

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