Japanese Program News
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ĢƵplaying role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
August 27A faculty member in ĢƵ’s College of Business is facilitating a yearlong effort to provide increased access to broadband and the training needed to take full advantage of the technological resources to underserved populations of rural Western North Carolina.
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A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown
August 25When ĢƵ alumna Kara McMullen stands on the wet stone of Salt Rock Gap, thousands of acres of chirping forest span before her, a sprawling network of trails buried just beneath.
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WCU’s Brett Riggs named honorary member of EBCI
August 20Brett Riggs is heavily involved with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, so when the tribal librarian asked him to come to council to support a resolution for the library, no questions were asked.
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From Curitiba to Cullowhee: A Brazilian reunion at WCU
August 20“Impressive how we find Brazilians everywhere, right?” The words, spoken in Portuguese, broke Luca Brunetti’s concentration. He ended his phone call with his family and looked more closely at the young man standing before him.
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WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH
August 19Unearthing history is nothing new to Cherokee Language Program director and associate professor Sara Snyder Hopkins. Thanks to a federal grant, she and a group of colleagues will continue to do so.
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ĢƵlaunches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration
August 15ĢƵ’s College of Engineering and Technology is expanding its engineering programs again this fall with the launch of a new bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a new industrial engineering concentration.
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Cat Chats: Dan Brooks and Mike Murphy
August 15In this edition of Cat Chats, current football student-athlete Mike Murphy talks with former player Dan Brooks '76. Dan went on to coach at Tennessee and Clemson. He is also a member of the Catamount Club Board of Directors.
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Cat Chats: Curtis Roach and Clyde Simmons
August 15In this edition of Cat Chats, we talk with Curtis Roach and Clyde Simmons. Clyde played for the Catamounts in the 1983 National Championship game and was drafted in the ninth round by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL.
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Former Football Academic All-American Honors Mother, Stepmom with Gifts to Athletics, the Arts
August 15Mike Wade, a former two-time Academic All-American at ĢƵ, will tell you that football is the greatest metaphor for life: to survive you have to get back up every time you get knocked down — and you will get knocked down, he insists, many, many times.
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Cat Chats: Immanuel Wilder and Dale Sims
August 15Building connections with current and former Catamount student-athletes is key to the success of our athletics programs.