Japanese Program News
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty accepted into national Deliberative Citizenship Network
June 23Following a national search and competitive review process, three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty members have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Deliberative Citizenship Network.
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Retired professor creates women’s golf scholarship in memory of spouse, coach Steve Lott
June 22A retired Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty member has created an endowed scholarship fund to support student-athletes on the Catamount women’s golf team in memory of her late husband, who coached the program to a pair of conference championships.
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Memories of Catamount sports glory days lead to $100K gift to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµathletics facilities
June 17Memories of attending Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ during the glory days of Catamount sports inspired a retired furniture corporation executive and his wife, already longtime supporters of the institution, to take additional steps to help improve WCU’s aging athletics infrastructure.
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Chancellor Kelli R. Brown Receives Distinguished Citizen Award
June 17Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has been named the recipient of the 2026 Jackson County Distinguished Citizen Award, presented by Scouting America’s Daniel Boone Council in recognition of her outstanding leadership, service, and commitment to the community.
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Hunter, CEAP head transformation of local school library
June 9Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s impact on local education isn’t limited to the teachers it sends out to Western North Carolina schools. It helps nurture them, too.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumnus Matt Canter reflects on fly fishing career
June 8Matt Canter made the choice to attend Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ while ankle-deep in the Tuckasegee River, fighting a hungry rainbow trout at the other end of his fly rod. He hadn’t seen campus or met his peers, but Canter didn’t need more convincing. For the future fly-fishing guide and owner of Brookings Anglers, the pristine waters surrounding Cullowhee had done the job well enough
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WCUPD welcomes new K-9 dog, Hondo, to force
June 5There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s the bomb (-sniffing dog). Meet Hondo, the newest member of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Police Department. He’s a happy-go-lucky, fetch-playing, purebred Labrador Retriever, and like his K-9 colleague Lando, he’s here to keep campus safe with his nose.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµearns repeat recognition through IIE American Passport Project
June 3Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has once again been selected by the Institute of International Education to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant—marking the university’s second time earning the competitive award.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhealth sciences faculty member receives $840K grant for research consortium
June 1Caitlin Torrence, professor in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Health and Human Sciences, recently received an $840,000 grant to fund a Health Policy Research Consortium over the next two years.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµconstruction management students use technology to support REACH shelter expansion effort
May 29Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ construction management students carefully piloted a drone this fall to record every angle of the REACH of Haywood County shelter and surrounding property. Their mission: create a detailed 3D interactive model to help REACH leaders and supporters visualize and plan a renovation and expansion of its shelter for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, and human trafficking.