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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit
September 8The Mountain Heritage Center at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ (WCU) is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit on Sept. 2, Clearing the Hurdles: Women and Sport at WCU, 1889 to the Present.
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WCU–CIHA partnership grows Cherokee’s next generation of healers
September 5In the midst of ongoing staffing challenges across the healthcare industry, the innovative partnership between Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ (WCU) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is doing exactly what a great pipeline should do -- it matches local talent with meaningful careers close to home, expands continuing education opportunities, and opens career-ladder pathways for enrolled members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI).
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment
September 4The retention rate of the fall 2024 first-time, full-time freshmen class rose to a record 81.6% as compared to 79.1% for fall 2023.
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Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
September 3For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.
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Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence
September 2Western Carolina Power, the university-owned electric utility serving parts of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and surrounding customers, has been named one of 23 public power communities across North Carolina to receive a 2024 Public Power Award of Excellence.
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Retired PR professional creates endowment to support Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents
September 2A public relations professional who has served as a mentor in the Department of Communication at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is now providing support to students in a different way by establishing a new endowment fund to enhance access to extracurricular and professional development activities.
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Students Kate Taylor, Jay Brown help new students adjust to life at WCU
August 28What does it mean to be a Catamount? It’s not necessarily someone from Cullowhee. It’s not always someone who’s stepped foot on campus. It’s when someone calls Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ home — and much more.
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Retired professor creates faculty mentorship endowment in College of Business
August 28A retired professor in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Business has created an endowment fund that will provide resources for mentorship programs for current faculty members within the college.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµplaying role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
August 27A faculty member in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.