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  • Students (from left) Piper Travis and Baylie Christensen represent ĢƵ at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Las Vegas.

    ĢƵbusiness students compete at FBLA national conference in Las Vegas

    Bill Studenc
    September 1

    Two ĢƵ students are back on campus for the fall semester after advancing to the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference over the summer, bringing back a little hardware for the trophy case in Forsyth Building, home to the College of Business.

  • Gala attendees celebrate the final amount raised

    ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign tops $100 million in support

    Bill Studenc
    August 29

    ĢƵ has concluded its ambitious “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign with more than $110 million in philanthropic support pouring in to benefit the institution’s academic, student engagement and athletics programs.

  • Michell Hicks, a 1987 graduate of ĢƵ and principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and wife Marsha, a 1999 alumna and member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, present a legacy pin to daughter Amaya at the 2024 ceremony.

    New students’ family connections to ĢƵto be celebrated at Sept. 19 Legacy Pinning

    Bill Studenc
    August 27

    A group of ĢƵ’s newest students will be ceremoniously welcomed as members of the Catamount family by some of their own relatives who previously attended ĢƵas the university holds its annual Legacy Pinning event Saturday, Sept. 19.

  • A man and a woman both wearing purple shirts smile with mountains behind them

    ĢƵfootball stadium atrium named in recognition of gift from Catamount couple

    Bill Studenc
    August 27

    The new hospitality level atrium on the fourth floor of the westside stands expansion at ĢƵ’s E.J. Whitmire Stadium has been named in recognition of philanthropic support from alumni Larry and Mary Arbaugh.

  • Cloggers and musicians on stage at Bardo Arts Center during Mountain Heritage Days

    ĢƵannounces schedule for Mountain Heritage Days 2026

    Julia Duvall
    August 25

    For more than 50 years, ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Days has celebrated the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia — and this year the energy is bigger than ever.

  • WCU's campus during the fall. Green grass and buildings surrounded by changing leaves

    Registration open for WCU's 16th annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium

    Brittany Marshall
    August 25

    ĢƵ invites faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members to register for the 16th Annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium, taking place September 24-25, 2026, at the Bardo Arts Center on WCU's main campus.

  • king family portrait

    ĢƵgrads grow community at Ochre Hill Farms

    Shane Ryden
    August 25

    Shelley and Kevin King are the founders of Ochre Hill Farms, two ĢƵ Catamounts who first met as performers of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. But as they’d tell their story, Ochre Hill Farms was as much their children’s project as their own.

  • mountain rainbow

    Meet the ĢƵgrads leading NC

    Shane Ryden
    August 24

    This July four ĢƵ graduates were chosen to serve communities across the state as Lead for North Carolina fellows. Lead for NC is a government fellowship program started in 2019 with a mission “to strengthen North Carolina’s public institutions, support its local communities and create a new generation of transformational public service leaders.”

  • Eric Hall at a booksigning for his book,

    1 Book, 50 States: ĢƵalumnus honors late mom's love of independent bookstores

    Cam Adams
    August 21

    Eric Hall sat in his mother’s North Carolina living room with one of his proudest achievements in his hands. The ĢƵ alumnus had worked on his book for years and had no bigger supporter than his mom, Beth.

  • Amanda Turiçi with two of her kids.

    ĢƵalumna Amanda Turiçi finds teaching home overseas

    Cam Adams
    August 19

    Amanda Turiçi, then Doll, sat in a Haywood County school desiring a change. She loved what she was doing as a student-teacher, but she knew North Carolina wasn’t where she wanted to be forever. The United States wasn’t either. She wanted to go overseas.

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