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  • A group of students before the 2026 Freshman Run.

    ĢƵwelcomes record enrollment, largest-ever freshman class

    Cam Adams
    September 3

    More Catamounts are prowling classrooms in person and online than ever before. ĢƵ’s Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness released its Fall 2026 enrollment statistics, as ĢƵwelcomed its largest freshman class and biggest student population in university history.

  • Students walking around the center of campus during Valley Ballyhoo

    ĢƵfall 2026 enrollment could reach historic high

    Julia Duvall
    July 30

    Leaders at ĢƵ certainly knew that interest from prospective students was on the rise, but this fall’s enrollment is shaping up to be historic.

  • Portrait of Vinson Russell. A man with a red beard smiles while standing against a gray background

    ĢƵfaculty accepted into national Deliberative Citizenship Network

    Julia Duvall
    June 23

    Following a national search and competitive review process, three ĢƵ faculty members have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Deliberative Citizenship Network.

  • Jim Costa at HBS

    ĢƵprofessor publishes new Darwin annotations

    Shane Ryden
    May 13

    A new book from executive director of ĢƵ’s Highlands Biological Station and professor of biology James Costa sheds new light on a classic work of evolutionary theory from famed naturalist Charles Darwin. “The Descent of Man: An Annotated Edition of Darwin’s Classic Work” was published this April by Princeton University Press, coauthored by Costa and University of Iowa history professor Elizabeth E. Yale.

  • ĢƵalumna and former EBCI Chief Joyce Dugan stands at a podium speaking to a crowd at WCU

    ĢƵto honor Joyce Dugan for decades of service to education, EBCI, WNC

    Brooklyn Brown MA '22 and Julia Duvall '15
    April 23

    ĢƵ will award an honorary Doctor of Education to Joyce Conseen Dugan in recognition of her leadership, lifelong commitment to education and contributions to the Cherokee people and Western North Carolina.

  • Photo of Shalana Yates

    ĢƵalumna Shalana Yates named director of Cherokee Center

    Julia Duvall
    April 6

    ĢƵ has appointed Shalana Yates as director of the Cherokee Center, bringing to the role a strong background in nonprofit operations, tribal government, and leadership.

  • Ammon Hottensmith

    ĢƵbiology student tracks down fungus with a taste for nematodes

    Cam Adams
    March 31

    Ammon Hottensmith has always been interested in critters. Growing up on a small farm in Ohio, the ĢƵ junior has always been surrounded by them. Everyone is, whether you’re in the hills of the Midwest or the mountains of Appalachia.

  • Brian Byrd

    ĢƵprofessor Brian Byrd receives 2026 BOG Excellence in Teaching Award

    Shane Ryden
    March 10

    This February, Brian Byrd, ĢƵ’s professor of environmental health sciences and resident “skeeter man,” was awarded the 2026 University of North Carolina System Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.

  • ĢƵstudents attend a campus FirstGen Week event

    OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants

    Cam Adams
    October 15

    ĢƵ is home to students from many different backgrounds, boasting a high percentage of first-generation students and a number of learners with disabilities. Thanks to a pair of federal TRIO Student Support Services grants, ĢƵis now better set up to support them.

  • Sara Snyder Hopkins

    WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH

    Cam Adams
    August 19

    Unearthing 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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