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Alumni tower in Fall

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµwaives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees

It has been more than a month since Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains, but the effects of the historic storm will be felt for months and years to come. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is working to lessen some of the burden of impacted students and families visiting and applying to college by streamlining processes and helping to offset travel costs for those attending the Nov. 23 open house.   

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years

Voice of the Cats

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years  

Spark of the Eagle Dancer collection at WCU

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFine Art Museum exhibition wins Bronze Award

Denise Drury Homewood, executive director of the Bardo Arts Center at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, believed "Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson" exhibition was an award winner from the start.  

Hungarian Fulbright trip

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty, staff visit Hungary through Fulbright Commission

Earlier this summer, Ingrid Bego, director of International Studies at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, and Wes Milner, executive director of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµGlobal, were invited by the Fulbright Commission to attend a week-long visit in Hungary to strengthen the partnership between universities in Appalachia and Hungarian higher education institutions.   

Photo of Munene Mwaniki

Munene Mwaniki named Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinterim Global Black Studies director

Mwaniki, an associate professor of anthropology and sociology for the College of Arts and Sciences, was named the interim Global Black Studies director at WCU.  

Brinson Honors College

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent magazine wins first place in publications contest

In the fall, it starts as small as a story pitch. In the spring? As tiny as a sketch on a piece of paper. Those little ideas turn into Imagine magazine, a publication produced by student writers and designers at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.  

Lisa Briggs (right) works with a HRD K-9 and handler at a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµtraining.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhuman remains detection expert Lisa Briggs debunks false HRD K-9 information surrounding Hurricane Helene recovery efforts

Lisa Briggs, director of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Human Remains Detection K-9 training program and Emergency Disaster Management program, and Edwin Grant, an HRD K-9 program instructor and long-time law enforcement officer, have been deployed with their HRD K-9s since the start of the recovery process for missing persons in Western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene's devastation.   

Cliff of Moher

A Photographer's View

In each issue of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMagazine, our photographers will not only give you a glimpse of the beauty that exists but also a look at what's taking place on campus.  

Tammy Barron in Colombian classroom

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor shares co-instruction expertise with teachers in Colombia

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has been engaged with Central and South American schools since 1978. Faculty travel and hold classes in various regions of Colombia, focusing on leadership in international schools. Tammy Barron, an associate professor in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Education and Allied Professions, has continued that long-time relationship by taking her expertise in co-teaching and instruction abroad.