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Homecoming weekend at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµset for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards
October 8A packed slate of weekend events is on tap as Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ rolls out the welcome mat for alumni and friends to return to campus Nov. 7-8 for Homecoming 2025, including a parade and party in the university’s adopted hometown of Sylva.
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Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition
October 7Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Bardo Arts Center will host a public reception on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in its Star Atrium, recognizing the collaborators and contributors of the Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition, a project supported in part by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
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University launches Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµConnect, a guaranteed admission program
October 6Admission to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ from North Carolina community colleges just got simpler. The university is launching Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµConnect, a new, guaranteed admission program that paves a smoother path to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfor two-year college transfer students.
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College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D
October 3Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology has been given a software licensing donation from Moldex3D worth $4.17 million.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµastronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community
October 2Our experience of the night sky is everchanging. As our eyes wander to the heavens and we gradually learn more about the moon and stars, the twinkling cosmos glow in greater detail.
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WCU’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine
October 2Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ English professor Jeremy Jones’s byline is a bit of a mainstay in Our State magazine. His stories tend to involve history or family in some way, taking him to the family reunion of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins, and leading him to write a piece on how Southerners call each other food names as terms of endearment.
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Donors support Alston Awards for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent-athletes’ academic achievements
October 1Supporters of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s athletics program are finding new ways to back the Catamounts in today’s rapidly shifting intercollegiate sports environment, which now permits financial rewards in recognition of academic performance.
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All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections
September 30Approximately 50 new Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ students were welcomed into the Catamount family by parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives who previously matriculated at the westernmost institution of the University of North Carolina System.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs
September 30Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing has announced the launch of its new Master’s Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN), designed to prepare graduates with a strong foundation in nursing practice and leadership while meeting the critical need for nurses across Western North Carolina and beyond.
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Annual faculty-staff giving challenge resumes this fall
September 10An annual effort to encourage faculty and staff members to make financial contributions to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is now underway, including the resumption of a friendly competition among campus divisions and academic colleges.