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  • Kristin Daiber, director of the Office of Student Retention and Anita Puerto, associate director of the Office of Student Retention and MAPS coordinator

    ĢƵto expand student support services for STEM students

    November 14

    Kristin Daiber, the director of the Office of Student Retention, recently received a TRIO grant from the Department of Education for $1.4 million.

  • ĢƵalumni award winners

    Alumni spanning 50 years honored at Homecoming for achievements, service

    November 14

    A baker’s dozen ĢƵ alumni whose graduating class years span nearly 50 years received accolades from their alma mater Saturday, Nov. 8, in recognition of their career accomplishments and contributions to their communities.

  • Sarah Maetsz

    Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges

    November 12

    Sarah Matesz’s heart rate rose about as fast as the flood water that submerged her feet. She was frantically moving her belongings to the second floor of her cabin, which was perched on the side of the mountain some 20 minutes away from Burnsville.

  • Family smiling together

    Daughter’s experience in ĢƵinclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment

    November 5

    A ĢƵ initiative that brings individuals with intellectual disabilities to campus for a living and learning experience has had such a positive impact on the life of one participant that her parents have created a fund to help more young adults like their daughter move toward independent living.

  • David Moore and Darrin Whatley at their home in Highlands

    Power of Giving

    November 4

    David Moore and Darren Whatley place a lot of value on public education, having both attended public universities. Moore is an alumnus of the University of South Alabama and began his graduate studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany, while Whatley attended Louisiana State University and the University of Texas.

  • Brent Kisner

    The Carlyle Letters Online find new home at Hunter Library

    November 4

    Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle have been significant figures to several scholars throughout the last century and some change. ĢƵ English professor Brent Kinser is no exception.

  • Jeremy Jordan

    Catamounts Take the NFL

    November 3

    Seventy-one thousand fans in the stands. Another 200 more cheering from the luxury suites. Mercedes-Benz Stadium is lit for the Atlanta Falcons, and as the audience roars to announce their arrival, two ĢƵ grads celebrate the success at the sidelines. One more good game for the books. Then they’re back to work.

  • Matt Henley

    Keeping Time

    November 3

    You can hear ĢƵ’s heartbeat in the Tuckasegee. You can hear it in the thunder rumbling through. And in each of its Catamounts’ footsteps, one after the other, it sounds again: the passionate, centuries-long drumming of a community that cares.

  • Paws rides along with the Shetland ponies

    ĢƵfaculty, staff add their names to ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign donor list

    November 3

    A total of 365 members of the faculty and staff at ĢƵ have added their names to the growing list of donors making philanthropic contributions to the institution as part of its ongoing “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign.

  • ĢƵstudent works on microplastic labs

    Plastic Rain

    November 3

    There is no part of Western North Carolina untouched by microplastics. No river that flows without fibers. No rain that falls without microscopic debris.