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MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee
October 9With its mission to expand access to care and create a healthier community in Western North Carolina, MAHEC announces the opening of a new health center in Cullowhee.
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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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The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment
October 6The Catamount School, a lab school operated by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ in partnership with Jackson County Public Schools, is celebrating a year of academic progress and a significant increase in student enrollment.
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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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Living history: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµresearchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories
October 1The history of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is held by its people. Though archives and images can provide a framework for the past, there is no richer or truer contribution to the story than the lived experiences of alumni, staff, faculty and students.