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Chancellor Brown signs MOU with VGCC

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµand Vance-Granville CC sign memorandum of understanding for guaranteed admission

Over 300 miles separate Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and Vance-Granville Community College — but the two schools are now much closer than the distance that separates them.  

Spring at WCU

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsees high retention rate, notable increase in enrollment for spring 2025

The spring semester is underway at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and that means looking at how the university’s enrollment is shaping up for the first few weeks of the new year.  

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent teaching intern in classroom

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµexpands Catamount Commitment to include transfer students

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is expanding its Catamount Commitment program with a new initiative to support transfer students from North Carolina Community Colleges.  

Whee Belong Hickory gathering

The Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports ‘Whee Belong’ gatherings for distance ed students

The Office of Distance Learning at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ used $7,000 in 1889 Impact Grants Program funding to host in-person events during the spring of 2024 to bring together distance learning students, most of whom take courses fully online, are 25 or older, work full-time, and have families and lives beyond school.  

Patient being seen in Vecinos Clinic

Vecinos clinic receives tech upgrade through donations to Fund for WCU

Health care providers in the primary care clinic area of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Health and Human Sciences Building are now able to take advantage of upgraded technology to help meet the needs of the patients they serve.  

Bora Karayaka

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field

Bora Karayaka, a professor at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology, has secured $3 million in scholarship funding from the Department of Energy through the University Nuclear Leadership Program.  

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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsocial work students engage with alumni with help from Fund for WCU

Students from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Department of Social Work fanned out across Western North Carolina during the 2024 falls semester to connect with previous graduates of the program and encourage engagement by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumni with their program and their alma mater.  

Catamount Club members

Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Catamount Club is announcing some changes to the popular Greek Challenge, which has been one of the club’s largest annual fundraising campaigns since its inception in 2014, and issuing a reminder of membership deadlines.  

Cherokee syllabary on graduation stoll

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµCherokee Language program receives $223K grant

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has been a pivotal supporter of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Cherokee Language program.