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ĢƵnursing student, veteran Isaac Jennings shares his higher education journey
November 11Looking back on his time before coming to ĢƵ, nursing student Isaac Jennings, a sophomore from Franklin, was always told the most important thing was contacting his chosen college’s military services director.
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ĢƵprofessor, alumnus bring glass blowing demo to campus
November 8Timm Muth, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Technology at ĢƵ, looks at glass differently than most. Glass is more than just the material that makes windows.
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Alumni return to ĢƵfor annual homecoming celebration
November 6Jamie Van Pelt’s drive from Florida to ĢƵ isn’t the most riveting one. It’s several hours of rural highways, twists and turns and infamous Atlanta traffic, but when Van Pelt crests the hill south of Clayton, Georgia, he smiles.
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ĢƵhonors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
November 5ĢƵ paused Saturday, Nov. 2, to honor four prominent alumni – a former automotive industry executive who has supported Catamount athletics for decades, an accounting professional with extensive family ties to WCU, an award-winning educator and an up-and-coming public relations practitioner.
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Tony and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist to perform at ĢƵas part of Fall Speaker Series
November 4A Tony-nominated actor and spoken word artist will be making his way to ĢƵ.
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Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU
November 4Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at ĢƵ soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent ĢƵgraduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.
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NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart ĢƵSmoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program
November 4The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in ĢƵ’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.
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NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart ĢƵSmoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program
November 4The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in ĢƵ’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.
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New Beginnings
October 30New Catamount head basketball coaches Tim Craft and Jonathan Tsipis usher in a new era as Craft looks to build on last year’s 22-win season for the men’s program and Tsipis looks to turnaround the women’s program that won just six games last year.
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ĢƵwaives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees
October 30It 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. ĢƵ 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.