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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhonors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
November 5Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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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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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµgraduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.
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Gardner-Webb’s Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club
September 3Wesley Cogdill, executive director of the Bulldog Club at Gardner-Webb University, has been appointed associate athletics director and director of the Catamount Club.
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Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement
September 3The “Fill the Western Sky� campaign, which will have its public launch this fall, is an effort to raise a minimum of $75 million in philanthropic support for WCU’s academic, student engagement and athletics programs.
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‘Fill the Western Sky’ contributions continue Brown family legacy of support for WCU
June 3A Cary couple with deep family connections to the founders of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµis taking steps to ensure that students of the future will continue to have access to enhanced educational, athletic and extracurricular activities.
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African American Society reunion features Greek anniversaries, return of gospel choir
May 17More than 150 African American alumni recently gathered at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfor a weekend of reconnecting, networking, food, fun and music highlighted by a performance by a beloved performance ensemble.
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Lifelong love of libraries leads to couple’s philanthropic support of Hunter Library
May 13A North Carolina couple’s lifelong affinity for libraries has inspired them to direct gifts and pledges totaling $25,000 to provide a boost for initiatives and services provided by Hunter Library.
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Gifts in honor of retired physical therapy professor support Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprogram, students
May 13Three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµphysical therapy students will gain valuable hands-on experience this summer providing pro-bono treatment and services to residents of a community in Honduras with limited access to health care.
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New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer
May 1Family and friends of the late Trevor Arrowood, a Polk County native who died in 2021 after a three-year battle with cancer, have established a scholarship fund for future students majoring in criminology and criminal justice.
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Gratitude for education, experiences at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinspire decades of support for Catamount athletics
April 25Kenny Messer, who grew up in rural Haywood County plowing tobacco fields behind a mule, providing philanthropic support to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµis a way to show appreciation for an institution that saved him from a future of staring at the back end of a pack animal.