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Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events
February 4Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s annual Research and Scholarship Conference will be held on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26.
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Former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµAcademic All-American pays homage to retired sports communicator
February 4Former Catamount football player and two-time Academic All-American Mike Wade leads a growing list of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumni and friends adding their support to an initiative to name the university's new football stadium media center in honor of a legendary sports information director.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents help Durham PD solve 2023 missing persons case
February 2Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents assist in recovery of human remains.
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Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC
February 2Eliana Cruz calls herself the “Snoop Dogg� of her friend group, and not just because she shares the same swagger of the D-O-Double G.
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An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of WCU’s Wildlife and Forestry Club
January 30Timbersports are in full swing on WCU’s campus. And despite a slowdown in the team’s progress post-Covid, current Catamounts are raising money, purchasing equipment and expanding their ranks to raise the university to new competitive heights.
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Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU
January 29Amidst the stress of college, there are a few calming personalities students occasionally run into on their way to class: pets. For a single moment while they stop to pet them, all those worries evaporate.
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Library, Marketing Project Shows Value of Effective Interviewing Skills for Students
January 21A recent collaboration between an instruction librarian and a marketing faculty member at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ sheds new light on the value of teaching effective interviewing skills to students across a wide expanse of academic disciplines. The project demonstrates how the tactics used in gathering oral history can strengthen students’ abilities to conduct meaningful interviews.
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WCU’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center
January 16Longtime Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ supporters and friends have come together to honor the legacy and dedication of the university’s former sports information director, Steve White, a man many affectionately refer to as “the walking encyclopedia of Catamount athletics.â€�
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CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events
January 14Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning will host a series of events in partnership with local organizations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19 and Wednesday, Jan. 21.
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Peace in action: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents bring Nobel ideas to San Diego
January 13This past November, five Brinson Honors College students traveled to San Diego to present their “Partners in Peace� project at the National Collegiate Honors Council’s annual conference.