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Catamount Resiliency: Buddying UP

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµUniversity Participant program provides an inclusive, two-year, on-campus living and learning experience for college-aged persons with intellectual disability. The program aims to facilitate UP students' transition from secondary school to adult life with education, employment, and independent living.  

Richie cooking at his grill

Catamount Resiliency: Campus Response

In the hours and days after Hurricane Helene hit, students were asked to stay put as traveling outside of Jackson County was unsafe. The loss of internet and cell service made traveling hazardous, and the surrounding areas were unknown.  

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Catamount Resiliency: Catamounts Fight On

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsoftball player Kennedy Stewman could tell you how special this community is. She’s lived in it her whole life. The Sylva native has seen her home rally together in times of celebration, excitement and, more recently, need.  

physical therapy students

Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents majoring in healthcare fields have to do clinicals, which give them real-world experience in their fields. Hurricane Helene gave many Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents experiences they never thought they would see during college or even in their lifetime.  

Lauren and Kalila Dodgin

Catamount Resiliency: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand

Lauren Dodgin, a university program specialist at WCU’s Biltmore Park instructional site in Asheville, woke up to her town torn to pieces.  

Cherokee basket weaving

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumna records 100,000th person into craftsman database

Isabel Driver knows how important the work she does is. As an intern with the Mountain Heritage Center at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, Driver etched 224 craftspeople into the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts’ craftsman database.  

George Brown, the Hinshaws and Denise Drury Homewood

Macon County couple endows fund to diversify Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFine Art Museum collections

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Fine Art Museum at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center will be broadening the scope of artists represented in its holdings thanks to contributions from a Macon County couple.  

Matt Henley

Matt Henley appointed director of the Pride of the Mountains and Athletic Bands

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is excited to announce the appointment of Matt Henley as the next director of Athletic Bands and director of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.  

Jordan-Phillips Field House

Phillips and Jordan Inc. pledges $1 million challenge gift toward Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµathletics facilities upgrades

Phillips and Jordan Inc., a national construction contractor with roots in the Western North Carolina town of Robbinsville and headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, has announced plans to build on its legacy of corporate support for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s intercollegiate athletics program.