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Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning
May 19ĢƵ interior design students collaborated with seniors at the Givens Great Laurels retirement community this May to discuss and address the realities of aging in place.
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Junior Savannah McGlothlin named to ALL IN honor roll
April 16Savannah McGlothlin has gone above and beyond for her fellow students at ĢƵ during election season.
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Alumna Kinley Cook brings passion to job as park guide
April 14As a park guide at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, Kinley Cook’s passion for the outdoors radiates to her visitors. She gets them excited about where they’re at, whether it be by way of the park’s history or showing them a salamander that’s sitting under a random rock along its trail.
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$100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations
April 8Future students majoring in English studies and participating in student media organizations at ĢƵ will be eligible for financial assistance made possible by a planned gift of $100,000 from a ĢƵalumna who has enjoyed a lengthy career in the education profession.
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Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles
April 4As an Entourage tour guide, Cora Haste is the face of ĢƵ to a group of strangers for about a couple of hours.
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Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems
March 21H. Kevin Fulk, associate professor of computer information systems at ĢƵ, has been appointed to the position of Kneedler Distinguished Professor of Computer Information Systems at WCU.
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Restoring through research: ĢƵprofessors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service
March 7In the days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, first responders and volunteers rushed to help their neighbors. Checking in on loved ones, restoring electricity to homes and businesses, and conducting search and rescue missions already looked like a daunting uphill battle.
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Student spotlight: ĢƵsenior Mekeila Santiago stays involved through time on campus
February 26Mekeila Santiago remembers her mom hounding her to get involved before she even stepped foot inside a classroom at ĢƵ.
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Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp
January 30Jackson County isn’t an urban hotbed like the Charlotte’s and Greensboro’s of the state are. It doesn’t have big museums, aquariums or any other spot that might get kids interested in STEM.
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Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research
January 30Inside Keith Gibbs’ office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the ĢƵ assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.