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Cole Johnson demonstrating glass blowing

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor, alumnus bring glass blowing demo to campus

Timm Muth, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Technology at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, looks at glass differently than most. Glass is more than just the material that makes windows.  

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumni award winners

Alumni return to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfor annual homecoming celebration

Jamie Van Pelt’s drive from Florida to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.   

Alumni award winners

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhonors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024

Ä¢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.   

Daniel J. Watts

Tony and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist to perform at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµas part of Fall Speaker Series

A Tony-nominated actor and spoken word artist will be making his way to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.  

RGB Portrait, a painting by Zack Schneider

Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU

Nontraditional 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.  

Noyce Scholars at WCU

NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµSmoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program

The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.  

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

New 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.  

Alumni tower in Fall

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµwaives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees

It 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. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.   

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years

Voice of the Cats

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years