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ĢƵsees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment
September 4The retention rate of the fall 2024 first-time, full-time freshmen class rose to a record 81.6% as compared to 79.1% for fall 2023.
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Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
September 3For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.
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Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence
September 2Western Carolina Power, the university-owned electric utility serving parts of ĢƵ and surrounding customers, has been named one of 23 public power communities across North Carolina to receive a 2024 Public Power Award of Excellence.
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Retired PR professional creates endowment to support ĢƵstudents
September 2A public relations professional who has served as a mentor in the Department of Communication at ĢƵ is now providing support to students in a different way by establishing a new endowment fund to enhance access to extracurricular and professional development activities.
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Students Kate Taylor, Jay Brown help new students adjust to life at WCU
August 28What does it mean to be a Catamount? It’s not necessarily someone from Cullowhee. It’s not always someone who’s stepped foot on campus. It’s when someone calls ĢƵ home — and much more.
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Retired professor creates faculty mentorship endowment in College of Business
August 28A retired professor in ĢƵ’s College of Business has created an endowment fund that will provide resources for mentorship programs for current faculty members within the college.
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ĢƵplaying role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
August 27A faculty member in ĢƵ’s College of Business is facilitating a yearlong effort to provide increased access to broadband and the training needed to take full advantage of the technological resources to underserved populations of rural Western North Carolina.
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A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown
August 25When ĢƵ alumna Kara McMullen stands on the wet stone of Salt Rock Gap, thousands of acres of chirping forest span before her, a sprawling network of trails buried just beneath.
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WCU’s Brett Riggs named honorary member of EBCI
August 20Brett Riggs is heavily involved with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, so when the tribal librarian asked him to come to council to support a resolution for the library, no questions were asked.
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From Curitiba to Cullowhee: A Brazilian reunion at WCU
August 20“Impressive how we find Brazilians everywhere, right?” The words, spoken in Portuguese, broke Luca Brunetti’s concentration. He ended his phone call with his family and looked more closely at the young man standing before him.