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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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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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WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH
August 19Unearthing history is nothing new to Cherokee Language Program director and associate professor Sara Snyder Hopkins. Thanks to a federal grant, she and a group of colleagues will continue to do so.
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ĢƵlaunches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration
August 15ĢƵ’s College of Engineering and Technology is expanding its engineering programs again this fall with the launch of a new bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a new industrial engineering concentration.
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From the age of steam to the age of AI, ĢƵputs students first, serves its region as economic engine
August 14ĢƵ has faced many challenges over the past year: a historic storm, an ever-changing landscape in higher education, competition for enrollment, and budget uncertainty from the state and federal levels.
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ĢƵvolunteers rally to clean up Catamount Gap
August 12ĢƵ has changed in many ways since its founding in 1889, but one tradition has always stayed true: Catamounts give back, and they honor the land they’re standing on.
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A gift of hope: Supporting students in their mental health journey
August 12Universities and colleges across the United States are finding that an ever-increasing number of students on their campuses are dealing with a variety of mental health issues, ranging from anxiety and depression to thoughts of suicide.