ĢƵStories - All Posts
- 2025 Magazine
- Academics
- Admissions
- Advancement
- Alan Ritchie Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Alumni
- Anthropology
- Appalachia
- Apply
- Arts and Culture
- Athletics
- Awards and Recognition
- Bardo Arts Center
- Barto Arts Center
- Biology
- Board of Directors
- Board of Trustees
- Brinson Honors College
- Campus History
- Catamount Club
- Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
- Cherokee Center
- Cherokee Language Program
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Education and Allied Professions
- College of Engineering and Technology
- College of Fine and Performing Arts
- College of Health and Human Sciences
- Commencement
- Community Engagement
- Connie Bostic
- Current Exhibitions
- Current Students
- Current Students and Alumni
- Department of Social Work
- Discover
- Division of Advancement
- Donations
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- Endowment
- English Department
- Enrollment
- Events
- Exhibits
- Faculty
- Faculty Research
- Faculty Scholarship
- Faculty and Staff
- Faulty
- Fill the Western Sky
- Fine Art Museum
- Forensic Anthropology
- Forensic Science
- Forestry and Wildlife Club
- Give to WCU
- Graduate Program News
- Graduate School
- Grants
- Hamlet
- Highlands Biological Station
- Homecoming
- Hurricane Helene Recovery
- Ideas with Impact
- Impact Grants
- Jackson County
- MHD
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Psychology
- Mountain Heritage
- Mountain Heritage Center
- Mountain Heritage Days
- NC Promise
- Nascar
- Natural Resouces
- News
- News and Events
- North Carolina Arboretum
- North Carolina Glass
- Parks and Recreation Management
- Physical Therapy
- Pride of the Mountains
- Pride of the Mountains Marching Band
- Regional Impact
- Research
- Research and Discovery
- Research at WCU
- Rooted in the Mountains
- Scholarship
- Scholarships
- School of Nursing
- Service
- Shakespeare
- Student Experience
- Student News
- Student Spotlight
- Student-Athlete Stories
- Study Abroad
- Timbersports
- UP
- Undergraduate Research
- University Participant Program
- ĢƵBoard of Trustees
- ĢƵClubs
- ĢƵFine Art Museum
- ĢƵFoundation Board
- ĢƵMagazine
- ĢƵMagazine 24
- World Languages
- alumni spotlights
- blog
- bluegrass
- campus life
- cherokee language
- engineering
- health sciences
- hunter library
- interior design
- mountain heritage day
- pets
- rapid center
- student government association
- wcu global
-
Student legislature takes home “best delegation” at Raleigh general assembly
May 22ĢƵ’s chapter of the North Carolina Student Legislature was less than a year old when it took home the statewide title of “best delegation” this April.
-
ĢƵastronomers lead 13th annual statewide star party
May 21ĢƵ astronomers brought stargazers of all ages to the Cashiers plateau earlier this spring where the night burned bright for the 13th annual Statewide Star Party.
-
Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center
May 20Effective May 1, Peter Koch was promoted from the position of museum education associate to associate director of ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center.
-
MHS program celebrates new graduates
May 19The Master of Health Sciences program at ĢƵ was established in 2003, and with an everchanging health science field, the program has continued to adapt to meet the needs of students across the United States with backgrounds in healthcare administration and business, health-related education or clinical practice.
-
Kyle Pifer named ĢƵDirector of Athletics
May 19ĢƵ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced today, Monday, May 19, the selection of Kyle Pifer to serve as the director of athletics following approval of his contract by the university’s Board of Trustees during a special-called meeting earlier in the day.
-
ĢƵto hold groundbreaking ceremony June 12 for stadium renovations project
May 14ĢƵ will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, to kick off the first phase of a series of planned upgrades for E.J. Whitmire Stadium and other aging facilities used by Catamount student-athletes.
-
From LEGO to launch: Antonson twins look back on their ĢƵjourney
May 8Trevor and Ty Antonson’s childhood was filled with LEGO creations—buildings, starships, train cars and more. The twins shared a bedroom and dedicated the other to their masterpieces.
-
ĢƵstudents present at National Conference on Undergraduate ResearchPage Title
May 7Recently, 29 ĢƵ students and other students from across the country presented their research at the National Research Conference on Undergraduate Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
-
ĢƵart student awarded first place in national ceramics exhibition
May 6A faceless woman in vibrant dress. A swaddled child at her back. A basket full of yaniqueques, a favorite snack of the Dominican Republic, balanced atop her head. Zoila Carrasco’s “Feeding the Island” is a story in stoneware, an artist’s journey toward self-love amidst generational memories and food anxiety.
-
WNC teacher Lydia Sale continues WCU, education tradition in family
May 6Lydia Sale has an unwavering dedication to public education. She walks into her classroom at Swain West Elementary School each morning with her students on her heart. That’s always been the case for Sale.