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OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants
October 15ĢƵ is home to students from many different backgrounds, boasting a high percentage of first-generation students and a number of learners with disabilities. Thanks to a pair of federal TRIO Student Support Services grants, ĢƵis now better set up to support them.
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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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NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding
July 3Heidi Von Dohlen was an educator and school principal for 27 years before becoming the director of the Principal Fellows program at ĢƵ.
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Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground
May 1An ice storm shifted the first Western North Carolina Elementary STEM Community of Practice meeting to Zoom last minute, but Patricia Bricker’s project didn’t freeze up.
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Alumnus divides gift to create scholarship honoring educator wife, support athletics upgrades
April 30ĢƵ alumnus and Asheville resident Stephen Hodge had a bit of difficulty deciding whether to direct a recent financial contribution for his alma mater to support academics or athletics. So, the banking executive who grew up in Rutherfordton reached the conclusion to do both.
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Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award
January 24ĢƵ College of Arts and Sciences professor Kathy Jaqua noticed a look on her former student’s face.
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Donors to Fund for ĢƵsupport ASP student trip to Central Europe
January 13ĢƵ’s Academic Success Program took 21 students to Central Europe in March 2024 for an 11-day international learning experience for conditionally admitted students who successfully completed ASP requirements.
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ĢƵrecognized for commitment to advancing first-generation student success
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