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WCU's Homecoming to be held Oct. 23-25
October 2Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 23-25 with a downtown Sylva parade, alumni awards, tailgating and a Southern Conference football matchup.
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New endowment, matching gifts to boost resources for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµtrack, field, cross country
September 25A new endowment established by a competitive racewalker from Whittier is designed to help the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ track and field and cross country programs overcome hurdles, with a campaign for matching gifts in the starting blocks to help push the effort across the finish line.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumnus awarded for historic preservation work with EBCI
September 11Beau Carroll was chosen in late August to receive the 2026 Historic Preservation Award from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM), a national nonprofit that celebrates the work of Indigenous scholars and working advocates across the country.
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Former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµbaseball star, country musician to speak during entrepreneurship week
September 3Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Business will welcome alumnus, former Catamount baseball player, country music star and entrepreneur Matt Stillwell as keynote speaker during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November.
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‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign tops $100 million in support
August 29Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has concluded its ambitious “Fill the Western Skyâ€� comprehensive fundraising campaign with more than $110 million in philanthropic support pouring in to benefit the institution’s academic, student engagement and athletics programs.
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New students’ family connections to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto be celebrated at Sept. 19 Legacy Pinning
August 27A group of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s newest students will be ceremoniously welcomed as members of the Catamount family by some of their own relatives who previously attended Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµas the university holds its annual Legacy Pinning event Saturday, Sept. 19.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfootball stadium atrium named in recognition of gift from Catamount couple
August 27The new hospitality level atrium on the fourth floor of the westside stands expansion at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s E.J. Whitmire Stadium has been named in recognition of philanthropic support from alumni Larry and Mary Arbaugh.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµannounces schedule for Mountain Heritage Days 2026
August 25For more than 50 years, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Mountain Heritage Days has celebrated the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia — and this year the energy is bigger than ever.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµgrads grow community at Ochre Hill Farms
August 25Shelley and Kevin King are the founders of Ochre Hill Farms, two Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Catamounts who first met as performers of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. But as they’d tell their story, Ochre Hill Farms was as much their children’s project as their own.
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Meet the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµgrads leading NC
August 24This July four Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ graduates were chosen to serve communities across the state as Lead for North Carolina fellows. Lead for NC is a government fellowship program started in 2019 with a mission “to strengthen North Carolina’s public institutions, support its local communities and create a new generation of transformational public service leaders.â€�