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For more than 50 years, 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 Mountain Heritage Days has celebrated the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia 鈥� and this year the energy is bigger than ever.

蘑菇短视频 invites faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members to register for the 16th Annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium, taking place September 24-25, 2026, at the Bardo Arts Center on WCU's main campus.

Shelley and Kevin King are the founders of Ochre Hill Farms, two 蘑菇短视频 Catamounts who first met as performers of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. But as they鈥檇 tell their story, Ochre Hill Farms was as much their children鈥檚 project as their own.

This July four 蘑菇短视频 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 鈥渢o strengthen North Carolina鈥檚 public institutions, support its local communities and create a new generation of transformational public service leaders.鈥�

As faculty and staff gathered for Opening Assembly on Aug. 12, Brown celebrated a university experiencing unprecedented momentum.

For over a century, 蘑菇短视频 has helped put teachers in classrooms across the region and beyond. Now, looking to address the state鈥檚 ongoing teacher shortage, WCU鈥檚 impact on education in North Carolina just grew stronger.

This August, Brandi Hinnant-Crawford will join the College of Education and Allied Professions faculty as the John and Deborah Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership. Her return is a homecoming that continues a nearly decade-long tenure as a Catamount and more than 12-year career as a researcher and professor.

Matt Canter made the choice to attend 蘑菇短视频 while ankle-deep in the Tuckasegee River, fighting a hungry rainbow trout at the other end of his fly rod. He hadn鈥檛 seen campus or met his peers, but Canter didn鈥檛 need more convincing. For the future fly-fishing guide and owner of Brookings Anglers, the pristine waters surrounding Cullowhee had done the job well enough