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- All Roads Lead to Rome
- Japanese Program Newsletter - Vol. 9, 2021
- From Whee to Wi
- Denise Morgan named Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Early Literacy
- NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµSmoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program
- Project Discovery celebrates, reflects on 40th anniversary
- Psychology professor lauded for teaching excellence
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµmath education students
- Student receives WRESA Dogwood Trust grant
- The Catamount School plans to relocate to Reid
- Call Me MiSTER program graduates its first cohort
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhonors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- Study: AI Helps Students with Test Prep, Interview Practice
- Changing Landscape of College Athletics from Labor Market Perspective
- Study Examines Diversity of Workplace Spirituality
- Customer sensory experiences, behaviors at cartoon-themed restaurants
- Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfree enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research
- Marketing professor’s research indicates iconic brands may want to avoid extensive social media
- From ‘Night Court’ to internal auditor: The impact of extraneous factors on perception of competency
- Research Examines Social Media Impact on Hospitality Industry
- New Handbook Aims to Improve Project Performance
- The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Managing Projects
- Recent Book Shines Light on International Arbitration Issue
- New study examines role of personality dimensions in project improvement teams
- Researchers at WCU, CCU investigate pitfalls of alternative financing methods in the Carolinas
- Researcher studying relationship between PTSD, organizational support systems, job performance
- New study on ‘4% rule’ suggests different approaches to retirement strategies
- Sport Organizations Frequently Strike Out When Marketing to Families
- Launch of Student Financial Wellness Program
- Study of Female Management Consultants
- Abigail Gulley | Day in the Life
- Academic Success Program students visit Argentina with support from Fund for WCU
- Master's Degree in Biology Cultivates a Career
- Additional donations boost estate gift, enable patron to see impact on parks, rec students
- African American Society reunion features Greek anniversaries, return of gospel choir
- Aliya Bailey named director of development for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµCollege of Health, Human Sciences
- Not Just Brick and Mortar
- Pride of the Mountain Marching Band Snare Drum Player Inspires the Next Generation
- Annie Vasquez: The Value of People
- Annual Planting Day event recognizes philanthropic impact of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµgiving societies
- Antonia Kincaid - Finding Inspiration
- The Black Fantastic - Armani Blair
- Science + Art = Winemaking
- The Black Fantastic - Asha Sr., Charlotte
- Asheville banking executive devotes gifts of time, talent, treasure to WCU
- Bank Shot
- The Black Fantastic - BaShaun Smith
- The Black Fantastic - Benny Smith
- The Black Fantastic - Brandi Hinant-Crawford
- Brinson Honors College launches new initiative through 1889 Impact Grant
- Bryant Kinney leaves leadership post confident in WCU’s strength to lead region
- Campus priorities identified for inaugural ‘One Day For Western’
- CAPS finds way to ‘meet students’ with award-winning videos
- Campus Fixture Carol Burton Creates Scholarship to Aid International Graduate Students
- The Black Fantastic - Carol Burton
- Catamount community gives back during annual service weekend
- Catamount crew crisscrosses Ireland for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµtravel series maiden voyage
- Catamount Philanthropy Council provides student face for donors, alumni
- Look Good, Feel Good
- Engineer Your Future
- MFA program checked all the boxes for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalum: culture, mountains and academic rigor
- Manifest Your Own Masterpiece
- Chancellor Kelli Brown 4-peats on Business NC Power List
- Chancellor Brown’s late mother honored with namesake scholarship
- Discover Your Own Breakthrough
- The Black Fantastic - C.J. Mitchell
- Always Business Ready
- CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee BrewersÂ
- Cody Dalton | Pride of the Mountains
- Coffee and Culture
- College of Business alumnus who appeared on ‘Shark Tank’ shares secrets of success
- College of Engineering and Technology hosts German exchange student for research collaboration
- College of Engineering and Technology to offer new concentrations this fall
- The Comeback Cats
- Conway Scholars meet benefactor, hear from NCDHHS secretary, receive nursing pins
- Catamount Resiliency: Be the Helper
- Catamount Resiliency: Buddying UP
- Catamount Resiliency: Campus Response
- Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call
- Catamount Resiliency: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand
- Organizing a Future
- A Decade in Review
- 2023 Graduates | Day in the Life
- Colleen Heuser | A Day In the Life
- Hayley Sexton | A Day in the Life
- Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life
- Nicole Kanupp | Day in the Life
- Semaija Johnson | Day in the Life
- Vitoria Domingues | A Day in the Life
- Donors provide emergency support to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents, faculty, staff affected by Helene
- Due for an Upgrade
- Ed Broadwell receives doctorate of humane letters
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµart student leaves mark in his “dreamâ€� country
- Engineering Treats
- Engineering WNC
- English professor picked for NC Literary Hall of Fame
- Envisioning Championships
- Essential WCU
- Ex-football player makes $150K gift to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµathletics facilities after tour reveals few upgrades in 40 years
- Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement
- Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contributions continue Brown family legacy of support for WCU
- Fill The Western Sky
- Former Catamount kicker splits the uprights with $100k in support for fundraising effort
- Former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµtennis player serves up $1 million fundraising campaign gift
- Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports cultural, educational programming to improve student retention
- Funds launched by alumnus support preprofessional health majors, marching band students
- Game Changers
- Games On
- Gardner-Webb’s Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club
- Gift from alumnus establishes new scholarship fund to support Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsocial work students
- $2.1 million gift provides scholarships for all Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµnursing students
- Gifts in honor of retired physical therapy professor support Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprogram, students
- Gifts of $100,000 from communication alumnus create 2 annual scholarship funds
- Native Plants Symbolize New Giving Societies
- Global Black Studies program shines
- Explore Further. Achieve Goals
- Gratitude for education, experiences at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinspire decades of support for Catamount athletics
- Exploration Leads to Career Connections
- Honoring Our Promise
- Highlands Biological Station receives $150,000 gift to continue renovation of historic building
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland: Day 4
- The Black Fantastic - Jack Eaddy
- The Black Fantastic - Jane Adams-Dunford
- The Black Fantastic - Jeff Hughes
- Kathleen de la Torre named WCU’s assistant vice chancellor for development
- Legacy Pinning ceremony honors family connections to WCU
- Lifelong love of libraries leads to couple’s philanthropic support of Hunter Library
- Live Western
- Live Western
- Macon County couple endows fund to diversify Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFine Art Museum collections
- Made in NC: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµand Jackson County share deep connection
- Making Music Accessible
- Live Western
- The Black Fantastic - Munene Mwaniki
- The Black Fantastic - Myron Jackson
- NC construction management organization provides scholarship funding
- NC Innovation
- Nearly 1,150 donors make gifts to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµon ‘One Day for Western’
- New Beginnings
- New Faces
- New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer
- New Thompson Scholar program supports study-abroad for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµHonors College students
- No Bones About It
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- The Black Fantastic - Patrice Brown
- POTM to Pixar
- Roots Of Rhythm
- Retired engineer who got his start at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcreates new scholarship fund
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµmath education students
- Ronnie Carr
- School of Nursing receives $2.1 million boost to launch Conway Scholars initiative
- Senior Toast celebrates student philanthropy, ongoing engagement with WCU
- The Black Fantastic - Shamella Cromartie
- Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU
- The Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports ‘Whee Belong’ gatherings for distance ed students
- Voice of the Cats
- Third annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for March 26
- Top Cats
- Vecinos clinic receives tech upgrade through donations to Fund for WCU
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches Veterans and Military Alumni Society
- Graciella | A Day in the Life
- The Black Fantastic - Vonterius Woolbright
- Walk the Talk
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumni don’t wait until 60s to make planned gifts to help future students
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumni help recruit future students through new Cat Eyes Club
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumnus, ‘Shark Tank’ star Garrett Ozar to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµannounces historic $100 million goal for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµchancellor, ‘first dude’ back the ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign with a $4 million estate gift
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµdonors shatter fundraising record with more than $35.8 million in FY24
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty, staff giving campaign nets nearly 40 new donors
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhonors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents plan and build outdoor steps for HOMEBASE
- WCU’s 7th scholarship funded by Whitehead family pays tribute to Honors College founding dean
- Wike Scholarship to aid Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfootball players, golfers seeking careers in education
- The Black Fantastic - William Moultrie
- Women’s basketball program alumnae reunion supported by Fund for WCU, 1889 Impact Grants
- 2018: A Year in Review
- Yosemite
- Zoe | A Day in the Life
- Missing All Things WCU? Download These Zoom Backgrounds!
- Elvis Perez Galarza
- Ariel Colón-RodrÃguez
- Julie Miller Denesha joins Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµAdvancement to support College of Engineering, Technology
- Justin Pace to lead Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµSchool of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business LawPage Title
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumnus Julian Manrique shines as law school grad, attorney
- Highlands couple pledges estate legacy gift in excess of $10M to WCU
- Search underway for new athletics director
- WCU’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center
- CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events
- Peace in action: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents bring Nobel ideas to San Diego
- Associate professor, students produce grant-funded documentary about Asheville-based Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµconstruction management students use SPOT to help local community
- Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care
- Partnership on the water: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµoutfitted with new Liquidlogic kayaks
- Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµnames renovated women’s basketball locker room in honor of program matriarch
- $35K URPA grant will support engineering students to develop AI manufacturing skills
- Martin Tanaka secures NCInnovation funding for new medical device
- Nearly 1,500 donors contribute $1.4 million to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµon GivingTuesday
- King of the hills: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfreshman Nassor Ashenafi, father go viral, persevere
- Professor’s challenging path from India to US inspires support for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµbusiness students
- Student philanthropists feted at fall semester Senior Toast
- WCU’s ‘Our Natural World’ Camp for youngest Jackson County students ignites STEM passion in rural classrooms
- Swiss-born alumnus Simon Gugerli returns home as analyst with UBS bank
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµAthletics brings holiday cheer with Education Days for local students
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµEMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community
- Student spotlight: Senior Alexis Shafir writes grant for local school’s printing press
- Retired professor, staff member spouse endow scholarship for psychology students
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµphotography class restores damaged photos lost during Helene
- Scholarships help Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµeconomic analysis, political science major pursue career goals
- CET students build doghouses for SPOT, donate others to local animal rescue
- Call Me MiSTER welcomes new cohort for 2025-26
- Retired Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor brings forest therapy to Jackson County Greenway
- A new home in Poland: Boren scholar speaks on time abroad
- Alumni spanning 50 years honored at Homecoming for achievements, service
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto expand student support services for STEM students
- GivingTuesday ’25 to focus on support for academic excellence, Catamount Club
- Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges
- Daughter’s experience in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment
- The Carlyle Letters Online find new home at Hunter Library
- Power of Giving
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty, staff add their names to ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign donor list
- Keeping Time
- Catamounts Take the NFL
- Service through adventure: Base Camp Cullowhee’s latest and greatest student expedition
- Loving Jackson County
- The Pifer Era Begins
- Road to the Show
- Shoot Your Shot
- 2025 notes from Chancellor Brown
- A Student's View
- Homefield Makeover
- Plastic Rain
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC
- Making (brain) waves: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµadds neuroscience minor
- Retired PR professional creates endowment to support Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents
- Young alumni spotlight: Blevins helps the Hornets buzz as account executive
- Internships help pave career paths for College of Business students
- Homefield Makeover
- Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at WCU
- $1.25 M gift to athletics pushes ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign past its $100 M goal
- Cherokee Center to hold 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 4
- OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants
- Economic Impact
- Recreational therapy senior Meghan Greenly selected for prestigious award
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs
- College of Business chili cookoff evolves into a campus battle of bowls set for Nov. 15
- Nursing school director endows scholarship for WCU’s new master’s degree program
- MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee
- Homecoming weekend at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµset for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards
- Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition
- University launches Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµConnect, a guaranteed admission programPage Title
- The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment
- Nowhere but UP
- College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D
- WCU’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµastronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto host Echoes Across the Smokies
- Looking Back: Hurricane Helene
- Living history: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµresearchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories
- Donors support Alston Awards for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent-athletes’ academic achievements
- All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections
- Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence
- Mountain Heritage Days earns NC green travel designation
- Retired professor creates faculty mentorship endowment in College of Business
- Students Kate Taylor, Jay Brown help new students adjust to life at WCU
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµplaying role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
- A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown
- Bluegrass in Blue Ridge: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents, alumni start Upstream Rebellion band
- From Curitiba to Cullowhee: A Brazilian reunion at WCU
- WCU’s Brett Riggs named honorary member of EBCI
- Pura Vida in practice: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµDepartment of World Languages immerses students in Costa Rican culture
- WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration
- From the age of steam to the age of AI, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµputs students first, serves its region as economic engine
- Randy Collins named to National Engineering Education Committee
- A gift of hope: Supporting students in their mental health journey
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµvolunteers rally to clean up Catamount Gap
- Student journalists attend national convention with support from the Fund for WCU
- Alumna kicks off post grad life with NCDHHS internship
- Engineering makes national list of best undergraduate programs
- Welcome to the Whee!
- Roger Smoker, Jackson County Public Libraries named 2025 Mountain Heritage Award recipients
- Alec Harris named development director for College of Education, Allied Professions
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµGreek Challenge nets $1.5 million for Catamount Club; winners announced
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches fully online MBA program
- Reinvigorated Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµretirees association elects officers, plans activities
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumni roll out the welcome mat for new incoming studentsPage Title
- New exhibition celebrating the gifts of Connie Bostic at WCU
- The wonder of North Carolina glass comes to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµthis fall
- Tax law changes lead donors to accelerate giving plans to WCU, other nonprofits
- Mountain Heritage Days to spotlight Appalachian language, history and music
- Senior Tim Thompson makes his mark at Los Angeles studio
- More than music: Inside WCU’s Summer Symposium
- Catamount Club shatters 2,000-member goal to unlock $1 million challenge gift
- Running to help: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent-athlete Landey Green helps others through two internships
- CATALYST program ignites passion for research and leadership in honors students
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark comes to Bardo Arts Center
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµscholars publish new book on mental illness stigma
- Students get deep dive into Chinese culture, business during Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsummer travel course
- Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for WCU
- Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsenior Tayler Franklin helps identify fallen soldiers at Pearl Harbor
- Alumni couple establish endowment for parks, rec program
- Catamount Adventures series takes alumni, friends to Portugal, Spain
- Preservation of an endangered language
- Digging it: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsenior Jenna Dreyer works archaeology internship in Washington state
- NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinstructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth
- Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15
- Couple who met at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµorientation make ‘Fill the Western Sky’ leadership gift to athletics
- New faces join Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµFoundation Board; departing members recognized
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµholds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium
- Mountain Heritage Awards now accepting nominations
- College of Business launches two new graduate certificates for fall semester
- Construction management student invents ‘Dormclaw’
- College of Engineering to offer ACE Machining Bootcamps this summer
- EMS holds christening event for new ambulance
- Alumnus Hank Henderson applies Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµguidance to job, pays it forward
- Student legislature takes home “best delegation� at Raleigh general assembly
- Catamounts start your engines
- Business faculty guide post-Helene recovery study for NC Arboretum
- Alumni participation sought for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµBattle of the Bands competition
- Young alumni spotlight: Harp passes on guidance as Greek life adviser
- Josh Dobson, Nora Lynn Finch sworn in as members of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµBoard of Trustees Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµStories September 10, 2025
- Annual faculty-staff giving challenge resumes this fall
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contribution feels like a promise to Catamount couple
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµastronomers lead 13th annual statewide star party
- WCU–CIHA partnership grows Cherokee’s next generation of healers
- Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center
- Kyle Pifer named Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµDirector of Athletics
- MHS program celebrates new graduates
- Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning
- Catamount Club to launch search for successor to assistant director C.J. Mitchell
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto hold groundbreaking ceremony June 12 for stadium renovations project
- Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
- UNC Board of Governors appoints Nora Lynn Finch, Tate Apodaca to Board of Trustees
- Alumna Kinley Cook brings passion to job as park guide
- Gifts from all 50 states help Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhit ‘One Day for Western’ goal of 1,200 donors
- RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration
- School of Stage and Screen earns NCTC award, set for spring musical
- $100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations
- Brittany Kicklighter named director of development for athletics major gifts
- Catamount grads reflect on graduation cap decor
- From LEGO to launch: Antonson twins look back on their Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµjourney
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents present at National Conference on Undergraduate ResearchPage Title
- WNC teacher Lydia Sale continues WCU, education tradition in family
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµart student awarded first place in national ceramics exhibition
- First-generation college students reflect on journey to commencement
- Senior Toast honors philanthropy of soon-to-be graduates
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµearns 2025-2026 Military Friendly® school designation
- Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground
- Alumnus divides gift to create scholarship honoring educator wife, support athletics upgrades
- Student spotlight: Jones, Rodriguez look forward to term as president, vice president
- University faculty, staff award winners announced for ‘25
- A whole lot of heart: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsoftball bat boy defies odds, cheers on Catamounts
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto introduce Maddie, the virtual engagement officer
- Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles
- Play ball! Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµpitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends
- Nominations are open for annual alumni awards
- Tour of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµathletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift
- Athletics Gala shines spotlight on Catamount student-athletes, impact of supporters
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµengineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent
- College of Education and Allied Professions earns A-plus for elementary math education courses
- April Tallant named director of Coulter Faculty Commons
- African American Alumni Society endows new scholarship fund
- Asheville dentist, wife give Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation
- Junior Savannah McGlothlin named to ALL IN honor roll
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinterior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning
- Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems
- WCU’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon
- NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at WCU
- ustin Pace to lead Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµSchool of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business Law
- Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU
- RASC 2025: David Joy and campus research presentations
- Alex Gary to resign after nearly five years as Athletics Director at WCU
- Restoring through research: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches engineering discovery program with new director Gretchen Dietz
- Student spotlight: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsenior Mekeila Santiago stays involved through time on campus
- Electrical engineering students create a portable energy model for Duke Energy
- Restoring through research: professors navigate floodwaters post-Helene
- An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of WCU’s Wildlife and Forestry Club
- Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
- The hills have eyes
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµgrieves the loss of longtime friend, supporter, community leader Reg Moody
- Students engage in undergraduate research across disciplines
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµranked No. 3 on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµmourns passing of Honors College benefactor Greg Thompson
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµmourns loss of former Trustee Jeanette Wallace Hyde
- Restoring through research: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessors help rebuild after Helene
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµand Vance-Granville CC sign memorandum of understanding for guaranteed admission
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsees high retention rate, notable increase in enrollment for spring 2025
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµexpands Catamount Commitment to include transfer studentsÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is expanding its Catamount Commitment program with a new initiative to support transfer students from North Carolina Community Colleges.
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsocial work students engage with alumni with help from Fund for WCU
- Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµCherokee Language program receives $223K grant
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµset to host the Catamount Climb in April
- Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU
- Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research
- Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp
- Donations to Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupport student writing contest at annual literary festival
- Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports library’s student art contest; winners now on display
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches a new guarantee for transfer students
- Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award
- WCU’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs
- SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµearns grant for new year
- Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports symposium on intersection of policing, social work
- Author and alumnus David Joy to give keynote address at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµResearch and Scholarship Conference
- Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
- George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµafter a decade of leadership
- Chancellor’s Ambassadors student organization receives leadership training through Fund for WCU
- Donors to Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupport ASP student trip to Central Europe
- Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents help Durham PD solve 2023 missing person case
- Former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµAcademic All-American pays homage to retired sports communicator
- Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events
- Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
- CCESL puts $2,000 grant to use with MLK Day of Service events
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµMountain Heritage Center opens new ‘Moonshine: Spirit of Independence’ exhibit
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalum Frisby named NC SHAPE Middle School PE Teacher of the Year
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµWind Ensemble, POTM selected to appear at 2026 CBDNA Southern Division Conference
- Weiler, Grist receive $70K grant to assist NC School for the Deaf
- Young alumni panel shares advice on ‘what’s next’ with current Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents
- Fourth annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for March 25
- Pair of Catamounts compete in national cycling races, find home in sport
- Alumni Office announces starting lineup for 2026 Ballparks and Brews Tour
- Book by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor examines ethical issues in the business of sport
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµeconomist finds $144 million ROI on local Medicaid, SNAP funding
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstaff members volunteers with Olympics
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµchoir, community chorus to perform Mendelssohn masterwork
- Who speaks for the trees? A conversation with master arborist Andrew Thigpen
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµseeking Catamount Captains to advocate for ‘One Day for Western’
- Dual-sport student-athlete Sadler Miller shows love for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµon canvas
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµscholars, alumni celebrate return of Noquisiyi Mound to EBCI
- Young alumni: Christopher Childers brings stories to life as videographer
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor Brian Byrd receives 2026 BOG excellence in teaching award
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto name softball field in honor of program founder Betty Peele
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµraises curtain on new director of development in College of Fine, Performing Arts
- Former athletic training student establishes scholarship fund at WCU
- Andrew Kenneth Gay named dean of the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts
- Former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµathletics staffer makes gift to athletics facilities, baseball program
- Catamount Philanthropy Day student panel shares impact of scholarships with donors
- Distinguished alumnus shares forensic anthropology breakthrough with students
- 2026 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµResearch and Scholarship Conference introduces new faculty involvement, highlights Hurricane Helene research
- Young alumni: Asha Evans tells stories of student-athletes at NCAA
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµHealth Services achieves 2 accreditation milestones
- 2 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudents to present at NBASLH Convention
- Jackson native, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumna named development director for engineering, tech college
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµbiology student tracks down fungus with a taste for nematodes
- Gifts in memory of longtime educator create fund for School of Teaching, Learning
- Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµalumna Shalana Yates named director of Cherokee Center
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµlaunches engineering discovery program with new director Gretchen Dietz
February 27Upbeat music plays as students walk into an introductory engineering class with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty member Gretchen Dietz, who smiles as she checks in with students: “How’s everyone doing? Any fun facts to share? Today, we are 3D CAD modeling. Does anyone already know how? Let’s use this knowledge to help your classmates and learn from each other!â€�
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Electrical engineering students create a portable energy model for Duke Energy
February 26Ben Griffith and Hardin Kennedy, two seniors majoring in electrical engineering at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, have created a portable educational model for Duke Energy.