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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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English lit scholar endows fund to support online archive of Carlyle letters at WCU
September 30A faculty member in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Department of English Studies who has spent his career studying the works of literary notables Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle has created an endowed fund to ensure that an online collection of their letters and other materials will be preserved at his home campus in perpetuity.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµinformation systems professor wins international association award for excellence
September 29Barbara Jo White, professor of information systems in the College of Business at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, is recipient of the International Association for Computer Information Systems 2026 Ben Bauman Award for Excellence.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµwelcomes new sorority to campus for first time in 30 years
September 28For the first time in 30 years, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is welcoming a new sorority back on campus. Alpha Xi Delta, a women’s fraternity, has returned to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµafter a short hiatus, starting this fall.
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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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What if independence doesn't mean needing less support?
September 23What if independence isn’t about needing less support—but having more dependable ways to get it when you need it? That question is at the heart of a new research project at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ exploring whether individuals can come together to create ways of giving and receiving support within their communities.
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$1.5M grant positions Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto help students, regional manufacturers, state economic development goals
September 23As AI has expanded and improved, the fields of engineering and manufacturing have been revolutionized. Yet many manufacturers in the Western North Carolina region need guidance on where to integrate AI into their processes, the risk of protecting sensitive data, and what the return on investment will be.
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That’s what I’m Tolkien about
September 21Instead of a traditional semester of teaching, John Whitmire, professor of philosophy at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, spent his spring 2026 semester researching the notion of “a hope that holds fast even in the face of the hopeless,â€� through the acclaimed works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Study Examines Distracted Driving Laws Impact on Traffic Fatalities
September 16The success of distracted driving laws including cellphone bans on reducing traffic fatalities across the United States depends upon factors such as the comprehensiveness of deterrence strategies and the consistency of enforcement and fines.
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Mountain Heritage Center opens new “People of Colonial North Carolina� exhibit
September 15The Mountain Heritage Center at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ (WCU) is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit, “People of Colonial North Carolina,â€� which opened on Sept. 8.