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Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU

Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵgraduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.  

Noyce Scholars at WCU

NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵSmoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program

The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.  

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

New Catamount head basketball coaches Tim Craft and Jonathan Tsipis usher in a new era as Craft looks to build on last year’s 22-win season for the men’s program and Tsipis looks to turnaround the women’s program that won just six games last year.  

Alumni tower in Fall

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵwaives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees

It has been more than a month since Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains, but the effects of the historic storm will be felt for months and years to come. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ is working to lessen some of the burden of impacted students and families visiting and applying to college by streamlining processes and helping to offset travel costs for those attending the Nov. 23 open house.   

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years

Voice of the Cats

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years  

Spark of the Eagle Dancer collection at WCU

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵFine Art Museum exhibition wins Bronze Award

Denise Drury Homewood, executive director of the Bardo Arts Center at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, believed "Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson" exhibition was an award winner from the start.  

Hungarian Fulbright trip

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵfaculty, staff visit Hungary through Fulbright Commission

Earlier this summer, Ingrid Bego, director of International Studies at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, and Wes Milner, executive director of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵGlobal, were invited by the Fulbright Commission to attend a week-long visit in Hungary to strengthen the partnership between universities in Appalachia and Hungarian higher education institutions.   

Photo of Munene Mwaniki

Munene Mwaniki named Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵinterim Global Black Studies director

Mwaniki, an associate professor of anthropology and sociology for the College of Arts and Sciences, was named the interim Global Black Studies director at WCU.  

Brinson Honors College

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵstudent magazine wins first place in publications contest

In the fall, it starts as small as a story pitch. In the spring? As tiny as a sketch on a piece of paper. Those little ideas turn into Imagine magazine, a publication produced by student writers and designers at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ.