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Catamount Club members

Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines

ĢƵ’s Catamount Club is announcing some changes to the popular Greek Challenge, which has been one of the club’s largest annual fundraising campaigns since its inception in 2014, and issuing a reminder of membership deadlines.  

Cherokee syllabary on graduation stoll

ĢƵCherokee Language program receives $223K grant

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has been a pivotal supporter of ĢƵ’s Cherokee Language program.   

ĢƵstudents running on campus

ĢƵset to host the Catamount Climb in April

ĢƵ invites runners of all ages and skill levels to register for the annual Catamount Climb Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday, April 5.   

Apodaca Building

Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU

This year's James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies will take place on Monday, Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m., in Apodaca Building Room 201.   

Keith Gibbs holds a sicklefin redhorse

Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research

Inside Keith Gibbs’ office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the ĢƵ assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.   

ĢƵstudents work with k12 students at a stem event on campus

Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp

Jackson County isn’t an urban hotbed like the Charlotte’s and Greensboro’s of the state are. It doesn’t have big museums, aquariums or any other spot that might get kids interested in STEM.   

ĢƵstudents pose for photo during literary festival

Donations to Fund for ĢƵsupport student writing contest at annual literary festival

ĢƵ’s Department of English Studies hosted a creative writing competition with divisions for North Carolina high school students and ĢƵundergraduate and graduate students as part of its annual Spring Literary Festival.  

Student artwork

Fund for ĢƵsupports library’s student art contest; winners now on display

ĢƵ students participated in an art competition focused on the university’s 2023-2024 campus theme of “Community and Belonginess” hosted by Hunter Library, which now has the winning entries on display.  

ĢƵfaculty and staff in Ecuador

Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU

Students and faculty from ĢƵ’s College of Education and Allied Professions expanded ongoing efforts to improve literacy in rural communities of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador using educational materials purchased through an 1889 Impact Grant of $1,500.