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May alumnus of the month has head and heart for teaching, and for WCU

When Neal Andrews takes over as president of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Alumni Association on July 1, don’t be surprised if he pulls a few tricks out of his award-winning teacher’s bag to work his magic on his beloved Catamount Nation. After all, once a teacher, always a teacher, no matter how old the students are.  

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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵBoard of Trustees to meet online June 5

The Board of Trustees of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ will hold its quarterly meeting beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, June 5, via the Zoom video conferencing service.  

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵto hold postponed May commencement ceremonies in December

It will be May in December for members of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s spring graduating class of 2020 who were originally scheduled to participate in commencement ceremonies this month until the events were postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Online Master's Degree Program in Construction Management Builds a Career

A few years ago, Joseph Love, now a construction coordinator for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, looked at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ and its master's degree program in construction management as the curriculum he wanted and the career-building block he needed.  

Medical director fights COVID-19 with legacy of tenacity

As news broke that a deadly international virus was churning its way across the United States and killing the country’s most vulnerable population, Dr. Irene Hamrick wasted no time in battening down the hatches to protect her patients at a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in Ohio.   

But wait…there’s more! List of faculty, staff award nominees expands

Because of a technical glitch, the names of several nominees for top Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵfaculty and staff honors scheduled to be announced as the semester draws to a close were accidentally omitted from a previously published list of contenders.  

Collaborative innovation drives solutions in Catawba County

With the onset of COVID-19, health care systems across the country began assessing readiness in the event of a surge of COVID-19 patients. Catawba Valley Health System in Catawba County, North Carolina, was no different.  

Zsolt Szabo selected to judge international trombone competition

Zsolt Szabo, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s assistant professor of trombone and euphonium, has been chosen to join a select group of internationally renowned trombone players to judge an online competition.  

Undeniable

When Spencer Childers decided to attend Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ four years ago, he couldn’t possibly anticipate the roller coaster ride he would take.