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Wanda Herren works with high school students on computers at SMHS

Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵmath education students

Public school students in Western North Carolina’s eighth educational district who plan to major in mathematics education at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ soon will be eligible for scholarship assistance thanks to a financial commitment from longtime math educator Wanda Stephens Herren of Cullowhee.  

Mekeila Santiago

Student spotlight: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵsenior Mekeila Santiago stays involved through time on campus

Mekeila Santiago remembers her mom hounding her to get involved before she even stepped foot inside a classroom at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ.  

Cherokee syllabary on graduation stoll

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵCherokee Language program receives $223K grant

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has been a pivotal supporter of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Cherokee Language program.   

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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.   

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵstudents 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.   

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵstudents pose for photo during literary festival

Donations to Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵsupport student writing contest at annual literary festival

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Department of English Studies hosted a creative writing competition with divisions for North Carolina high school students and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵundergraduate and graduate students as part of its annual Spring Literary Festival.  

Kathy Jaqua with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵstudents and faculty

Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Arts and Sciences professor Kathy Jaqua noticed a look on her former student’s face.   

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵfaculty members with Steve Lillard and Chris Hatton

Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵsupports symposium on intersection of policing, social work

More than 65 judges, prosecutors, behavioral health workers and representatives from law enforcement agencies across the mountains gathered earlier this year at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ for conversations about the root causes of issues that lead to interactions with police in Western North Carolina.