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  • forensic anthro student

    WCU students help Durham PD solve 2023 missing persons case

    Shane Ryden
    February 2

    WCU students assist in recovery of human remains.

  • Headshot of Eliana Cruz

    Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC

    Cam Adams
    February 2

    Eliana Cruz calls herself the “Snoop Dogg” of her friend group, and not just because she shares the same swagger of the D-O-Double G.

  • Timbersports photo

    An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of WCU’s Wildlife and Forestry Club

    Shane Ryden
    January 30

    Timbersports are in full swing on WCU’s campus. And despite a slowdown in the team’s progress post-Covid, current Catamounts are raising money, purchasing equipment and expanding their ranks to raise the university to new competitive heights.

  • Wirt the cat

    Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU

    Cam Adams
    January 29

    Amidst the stress of college, there are a few calming personalities students occasionally run into on their way to class: pets. For a single moment while they stop to pet them, all those worries evaporate.

  • Steve White

    WCU’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center

    Bill Studenc
    January 16

    Longtime Ƶapp supporters and friends have come together to honor the legacy and dedication of the university’s former sports information director, Steve White, a man many affectionately refer to as “the walking encyclopedia of Catamount athletics.”

  • WCU students hold MLK banner during unity march

    CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events

    Julia Duvall
    January 14

    Ƶapp’s Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning will host a series of events in partnership with local organizations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19 and Wednesday, Jan. 21.

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    Peace in action: WCU students bring Nobel ideas to San Diego

    Shane Ryden
    January 13

    This past November, five Brinson Honors College students traveled to San Diego to present their “Partners in Peace” project at the National Collegiate Honors Council’s annual conference.

  • Ebenezer and wife

    Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care

    Cam Adams
    January 12

    Stability wasn’t something Ebenezer Gyamfi was used to growing up in Ghana. He bounced between different relatives after he said his mother abandoned him from a young age, starting with his grandma and later filtering through a host of aunts and uncles.

  • WCU construction management student Tanner Drum shows SPOT findings

    WCU construction management students use SPOT to help local community

    Cam Adams
    January 12

    At the Southwestern Child Development Commission building, the future is meeting the past.

  • Patrice Brown with students

    Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette

    January 7

    During the fall 2025 semester, 30 interior design juniors from Ƶapp’s School of Art and Design (SOAD) embarked on an experience that extended well beyond the classroom, offering hands-on, real-world design and research opportunities through a collaborative design charette with Auburn University.

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