Spanish Program News
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WCU faculty accepted into national Deliberative Citizenship Network
June 23Following a national search and competitive review process, three Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp faculty members have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Deliberative Citizenship Network.
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Retired professor creates women’s golf scholarship in memory of spouse, coach Steve Lott
June 22A retired Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp faculty member has created an endowed scholarship fund to support student-athletes on the Catamount women’s golf team in memory of her late husband, who coached the program to a pair of conference championships.
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Memories of Catamount sports glory days lead to $100K gift to WCU athletics facilities
June 17Memories of attending Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp during the glory days of Catamount sports inspired a retired furniture corporation executive and his wife, already longtime supporters of the institution, to take additional steps to help improve WCU’s aging athletics infrastructure.
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Chancellor Kelli R. Brown Receives Distinguished Citizen Award
June 17Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has been named the recipient of the 2026 Jackson County Distinguished Citizen Award, presented by Scouting America’s Daniel Boone Council in recognition of her outstanding leadership, service, and commitment to the community.
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Hunter, CEAP head transformation of local school library
June 9Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp’s impact on local education isn’t limited to the teachers it sends out to Western North Carolina schools. It helps nurture them, too.
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WCU alumnus Matt Canter reflects on fly fishing career
June 8Matt Canter made the choice to attend Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp while ankle-deep in the Tuckasegee River, fighting a hungry rainbow trout at the other end of his fly rod. He hadn’t seen campus or met his peers, but Canter didn’t need more convincing. For the future fly-fishing guide and owner of Brookings Anglers, the pristine waters surrounding Cullowhee had done the job well enough
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WCUPD welcomes new K-9 dog, Hondo, to force
June 5There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s the bomb (-sniffing dog). Meet Hondo, the newest member of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp Police Department. He’s a happy-go-lucky, fetch-playing, purebred Labrador Retriever, and like his K-9 colleague Lando, he’s here to keep campus safe with his nose.
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WCU earns repeat recognition through IIE American Passport Project
June 3Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp has once again been selected by the Institute of International Education to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant—marking the university’s second time earning the competitive award.
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WCU health sciences faculty member receives $840K grant for research consortium
June 1Caitlin Torrence, professor in Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp’s College of Health and Human Sciences, recently received an $840,000 grant to fund a Health Policy Research Consortium over the next two years.
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WCU construction management students use technology to support REACH shelter expansion effort
May 29Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp construction management students carefully piloted a drone this fall to record every angle of the REACH of Haywood County shelter and surrounding property. Their mission: create a detailed 3D interactive model to help REACH leaders and supporters visualize and plan a renovation and expansion of its shelter for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, and human trafficking.