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Headliner Sister Sadie and evening performance from Old Crow Medicine Show highlights MHD’s 50th anniversary
September 10This year marks Mountain Heritage Day’s 50th anniversary, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Alumni donate George Masa Collection to Hunter Library
September 9Hunter Library’s Special and Digital Collections received a donation from alums William “Bill” Hart, Jr., Class of 1962, and Alice Huff Hart, Class of 1961.
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Faculty, students from School of Art and Design travel to Beijing
September 5Last year, Tom Ashcraft, director of the School of Art and Design, got a phone call from the WCU Global Office about a student from Beijing, China, wanting to be an exchange student in the Master of Fine Arts program.
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From the Smokies to the Andes, WCU students visit Ecuador as part of tropical ecology and biogeography course
September 4The ecological and biogeographical difference between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Andes Mountains are numerous, but there are few things they do have in common.
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Retired engineer who got his start at WCU creates new scholarship fund
September 4A retired engineer who got started on his career path at WCU decades before the institution launched its own engineering degree has established a new scholarship to provide financial support to future students in the program.
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WCU sees strong fall 2024 enrollment, retention rate
September 4For the first time since fall 2020, WCU has seen an increase in total enrollment with 11,686 students enrolled for the fall 2024 semester.
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Gardner-Webb’s Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club
September 3Wesley Cogdill, executive director of the Bulldog Club at Gardner-Webb University, has been appointed associate athletics director and director of the Catamount Club.
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Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement
September 3The “Fill the Western Sky” campaign, which will have its public launch this fall, is an effort to raise a minimum of $75 million in philanthropic support for WCU’s academic, student engagement and athletics programs.
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Plans underway for College of Business travel course to China in summer 2025
August 27The fall semester may have just begun, but that hasn’t stopped two faculty members in the College of Business from turning some of their attention toward next summer when they will team-teach a travel course in China.
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WCU alumni help recruit future students through new Cat Eyes Club
August 26The Office of Undergraduate Admissions has expanded its team of recruiters by more than 60 additional members thanks to the newly formed Cat Eyes Club.