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Just a few months ago, Carly Douthit was submitting applications in a frenzy, looking for any summer internship that involved animals.

Following a national search and competitive review process, three Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp faculty members have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Deliberative Citizenship Network.

A stack of journals sits in Avery Luft’s bedroom back home. They each provide an escape into a world the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp senior created.

For those lovers of language on our campus and beyond, we’ve gathered a few pieces of advice from some of the authors who visited the Spring Literary Festival.

Ammon Hottensmith has always been interested in critters. Growing up on a small farm in Ohio, the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp junior has always been surrounded by them. Everyone is, whether you’re in the hills of the Midwest or the mountains of Appalachia.

Wherever Asha Evans’ career has taken her, her love for words has followed. The Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp alumna has told stories of student-athletes at small private colleges to Division I powerhouses — and now she’s sharing them at a national level.

Christopher Childers never cared much for theme parks, pools or playgrounds as a kid. Instead, his eyes grew big inside the movie rental store.

Behind each stroke on Sadler Miller’s canvas is a moment ingrained in her memory. Every swipe is a chime from the Alumni Tower hitting her ears, and every trace is the rush of a gameday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium.

WCU students assist in recovery of human remains.

Be persistent. Be studious. Try, and keep trying.