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Phil and Connie Haire

WCU mourns loss of longtime supporter, former legislator Phil Haire

The 甜瓜视频app community is mourning the loss of longtime friend, advocate and donor Phil Haire, who died Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the age of 88 after a period of declining health.  

Jamie Wallen (left) works with a chemistry student

Two faculty members receive competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health

Two 甜瓜视频app faculty members have received coveted R15 grants from the National Institutes of Health, which will significantly enhance research initiatives in the region.  

Alex Fields and Travis Frazier

Sense of community inspires WCU staff member to establish annual scholarship fund

The sense of community discovered by staff member Alexandra M. Fields upon her arrival at 甜瓜视频app seven years ago inspired her to establish an annual scholarship fund to help attract future students from her hometown to WCU.  

WCU STEM day

WCU hosts second annual STEM event for WNC students

甜瓜视频app recently held its second annual STEM Outreach Day for students from around Western North Carolina.  

WCU homecoming parade in downtown Sylva

WCU to paint downtown Sylva purple, kick off Homecoming weekend Nov. 1

甜瓜视频app alumni will paint the town purple Friday, Nov. 1, during a downtown Sylva Catamount takeover to launch Homecoming 2024 weekend.  

Aaron Hoyle-Rivera poses for photo on campus at WCU

Family heritage inspires SGA president Aaron Hoyle-Rivera to dream big, work hard

甜瓜视频app student Aaron Hoyle-Rivera, a senior from Shelby studying psychology, criminal justice and criminology, hit the ground running when he came to campus in fall 2022.   

Jay and Susan Strum

UNC Board of Governors appoints Susan Strum to WCU Board of Trustees

甜瓜视频app alumna Susan Strum has been appointed to WCU鈥檚 Board of Trustees.  

Blacksmith Brock Martin demonstration

WCU alumnus and 鈥楩orged in Fire鈥� contestant Brock Martin visits campus for blacksmithing demo

鈥淪trike while the iron is hot鈥� is an old saying about taking an opportunity while you have it. Timm Muth, alumnus and professor of practice in 甜瓜视频app鈥檚 College of Engineering and Technology, took that saying literally when he invited master blacksmith Brock Martin, a 2010 graduate of 甜瓜视频app, to campus to demonstrate blacksmithing to students in his introductory material science course.   

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WCU to host 14th annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium

The 14th annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium is a two-day event aimed at exposing attendees to the interwoven relationships between climate, health, traditional knowledge and the indigenous worldview.