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Cora Haste

Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles

As an Entourage tour guide, Cora Haste is the face of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp to a group of strangers for about a couple of hours.   

Ballparks and Brews from 2024

Play ball! WCU pitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends

The Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp Office of Alumni Engagement is stepping up to the plate and taking a swing at a new summer event designed to bring together members of the Catamount family at baseball stadiums across North and South Carolina.  

Melanie and John Davis with a scholarship recipient

Tour of WCU athletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift

A behind-the-scenes tour of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp's aging athletics facilities inspired a longtime supporter of the university’s academic programs to direct some of his philanthropy toward Catamount student-athletes.  

Sinus device

WCU engineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent

What started as a project concept ended up coming full circle for one Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp alumna.   

Betsy and Tim Gillespie

Asheville dentist, wife give WCU student-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation

An Asheville dentist and his wife are giving future Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp student-athletes something to smile about in the form of gifts and pledges totaling $25,000 toward long-overdue improvements to the university’s athletics facilities.  

WCU interior design students

WCU interior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning

Interior design students at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp recently embarked on a transformative service-learning project integrating cutting-edge research on social determinants of health, WELL Building Standards, and aging in place.   

Forsyth Business Building

Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems

H. Kevin Fulk, associate professor of computer information systems at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp, has been appointed to the position of Kneedler Distinguished Professor of Computer Information Systems at WCU.  

Jennifer Higdon

WCU’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon

The lights dim, the audience quiets and the quintet takes their place on stage. A moment later, the air in Coulter Recital Hall comes alive.   

Members of the committee with Gov. Stein

NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at WCU

Nearly six months after Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, the region's recovery efforts continue.