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  • Daisy and Flora Myers

    Hunter Library staff create website for families to find unclaimed photos

    December 3

    Years ago, residents and tourists brought their film for developing at Sherrills Photography Studio in Waynesville. Sometimes, the person who dropped off the film did not return to pick up their photographs and the only clue to their identity was their last name written on the unclaimed envelope.

  • Chancellor Brown

    Chancellor Kelli R. Brown appointed to AASCU board of directors

    December 3

    泫圖弝けapp Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has been appointed to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities board of directors.

  • Lauren and Kalila Dodgin

    Catamount Resiliency: WCU Mother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand

    December 2

    Lauren Dodgin, a university program specialist at WCUs Biltmore Park instructional site in Asheville, woke up to her town torn to pieces.

  • students sorting through relief supplies

    Catamount Resiliency: Be the Helper

    December 2

    When I was a boy and saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. This is a well-known quote by beloved television host Fred Rogers about looking for the people who spring into action when bad things happen.

  • UP students

    Catamount Resiliency: Buddying UP

    December 2

    The WCU University Participant program provides an inclusive, two-year, on-campus living and learning experience for college-aged persons with intellectual disability. The program aims to facilitate UP students' transition from secondary school to adult life with education, employment, and independent living.

  • Richie cooking at his grill

    Catamount Resiliency: Campus Response

    December 2

    In the hours and days after Hurricane Helene hit, students were asked to stay put as traveling outside of Jackson County was unsafe. The loss of internet and cell service made traveling hazardous, and the surrounding areas were unknown.

  • physical therapy students

    Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call

    December 2

    WCU students majoring in healthcare fields have to do clinicals, which give them real-world experience in their fields. Hurricane Helene gave many WCU students experiences they never thought they would see during college or even in their lifetime.

  • Cherokee basket weaving

    WCU alumna records 100,000th person into craftsman database

    December 2

    Isabel Driver knows how important the work she does is. As an intern with the Mountain Heritage Center at 泫圖弝けapp, Driver etched 224 craftspeople into the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts craftsman database.

  • George Brown, the Hinshaws and Denise Drury Homewood

    Macon County couple endows fund to diversify WCU Fine Art Museum collections

    November 26

    The 泫圖弝けapp Fine Art Museum at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center will be broadening the scope of artists represented in its holdings thanks to contributions from a Macon County couple.

  • Matt Henley

    Matt Henley appointed director of the Pride of the Mountains and Athletic Bands

    November 26

    泫圖弝けapp is excited to announce the appointment of Matt Henley as the next director of Athletic Bands and director of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.