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WCU earns A+ for elementary teacher preparation in reading instruction
July 8Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp’s undergraduate elementary education program has earned an A+ from the National Council on Teacher Quality for its excellence in preparing future teachers to teach reading.
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Hunter, CEAP head transformation of local school library
June 9Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp’s impact on local education isn’t limited to the teachers it sends out to Western North Carolina schools. It helps nurture them, too.
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WCU health sciences faculty member receives $840K grant for research consortium
June 1Caitlin Torrence, professor in Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp’s College of Health and Human Sciences, recently received an $840,000 grant to fund a Health Policy Research Consortium over the next two years.
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TCS sends 2 teachers to Morocco, welcomes international teacher in exchange program
May 8Kayleigh Kassel and Amanda Clapp aren’t usually the ones raising their hands in the classroom, but during a staff meeting, their arms shot up like one of their most eager students.
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Weiler, Grist receive $70K grant to assist NC School for the Deaf
February 13In partnership with the North Carolina School for the Deaf, Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp professors Jess Weiler and Cathy Grist were awarded a $70,000 grant from NC Collaboratory to conduct an organizational assessment of NCSD’s administrative structures.
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WCU alum Frisby named NC SHAPE Middle School PE Teacher of the Year
February 11There’s a lot that Canaan Frisby likes about his job. Being a physical education teacher is all he ever wanted to do since middle school.
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Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to WCU
January 29Amidst the stress of college, there are a few calming personalities students occasionally run into on their way to class: pets. For a single moment while they stop to pet them, all those worries evaporate.
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Retired professor, staff member spouse endow scholarship for psychology students
December 3An estate gift from a retired Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp faculty member and his spouse, a current WCU staff member, will establish an endowed scholarship fund to provide financial support to students working toward undergraduate degrees in psychology.
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Call Me MiSTER welcomes new cohort for 2025-26
November 19One of Antonio Tyson’s greatest mentors in high school was his drama teacher. The Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp student had a lot going on at home his senior year, and through that, his drama teacher was a shoulder to lean on.
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Daughter’s experience in WCU inclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment
November 5A Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp initiative that brings individuals with intellectual disabilities to campus for a living and learning experience has had such a positive impact on the life of one participant that her parents have created a fund to help more young adults like their daughter move toward independent living.