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Chancellor Brown talks about the trophy

Annual faculty-staff giving challenge resumes this fall

An annual effort to encourage faculty and staff members to make financial contributions to Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp is now underway, including the resumption of a friendly competition among campus divisions and academic colleges.  

WCTC women's basketball team in the 1940s

WCU Mountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit

The Mountain Heritage Center at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp (WCU) is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit on Sept. 2, Clearing the Hurdles: Women and Sport at WCU, 1889 to the Present.   

Paxton Myers, Dana Boyer and Chancellor Kelli Brown

‘Fill the Western Sky’ contribution feels like a promise to Catamount couple

For Paxton Myers and Dana Boyer, longtime supporters of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s athletics program, giving back to their alma mater feels like more than just making financial contributions. It also feels like keeping a promise.  

Killian Building with Cherokee sculpture

WCU–CIHA partnership grows Cherokee’s next generation of healers

In the midst of ongoing staffing challenges across the healthcare industry, the innovative partnership between Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp (WCU) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is doing exactly what a great pipeline should do -- it matches local talent with meaningful careers close to home, expands continuing education opportunities, and opens career-ladder pathways for enrolled members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI).   

Campus in fall

WCU sees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment

Students have returned in-person and virtually to Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp and are gearing up for a bustling fall semester.  

J-Creek Cloggers

Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration

For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.  

Janet Oppenheimer

Retired PR professional creates endowment to support WCU students

A public relations professional who has served as a mentor in the Department of Communication at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp is now providing support to students in a different way by establishing a new endowment fund to enhance access to extracurricular and professional development activities.  

Aerial photo of campus

Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence

Western Carolina Power, the university-owned electric utility serving parts of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp and surrounding customers, has been named one of 23 public power communities across North Carolina to receive a 2024 Public Power Award of Excellence.