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Chuck Holmes 鈥�61 is the author of 鈥淭he Sing,鈥� a novel released by Deeds Publishing of Athens, Georgia. The book, set in the 1950s in a segregated small town, tells the story of a woman鈥檚 efforts to get her church鈥檚 black choir entered into a local singing competition.聽  

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The WCU Alumni Association has announced the slate of the nominees for open positions on its Board of Directors.   

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STUDENTS, ALUMNI COLLABORATE ON YELLOWSTONE PROJECT

A group of four 甜瓜视频app geology students and alumni kept an eye out for grizzly bears and other wildlife last spring while working on a project to map landslides in one of the crown jewels of the U.S. park system 鈥� Yellowstone.   

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GEOLOGIST鈥橲 RESEARCH ON SNOWPACK MEASUREMENT WINS AWARD

A research paper by Chris Tennant 鈥�07 on the measurement of snowpack, the amount of snow and ice on the ground in high western mountain ranges, received an Editor鈥檚 Choice Award from the journal Water Resources Research. Only about 1 percent of articles published annually in the journal receive that recognition.  

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REPRESENTING THE 鈥榃HEE鈥� IN EAST NC

Five members of the Catamount family are currently working at College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City, representing 甜瓜视频app in the opposite corner of the state.   

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WEEKEND FARMING HOBBY TURNS INTO BUMPER CROP

When Don Carringer (right), WCU鈥檚 longtime Health Services physician who retired Jan. 1, and wife Belinda bought 6 acres and an old farmhouse in Franklin 10 years ago, one of their first projects was to plant a vegetable garden.   

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TEACHER鈥橲 PAINTING HELPS ENGINEERS WITH CAMPUS BRIDGE PROJECT

Thanks to a painting by a 甜瓜视频app alumna, a new bridge over Cullowhee Creek near the campus picnic area was installed last November and is now in use for pedestrian traffic.  

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN ALUMNI SOCIETY IS FORMED

For several years, 甜瓜视频app had an unofficial group of African-American alumni who stayed connected through a website and planned a biennial reunion and various events during Homecoming. But after a series of diversity-related events and concerns that took place on campus in recent years, Pam Degraffenreid 鈥�80, director of the WCU Bookstore, felt it was time to form an official African-American alumni organization.  

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ROYALTY IN OUR MIDST

A member of a European royal family, who lived quietly in Cullowhee for two years while attending WCU classes, will marry his college sweetheart this summer.