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Isaac Jennings with SVA members

WCU nursing student, veteran Isaac Jennings shares his higher education journey

Looking back on his time before coming to Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp, nursing student Isaac Jennings, a sophomore from Franklin, was always told the most important thing was contacting his chosen college’s military services director.  

Cole Johnson demonstrating glass blowing

WCU professor, alumnus bring glass blowing demo to campus

Timm Muth, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Technology at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp, looks at glass differently than most. Glass is more than just the material that makes windows.  

WCU alumni award winners

Alumni return to WCU for annual homecoming celebration

Jamie Van Pelt’s drive from Florida to Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp isn’t the most riveting one. It’s several hours of rural highways, twists and turns and infamous Atlanta traffic, but when Van Pelt crests the hill south of Clayton, Georgia, he smiles.   

Alumni award winners

WCU honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp paused Saturday, Nov. 2, to honor four prominent alumni – a former automotive industry executive who has supported Catamount athletics for decades, an accounting professional with extensive family ties to WCU, an award-winning educator and an up-and-coming public relations practitioner.   

Daniel J. Watts

Tony and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist to perform at WCU as part of Fall Speaker Series

A Tony-nominated actor and spoken word artist will be making his way to Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp.  

RGB Portrait, a painting by Zack Schneider

Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU

Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent WCU graduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.  

Noyce Scholars at WCU

NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart WCU Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program

The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.  

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

New Catamount head basketball coaches Tim Craft and Jonathan Tsipis usher in a new era as Craft looks to build on last year’s 22-win season for the men’s program and Tsipis looks to turnaround the women’s program that won just six games last year.  

Alumni tower in Fall

WCU waives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees

It has been more than a month since Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains, but the effects of the historic storm will be felt for months and years to come. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp is working to lessen some of the burden of impacted students and families visiting and applying to college by streamlining processes and helping to offset travel costs for those attending the Nov. 23 open house.