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Jackson County Greenway

Retired WCU professor brings forest therapy to Jackson County Greenway

While our habits and hobbies outdoors may vary, it’s a point of pride for most in Western North Carolina that nature is never far out of reach.   

Joseph Stankosky

A new home in Poland: Boren scholar speaks on time abroad

Be persistent. Be studious. Try, and keep trying. Such was the method of success for Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp student Joseph Stankosky, recipient of the esteemed David L. Boren Scholarship, who in December 2024 left Cullowhee for seven months of study in Warsaw, Poland.   

Brent Kisner

The Carlyle Letters Online find new home at Hunter Library

Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle have been significant figures to several scholars throughout the last century and some change. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp English professor Brent Kisner is no exception.  

Meghan Greenly

Recreational therapy senior Meghan Greenly selected for prestigious award

When Meghan Greenly, sitting beside her proud mother, got her offer, she couldn’t help but smile.   

Jeremy Jones during class

WCU’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp English professor Jeremy Jones’s byline is a bit of a mainstay in Our State magazine.   

Enrique Gomez

WCU astronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community

On Saturday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s Electron Garden, WCU astronomers invite students and members of the public to take that thought further, nearly a quarter of a million miles further, to celebrate NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night.  

Johnny and Dawn Day

Alumni couple establish endowment for parks, rec program

A husband and wife with degrees from the Parks and Recreation Management Program at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp have established an endowed fund to support students who are following in their footsteps at their alma mater and to equip PRM professors with additional resources.  

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.  

Kara McMullen

A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown

When Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp alumna Kara McMullen stands on the wet stone of Salt Rock Gap, thousands of acres of chirping forest span before her, a sprawling network of trails buried just beneath.