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WCU students hold MLK banner

CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events

甜瓜视频app鈥檚 Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning will host a series of events in partnership with local organizations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19 and Wednesday, Jan. 21.  

WCU Brinson Honors College students present their poster

Peace in action: WCU students bring Nobel ideas to San Diego

This past November, five Brinson Honors College students traveled to San Diego to present their 鈥淧artners in Peace鈥� project at the National Collegiate Honors Council鈥檚 annual conference.   

Tanner Drum works on a computer showing the images captured by SPOT

WCU construction management students use SPOT to help local community

At the Southwestern Child Development Commission building, the future is meeting the past.   

WCU student kayaking on the river

Partnership on the water: WCU outfitted with new Liquidlogic kayaks

甜瓜视频app students are gearing up for their next adventures with fresh equipment, all thanks to a partnership that brings a new fleet of Liquidlogic kayaks to campus.   

Patrice Brown speaks to the group

Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette

During the fall 2025 semester, 30 interior design juniors from 甜瓜视频app鈥檚 School of Art and Design (SOAD) embarked on an experience that extended well beyond the classroom, offering hands-on, real-world design and research opportunities through a collaborative design charette with Auburn University.  

Betty Westmoreland Suhre (in red) celebrates the naming of the women鈥檚 basketball locker room with donors (from left) Judy Stroud, Nora Lynn Finch and Donna Winbon.

WCU names renovated women鈥檚 basketball locker room in honor of program matriarch

Three former members of the 甜瓜视频app women鈥檚 basketball team stepped up to the line to tip off the process of raising enough philanthropic support to name the current Catamount squad鈥檚 locker room after the founder of the program.  

Abdallah Abdallah and students

$35K URPA grant will support engineering students to develop AI manufacturing skills

Abdallah Abdallah, an associate professor in 甜瓜视频app鈥檚 College of Engineering and Technology, has received the UNC System Office鈥檚 Undergraduate Research Program Award (URPA), $35,000 grant that allows students to gain experience that will benefit their academic and professional careers.   

Martin Tanaka works with students from the College of Engineering and Technology

Martin Tanaka secures NCInnovation funding for new medical device

Martin Tanaka has a knack for making new gadgets as a biomedical engineer. He has two patents for medical devices: one to help with rotator cuff surgery and another for a surgical tool for nasal surgery.   

WCU students with Paws on GivingTuesday

Nearly 1,500 donors contribute $1.4 million to WCU on GivingTuesday

甜瓜视频app students, including members of the institution鈥檚 intercollegiate sports teams, have more than 1.4 million reasons to celebrate the results of the recent GivingTuesday fundraising effort. That鈥檚 the number of dollars contributed to the university during the national day of philanthropy.