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Chancellor Brown signs MOU with VGCC

WCU and Vance-Granville CC sign memorandum of understanding for guaranteed admission

Over 300 miles separate Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp and Vance-Granville Community College — but the two schools are now much closer than the distance that separates them.  

Spring at WCU

WCU sees high retention rate, notable increase in enrollment for spring 2025

The spring semester is underway at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp and that means looking at how the university’s enrollment is shaping up for the first few weeks of the new year.  

WCU student teaching intern in classroom

WCU expands Catamount Commitment to include transfer students

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp is expanding its Catamount Commitment program with a new initiative to support transfer students from North Carolina Community Colleges.  

Whee Belong Hickory gathering

The Fund for WCU supports ‘Whee Belong’ gatherings for distance ed students

The Office of Distance Learning at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp used $7,000 in 1889 Impact Grants Program funding to host in-person events during the spring of 2024 to bring together distance learning students, most of whom take courses fully online, are 25 or older, work full-time, and have families and lives beyond school.  

Bora Karayaka

WCU professor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field

Bora Karayaka, a professor at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s College of Engineering and Technology, has secured $3 million in scholarship funding from the Department of Energy through the University Nuclear Leadership Program.  

Cherokee syllabary on graduation stoll

WCU Cherokee Language program receives $223K grant

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has been a pivotal supporter of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s Cherokee Language program.   

WCU students running on campus

WCU set to host the Catamount Climb in April

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp invites runners of all ages and skill levels to register for the annual Catamount Climb Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday, April 5.   

Apodaca Building

Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU

This year's James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies will take place on Monday, Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m., in Apodaca Building Room 201.   

Keith Gibbs holds a sicklefin redhorse

Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research

Inside Keith Gibbs’ office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.