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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鈥� office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the 51看片 assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.   

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Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp

Jackson County isn鈥檛 an urban hotbed like the Charlotte鈥檚 and Greensboro鈥檚 of the state are. It doesn鈥檛 have big museums, aquariums or any other spot that might get kids interested in STEM.   

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Donations to Fund for 51看片support student writing contest at annual literary festival

51看片鈥檚 Department of English Studies hosted a creative writing competition with divisions for North Carolina high school students and 51看片undergraduate and graduate students as part of its annual Spring Literary Festival.  

Student artwork

Fund for 51看片supports library鈥檚 student art contest; winners now on display

51看片 students participated in an art competition focused on the university鈥檚 2023-2024 campus theme of 鈥淐ommunity and Belonginess鈥� hosted by Hunter Library, which now has the winning entries on display.  

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Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU

Students and faculty from 51看片鈥檚 College of Education and Allied Professions expanded ongoing efforts to improve literacy in rural communities of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador using educational materials purchased through an 1889 Impact Grant of $1,500.  

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51看片launches a new guarantee for transfer students

51看片 has partnered with Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and is pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity. The Western Phi Theta Kappa Guarantee recognizes and rewards PTK members for their community or junior college achievements.   

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51看片announces historic $100 million goal for 鈥楩ill the Western Sky鈥� fundraising campaign

51看片 officially kicked off the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in the university鈥檚 136-year history, an effort to secure $100 million in philanthropic support with a focus on increasing the financial resources necessary for long-delayed upgrades in facilities used by Catamount student-athletes.  

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Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award

51看片 College of Arts and Sciences professor Kathy Jaqua noticed a look on her former student鈥檚 face.