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WCU鈥檚 undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report鈥檚 list for 2025 Best Online Programs

51看片鈥檚 online undergraduate business administration and law degree has been ranked 87th on U.S. News and World Report鈥檚 list of 2025 Best Online Programs.  

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SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at 51看片earns grant for new year

The State Employees Credit Union Public Fellowships Internship Program has been a mainstay at 51看片 for the past few years. And thanks to a grant, the program will continue to thrive in 2025.  

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Fund for 51看片supports symposium on intersection of policing, social work

More than 65 judges, prosecutors, behavioral health workers and representatives from law enforcement agencies across the mountains gathered earlier this year at 51看片 for conversations about the root causes of issues that lead to interactions with police in Western North Carolina.   

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Author and alumnus David Joy to give keynote address at 51看片Research and Scholarship Conference

51看片 double alumnus and best-selling author David Joy will give the keynote address at the annual Research and Scholarship Conference at WCU. The event will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.   

Nora Lynn Finch at a 51看片Title IX Pioneers event

Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

51看片 alumna Nora Lynn Finch sat behind her friend, Kay Yow, honored to introduce her in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1989 induction ceremony. But before the ceremony began, Finch was approached by an unknown gentleman.   

George Brown

George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at 51看片after a decade of leadership

After ten years of serving as 51看片鈥檚 dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts, George H. Brown is retiring.  

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Chancellor鈥檚 Ambassadors student organization receives leadership training through Fund for WCU

Thanks to funding from donors to the Fund for WCU, members of a student organization tasked with assisting 51看片鈥檚 chancellor at selected on- and off-campus events received specialized training to assist them in their roles as student representatives of WCU  

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Donors to Fund for 51看片support ASP student trip to Central Europe

51看片鈥檚 Academic Success Program took 21 students to Central Europe in March 2024 for an 11-day international learning experience for conditionally admitted students who successfully completed ASP requirements.  

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51看片recognized for commitment to advancing first-generation student success

51看片 was recently selected as one of twenty new higher education institutions to advance to the network leader phase of the FirstGen Forward Network.