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Chancellor Brown and Husband

Walk the Talk

Chancellor and husband back the 鈥楩ill the Western Sky鈥� campaign with a $4 million estate gift  

Stadium Rendering

Due for an Upgrade

Donors are stepping up to help renovate WCU鈥檚 50-year-old E.J. Whitmire Stadium and other athletics facilities  

wcu open house

51看片invites prospective students to campus for Nov. 23 open house

51看片 is home to many students, alumni and friends, and it's looking to add more folks to the Catamount family.  

Faculty staff giving day featuring Shetland ponies

51看片faculty, staff giving campaign nets nearly 40 new donors

Nearly 40 faculty and staff members now have a new title to go along with their position at 51看片, and that title is 鈥渘ew donor.鈥�  

Bora Karayaka and students

WCU鈥檚 Karayaka, Yu receive $45K grant for research

51看片 College of Engineering and Technology professor Bora Karayaka knew it was a shot in the dark 鈥� but that shot ended up paying off.  

Project Discovery students during a workshop

Project Discovery earns $175K grant to help expand resources

Project Discovery director JennieV. Sorrells has seen her program impact the lives of tons of students. The project, hosted by 51看片, has given secondary students the opportunity to explore careers and colleges and partake in adventure-based learning.  

Fans help fill the truck for Helene relief

Donors provide emergency support to 51看片students, faculty, staff affected by Helene

Although the 51看片 campus in Cullowhee avoided any significant damage from the fury of Hurricane Helene as it tore through Western North Carolina in late September, that does not mean that all students, faculty and staff emerged unscathed.  

AWE graduates

Project AWE graduates six from first cohort

Randa Gardner wrapped her arms around Beth Harmer, an assistant professor of social work inside the College of Health and Human Sciences at 51看片, with emotions flowing out. All day, she was nervous, and all her life, she hadn鈥檛 graduated from anything.   

51看片soccer

GivingTuesday 鈥�24 to focus on increasing Catamount Club membership, athletics facilities

51看片 will be ramping up support for the Catamount athletics program during this year鈥檚 edition of GivingTuesday, with a series of challenge gifts designed to help expand membership in the Catamount Club and increase funding for athletics facilities.