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Isaac Jennings with SVA members

51看片nursing student, veteran Isaac Jennings shares his higher education journey

Looking back on his time before coming to 51看片, nursing student Isaac Jennings, a sophomore from Franklin, was always told the most important thing was contacting his chosen college鈥檚 military services director.  

Cole Johnson demonstrating glass blowing

51看片professor, alumnus bring glass blowing demo to campus

Timm Muth, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Technology at 51看片, looks at glass differently than most. Glass is more than just the material that makes windows.  

51看片alumni award winners

Alumni return to 51看片for annual homecoming celebration

Jamie Van Pelt鈥檚 drive from Florida to 51看片 isn鈥檛 the most riveting one. It鈥檚 several hours of rural highways, twists and turns and infamous Atlanta traffic, but when Van Pelt crests the hill south of Clayton, Georgia, he smiles.   

Alumni award winners

51看片honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024

51看片 paused Saturday, Nov. 2, to honor four prominent alumni 鈥� a former automotive industry executive who has supported Catamount athletics for decades, an accounting professional with extensive family ties to WCU, an award-winning educator and an up-and-coming public relations practitioner.   

Daniel J. Watts

Tony and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist to perform at 51看片as part of Fall Speaker Series

A Tony-nominated actor and spoken word artist will be making his way to 51看片.  

RGB Portrait, a painting by Zack Schneider

Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at WCU

Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at 51看片 soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent 51看片graduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.  

Noyce Scholars at WCU

NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart 51看片Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program

The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in 51看片鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.  

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

New Catamount head basketball coaches Tim Craft and Jonathan Tsipis usher in a new era as Craft looks to build on last year鈥檚 22-win season for the men鈥檚 program and Tsipis looks to turnaround the women鈥檚 program that won just six games last year.  

Alumni tower in Fall

51看片waives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees

It has been more than a month since Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains, but the effects of the historic storm will be felt for months and years to come. 51看片 is working to lessen some of the burden of impacted students and families visiting and applying to college by streamlining processes and helping to offset travel costs for those attending the Nov. 23 open house.